Sam, Sam, where’s sweets, not to mention a bike!

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Tony Taylor
boiled sweets

Ta to Greg Smith for the piccie

You will find below the results of the Sam Shoebottom 10k held at Simister on February 13, but first a few words about Sam himself, confined sadly simply to what I’ve been told and remember – any other memories and especially a good photo gratefully received.

As a young lad joining the club my abiding memory is of his cheeky face as he offered everyone a boiled sweet in the changing room before a race, the proposal delivered in a delicious Mancunian accent. To be honest I was quite taken aback.  Having a nervous stomach at the best of times, I was always forced to decline, much to Sam’s amusement. Clearly Sam never gave up this gambit as Greg Smith can attest. He tells a lovely tale of Sam offering him the inevitable sweet back in 1987. The difference here was that Greg was race walking the Bolton Marathon and  was passing through Little Hulton on the A6. To his astonishment Sam leapt from the pavement in encouragement with the inevitable toffee in hand. It’s a wonder Greg retained his composure and contact!

Sam also was often the training companion of Chris Bolton and he tells a likely story, which reveals further Sam’s impish sense of humour. Out training together they were subject to the usual barracking from a group of lads – ‘up 1, 2, 3′ plus comments on the elegant gyrations of their posteriors. On this occasion, though, Sam decided enough was enough. Like lightning he jumped on one of the lads’ bikes, propped against a street lamp, and hastened down the road, chased forlornly by its owner. Half a mile or so later Sam relented, stopped and handed the bike back with a few choice words to his breathless pursuer. Of course today the episode would  have been captured on a smartphone. As it is we have no record of the young lad’s reaction or whether he accepted the offer of  one of Sam’s boiled sweets.

SAM SHOEBOTTOM 10 KILOMETRES
1 Adrian Edwards Lancs WC M50 56.37
2 Greg Smith Lancs WC M60 63.06
3 Roy Gunnett Lancs WC M65 63.38
4 Glyn Jones Coventry Godiva M70 63.49
5 Mark Byrne Redcar RWC 66.14
6 Joe Hardy Lancs WC M70 66.35
7 Dave Crompton Lancs WC M50 67.01
8 Pat Evans Lady Lancs WC W60 67.04
9 Alastair Shand Lancs WC M50 68.06
10 Stuart Edgar Dudley & Stourbridge M45 68.14
11 Ian Hilditch Lancs WC M70 70.00
12 David Hoben Surrey WC 71.35
13 Salish Shah Lancs WC M50 71.47
14 Claire Goulden Lady Lancs WC W50 72.24

5K
1 Chris Bolton Lancs WC M75 33.43
2 John Pouncy Lancs WC M65 39.43
3 John Payn Lancs WC M80 39.43
4 Andrea Lennon Lady Lancs WC W70 40.27

The winner of the Sam Shoebottom Handicap Trophy was in fact Pat Evans,showing excellent form, proving yet again her ability to multi-task, having also prepared the post-race sandwiches and cakes, not to mention pulling the wool over the eyes of her husband, Dave, the club handicapper.

Adrian Edwards was well ahead of the field in the scratch race on a bitter afternoon, showing welcome signs that he’s over the hamstring injury that blighted his efforts last year.  I think he is on his way back to recording 55 minutes or better this season.

Thanks as ever to all those, who turned out, from as afar as Brighton, Coventry and Dudley.

 

 

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Ken Munro Memorial Trophy Match, March 26

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Tony Taylor
Ken Munro
At the last NARWA meeting it was decided to delete the 10 miles championship, which has been poorly supported in recent years.
  • It will be substituted by an Annual Match at 10 Miles (Category B) between Lancashire, Yorkshire and Scotland , raced in honour of Ken Munro.
  • The first Match will be held next month at the pre-arranged venue and date of Thornton-le-Clay, March 26th.
  • Subsequent races to then alternate between Lancashire and Yorkshire in the early Spring, preferably along the M62 corridor (general Manchester region followed by Leeds/Bradford).
  • Team scoring is envisaged at Four each but with flexibility allowed on the day. Guest walkers welcome,
  • the NARWA Committee is very pleased to offer this new Annual fixture to Scottish walkers (in appreciation of previous support given to our races south of the border).

