Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakataetae tuatahi a Fairbrother i te ao i te 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games i Cardiff, Wales. Hei tohu i a Scotland, i mutu ia i te tuawhitu o nga waahi i te mutunga o te peke teitei me te peke o. Kotahi marama i muri mai i te 1958 European Athletics Championships i Stockholm, Sweden, Fairbrother, e tohu ana i Great Britain i roto i te peke teitei, i mutu te tekau i roto i te horoi whakamutunga. I nga Taakaro Orimipia o te Raumati i Roma i te tau 1960, kaore a Fairbrother i eke ki te taumata tohu o te peke teitei. E rua tau i muri mai i te 1962 European Athletics Championships i Belgrade, Yugoslavia, i whakakorea a Fairbrother i te peke teitei. E rua marama i muri mai i te 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games i Perth, Western Australia, ka mutu a Fairbrother i te tuawaru i te peke teitei ka whakakore i te pae i te. I te
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games i Kingston, Jamaica, i tuhia e Fairbrother tana hua pai rawa atu o te ao e wha ana i te peke teitei e horoi ana i te pae i te. I tana hui a-ao whakamutunga, nga Taakaro o te Commonwealth o Ingarangi i Edinburgh i te tau 1970, i oati a Fairbrother mo nga kaiwhakataetae i te huihuinga whakatuwhera. I te rā i muri mai i te peke teitei, kāore a Fairbrother i eke ki te whiringa toa.