1955-1956
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| 03 September 1955 | End of track season review With the completion last Wednesday of the Wallasey Athletic Club track and field championships the season can now be considered over for Wallasey athletes and now perhaps would be the time to consider our achievements in the light of other Merseyside performances. Read more... |
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| 17 September 1955 | Athletic club has bright prospects With the advent of the cross-country season members of Wallasey Athletic Club can now be seen training regularly over the fields between Leasowe and Bidston. Read more... |
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| 24 September 1955 | Athletic club's call to senior members As the start of the cross-country season draws near it is pleasing to see quite a number of younger members are training, but the absence of senior members is still noticeable. This, I hope, will be remedied as the season progresses, as their experience could be of valuable assistance to the younger members. Read more... |
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| 01 October 1955 | Athletic club's annual meeting With the advent of a new financial year in the lif of the Wallasey Athletic Club, the annual general meeting was once again held at the Roycroft Hall, Liscard. Read more... |
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| 08 October 1955 | Cross-country season opens at Prenton Last Saturday saw the opening of the cross-country season with the annual Monstre meet held at Wirral Athletic Club's headquarters, Prenton. Read more... |
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| 22 October 1955 | Cross-country boy's championships On Saturday, November 5th, the Wallasey schools and Wallasey youths' cross-country championships are being promoted from the club headquarters in Leasowe Road. Read more... |
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| 29 October 1955 | Wallasey A.C. came second Last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club, together with Liverpool Harriers were entertained by Liverpool Boundary to the first cross-country league fixture of the season. Read more... |
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| 05 November 1955 | Athletic club senior side strengthened Wallasey A.C. members visited the headquarters of Wirral A.C. at Prenton last Saturday for their second cross-country league fixture of the season against our hosts Wirral A.C. and Liverpool Pembroke Harriers. Read more... |
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| 12 November 1955 | Moreton School win Challenge Trophy The A. G. Nicholson Challenge Trophy for the Wallasey schools' cross-country championship was won for the eighth time in nine years last Saturday by Moreton Secondary Modern School. Read more... |
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| 12 November 1955 | Out of panto - off to sheep farm in N.Z. Kenneth Ledward is the young man who could have gone into opera, or who could have gone into pantomime - but has gone sheep-farming in New Zealand. Read more... |
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| 12 November 1955 | Won eight times Gerry Williams receiving from the Mayor (Alderman J. C. Low) the A. G. Nicholson Challenge Trophy on behalf of Moreton S. M. School, who won it for the eighth time in nine years at the Wallasey schools cross-country championships last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 19 November 1955 | Local runners in Waterloo road race Last Saturday saw the annual Waterloo Road Race being run over 63/4 miles of Waterloo roads. The inhabitants of Waterloo must have been surprised at seeing about two hundred runners in gaily coloured vests racing past their houses. Read more... |
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| 26 November 1955 | Leasowe hosts L&D Race Last Saturday saw the last but one of the Liverpool & District Cross-Country league fixtures, this one being held at Wallasey Athletic Club headquarters in Leasowe Road. Read more... |
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| 03 December 1955 | Wallasey Athletic Club's success Last Saturday saw our last Liverpool & District Cross-Country League fixture. This one was against Waterloo Harriers and Warrington Harriers at Crosby. The result must have surprised several of our runners in that we won our first league fixture of the season instead of finishing second or third as we usually do. Read more... |
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| 10 December 1955 | Tribute to a Sportsman The recent death of Mr. Albert George Nicholson will be keenly felt by Wallasey athletes past and present, as he has been closely associated with the sport for nearly sixty years. Read more... |
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| 31 December 1955 | Fog at Christmas Handicap The Christmas handicap last Saturday was somewhat marred by fog, but conditions did not interfere with any of the races. The first of the two races was for the boys, the course being along Leasowe Road up to Moreton shore and back. Read more... |
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| 07 January 1956 | Athletic club championships - Local runners' good form and speed In the Wallasey Athletic Club cross-country championships last Saturday, Ken Poyning showed more of the good form he is having this season, winning the boys' race. Second was Brian Anthony and third Brian Shaw. The sealed handicap for the race was won by Ron Edwards, who was placed in fifth postion. Read more... |
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| 21 January 1956 | Wallasey AC in cyclo cross fixture Last Saturday the club had their postponed cyclo cross fixture against the Wallasey Cyclists. The race was won for the second year in succession by cyclist Johnny Fryer. He just beat Ron Barlow by a few feet in a thrilling finish. Read more... |
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| 28 January 1956 | Southport Harriers at Wallasey Last Saturday members of the Wallasey Athletic Club were hosts to Southport Harriers in a friendly cross-country fixture. It was run in deplorable weather conditions, the bitter east wind, accompanied by sleet and rain proving a great handicap for the runners. Read more... |
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| 04 February 1956 | Cross-country championships at Leasowe Last Saturday the Liverpool & District cross-country championships were promoted from the Wallasey club's headquarters in Leasowe Road. Read more... |
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| 11 February 1956 | Local runners in W. Lancs. Races The West Lancashire Cross-Country Championship races were held at Southport last Saturday, over a hard course. Read more... |