 


 
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Resolving the Issue of Race Permits

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Tony Taylor

risk

Back in the Autumn the issue of whether our club events required a Race Walking Association race permit came to the surface. Unknowingly I contributed to the discussion gathering pace as my effort to get the AGM 5k result on to the Power of Ten web site faltered for lack of a race permit number.

To cut a long story short it is now clear that our events do require a race permit to ensure that we are fully insured. In fact the RWA permit fee of £3 per event provides public liability cover to the tune of £45 million. Inevitably though this cover comes with a number of caveats, all of which are pretty much common-sense.

The application form asks the following:

  • that courses are measured accurately, but no certificate is required unless the race is a championship.
  • that the local authority is informed, most easily achieved by e-mailing the police.
  • that First Aid support is at hand through a certificated person. We need to check with our membership,who might be qualified in this respect. However Glyn Jones informs us that
    Under UKA guidance rules, if an event has less than 50 athletes, and a hospital is within reasonable distance, then first aid cover is not a requirement (entirely up to the organisers) and insurance is still covered.
  • that a risk assessment of each course has been carried out. In essence this means walking the course with two principal questions in mind – ‘What are the hazards?’ and ‘How will we minimise the risks involved?’ In our case the main responses are likely to revolve around marshalling and signage. A simple record needs to be kept of steps taken.

As I understand the situation there is no requirement for ‘qualified’ officials. In addition novices and unregistered athletes are covered by the permit.

In terms of the costs to our members they would not need to pay the extra 50p individual levy on the day as our races are defined as ‘closed’. Guest walkers, still warmly welcomed, would be asked to make a recorded donation as opposed to paying an entry fee.

Having spent most of my working life at odds with bureaucracy I can’t for the life of me see these requirements as bureaucratic.  Indeed in the early 1970’s as the club secretary I organised a number of Manchester-Blackpool races and sorting out all of the above was par for the course, involving a day off work on the Friday to drive slowly to Blackpool, putting up numerous direction signs, never mind checking for unexpected road works! Even if in those days we didn’t call this necessary caution ‘risk assessment’ and the St John’s Ambulance were always willing to help out popping a few blisters!

Obviously the most demanding requirement relates to the risk assessment element, particularly as this will underline the need for non-competitors to help on the day. It would be useful to begin compiling a list of members/supporters willing to take on tasks, such as marshalling. More than ever it means stressing that even if a member is injured and unable to race, their presence on a race day would be invaluable.

In terms of assessing our present portfolio of courses we should discuss how we can share out the responsibilities. As a contribution  I’m happy to get there early next Saturday to do an immediate assessment of the Simister out-and-back and I could scrutinise the Sutton Macclesfield circuit in the week before the first race there on April 9th.

With the dust settling my own opinion is that we should respond positively to the need to meet the requirements posed by the necessity of the race permit. And, I’m sure, we can do this without burdening Fred with yet more pressure, especially given his duties as National President.

 

 

 

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Sam Shoebottom 10k, February 13 at Simister

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Tony Taylor

Notice that the next club race is the Sam Shoebottom 10k to be held at Simister on Saturday, February 13, starting at 1.30 p.m. Look out for a post in the next few days, which draws your attention to issues around the need for race permits, which will need to be discussed after the race.

Find below the results of the first two races in the 2015/2016 calendar.

Dick Maxwell Memorial 10k @ Simister 5th December 2015

Scratch Name Club Age Scratch H’Cap Nett H’Cap H’Cap Age Graded
Pos. Group Time Time Position Points %’s
1 Dwane Butterly Leic. W.C. M45 55.31 SCR 55.31 Guest 75.31
2 Adrian Edwards Lancs WC M50 56.00 SCR 56.00 2 24 77.21
3 Glyn Jones Coventry G. M70 62.43 8.00 54.43 Guest 85.33
4 Tony Bell Lancs WC M50 63.53 4.45 59.08 7 19 67.11
5 Greg Smith Lancs WC M60 64.23 2.30 61.53 10 16 73.76
6 Dave Crompton Lancs WC M50 64.30 5.15 59.15 8 18 65.91
7 Joe Hardy Lancs WC M70 66.41 10.30 56.11 3 23 79.18
8 Phil Mc Cullagh Lancs WC M55 66.48 10.00 56.48 4 22 67.65
9 Roy Gunnett Lancs WC M65 69.04 5.15 63.49 11 15 72.72
10 Alastair Shand Lancs WC M50 69.05 9.30 59.35 9 17 63.13
11 Dave Evans Lancs WC M65 69.30 5.30 64.00 12 14 72.27
12 Ian Hilditch Lancs WC M70 69.33 14.45 54.48 1 25 78.00
13 Stuart Edgar Dudley M45 71.28 13.15 58.13 Guest 56.64
14 Salish Shah Lancs WC M50 71.30 13.15 58.15 5 21 59.46
15 Claire Goulden Lady Lancs WC W50 73.42 15.15 58.27 6 20 62.95
5K
1 Pat Evans Lady Lancs WC W60 33.59 13 76.34
2 Irene Pike Lady Lancs WC W60 34.48 12 74.55
3 John Payn Lancs WC M80 38.20 11 77.48

