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| 13 October 1945 | Hope for Tower Grounds Meeting Mr. A. P. Watson, G.M. secretary of the Wallasey Athletic Club, is sports advisor with Charity Carnival Committee (Wallasey), and informs me they hope that next year they may be able to take the Tower Grounds for a really big meeting. Read more... |
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| 27 October 1945 (New) | Monstre Meet Wallasey expects to be well represented at the Monstre Athletic Meet at Prenton this afternoon. The Club captain, J. Edwards, hopes that as many members and supporters as possible will be at the Swan Hotel, Woodchurch Road. Read more... |
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| 03 November 1945 | 100 runners at Prenton L&D Within the region of 100 runners represented eight athletic clubs at Prenton last week for the first peace-time cross-country gathering, the 'Monstre Meet' organised by the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union. Read more... |
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| 10 November 1945 (New) | Athletics In the Wallasey Athletic Club world an extensive six weeks' training course comes to an end, and the racing season is about to begin. The facilities for training will remain, but, with a considerable number of fixtures on the Wallasey card their first test will be a three-cornered match at Woolton a Read more... |
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| 17 November 1945 | Season opener at Woolton The Wallasey Athletic Club open their season's fixtures to-day when they travel to Woolton to run against Liverpool Harriers and Athletic Club, and the R.A.F. Kirkham. Read more... |
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| 24 November 1945 | W.A.C. Convincing Victory The value of Wallasey Athletic Club's six weeks training programme has been proved. Wallasey won their first match of the season in a three cornered race against Liverpool H. & A.C. and the Fleet Air Arm (Kirkham) at Woolton last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 01 December 1945 | Wallasey AC to test course Having gained their first impressive victory, Wallasey Athletic Club are holding a practice race today at Green Lane in order to test their arrangements for the first home fixture next Saturday against Liverpool Harriers. Read more... |
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| 08 December 1945 | Liverpool H. & A.C. visit Wallasey - Today's cross country match Today, Wallasey Athletic Club will run a return race against Liverpool H. & A.C. from the Wallasey headquarters in Green Lane, Wallasey Village, starting at 3 p.m. Read more... |
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| 15 December 1945 | Wallasey Athletic Club secure double Wallasey Athletic Club secured the 'double' when they defeated Liverpool Harriers on the home course from Green Lane, Wallasey Village, in their second match run of the season. Read more... |
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| 20 December 1945 | Cross-Country There is quite a boom in cross-country running on Merseyside, a fact which was emphasised this week when the Liverpoo&nd District Cross-Country Union held its first annual meeting since 1939. Read more... |
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| 22 December 1945 | Christmas Handicap for Wallasey AC Wallasey Athletic Club run their most popular event of the year to-day. It is the popular Christmas Handicap. Read more... |
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| 29 December 1945 | Christmas handicap race The Christmas Handicap was held last Saturday, and the gaily decorated club-house in Green Lane was packed with cheerful faces. Read more... |
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| 31 December 1945 | Cross-Country Wirral Athletic Club led by Ken Hall beat Wallasey A.C. by 36 points over six miles at Leasowe on Saturday. Placings:- Wirral A.C. (27 points) 1. K. Hall, 3. N. Graves, 4 J. Hinds, 5. A. Wooley, 6. F. Wooley, 8. S. Harrison. Wallasey A.C. (63 points) 2. J. Edwards, 7. R. Young. (Jnr) 11. D. Kelly, 1 Read more... |
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| 05 January 1946 | Illness hits Wallasey AC With a team greatly depleted by illness, Wallasey Athletic Club were beaten by Wirral A.C. over the 4¾ miles course at Wallasey last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 12 January 1946 | Britain's Fine Quarter-Miler Alan Pennington, son of Alderman John Pennington, of Wallasey, the British Olympic and A.A.A. quarter-mile champion, is expected to return to active competition this year. Alan Pennington has arrived back in this country, after three years with the C.M.F. for demobilisation. Read more... |
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| 19 January 1946 | Walker is Champion The Wallasey Athletic Club's cross-country, championship, the first since 1939, was decided last Saturday over a 4¾ miles course at Wallasey. Read more... |
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| 26 January 1946 | Wallasey AC Members Cross Country Championships The senior and youths' Cross-Country Championships of Wallasey Athletic Club will be held at Wallasey to-day. Read more... |
