Our 4 winning plaques from the Ballarat Ekiden Relay22 viewsFor a number of years, the Australian Centurions entered a team in the Ballarat Ekiden Relay which was contested around Lake Wendouree in Ballarat. We were lucky enough to win the walk division on 4 occasions - 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004 - and these winners' plaques were awarded to us.
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The Australian Centurions Badge17 viewsThose walkers who complete 100 miles in our centurion qualifying event are awarded an Australian Centurion badge. For their first successful completion, the badge is numbered. For subsequent centurion efforts, they receive an unnumbered badge. Each Centurion club around the work has its own unique badge and many walkers try to collect as many as they can - but it is not an easy ask!
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1932 Manchester to Blackpool 50 Mile Walk15 viewsThis medal was presented to Thomas Brooks of Birmingham Walking Club upon coming 4th in the 1932 edition of the Manchester to Blackpool 50 Mile Walk. This event was one of the classic events on the English calendar and was contested in late June every year from 1909 until the mid 1990's. It offered three medals: one for those select few who broke 8 hours, one for those serious walkers who broke 9 hours 30 minutes and one for all other finishers. This medal was kind
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The Farmer Trophy13 viewsIn 2004, former British Centurions secretary and Centurion legend Freddie Baker passed onto our club an historic trophy that had been awarded to his grandfather many years previously. The inscription on the pewter trophy read as follows
ONE MILE WALKING HANDICAP
WON BY R. FARMER
OCT 10TH 1881
It was silver plated and mounted and is now awarded each year to the winning man and woman in the RWA 100 km championships.