1970
50 miler - Owen N Warner (Waikato) 8h 55m 29s
1971
Peter Fox - Got placing in Junior Nationals in Invercargill
50 miler - a) Cancelled as only 6 individual & 2 Army teams entered, b) Veteran age limit - Over 40 and under 55
S L Kennedy Founder Member, Past President, Past Vice-President & Life Member Died
1972
Peter Fox - Broke WCNI Centre Track & Road records; 1500m 6m 56.6s, 10km 50m 28s. He also won the 10km National Champs but was disqualified later
50 miler - Suggested course be changed to: New Plymouth to Waitara and back
9 mile race - Leopard Breweries & Commercial Hotel withdrew sponsorship
Coca Cola withdrew sponsorship of Schoolboy Walks
Club membership - Only 1 Junior & 6 Colts this season
1973
Maurice D Lloyd - left the district
10km National Champs at Inglewood, 1st - Peter Fox, 2nd - Colin Fox, 3rd - Brett Goldrup
9 mile walk - Waikato Breweries to sponsor
Girls to be allowed to walk on road during road season
1974
Secondary Schools Champs - Norm Read moves that club writes for them to include Track Walks
WCNI Centre Champs - Omitted Senior 5km & Junior 3km from champs
Remits sent to WCNI for submission to NZAAA - That National Champs include a) Senior 5km walk and b) Junior 3km walk. WCNI didn't forward the remit
Olympics - After the Montreal Games race walking would be deleted
9 mile walk - Norm Read moved that this become a 15km race
Race Standards - A list of standards suggested by Norm Read is on pages 38/39 in Minute Book
Graeme Harvie - Walk Judge during Christchurch Commonwealth Games
1975
NZ Race Walking Association - Norm Read moved that this club subscribes to this Association
Peter Bailey – Won Two events at NZ Junior Champs, Taranaki Champs, WCNI Champs, NZ Colts Champs and NZ Secondary School Champs. Received - Stan Lay Award
NZ Champs 50km Feilding - 1st Norm Read, 3rd Mike Parker 4h 56m 18:2s,
WCNI 20 mile Champs Waitara - 1st Mike Parker 2h 45m 36s, 2nd Norm Read 2h 44m
NZ 20 mile Champs Christchurch - 1st Norm Read 2h 45m 34s, 2nd Mike Parker 2h 47m 22s
1976
WCNI Champs Records - Set at Palmerston North 14th Feb: Mike Parker - Senior 5km 23m 19.5s, Peter Bailey - Colts 3km 14m 35s
50 Miler - Over 12s & under 20s could walk in team events 1st Norm Read - 8h 34m 14s 2nd Mike Parker 8h 35m 51s
15km Walk - NZ Breweries took over sponsor ship from Waikato
Coca Cola Schoolboy Walks - Norm Read approached them for sponsorship but was refused
Devon 7 Walk - Sponsored by Devon Motors
NZ Secondary Schools Champs - W Reid moved that they held races for girls. WCNI Centre Didn't Support This Proposal
Peter Bailey - 1st NZ Secondary School Champs 3km, 2nd NZ Junior Champs 3km, 2nd NZ Junior Champs 10km,
Mike Parker - 1st NZ Senior Champs 50km 5h 03m 39s, 1st NZ Senior Champs 20 miles 2h 49m 13s, 1st WCNI 20km Champs -1h 37m 56s
Norm Read - 1st WCNI Centre Champs 20 mile, 2nd WCNI Centre Champs 20km, 4th NZ National Champs 20km, 3rd Commonwealth Games Trial 30km
Stan Peters - 3rd NZ Senior Champs Open 50 mile, 5th NZ Senior Champs 50km
Willie Reid - 3rd NZ Junior Champs 10km, 3rd NZ Junior Champs 3km, 3rd NZ Colts Champs 3km, 2nd NI Secondary School Champs 3km
Rodney Gillum - 3rd Secondary School Champs 3km
Devon 7 miler - 1st Ross Pilkington (23) 55.02m, 2nd Mike Parker (23), 55.04, 3rd Kevin Taylor (25) 56.49, 4th Peter Fox (22) 58.15, 5th Norm Read (Vet) 58.19, 6th Morrie Hinton (Vet) 59.15, 7th Peter Bailey (17) 60.30, 8th R Reid (17) 60.40, 11th Stan Peters (Vet) 64.02, 12th Tommy Lamason (32) 62.27, 13th Ian Wright (17) 72.05, 14th M Coombes (15) 72.07, 17th Willie Reid (15) 74.54, 18th Karen Peters (15) 85.47, 19th R Peters (13) 85.52, 20th C Bailey(13) 85.59
1977
Mike Parker - Picked to walk in Edmonton Commonwealth Games
Ian Wright - 1st WCNI Junior Champs 3km, 1st WCNI Junior Champs 10km
Peter Fox - Best times in UK; 5km : 21m 06s, 10km : 45m 43.6s, 10 mile 75m 41s, 20km: 96m 22s
Ross Reid - 5th Senior National Champs 5km 23m 17.65s
Norm Read - 1st WCNI Centre Champs 20 mile
15km Open walk - Lion Breweries now the sponsor
Change of Centre Boundaries Muted at NZAAA
1978
15km Open walk - Lion Breweries not sponsoring, Furlong Motor Inn new sponsor
Kevin Goodwin - Allowed to enter Devon 7 although under age
WCNI Road Champs - 20mile replaced by 30km race
Leonie Coombe - 1st NZ Secondary Schools Champs
Rodney Gillum - 1st NZ Champs Colts
Mike Parker - Edmonton Commonwealth Games withdrew due to stomach bug, City of London 50km - 1st 4h 09m 18s, NZ Record (broke Norm Read's 24 yr record)
Mr W J Donovan - Original Club auditor completed his last audit for the club (19yrs)
1979
Club Constitution - Revised
Mr R A Lithgow - New Auditor
Club Members - 34
Stan Peters - Nominated for Taranaki Sportsman of the Year
Devon 7 Miler - 1st woman Vivian Shaw
Tracy Winmill - Set U14 Girls Club 1 mile record 9m 38s
