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 […]
The weekend of 3rd– 4th July 1964, saw 57 men (the largest number of starters to date) on the start line. Most of the regulars were there plus a number of newcomers which included a good number from Holland. Frank O’Reilly took the lead up to 30 miles but only by 3 minutes from […]
1963 London to Brighton & Back – Programme & Results
This was the third race from Leicester to Skegness. 26 of the 45 starters completed the race, 13 of them for the first time. The winner was Frank O’Reilly C276, his 4th win in successive years. He completed the course in 16 hours 58 minutes, 16 seconds, the second sub 17 hour time in his […]