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| 14 September 1946 | Focus switches from track to cross country Having successfully concluded the track season in this district, many local athletes now give their attention to the Cross-Country season, and the Wallasey Athletic Club are pleased to announce that they have obtained the use of premises for the cross-country. Read more... |
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| 21 September 1946 | Wallasey Athletic Club. Wallasey Athletic Club commences its cross-country season on Saturday, the 21st September, a good turn out being anticipated. Read more... |
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| 28 September 1946 | Cross country running again With the cross-country running season due to open in a fortnight some 21 members of Wallasey Athletic Club had a preliminary canter from the club winter quarters in Leasowe Road last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 05 October 1946 | Cross country season opens to-day Wallasey Athletic Club is ready once again to cater for all ages and classes ranging from those who like a gentle saunter over a few miles of country for their weekly exercise to the hardiest racing enthusiast. Read more... |
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| 12 October 1946 (New) | Athletics Last Saturday, the first in October, marked the opening of the cross-country season and Wallasey Athletic Club, after two preliminary canters, had three packs out for training, youths and slows together, medium paced and fast. Read more... |
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| 19 October 1946 | Cross-Country Wallasey Athletic Club held a training run from the cross-country quarters last Saturday, three packs turning out. J. M. Rimmer and R. F. Hubbard of the fast pack, were in good form and carried the brunt of the pace-making with J. A. Richardson and R. E. Young always going well. Read more... |
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| 01 November 1946 (New) | Annual General Meeting Wallasey A.C. - The Annual General Meeting was held on the 27th Sept., and was well attended. Mr. A. G. Nicholson was elected President for the 41st year. Read more... |
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| 09 November 1946 | Crack runners at Wallasey meet Some of Merseyside's best distance runners will be in action this Saturday, on the occasion of Wallasey Athletic Club's first cross-country fixture, with Liverpool Harriers & A.C., at Leasowe Road. Read more... |
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| 23 November 1946 | Wallasey club's novice championship Novice championship of Wallasey Athletic Club will be held over a five miles course of country and shore at Leasowe on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 30 November 1946 | Cross-country - Wallasey A.C. Novice Championship R. Johnston, a first season runner, won the Novice Cross-Country Championship of Wallasey Athletic Club, an event confined to members of the club who have never won a prize, over a five miles coarse at Leasowe last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 07 December 1946 | West Lancs. novice cross-country championship to-day After a break of eight years the West Lancashire Cross-Country Association are staging their Novice Team Championship over a five mile course at St. Helens to-day. Read more... |
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| 14 December 1946 | Wallasey A.C. Win West Lancs. Championship Fine team work, combined with a high degree of physical fitness, brought Wallasey Athletic Club a resounding victory in the West Lancashire Cross-Country Association Novice Championship held over a five miles course at St. Helens last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 21 December 1946 | Wallasey v. Liverpool Pembroke Notwithstanding the strong team which Liverpool Pembroke A.C. fielded at Wallasey last Saturday, the home club should have made a much closer race than the results indicate. Read more... |
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| 28 December 1946 | Mayor starts Christmas Handicap C. R. Hewson, one time assistant hon. secretary of Wallasey Athletic Club won the club's Christmas Handicap over 3¼ miles at Leasowe last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 04 January 1947 | Wallasey beaten by Wirral A.C. A depleted Wallasey team was convincingly beaten by Wirral Athletic Club over a heavy eight miles cross-country course at Prenton last Saturday, only J. Edwards and R. E. Young of Wallasey A.C. managing to split Wirral's counting six. Read more... |
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| 11 January 1947 | Juniors win New Year Handicap Juniors (18-21) took first two places in the New Year Cross-Country Handicap promoted by Wallasey Athletic Club over an eight miles course at Leasowe last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 18 January 1947 | Liverpool Harriers entertain Wallasey AC at Woolton With the championship period approaching most clubs are now running over 9-10 miles cross-country courses and Liverpool Harriers, who entertained Sutton Harriers and Wallasey Athletic Club at Woolton last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 25 January 1947 | Forthcoming Championships The forthcoming cross-country championships and summer track season will bring into action all contenders for honours in the Olympic Games to be held in this country in 1948. Read more... |
