Mark Wallis duly landed a record eighth trainers title, two more than training legend Linda Mullins, writes Floyd Amphlett
The Towcester handler had 495 points to spare over Paul Young and achieved a magnificent 27% of winners. It is a remarkable achievement for a kennel which even between its Walthamstow and Towcester appointments, has managed to maintain an amazing standard for more than a decade.
From a little corner of Suffolk, the modest former permit trainer deserves full recognition as one of the greatest handlers in the history of greyhound racing in Britain.
Position | Trainer | Points | W | R | % | TPM |
1 | M A Wallis | 1386 | 272 | 1009 | 27% | £226,935 |
2 | P W Young | 891 | 170 | 1094 | 16% | £156,063 |
3 | S A Cahill | 724 | 121 | 432 | 28% | £97,605 |
4 | J Wright | 699 | 105 | 273 | 38% | £85,690 |
5 | K R Hutton | 534 | 141 | 600 | 24% | £66,720 |
6 | C R Lister Obe | 517 | 137 | 534 | 26% | £88,785 |
7 | J G Mullins | 478 | 81 | 482 | 17% | £73,425 |
8 | P J Simmonds | 359 | 93 | 500 | 19% | £61,805 |
9 | E Mcnair | 338 | 54 | 193 | 28% | £39,675 |
10 | H J Dimmock | 280 | 45 | 191 | 24% | £38,090 |
11 | P J Rosney | 276 | 67 | 344 | 19% | £39,830 |
12 | H Keightley | 268 | 26 | 60 | 43% | £68,948 |
13 | K P Boon | 260 | 70 | 379 | 18% | £40,300 |
14 | P Janssens | 253 | 53 | 198 | 27% | £39,370 |
15 | J E Hayton | 244 | 47 | 321 | 15% | £34,250 |
16 | D R Pruhs | 241 | 65 | 262 | 25% | £37,925 |
17 | K A Macari | 220 | 23 | 74 | 31% | £33,845 |
18 | P Buckley | 205 | 11 | 34 | 32% | £46,650 |
=19 | E T Parker | 196 | 111 | 449 | 25% | £48,220 |
=19 | B Draper | 196 | 56 | 245 | 23% | £31,985 |
2016 Mark Wallis
2015 Mark Wallis
2014 Mark Wallis
2013 Mark Wallis
2012 Mark Wallis
2011 Chris Allsopp
2010 Seamus Cahill
2009 Mark Wallis
2008 Mark Wallis
2007 Charlie Lister
2006 Charlie Lister
2005 Mark Wallis
2004 Charlie Lister
2003 Charlie Lister
2002 Linda Jones
2001 Linda Jones
2000 Linda Mullins
1999 Linda Mullins
1998 Linda Mullins
1997 Linda Mullins
1996 Linda Mullins
1995 John Coleman
1994 John McGee
1993 John McGee
1992 John McGee
1991 Linda Mullins
1990 John McGee
1989 John McGee
1988 John McGee
1987 Fred Wiseman
1986 George Curtis
1985 Ken Linzell
1984 George Curtis
1983 George Curtis
1982 Adam Jackson
1981 Joe Cobbold
1980 Pat Mullins
1979 Geoff De Mulder
1978 Geoff De Mulder
1977 Ted Dickson
1976 Phil Rees
1975 Paddy Milligan
1974 John Coleman
1973 Norman Oliver
1972 Tom Johnson
1971 Bert White
1970 Stan Mitchell
1969 Phil Rees
1968 Phil Rees
1967 Ron Hookway
1966 Paddy Milligan
1965 Ron Hookway/
John Bassett
1964 Herbert Bamford
1963 Tom Johnston
1962 John Haynes
1961 Jack Harvey/
Jim Jowett