Charlie Weston was the over 70 record holder for 7 years

I conveyed the news from Gladys Crellin on Facebook last night that Charlie Weston, the winner of what is now the Manx Telecom Parish Walk in 1989 and 1991, had a stroke on Sunday.

Only the previous day had I considered emailing him to check his date of birth because I had not included him among the age bests that I had recently compiled. Gladys told me that he was in 80 in April so it would appear that his final finish of the course in 2004 must have been the first lap by a 70 year old. Dave Fereday beat that time, aged 73 in 2011, but it would appear that Charlie was the unofficial over 70s record holder for seven years.

Finishes	Name	Time	Year	Position	Age
2	David Fereday	21:21:51	2011	95	73
9	Charlie Weston	21:35:13	2004	54	70
4	Michael Gray	21:52:27	2007	94	72
4	Gordon Erskine	22:53:02	2013	167	70
2	David Fereday	23:03:26	2010	106	72
4	Michael Gray	23:15:15	2008	94	73
4	Michael Gray	23:15:17	2009	166	74
8	Derek Harrison	02:15:50	2006	163	71

He also remains the 7th fastest in the 60 to 64 age group and when he set his time in 1996 he was only the second best to a mighty performance by Brian Ashwell.

Finishes	Name	Time	Year	Position	Age
2	Brian Ashwell	16:37:47	1995	1	62
9	Christopher Flint	18:09:02	2006	16	61
4	Stan Sille	18:13:08	2007	21	60
9	Gordon Corran	18:33:55	2013	30	62
9	Christopher Flint	18:53:07	2009	24	64
17	Mick Holgate	18:56:28	2005	20	62
9	Charlie Weston	19:11:42	1996	6	62

By the way, the photo I use here and on Facebook is from the launch of Dermot O'Toole's first book on the Parish Walk history.