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| 01 February 1947 | Leasowe racing prospects There is every prospect of some keen racing at Leasowe this Saturday when the Wallasey Athletic Club, senior, junior and youths' cross-country championships will be run off. Read more... |
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| 08 February 1947 | Wintry sport at Leasowe Under severe weather conditions the senior, junior (18-21) and youths Cross-Country Championships of Wallasey Athletic Club were held at Leasowe last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 15 February 1947 | Internationals at Woolton International runners took three of the first five places at the senior cross-country championships of the West Lancashire Cross-Country Association held at Woolton over nine miles last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 22 February 1947 | What is the 'Best Age'? Two questions frequently asked by young athletes are:- (1) At what age do athletes reach their best? and (2) How much does natural athletic ability help in athletic success? Read more... |
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| 01 March 1947 | Northern Senior Cross-Country Championship at Newcastle-on-Tyne West Lancashire runners carried off five of the first six places in the Northern Senior Cross-Country Championship, held over a 9 miles course at Newcastle-on-Tyne last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 08 March 1947 | How Wallasey lost youths' championship Arriving at the venue too late to start, W. Gee, of Wallasey Athletic Club, probably lost the team the Liverpool & District Youths Championship when the championships were run of at Woolton last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 15 March 1947 | National Championships Northern runners were in the ascendancy at Apsley, Herts., when the National Cross-Country Championship was run over a ten miles course there last Saturday, breaking a long run of supremacy by Southern and Midland runners. Read more... |
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| 22 March 1947 | Cross-Country - Wallasey come in fifth in public schools race Twenty-two Public Schools competed in the race at Manchester on Saturday last over a 3¼ miles course. In spite of bad weather all the schools managed to arrive on time for the race. Read more... |
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| 29 March 1947 | Road racing popularity During the last few years road racing has become increasingly popular, especially in the South, where, for many clubs in the London area, country in scarce and tracks too expensive, until now a fairly defined road-racing season has evolved extending from mid-March to mid-May. Read more... |
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| 12 April 1947 | Course of consolation handicap Wallasey Athletic Club stage their consolation handicap over a 3¾ miles road course at Leasowe to-day, when the current season's winners receive their full penalty and losers gain the greatest allowance handicappers can allow them. Read more... |
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| 19 April 1947 | Hawksley's Runaway Victory Youngest member of Wallasey Athletic Club, 15 years old John Hawksley, scored a runaway victory in the club's consolation handicap held over a 3¾ mile road course at Leasowe last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 26 April 1947 | Merseyside Marathon After being a mere one second behind the leaders at half distance (13 miles 192 yds.) Wallasey A.C. fell away badly and could finish no better than fourth in the Merseyside Marathon Road Relay Race at Sefton Park last Saturday. The race was won by Liverpool Harriers with Liverpool Pembroke second, a Read more... |
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| 03 May 1947 | Athletic club president honoured On Mr. A. G. Nicholson, president of Wallasey Athletic Club and also of the West Lancashire Cross-Country Association, was conferred the high honour of President of the Northern Cross-Country Association at York last Saturday, an office to which he was first elected in 1914 and which he has held on Read more... |
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| 28 June 1947 (New) | Wallasey Grammar School Athletes Past and present members of Wallasey Grammar School distinguished themselves on Saturday at Bolton in the Northern Counties A.A. Junior Championships. Reference to their achievements appear in our athletic notes. Read more... |
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| 05 July 1947 (New) | Ran a Mile in 4 mins. 44 secs. R. Loveridge, 16 years old champion miler for the year at the Wallasey Grammar School, broke the 25 years old school mile record on June 26th. The record of 4 mins. 47.8 secs, was set up in 1922 by W. C. Richards. This record was broken in the Old Boys v. School athletics match, and in winning the e Read more... |
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| 30 August 1947 | Brookes' award winner H. Lutas, junior captain of Wallasey Athletic Club, won the Brookes Award, decided on a points aggregate of three events, 220 yards, high jump and throwing the javelin, at Port Sunlight Oval track on Thursday of last week. Read more... |
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