Ray Lockwood

Ray Lockwood teamed up with 17-year-old Peri Horne in November 1949, and three months later competed in their first major competition, the junior pairs competition at the Empire Pool, Wembley, and finished second. Sadly, they never won a senior British title because they were unfortunate to be around at the time when Jennifer and John Nicks reigned supreme, and won the British title every year 1948-53. Lockwood and Horne finished 10th at the 1952 World Championships, but finished a creditable fifth in that years’ European Championships, in their first competition outdoors. They had another fifth place, in the 1953 Worlds, and might have won a medal but were penalized when Lockwood touched the ice with his hand while attempting a difficult low spin.

After Horne’s retirement from competitive skating, Lockwood teamed up with Barbara Radford in 1954, and switched from pairs to ice dancing, and finished fourth in that year’s World Championships, followed by a bronze medal in the European Championships at Bolzano. The following year, the pair won two more bronze medals, at the World Championships at Wien (Vienna), and European Championships at Budapest.