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| 02 September 1950 | W.A. club championship results In the senior category John Prydderch's 10.4 secs for the 100 yards and Matt Smith's 5ft. 8ins. high jump were the best track and field performances respectively at the conclusion of Wallasey Athletic Club's 1950 athletic championships. Which were completed last Saturday at Leasowe Road. Read more... |
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| 09 September 1950 | Date fixed for W.A.C.'s annual meeting The annual general meeting of Wallasey Athletic Club will be held at the Queen's Arms, Liscard Village, on Thursday, September 21 at 7.30 p.m., when all members are asked to attend. Read more... |
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| 16 September 1950 (New) | Athletic Club's New Date for A.G.M. Wallasey Athletic Club members are asked to note that the date of the annual general meeting this month has been put back to Thursday, September 20th. Read more... |
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| 23 September 1950 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club annual general meeting The date of Wallasey Athletic Club's annual general meeting will be next Thursday evening, Sept. 28, (not Sept. 20 as stated in our last issue). It will be held upstairs at the Queen's Arms, Liscard Village, commencing at 7-30. All members and friends of the club are urged to attend. Read more... |
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| 30 September 1950 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club Officers The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of Wallasey Athletic Club this week : President. Mr. A. G. NichoIson (for the 45th year) ; club captain, D. W. Dickinson; vice-captain, F. K. Ledward; junior captain, R. Johnston; youth captain, E. G. Maddock; weight lifting captain, N. Sadle Read more... |
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| 14 October 1950 | Cross-Country season opens at West Derby The cross-country season was officially opened on Saturday, when all clubs Read more... |
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| 21 October 1950 | Wallasey entertain Waterloo at Leasowe Wallasey Athletic Club open their cross-country fixtures when they entertain Waterloo, at Leasowe Road, next Saturday. Read more... |
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| 04 November 1950 (New) | Cross-Country Championships This afternoon, Wallasey Athletic Club are staging the fourth annual Wallasey Schools' Cross-Country Championship and Youth Championship, from their headquarters, Leasowe Road, Wallasey, (adjacent to the Leasowe Road Playing Fields), the first race, the Youth Championship, being timed to start at 3- Read more... |
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| 18 November 1950 | Junior athletes win at Chester The juniors had their first fixture of the season last week against H.M.S. Conway, and Chester College, at Chester, and were fortunate enough to beat their opponents comfortably. Read more... |
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| 25 November 1950 (New) | Closest Finish in Cross-Country Event What is said to be the closest finish in the history of the Wallasey Athletic Club Novice Championship was witnessed at Leasowe Road last Saturday when D. Anderson and R. Fullerton crossed the finishing line so close together that the time-keepers could not separate them. Read more... |
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| 02 December 1950 | Wallasey A.C. Last week's fixture against Liverpool Harriers at Wallasey was an excellent if not glorious event for Wallasey. Read more... |
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| 08 December 1950 (New) | Cross-Country Johnny Green of Wirral A.C., England cross-country international last season, should retain his county title when the Cheshire cross-country championships are decided at Bromborough to-morrow. Read more... |
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| 09 December 1950 (New) | Fine Display By Brearley - W. Lancashire Novice Team Race Those who made the tedious journey to Galgate last Saturday in support of the West Lancashire novice team race had their reward in the impressive display by the individual winner, Michael Rainford, of Preston Harriers. Read more... |
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| 16 December 1950 (New) | Green Cheshire Champion - Cheshire Juniors Score The Cheshire senior championship at Bromborough, on Saturday last, resulted in an easy win for J. H. Green, the Wirral A.C. international cross-country runner. Read more... |
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| 16 December 1950 | Athletic clubs successful day Wallasey's youths team achieved their greatest victory to date when they won the Cheshire Youths championship at Bromborough on Saturday. Their close packing 2nd, 4th, 7th and 8th positions ensured a safe margin of three points over the second team, Wirral A.C. Read more... |
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| 23 December 1950 | Close finish in A.C.'s novice championship What is said to be the closest finish in the history of the Club Novice Championship was witnessed at Leasowe Road on Saturday, when D. Anderson and R. Fullerton Read more... |
