Career
Competitive In 1964 he was ranked fourth in the United Kingdom behind Mike Wiggs, Fergus Murray and Bruce Tulloh. He represented Britain over 5000 metres in the 1964 Summer Olympics when Tulloh withdrew with measles. Personal Bests
From 1970 to 1987 he held the post of assistant director at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.
He became involved with the International Athletes" Club (InterActiveCorp) and in his capacity as chairman of the InterActiveCorp he became race director for the first InterActiveCorp Coca-Cola sponsored invitation meeting at Crystal Palace in the early 1970s.
The venue became the London home of athletics meetings when White City Stadium was demolished. After the successful first running of the London Marathon he was brought into the marathon"s management team
He was responsible for the start for 12 years from 1982. From 1994 to 1996 he was the Marathon"s course manager and from 1996 he was a consultant to the Marathon.