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| 18 September 1937 (New) | Cross-Country The first, of the season's preliminary cross-country runs was held by Wallasey Athletic Club last Saturday from the Festival Pavilion in Leasowe-road. Read more... |
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| 25 September 1937 (New) | Cross-Country Running Wallasey Athletic Club held another preliminary run from the Festival pavilion in Leasowe-road last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 02 October 1937 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club's A.G.M. The thirtieth annual meeting of Wallasey Athletic Club was held on Wednesday of last week at Wallasey Village. Read more... |
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| 09 October 1937 (New) | Wallasey Successes The Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union's Annual " Monster Meet" was held last Saturday, the organisers being Liverpool Harriers & A.C., whose headquarters are situated in Gateacre. Read more... |
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| 23 October 1937 (New) | Cross Country Running A party of runners from Liverpool University visited Wallasey Athletic Club last Saturday and ran with the club over a 6½ miles course. Read more... |
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| 30 October 1937 (New) | Wallasey v. Liverpool Pembroke At the request of their visitors Wallasey A.C. ran last Saturday's match over a 4½ miles road course and the home club's cross-country runners were defeated by a team which included an international runner and other champions all specialised in road racing. Read more... |
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| 06 November 1937 (New) | Relay Race Declared Void. The Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union's 20 miles road relay race around Sefton Park was declared void after all the teams had finished the course and the race is now provisionally rearranged for next March. Read more... |
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| 08 November 1937 (New) | Liverpool Harriers Beat Wallasey Liverpool H. & A.C. led by E. Jones, scored 26 points to beat Wallasey Harriers by 34 points at Gateacre. Read more... |
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| 13 November 1937 (New) | Liverpool Harriers Versus Wallasey With a very depleted team Wallasey Athletic Club fulfilled the fixture with Liverpool H. & A.C. at Gateacre last Saturday. Only Edwards of the Club's best team six was available and indeed he was feeling the effects of recent indisposition. Read more... |
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| 27 November 1937 (New) | Wallasey A.C's Novice Championship The Novice Championship of Wallasey Athletic Club was decided last Saturday, 13 runners facing the starter, Mr. W. S. Brookes, on a day which was ideal for cross-country running. Read more... |
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| 11 December 1937 (New) | West Lancashire Novice Championship Wallasey Athletic Club was represented by a team of seven in the West Lancashire Novice Championship held at Ashton Park, Preston, last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 18 December 1937 (New) | Christmas Handicap to-day The match between Wirral A.C. and Wallasey A.C. due to take place last Saturday, was cancelled owing to the dangerous state of the ground. This came as a disappointment to many who had been looking forward to an interesting fixture. Wirral brought a strong team along, including their two foremost ru Read more... |
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| 20 December 1937 (New) | Wallasey's Christmas Handicap Wallasey Harriers' Christmas handicap was won by the club captain. J. Edwards, who returned 22 mins. 50 secs. from scratch at Leasowe. Read more... |
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| 25 December 1937 (New) | Christmas Handicap The President, Mr. A. G. Nicholson, and four Vice-Presidents were present when Wallasey Athletic Club held their Christmas Handicap last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 08 January 1938 | Alan Pennington Alan Pennington the well-known runner, son. of Ald. Pennington, who has the unusual distinction of holding three university presidencies simultaneously. Read more... |
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| 08 January 1938 (New) | A Short Review of 1937 It was pleasing to note Councillor Reakes's reference in his "Looking Around" column, to S. C. Wooderson's great achievement in making the new world of 4 mins. 6 two-fifth seconds for the mile. Read more... |
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| 08 January 1938 | Wallasey Harriers A large muster of runners started the New Year in a most energetic fashion last Saturday, when Wallasey A. C. held a training run from their Leasowe Road headquarters, P. Watson made a welcome reappearance after his enforced absence of several weeks. Read more... |
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| 15 January 1938 | Cross-Country Notes The Mayor (Alderman A. W. Vicary Scoins), has consented to become a patron of the Wallasey Athletic Club. Such a practical demonstration of his interest in local sport and athletics is very encouraging to those members who for several years have been working hard to build up a really strong team and Read more... |
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| 22 January 1938 (New) | Cross-Country Running Owing to bad weather conditions last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club's New Year Handicap was again postponed. In addition to the difficulty of racing into the gale, it was not certain which parts of the course were flooded and these two factors especially seemed a dangerous combination, especially Read more... |
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| 29 January 1938 | The Harriers Last Saturday, Wallasey A.C. visited Aintree for their fixture with North Liverpool Gymnasium and Boundary Harriers. Read more... |
