Midland Counties Championships in 1960 then was victorious at the 1961 Midland Counties Cross Country Championships. He won go on to win the Midland cross country title once more, in 1968, and took two more counties track titles: the 3 miles in 1963 and the six miles in 1968.Midland Counties Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-05.Midland Counties Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-05. A win at the 1961 Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships, achieved in heavy snow while he had been off work due to an illness, brought him to greater attention as he beat British record holder Bruce Tulloh among others.