Bill Jackson Trophy 5K @ Simister 7th November 2015

Scratch Name Club Age Scratch H’Cap Nett H’Cap H’Cap Age Graded
Pos. Group Time Time Position Points %’s
1 Tony Taylor Lancs WC M65 26.45 Scratch 26.45 15 11 91.41
2 Dave Evans Lancs WC M65 28.17 1.45 26.32 14 12 86.45
3 Roy Gunnett Lancs WC M65 28.56 2.30 26.26 12 14 84.51
4 Dave Crompton Lancs WC M50 29.47 3.00 26.47 16 10 69.43
5 Dan Maskell Brighton M65 30.04 3.15 26.49 Guest
6 Peter Crahan Lancs WC M60 30.52 5.35 25.17 3 23 74.93
7 Glyn Jones Coventry M70 30.55 4.35 26.20 Guest
8 Greg Smith Lancs WC M60 30.56 1.00 29.56 17 9 74.77
9 Jan McCue Lady Lancs WC W50 31.03 5.15 25.48 6 20 74.64
10 Joe Hardy Lancs WC M70 31.33 5.45 25.48 6 20 81.41
11 Alastair Shand Lancs WC M50 32.15 5.45 26.30 13 13 65.80
12 Pat Evans Lady Lancs WC W60 32.31 6.10 26.21 11 15 79.48
13 John Crahan Lancs WC M65 32.33 7.15 25.18 4 22 74.41
14 Chris Bolton Lancs WC M75 33.41 9.50 23.51 1 25 81.64
15 Salish Shah Lancs WC M50 33.53 7.35 26.18 10 16 61.03
16 Richard Robb Lancs WC M45 34.12 9.20 24.52 2 24 58.48
17 Irene Pike Lady Lancs WC W60 34.19 8.10 26.09 8 18 75.60
18 Ian Hilditch Lancs WC M70 34.40 8.30 26.10 9 17 76.06
19 John Payn Lancs WC M80 36.53 11.10 25.43 5 21 80.53
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Lancashire Walking Club Fixtures 2016

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Tony Taylor
AGM 5k

Atmospheric photo of the AGM 5k, courtest of Linda McDermot. Who’s going which way?

Find below the Club 2016 Fixture list plus notification of Northern Championship events and the annual British Masters 5k at Horwich, which we have dominated in recent years.

February 13 Sam Shoebottom 10k at Simister

February 20 NARWA 20k at Douglas, IOM  [‘A’ category]

March 12 Alison Trophy 15k at Chorley

March 26 Proposed Ken Munro Memorial Open 10 miles [ NARWA 10 miles likely to be deleted from championship programme]

April 9 Macclesfield Shield 20k at Sutton Macclesfield

April 30 Allen Trophy 15 miles at Chorley

May 21 Fred Pearce Relay 3 x 5k at Simister

May 29 NARWA 35k at Kirkby Fleetham [although a championship this is a ‘B’ event, foreshadowing the National 50k ‘B’ championship]

June 19 BMAF 5k (Men & Women) at Horwich [‘A’ category]

July 2 Barnard Trophy 10k at Sutton Macclesfield

July 23 Lambert Trophy One Hour Track  at Bury

July 23 NARWA 10k at Dunnington [‘A’ category] – late revision, which means our One Hour race and this championship are on the same day!

