Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohu a Downie i a Great Britain i te 1973 World Aquatics Championships i Belgrade, Yugoslavia i reira i pakaru ai ia i te rekoata Scottish mo te 200-mita freestyle. I te tau e whai ake nei ka tohu ia i a Scotland i nga Taakaro o te Commonwealth o 1974 i Christchurch, New Zealand. I te tau 1975 i kaukau ia mo Scotland i te whakataetae 8-motu i Prague, Czechoslovakia. ka wini i tetahi mētara hiriwa i te 1975 World Championships i Cali, Colombia hei waahanga o te British 4x200-mita freestyle relay me Alan McClatchey, Gary Jameson, me Brian Brinkley. I nga whakataetae ano i riro i a ia he mētara parahi hei waahanga o te reanga 4x100-mita o Ingarangi me David Wilkie, James Carter me Brian Brinkley. Haunga te wikitoria i tana mētara parahi, ko ia te tuaono i roto i te 200-mita freestyle i te 1976 Montreal Olympics i te wa i whakaturia ai e ia he rekoata o Ingarangi e ono tau te roa. I kaukau ia ki te
1977 European Aquatics Championships i Jönköping, Sweden, me te tohu i Scotland i te 1978 Commonwealth Games i Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I mau a Downie i nga rekoata 200-mita me te 400-mita a Scottish mo nga tau 10 mai i te 1972 ki te 1982.