This race, promoted by Chas Shelly C356 of the Bristol Walking Club, was a second opportunity to qualify as a Centurion. The course was 10 laps of 10 miles on virtually traffic free country roads. First home was John Hedgethorne C413 of the Essex Police, and the 30th and last to finish was P. Cox […]
The 1969 race was won by Colin Young C317 with a distance only 1½ miles less than his epic performance in the 1960 Walton A.C. 100 mile track race. In second place some 8½ miles behind was Ivo Domansky, the first of 5 new Centurions and the first from his country, Czechoslovakia. 1969 Leicester 24 […]
Out of the 56 starters, 32 finished and 15 became new Centurions. The race was won by Karl Abolins for the third time in succession. John Hedgethorne took second place in 19 hours 1 minute 40 seconds. For the first time in its history the ‘Sunday Dispatch Cup’ was won by a Dutch team, all […]
This was the 19th edition of the Brighton and Back. The number of starters, 44, was slightly down on recent editions but everything else seemed to be perfect. The race was held on the weekend of the longest day, with a full moon thrown in for good measure, but someone forgot to arrange the weather […]
Organised by Leicester Walking Club This year there was a record breaking number of starters for the biennial Leicester to Skegness race. The race was won for a second time by Karl Abolins in just over 18 hours 10 minutes. 84 started and 47 finished, one of them being Cyril Evans C158 of Leicester, who […]
This race was organised by the Metropolitan Police Walking Club. Out of the 54 starters, 10 were Dutch, 8 of whom completed the course, 6 of them for the first time. One of them was Hendrick J. Doornekamp who walked the whole race in clogs. First home was Hew Neilson C145 in 19 hours 16 […]