August 13 Goodwin Cup 10k at Chorley

September 10 R & Z Smith Trophy 2 Hour Track at Bury

October 8 Albert Rigby Shield 10k at Sutton Macclesfield

November 5 LWC AGM 5k (109th) at Simister

All of the Club races in bold are ‘B’ category events and start at 1.30 p.m.

I’ll post more details re the NARWA and BMAF championships as they become available.

In addition I’ll do a reminder before all races, usually a fortnight ahead of the event.

AND for non-LWC folk visiting this blog simply to say you will receive a warm Lancashire welcome, if you come to any of our races as guest walkers, officials or spectators.

 

 

 

 

 

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SOUP AND ROLL LEAGUE 2016 FIXTURES

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Tony Taylor

It’s great to receive the 2016 Soup and Roll League Fixtures from the indefatigible duo of Trevor and Linda McDermot. Staged in beautiful villages these events are always excellently organised and a warm atmosphere duly created. Indeed at the last League race on December 2o at Kirkby Fleetham the race report ran:

A good showing by Lancashire WC at last Sunday’s combined Soup & Roll / Northern Winter League race, with their Masters too strong for Redcar and Yorkshire clubs in the overall team race.

Dave Crompton

Dave Crompton [minus festive hat] leads Denis and Russ Jackson at Kirkby Fleetham.

The first race is on Sunday, February 14 in the village of Ingram, Northumberland, NE66 4LT, starting at 11.00 a.m over distances from 4km to 5/10 miles. As ever entry is free and a soup and roll lunch is provided. It’s the day after the Sam Shoebottom at Simister, but if you can double up it makes for a quality weekend.

Soup & Roll League Programme 2016 (1) – opens as a spreadsheet with dates right through to December.

 

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Maurice Ireland – on joining the ‘daft beggars’

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Tony Taylor

Maurice winning 1978 NW GPO Champs in 74:12

We’ve received the following message from Maurice Ireland, which reveals two touching and humorous stories related to his entry into the ranks of the Lancashire Walking Club.

As a past Chairman & President of LWC I join with all who have congratulated Fred on his elevation to RWA President; he has worked tirelessly for many years both for our club and the sport, it is a well deserved honour and I am sure Fred Senior is looking down with great pride and joy.

My membership of the club goes back to about 1960 and I have many photographs etc. so if I can help them please let me know. My initial involvement with the sport and LWC is from 1954; at that time we lived on Bolton Road, Pendlebury and my father had regaled me with stories of his involvement with the Club and how he competed in such races as the Manchester to Blackpool in the late 1920s; unfortunately he was diagnosed with silicosis when he was 33 years of age which brought an end to his athletic career. However, on a particular night in 1954 I was “dragged” from my bed by my most excited father who had spotted race walkers going past our shop and found that the Manchester to Blackpool and back (100 miles) race was in progress. He had set up a feed station and I was directed to assist by running to meet approaching walkers, determine their “needs”, run back then deliver as he prepared them, this continued for some hours. The weather was atrocious, it rained continuously and needless to say it did not attract me to the sport but, I did admire the fortitude and competitive spirit along with the camaraderie of the many people I met throughout the night. Also, from the records I think you will find that Joe Lambert qualified as a centurion in this event. As far as I was concerned, this was my first and last involvement with the “daft beggars” who wished to inflict such agonies on themselves.

[ Maurice is indeed right about the weather conditions. The Record reported that ‘ the first few miles were along the sea-front. In normal conditions this would have been very pleasant, especially as vast crowds of holiday-makers would have cheered the walkers on their way. On the occasion of the race the sea-front was deserted, the roads were under water, there was heavy rain and great winds shoreward blew. As a result the competitors were drenched and chilled to the bone before they had covered the first few miles. The rain continued for thirteen hours and resulted in the 42 starters being gradually reduced to 20.’ Joe Lambert did become Centurion No. 223, finishing in 21:44:00, just behind Albert Rigby, the stalwart of Sutton Macclesfield, walking in that club’s colours , Centurion No. 222. Further up the field the club welcomed two other new Centurions, George J.Birchall, No. 220, dead-heating incredibly with his father [?], George P. Birchall in 19:32:27 and T.M.L. Dally, No. 221 in 20:37:19. To complete the picture the last man was E.E.Riddell of Lancashire, yet another new Centurion, No. 228 in 23:20:27. The race was won by Vic Stone [Polytechnic Harriers] in an impressive 17:22:26, well over an hour ahead of the second-placed John Hartley [Sheffield U.H.]. Lancashire dominated the team race. All of the finishers were clearly daft, but indomitable beggars.]

