Monthly Archives: September 2023

THE ALBERT RIGBY TROPHY, OCTOBER 7th

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Tony Taylor

Our next club race will be the Albert Rigby Trophy 10 kilometres in Albert’s old stomping ground, the village of Sutton Macclesfield. The event will take place on Saturday, October 7th, starting at 1.00 p.m from the Sutton Ex Servicemen’s … Continue reading →

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Marion and Peter Fawkes honour Andrew Fraser

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Tony Taylor

It’s been two years since we posted our tribute, Andrew Fraser RIP, standard bearer for Scottish Race Walking. The piece contained moving anecdotes and images such as the one below. In a touching and generous gesture, expressive of the values … Continue reading →

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Race Walking loses three great characters

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Tony Taylor

in the past few weeks race walking has lost three outstanding characters from within and without its ranks. The first of these, Jack Englert of the Sheffield Unuted Harriers is perhaps the least known. However, he was a stalwart of … Continue reading →

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Lambert Trophy refusing to be scuppered

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Tony Taylor

Dave Evans reports: With the rail strike scuppering the normal transport arrangements for some club members, it was very heartening to find 8 aspirants tackling this non-standard event under the hot sun which registered an uncomfortable 24 degrees. Ellis Simmonds, … Continue reading →

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