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| 18 February 1956 | Wallasey A.C. cross-country races A Wallasey A.C. team of cross-country runners visited the R.A.F. Camp at West Kirby last Saturday for a friendly cross-country fixture against an R.A.F. team stationed there. Read more... |
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| 25 February 1956 | Ron Barlow runs brilliant race Ron Barlow, the Cheshire and West Lancashire Champion and easily the best prospect Wallasey Club has ever had, fulfilled all the club's wildest hopes when he won the youth race at the Northern Counties Cross Country championships at Port Sunlight last Saturday by a masterful display of cross country tactics. Read more... |
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| 03 March 1956 | Champion youth runner Ron Barlow, winner of the youth race in the Northern Counties Cross Country Championship. Ron is a member of the Wallasey Athletic Club. Read more... |
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| 03 March 1956 | Local runners in to-day's national The National Cross Country Championships are being held today on the racecourse at Warwick. In addition to both youth and junior teams entered by the Wallasey Athletic Club three seniors are competing as individuals. Read more... |
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| 17 March 1956 | Cross Country Championships at Winton Last Saturday a youth team went to Winton near Eccles, to race in the Electrical Industries Cross-Country Championships and the Northern Counties Women's Cross-Country Championships. Read more... |
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| 24 March 1956 | Athletic Club's Jubilee celebrations This year sees the Wallasey Athletic Club in its sixtieth year, and as part of the Jubilee celebrations, a competition known as a 'Parluuf' is being staged at our Headquarters in Leasowe Road. Read more... |
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| 24 March 1956 | Jubilee Celebrations Wallasey Athletic Club held a Jubilee dinner at the Sandrock Hotel in New Brighton on 24 March 1956 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Club. Read more... |
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| 14 April 1956 | Wallasey Athletic Club Jubilee Members and friends of Wallasey Athletic Club at the dinner held recently to celebrate the Club's jubilee year. The dinner, held at the Sandrock Hotel, was attended by the Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman J. C. Low and Mrs. Low). Read more... |
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| 28 April 1956 | Local athletes run for county Last Saturday two of W.A.C.'s foremost athletes competed for Cheshire, in the first athletic track meeting to be held this year. This was a three cornered meeting between Derbyshire, the Christie Club, and Cheshire, held at Manchester. Read more... |
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| 05 May 1956 | Big athletic event for Lingham Park The Cheshire County Athletic championships will take place this year at Lingham Park, Moreton, were work on laying the A.A.A. running track has been going on through the winter. Read more... |
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| 12 May 1956 | Coming athletic events Last Saturday at Longview Lane, Huyton, 58 athletes started out on the 20-mile Liverpool Pembroke road race. Read more... |
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| 02 June 1956 | Cheshire Athletic Championships at Lingham Park Lingham Park, Moreton, will be the scene of Merseyside's main sporting attraction today when the new cinder track will be formerly opened by His Worship the Mayor of Wallasey at Read more... |
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| 02 June 1956 | Championship events at new Moreton arena today The running track and sports arena at Lingham Park, Moreton, which will be opened today by the Mayor (Alderman B. Brooker) followed by the annual Cheshire Athletic Championships. Read more... |
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| 09 June 1956 | Moreton running track opened - New field records made at County Championships More than two thousand people risked the unsettled weather on Saturday to see the official opening of Moreton's new running track and athletic arena at Lingham Park which was followed by the staging of the Cheshire County Athletic Championships. Read more... |
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| 16 June 1956 | Wallasey A.C. at Helsby A strong team of Wallasey athletes made their way to Helsby B.l.C.C. Sports last Saturday. Out of 47 starters in the 100 yds. Wallasey A.C. had two athletes in the last 6. E. Bennett, and Mr. A. Price the latter gained 2nd place in the final in a time of 10 seconds. Read more... |
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| 30 June 1956 | Athletic club's championships - Two-day event Wallasey Athletic Club are holding their annual club championships next Monday and Wednesday. Read more... |
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| 07 July 1956 | Wallasey Athletic Club championships photo call Some of the competitors taking part in the Wallasey Athletic Club championships. Read more... |
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| 21 July 1956 | Wallasey runners in to-day's marathon In a continuous drizzle and over a very undulated course, John Lynch last Saturday proved himself to be one of Cheshire's leading marathon runners. Read more... |
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| 28 July 1956 | Wallasey Athletes to the fore At the three-cornered meeting between Waterloo, Southport and Wallasey last Monday at Waterloo, Southport and Waterloo were no match against a strong Wallasey team. The result was a win for Wallasey with 50 points, Waterloo 2nd with 37 points and Southport 21 points, scoring 5-3-1 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd placings. Read more... |
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| 11 August 1956 | Wallasey Athletic Club at Liverpool Marathon Today's Wallasey's marathon runners, F. K. Ledward, R. Scammell and J. Lynch are due to run in the Liverpool marathon. The race starts at 2-15 p.m. from St. George's Hall and finishes at Liverpool's Football Ground. Read more... |
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| 18 August 1956 | Wallasey runners complete marathon In the Liverpool City marathon, Frank Ledward came close to realising an ambition. Over the past year he had been watching a number of athletes in marathon racing and in this race over 26 miles 385 yards Frank, along with J. Lynch and R. Scammell, all completed the distance. Read more... |
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| 25 August 1956 | Barlow beaten by inches Owing to inclement weather the Lever Trophy scheduled for last Saturday afternoon was postponed until the following Monday evening. Read more... |
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