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Frank O’Reilly having just won the Manchester to Blackpool race in 1963 is taken to the Corporation Baths by Maurice’s father (looking over his shoulder). Frank won in 8:14:25 from Guy Goodair.

Maurice continues,

However, and as if predestined, my fate was sealed; in 1960 whilst returning from an engineering training course (old GPO) a person by the name of Chris Bolton, travelling in the same car, was prattling on about how he had raced in the Manchester to Blackpool event. I joined the conversation by stating that my father had also done that event and on how I had assisted in the “100”; I think Chris was a little taken aback by finding that I was aware of the sport and such events. Shortly after this meeting Chris and me were sent to work in the same telecoms centre and I frequently heard stories about his recent races; this gave me the opportunity to pull his leg about race walking and how anybody could walk at the speed of 6 miles in an hour. However, and as you would expect, Chris planned his revenge, one particular day he set me up in front of our colleagues to the point where he said that I could not walk 6 miles in the hour as I was boasting, obviously I laughed at him until he said that he had entered me on the next Saturday afternoon to compete at Worsley with LWC; I was trapped. Needless to say I had to turn out, but I am very proud of the fact that I did manage to beat the hour (by 30 seconds) and was awarded the 6 Miles in the Hour badge from the RWA; this was the start of my race walking career and thanks to Chris, many, many hours of superb sports involvement.

 

 

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Greg Smith’s 50th Anniversary Falls Foul of Frost

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Tony Taylor

Before Xmas Greg Smith announced that on Friday 1st January 2016 he would be celebrating 50 years since his first walking race. It was the Essex Beagles Boys 1⅞ Miles Walk, organised by Phil Everard at Chigwell Row, Essex on 1st January 1966. Recently Greg discovered the result, describing it as an inauspicious beginning in the sport. Racing for his school he finished 20th out of 21 starters. Nevertheless to mark the 50th anniversary he planned to race walk the 5km of Bolton Parkrun on New Year’s Day, 2016. He expressed his delight if anyone would join him.

In the event the elements conspired to undo the best of plans, forcing Greg to forward the following note and photo.

GREG 50

Many thanks to Adrian, John C., John P., and Roy who joined me on New Year’s Day to celebrate my 50 years in race walking at Bolton 5k Parkrun. Alas, entirely against the run of weather recently, the course was frozen! The race was cancelled but the five us very gingerly made our way around Leverhulme Park recollecting past glories...

Intrigued by Greg’s half-century I’ve started to see if I could trace something of his history via the on-line Race Walking Records. At this point one result stands out as illustrating Greg’s potential just 3 years later. In the Metropolitan WC 7 miles Open on January 11th, 1969 at Imber Court, racing as a Junior for Basildon, he clocked 56 :49, finishing only 40 seconds down on Phil Embleton, shortly to become the hottest property in UK Race Walking, whilst beating comfortably the future GB International, Steve Gower . Sadly both Phil, at a tragically early age, and Steve, much more recently, are no longer with us. Interestingly Greg  was only just behind Lancashire’s Julian Hopkins. Our club must have been hoping to finish a team as I was 11th in 52:57, something of a breakthrough, and Chris Bolton finished in 61:42. What happened to our fourth counter? Did he miss the train or was he even dq’ed? For the record the race was won by Paul Nihill in 50:46, 209 started and 193 finished.

 

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Fred Pearce and Chris Bolton on the starting line together

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Tony Taylor
Chris Bolton 1962
Further to our tribute to Fred Pearce on becoming the RWA President here is a lovely personal note from Chris Bolton, number 17 in the above photo, of which more later.
Many congratulations to Fred on becoming RWA President, an honour richly deserved.
 
I first met Fred in June 1957 when I stood next to him at the start of the Lancashire County AAA Junior One Mile Track Championship.
 
I had to stand next to him since there were only two competitors!
 
This was my first venture into Race Walking and Fred shot away in win in, if my memory is right, 8 Minutes 27 Seconds with me one minute adrift.  As I crossed the line a jovial Harold Willcox greeted me with “Well done lad, I can see you’re not trained”
 
My next race was the Manchester to Blackpool walk four weeks later where I again finished last, in 11 Hours 3 Minutes.  Not an auspicious start to Race Walking.
 
