Tony Brockhurst

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Tony Brockhurst
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
BornQ3. 1946 [1]
Leicester, England
Sport
ClubLeicester Forest CC

Anthony J. Brockhurst (born 1946) is a former British international cyclist who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

In 1968, Brockhurst joined the Leicester Forest Cycling Club, where he teamed up with Pete Mugglestone in the tandem. [2] In 1969 he won the tandem title with Mugglestone at the British National Tandem Sprint Championships [3] and made his England debut in 1969. [4]

In 1970, the tandem pair won a joint award for the Memorial Trophy, for the best service to the club, in addition to breaking club and county records over varying distances. [5] Later that year he won a second tandem title with Mugglestone at the British National Tandem Sprint Championships. [1] [6]

Brockhurst represented the England team [7] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, [8] [9] where he participated in the tandem event. During the tandem event, the pair crashed and suffered injuries, with Mugglestone breaking a collar-bone and suffering concussion. [10]

Brockhurst was a chartered accountant by profession. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tandem duo" . Leicester Chronicle. 26 June 1970. p. 28. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Brought Down" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 16 July 1971. p. 13. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Brockhurst and Mugglestone on Gold Standard" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 8 September 1969. p. 27. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Brockhurst Tunes Up for Holland Trip" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 12 June 1969. p. 29. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "shared award" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 26 January 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Cooke comes back to win" . Nottingham Evening Post. 3 August 1971. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "England Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Rollinson and Moore to ride in Games team" . Liverpool Echo. 10 June 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Ian Hallam picked in Games team" . Nottingham Evening Post. 10 June 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 25 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Cyclist hurt in tandem event crash" . The Scotsman. 24 July 1970. p. 19. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Brock and Jumblebrick with their bicycle made for two" . Leicester Chronicle. 15 November 1968. p. 12. Retrieved 27 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
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