Talk:Pat Hawkins (cyclist)

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Did you know... that Pat Hawkins from Perth, Australia, set a women's world record by cycling 2,489 km (1,547 mi) in seven days in 1940?

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Small paragraph about her on page 100 says:

One woman oblivious to part of the war was cyclist Pat Hawkins of Perth. From February 1941 to February 1942 Hawkins made an attempt on the year's cycling world record of 29 603 miles held by Mrs Bill Dovey of England. Hawkins was only off the road for seven weeks of the twelve month period and claimed a distance of 45 402 miles. But one week later supervising officials found what they called 'certain irregularities in Miss Hawkin's log cheets' and refused to recogonise the record. One wonders if she ever rode a bicycle again.

Stell, Marion K. (1991). Half the Race, A history of Australian women in sport. North Ryde, Australia: Harper Collins. p. 107. ISBN 0207169713.

--LauraHale (talk) 20:38, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Additional sources may be found on Trove. --LauraHale (talk) 20:57, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the Trove link, I wasted many hours struggling through Google and did not notice the Trove search box. :/ ... but it was fun 'crowdsourcing' the references before citing them. I love your Freudian slip/pun. So sad, what a waste of fantastic thighs and calves and lungs and grit. I would be so proud if I had ridden 'almost' 45,000 miles, I still glow when thinking about years when I did almost 4,500 miles getting to work.

Trove shows only one mention of LogCheetGate - GIRL CYCLISTS RECORD NOT RECOGNISED, Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946) Sunday 15 February 1942 p 8.[1]

Presumably her other world and W.A. records still stand, 1,000 miles and 7 days, so she is still worth a (caveated) wiki page. Any info about her birth, parents, husband, children etc will still make vital additions to the article. If she is still alive she should be celebrated. Chienlit (talk) 08:55, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]