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| 05 February 1938 (New) | West Lancs. Championships To-day The Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union Six Miles Handicap held at Aintree last Saturday attracted 50 starters, representing seven clubs, The race was won by T. G. Downes, Sefton's Junior Champion and prolific prize-winner, with a start of 22 minutes, his actual time being 39 mins. 30 secs. Read more... |
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| 12 February 1938 | West Lancashire Championships Wallasey had a dismal afternoon in the West Lancashire Championships at Newton-le-Willows last Saturday, and they failed to gain a place in any of the races. Read more... |
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| 19 February 1938 | Club course record broken J. Edwards, Wallasey A. C. champion, gave one of the best performances of his career when running in the New Year Handicap last Saturday, he broke the 6½ mile course record. Read more... |
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| 26 February 1938 | Cross country preparations Last Saturday, Wallasey A.C. put in some hard training in preparation for the Liverpool & District Championships next week. Read more... |
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| 05 March 1938 (New) | The Northern Championships Salford Harriers regained the Senior team title in the Northern Cross-Country Championships held at Stockton last Saturday. Jack Potts, the English international, retained the individual honour, followed home by two other English internationals in J. A. Burns, of Elswick Harriers, and R. Walker, of Read more... |
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| 05 March 1938 | Cross Country Northern Championships J. H. Potts (Saltwell) ran brilliantly in the Northern Championships at Stockton last Saturday to win the senior event for the third successive year. Read more... |
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| 12 March 1938 | Cross Country - Liverpool and District Championships In the 9-mile race of the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Championships at Broadgreen last Saturday, Liverpool Pembroke Harriers gave a brilliant display placing the first six men home. Read more... |
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| 19 March 1938 | Wallasey A.C. championship prospects In preparation for the club championship to-day, members of Wallasey A.C. took an easy training run last Saturday over a 9 mile course. Read more... |
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| 26 March 1938 | Wallasey Athletic Club Championship There was much disappointment at Wallasey A.C. headquarters last Saturday when it was learned that K. Westmore the Liverpool University captain and club member, had decided not to compete in the championship. Read more... |
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| 02 April 1938 (New) | Athletics In view of the road relay race next week, Wallasey A.C. held their Consolation Handicap and Youth's Championship in conjunction over a 4½ miles road course at Leasowe last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 09 April 1938 | Wallasey Athletic Club in to-day's 26 Mile Relay In preparation for the 26-mile Road Relay Race round Sefton Park that is to be run to-day, Wallasey A.C. confined their training last Saturday to a short three mile sprint from the club house to the top of Leasowe Road and back. Read more... |
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| 16 April 1938 (New) | Marathon Relay Race One of the finest meeting the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union has ever staged was held in Sefton Park last Saturday when the marathon road relay race open to Merseyside teams weas re-run after being abandoned last October. Read more... |
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| 16 April 1938 | Wallasey Finish Third in Marathon Wallasey A. C. wound up the cross-country season in fine style last Saturday by finishing third in the Marathon Road Relay Race round Sefton Park. Read more... |
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| 16 April 1938 (New) | The Success Of The Marathon Relay Fortune smiled upon the postponed marathon relay race promoted by the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union, and staged in Sefton Park last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 25 June 1938 (New) | Liverpool Police Sports The Liverpool Police sports, held at Fairfield last Saturday, again proved a great attraction for spectators and athletics alike. A fine exhibition of horsemanship was given by members of the mounted police and an old friend in Mr. G. N. White at the microphone kept the programme moving easily. Read more... |
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| 02 July 1938 (New) | A Fine Wallasey Miler N. I. Marples, of Wallasey Athletic Club, has astounded the athletic world by winning the open mile handicap at Liverpool Police Sports and then again a week later at U.G.B. (St. Helens) Sports last Saturday, the total value of the prizes being £14-14-0. Read more... |
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| 16 July 1938 (New) | Gala Sports Reviewed Owing to a hastily arranged sports meeting on the Liverpool side last Thursday and Friday, many prominent athletes who had entered the Hospital Gala Sports last Wednesday were forced to withdraw. However, some very good competition was seen although some new local talent rather upset the handicapper Read more... |
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| 23 July 1938 | Famous sprinter now BA Mr. Alan Pennington son of Alderman and Mrs. John Pennington, of Groveland Road, Wallasey, and a former student of Wallasey Grammar School has secured his B.A. (Law) degree with first class honours. Read more... |
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