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| 02 February 1946 | Edwards takes senior Cross Country Title After an interval lasting seven years Wallasey Athletic Club have resumed their series of senior and youths Cross-Country Championships, which date back to the club inauguration in 1906. Read more... |
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| 16 February 1946 | Fleet A.A. Visit Wallasey Today (Sat.) the Fleet Air Arm, Kirkham, visit Wallasey A.C. for an inter-club cross-country race. Read more... |
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| 23 February 1946 | Northern Senior Cross-Country Championship at Radcliffe Nearly 300 runners, representing 35 clubs, will fight out the Northern Senior Cross-Country Championship over a nine mile course at Radcliffe, near Oldham, to-day, the first championship to be hold since 1939. Juniors and youths' races will also be decided over six and three miles respectively. Read more... |
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| 02 March 1946 | Radcliffe hosts Northern Cross Country Championships The advantage of being able to make a fast getaway were clearly brought out at Radcliffe last Saturday, when the Northern Cross-Country Championships were held. In the senior race, of nine miles, over 200 runners faced the starter, a mass of athletes who were sent off without 'pens' or 'tapes'. Read more... |
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| 09 March 1946 | First time in 40 years For the first time in 40 years, since the Wallasey Athletic Club was formed, the scarlet and royal blue colours of the club were carried to victory in a Liverpool & District Senior Cross-country Championship last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 18 May 1946 | Track Season Opens The track season opens on Saturday, May 25th, with the first combined meeting, under the auspices of the Liverpool & District Fields Events League and the Liverpool N.C.A.A. Committee, at the Oval, Port Sunlight. Read more... |
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| 25 May 1946 | Open handicap meeting at Leigh Harriers Next Saturday, June 1st, Leigh Harriers hold the first open handicap meeting of the season. Read more... |
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| 08 June 1946 | Open mile race at Leigh Wallasey A.C. gained their first success of the season, last Saturday, at Leigh when J. Edwards, the Liverpool & District Cross-Country champion, finished 3rd in the open mile. Read more... |
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| 15 June 1946 | N.C.A.A. Junior Championships at Fazakerley Next Saturday is 'Juniors' day. The N.C.A.A. Junior Championships are being held at the L.B.A. Ground, Long Lane, Fazakerley, at 3 p.m. Read more... |
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| 22 June 1946 | N.C.A.A. Senior Championships to be held at Fallowfield Good performances during the last few weeks, by some of Great Britain's leading athletes promised well for future international meetings and the Olympics. Read more... |
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| 29 June 1946 | N.C.A.A. Championships - V. R. Tindall Breaks Long Jump Record There was some keen competition last Saturday when the N.C.A.A. Junior Championships were decided at Fazakerley. Read more... |
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| 06 July 1946 | Northern Counties Senior Championships held at Fallowfield Northern Counties Senior Championships were held at Fallowfield, Manchester, last Saturday, under adverse weather conditions, which seriously affected performances. Read more... |
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| 13 July 1946 | Track Handicap Last Saturday's sport was centred at Liverpool Warehousing Co.'s track at Orrell Park. Some rather harsh handicapping made the task of local runners almost impossible. Read more... |
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| 20 July 1946 | Alan Pennington retires Alan Pennington, Wallasey's finest athlete and one of England's greatest, has decided not to take any further part in competitive athletics. Read more... |
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| 20 July 1946 | A big attraction In the athletic world, this week-end, the big attraction are the A.A.A. championships at the White City. Following a lapse of seven years the Mecca of athletics will attract a large overseas invasion and once again the British athletes will have to look to their laurels. Read more... |
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| 27 July 1946 | I.C.I. Sports held at Northwich Last Saturday, two members of the Wallasey Athletic Club attended the I.C.I. sports at Northwich, and between them they were successful in winning three of the five open events on the programme. Read more... |
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| 03 August 1946 (New) | Athletics Local athletes took a day off last week as the only open meetings were too far away. Read more... |
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