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| 23 December 1950 | Wallasey host Liverpool Pembroke A.C. and Boundary Harriers Liverpool Pembroke A.C. and Boundary Harriers fielded good sized packs when they visited Wallasey on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 30 December 1950 | 22 enjoy Christmas Handicap The club held their Christmas handicap on Saturday, and an entry of 22 enjoyed an excellent run. Once again it was evident that the youths in the club are running extremely well, and they occupied the first four places in the race, in spite of large handicaps. Read more... |
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| 07 January 1951 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club A dozen members of the club visited Sefton Harriers at the headquarters in West Derby, and in spite of driving snow, were able to enjoy a short run of five miles. Read more... |
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| 13 January 1951 | Runners could not cross swollen Birket Because of the rapid thaw at the end of the week the Birket had risen so high it was impossible to cross it, and Wallasey Athletic Club was therefore unable to run over the usual course. The fixture with Wirral A.C. had to be held over a distance of 7½ miles, most of which was road. Read more... |
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| 20 January 1951 | Dinsdale again wins club championship There were no surprises in this years Wallasey Athletic Club championships but this did not detract from the appreciation of the fine running of the club champions. Read more... |
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| 27 January 1951 | Wallasey AC race at Liverpool Harriers Last week's visit to Liverpool Harriers headquarters at Woolton Park did not prove to be a very profitable one for Wallasey's senior team. Read more... |
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| 03 February 1951 | Bob Johnston's fine performance For Wallasey the outstanding feature of the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Championships held at Wirral A.C. headquarters, Prenton, was Bob Johnson's magnificent performance in winning comfortably the junior event. He easily outclassed the second and third men, who were nearly two hundred ya Read more... |
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| 10 February 1951 (New) | Cross-country championships at Moreton To-day, the West Lancs. Cross-Country Championship will take place at Upton Road, Moreton, adjacent to Moreton S.M. School, the first race being scheduled to start at 2-30 p.m. Over 200 competitors representing 14 athletic clubs will take part, including internationals and national champions. Read more... |
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| 17 February 1951 | Cross-country championships at Moreton Bob Johnston (Wallasey A.C.) took second place in the West Lancashire Cross-Country junior championship race held at Moreton on Saturday. He finished behind W. A. Price (Liverpool Pembroke) who completed the five mile course in 27 minutes 36 secs. Read more... |
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| 24 March 1951 (New) | Second in T.A. Championship Arnold Dinsdale, Wallasey Athletic Club member, ran in the Territorial Army championships at Harrogate on Saturday, and running his best race of the season, finished second over the very heavy course. Read more... |
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| 31 March 1951 (New) | Girl runner gives trophy Miss Penny Price - daughter of the Wallasey Ferries' General Manager - on Wednesday presented a silver trophy to the Cheshire County Athletic Association. Read more... |
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| 07 April 1951 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club Last Saturday's club run was held over a mile road course as part of the training for the Sefton Park Marathon Road Relay, which is to be held on April 14. It was evident from the order of finishing that the Youths and Juniors are, at this time of the year, faster over this distance than the Seniors Read more... |
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| 14 April 1951 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club Handicap Last Saturday's Consolation Road Handicap over a course of 3¼ miles had only a dozen or so entrants, but in spite of this a good race was held and some good times recorded. Read more... |
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| 28 April 1951 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club AGM At the sparsely attended general meeting of the Wallasey Athletic Club, held on Friday April 20th. it was announced that the Corporation had again offered the use of the playing fields in Leasowe Road to the club and that the first meeting would be held on Monday, April 30th, and from then onward ea Read more... |
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| 19 May 1951 (New) | L. Platt's 44ft. hop, step and jump The Cheshire County team which competed in the inter-county championships at White City, London, last week-end, included three members of Wallasey Athletic Club. L. H. Platt represented the county in the hop, step and jump, R. H. Owen in the shot and discus, and M. W. Smith in the pole vault. Len Pl Read more... |
