LANCASHIRE WALKING CLUB – ROLL OF INDIVIDUAL HONOUR

‘HEALTH the FIRST WEALTH’

NATIONAL BOY/YOUTH/JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS [qualification placing in top six]

BOLTON Warren –  RWA Boys 2 miles 5th/1972

CROW Steve  – 1 Junior International; RWA Youth 3 miles 2nd/1968 plus 1 top 4

ENTWISTLE Michael – RWA Junior 5 miles 5th/1970

EYRE Chris – 2 Junior Internationals; RWA Junior 5 miles 6th/1969

HARVEY Chris – 1 Junior International; RWA Junior 5 miles 1st/1977

MALONE Tony – 1 Junior International; AAA Junior 3 Kilometres 2nd/1969; RWA Junior 5 miles 3rd/1970/1971

TAYLOR Tony – RWA Junior 5 miles 6th/1967

WALLWORK Ron – AAA Junior 1 mile 1st 1960 plus 1 top 2; RWA Junior 5 miles1st 1960 plus 2 top 3

WARD Dave – AAA Junior 3 kilometres 1st/1970; RWA 3 miles 5th/1968; AAA Under 19 record 13:22.4

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NATIONAL SENIOR INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS [qualification placing in top six]

BARRACLOUGH Joe, centurion 260  – AAA champs 2 top 6 performances; RWA 20 miles 3rd/1958 plus 2 top 6 performances

BRIDGE Bobby – Olympic Games 1912; AAA champs 2 miles 1st/1912/1913/1914/1919; AAA champs 7 miles 1st/1912/1913/1914; National 2 hours record, 24,598 metres

CROMPTON David – RWA 50 Kilometres 3rd/2014

DICKINSON Leslie – AAA champs 7 miles 3rd/1935 pus 3 top 6 performances

DUMBILL Thomas – Olympic Games 1912; AAA champs 3rd/1912

DUNN Tommy – RWA Junior 10 miles 1st/1938 *

EDWARDS Adrian – RWA 50 kilometres 1st/2015 plus 2 top 3 performances

FAIRHURST Hazel, centurion 983 – RWA 100 miles 3rd/2003 plus 1 top 6 performance

HARDY Joe, centurion 981 – RWA 100 miles 5th/2002

HARVEY Chris – 7 GB Internationals; RWA 10 miles 1st/1979 plus 2 other RWA top 6 performances

HOPKINS Joe – Olympic Games 1936; RWA 20 miles 1st/1938; RWA 50 kilometres 2nd/1936, 5th/1938

SHORT Alf, centurion 993 – RWA 50 kilometres 4th/2004; RWA 100 miles 2nd/2008

TAYLOR Tony – 2 GB Internationals; AAA 10 kilometres 3rd/1970 plus 2 top 6 performances; RWA 10 miles 6th/1970

WALLWORK Ron, centurion 893 – Commonwealth Games 1966; European Games 1966. Commonwealth v USA Commonwealth Games 1970; European Games1971; Commonwealth v USA plus 10 internationals; AAA 2 miles champs 1st/1966/1967 plus 2 top 6 performances; AAA 7 miles champs 2nd/1965/1966 plus 3top 6 performances; RWA 10 miles 1st/1967 plus 7 top 6 performances; RWA 20 kilometres 1st/1967 plus 4 top 6 performances; RWA 20 miles 2nd/1970/1971 plus 5 top 6 performances; RWA 50 kilometres 3rd 1971 plus 2 top 6 performances; National 2 hours record, 26,037 metres.

*The National Junior 10 miles was a Senior event open to those, who had not won either national individual or team medals. It had its equivalent at a regional level. Something of an anomaly it was dropped from the calendar in the 1960s.

Thanks to Ron for putting together this revealing insight into the club’s history. We should follow it, as far as we can, given what we can discover, by a roll of team achievements.