South Yorkshire Times, October 10th
CONISBROUGHS WALKER’S DEBUT
On Saturday the Don Valley Walking Club competed in the Leicester seven mile road walk. The winner was G. E. Chaplin In 53 mins 29 secs.
Newcomer 16-year-old Ian Brooks of Conisbrough in his first race for Doncaster club completed the seven miles in 67 mins 9 secs, he was third man home in the Don Valley team.
The rest of the team finished as follows J Casey 60-11; G Gordon 64-53; C Butterworth 67-58; B Southwell; G Rosser 69-28; A Payne 70-4;
The Don Valley clubs next race is at Sheffield this Saturday