Ronnie Lendrum

Lendrum, born in Rhydyfelin, moved to live with his sister in Worthing and started boxing at West Tarring County Secondary School in Worthing.^[1]

He boxed out of the Gilesports, Cardiff and Fisher, London, and was the 1960 Welsh ABA champion at featherweight.^[2] The following year boxing for Worthing BC, he won a second Welsh title but at the lighter weight of bantamweight.^[3] A machine minder for a window frame manufactuer called James Coupar, he struggled to maintain the weight in the bantamweight class and chose to step back up to featherweight.^[4]

Living in Browning Road and then Leigh Road, Worthing, and despite losing the top of three of his fingers in a work accident, he represented Wales at international level^[5] and in March 1962 won a third Welsh title at featherweight.^[6]

He was selected for the 1962 Welsh team^[7] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. He competed in the featherweight category,^[8] where he was beaten by Ted Stone of Australia in the quarter-final round.^[9]