Centurionism
The walk must be in an officially recognised event and because of the restrictions on the walking technique, the event must be judged.
A person is entitled to be a centurion in more than one country or group of countries. Currently a person can be a centurion in
The first rule is easy to obey and is enforced in centurion walking. The second rule is very difficult to obey for more than about 50
kilometres and is relaxed a little in centurion walking. The extent to which
the rule is relaxed varies slightly from country to country. In New Zealand, the leading leg
an be bent slightly provided the walker does not gain an advantage from any springing action.
Last modified: October 20, 2010.
2. Walking rules
If you have watched racewalking you probably know racewalkers must
obey the following two rules:
3. Designation
When a person becomes a centurion they are given the designation Cn. The C standards for
Centurion and n is the count on the number of people who have achieved centurion status
in the country (or group of countries in the case of Europe). For example, a designation
of C39 means the person was the thirty-ninth person to become a centurion in the country.
If there is possible confusion as to which country is being referred to, a prefix is
add: Aus for Australia, Eng for England, Eur or Con for Europe, Mal for Malaysia, NZ for
New Zealand and US for United States of America. A person can have more than one
designation. Thus a person with the designations of Eng C11341 and Aus C1001 would mean
the person was the 11,341-st person to gain centurion status in England and the 1001-st
to gain the status in Australia.
4. New Zealand centurions
When the person satisfies the requirements of a centurion in New Zealand, they are known as
a New Zealand centurion. The person does not have to be a New Zealander. As of October, 2010,
seventeen people have qualified as New Zealand centurions.
Designation
Name
Country at time of qualification
C1 Ross Pilkington New Zealand C2 Gerald Manderson New Zealand C3 Norm Morris New Zealand C4 Sandra Brown England C5 Bob Lee New Zealand C6 Carol Baird Australia C7 Parminder Bhatti England C8 Jill Green England C9 Herbert Neubacher Germany C10 Susan Clements England C11 Geoff Tranter England C12 Maureen Metcalfe New Zealand C13 Peter Baillie New Zealand C14 Geoff Hain Australia C15 Rudy Schoors Belgium C16 Andrew Shelley New Zealand C17 Caroline Mestdagh Belgium