Since then I am pleased to say that Fred and I have had almost 60 years of friendship.
 
Once again many congratulations to Fred.
As for the photo above of Chris in the final stages of the 1962 Manchester-Blackpool walk held on June 30 there lies another story.
For five years after finishing last Chris was to place 4th in 9:12:46 behind the legendary Hughie Neilson [Woodford Green], Norman Hopkinson and John Eddershaw [both Sheffield United Harriers]. Amazingly just six days later he placed 17th in the Leicester -Skegness 100 miles, dead-heating with Brian Howarth [Leyland Motors] and Paddy Dowling in a time of 22:09:27. All three were new Centurions with Chris number 332. And our great friend Guy Goodair in the colours of Wakefield also became Centurion 327 in the same arduous event, 10th in 21:07:00. It’s worth noting that Chris  finished 15th in the Bradford 50k in 5:22:42 on June 11. In the space of just four weeks Chris raced 293 kilometres, give a centimetre or two!
As the photo itself reveals I was helping out as a flying feeder. I’m half-hidden, standing on the pavement, behind the besuited bloke. That month I’d placed 2nd in the Leigh Harriers 1 mile championship behind Jack Sankey [7:34.4] and in front of my dad. The result with no times for us records 2nd A.J. Taylor Jnr, 3rd A.J. Taylor Snr. Shades of Fred and his father. Meanwhile Campbell McNinch, who is on the bike behind Chris had finished 9th on June 12 in the then famous Sheffield Star Novice Walk over 11 and a half miles. The race was won by Mal Tolley of Sheffield, a future GB international and one of the stylists of his day,  in a record 1:39:15.
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Sixty Years On Fred Pearce becomes National President

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Tony Taylor
FRED informal

Our Fred, rather informally attired in truth!

Becoming the National Race Walking Association President is an honour Fred Pearce richly deserves. All of us know how much he has contributed over the years through both the good times and the bad to keeping race walking alive both in Lancashire, the North of England and beyond. In terms of the Lancashire Walking itself there is no post or role that Fred hasn’t undertaken. Indeed at times he has almost single-handedly kept the club afloat. Amazingly too he has borne the burden in an unflappable manner, always impeccably turned out, so often attired in his ever stylish blazer.

Having done some research I believe also that fittingly his Presidency comes to pass in his sixtieth year in the sport. Trawling through the Records my speculation is that his first race was in the Moston Open 10 miles on June 2nd 1956, where he dead-heated with his dad in 23rd position. From that moment on race results had to distinguish between Fred Pearce Senior and Fred Pearce Junior. In truth Fred Junior never fulfilled the potential hinted at by his stylish mode of progression, although he could be relied on to blast the last 200 metres of any race with not a hair out of place!

Fred Pearce

Fred, number 5 – Northern Junior 10 1961 Bradford

As it was our paths crossed in the early 1960’s, but it wasn’t till later in the decade that Fred’s talents came to the fore. A major reason for him not achieving what might have been on the road was the demand placed upon him by his successful business life. However his organisational acumen and penchant for detail were instrumental in the rise of the club’s prominence in the late 60’s, led on the track and road by Ron Wallwork. Central to this period was the collective spirit engendered by such characters as Chris Bolton, another great organiser, who produced the club magazine, ‘CONTACT’.  As we got prepared for a big race we knew that Fred would have sorted out all the necessary practical details. He was the Team Manager par excellence.

And indeed he has carried on being just that to the present day. If, God forbid, we were into rebranding, we would become ‘Team Lancashire’ with Fred as our Chief Executive!

I know that everyone will join me in thanking Fred for all his endeavours and wish him all the best for his year in office.

BRAVO, EL PRESIDENTE!

POSTSCRIPT – I’m not sure how many national presidents the club has boasted over the years . I remember Reg Goodwin, Alf Scorer and Joe Lambert. Further info appreciated. And courtesy of Glyn Jones and to my embarrassment, those stalwarts Frank O’Neill and Dick Smith were Presidents in the 1970’s.

PPS Thanks to Guy Goodair for the Bradford photo. Not sure who took the one of Fred looking a mite informal, but thanks.

 

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