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| 26 May 1951 (New) | Mr. Alan Pennington to be Called to The Bar Mr Alan Pennington, second son of Councillor J. Pennington, has passed his Bar final examination and expects to be called to the Bar in a few months. His success is notable in that he has taken his finals in the short period of six months. Read more... |
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| 09 June 1951 | Wallaseyans do well in the County sports Wallasey Athletic Club members gained places in 15 of the 36 events in the Cheshire athletic championships, held at Port Sunlight, Oval, on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 09 June 1951 | Platt's New County Record During the 4th annual Cheshire County Athletic Championships at Port Sunlight Oval last Saturday afternoon, Len Platt, of Wallasey Athletic Club and Cheshire, set up new figures for the long jump with a leap of 22ft 2in., beating his own previous best championship performance by 1ft. 8in. Read more... |
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| 09 June 1951 | Long jump record by local athlete Wallasey athletes were well to the fore in the Cheshire County Championships at Port Sunlight Oval on Saturday, winning the 120 yards hurdles, the long jump (a record), Read more... |
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| 16 June 1951 | Wallasey Edged out by Liverpool Harriers At Holt High School on Wednesday evening, Liverpool Harriers defeated Wallasey Athletic Club by 197 points to 166 points in a selection of events contested by graded teams. Read more... |
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| 23 June 1951 (New) | Dinsdale second to champion Arnold Dinsdale, Three Mile Champion of Wallasey Athletic Club, ran second to Northern Counties Champion, Walter Hesketh in the Territorial Army Three Mile Championship at Aldershot on Saturday, 9th June. His time was 15 minutes 33 seconds, one minute behind the winner. Read more... |
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| 30 June 1951 | Platt retains his hop jump title Len Platt of Wallasey Athletic Club retained his hop, step and jump title with a distance of 44ft. 3ins. when the Northern Counties Athletic Championships were decided at Fallowfield, Manchester last Saturday. He also took second place in the long jump with a leap of 21ft. 5½ins. Read more... |
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| 07 July 1951 | Best performance by Len Platt During the match between the Northern Counties, Midland Counties and A.A.A. at Coventry last weekend (which was remarkable for the victory of the Midland team), Wallasey Athletic Club's County representative, Len Platt, achieved a distance of 45ft. 5¼ ins. to take second place in the hop, ste Read more... |
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| 14 July 1951 (New) | Fullerton Reaches National Standard Bob Fullerton, of Wallasey Athletic Club, produced his best form over the quarter mile during the Northern Counties junior championships at Chesterfield last Saturday. Winning his heat in the fast time of 52.2 secs., he took fourth place in the final with 53.9 secs., thus surpassing both the A.A.A. Read more... |
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| 21 July 1951 (New) | In All-England School Sports Miss Penny Price, eighteen year old Wallasey girl athlete, who won the senior hurdles, high jump, 100 yards and open invitation sprint at the Festival of Youth Olympiad at Leasowe on Saturday. She will represent Cheshire in the All-England Inter County School Sports at Southampton this Saturday. Read more... |
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| 21 July 1951 (New) | Oldershaw Sports Champions Three cup winners of Oldershaw Grammar School sports held on Saturday are shown in the above picture with the Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman G. H. Young and Mrs. Young), the left, Mr. W. R. H. Ellis, sports' master, and Mrs. Robins, mother of the head boy, who distributed the prizes. The champions are Read more... |
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| 21 July 1951 (New) | J. N. Wright wins senior Oldershaw sports trophy Oldershaw Grammar School senior Victor Ludorum trophy was won by J. N. Wright, and E. A. Hawkins won the intermediate title at the school sports on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 21 July 1951 (New) | Penny Price's Big Day at Olympiad Another outstanding success has been achieved by the eighteen-year-old Wallasey girl athlete, Miss Penny Price, Cheshire schoolgirl champion, who won the senior hurdles, the high jump, 100 yards and open invitation sprint at the Festival of Youth Olympiad at Leasowe on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 28 July 1951 | Athletic Club successes Wallasey Athletic Club junior members, Don Anderson and Bob Fullerton, scored excellent successes during the weekend. Read more... |
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| 11 August 1951 (New) | Wallasey Girls placed at Chester In the Chester Autumn Sports at the Roodee on Bank Holiday, Wallasey Athletic Club's girls relay team (Penny Price, Margaret Collings, Dorothy Hughes and Joyce Greenslade) won their heat, and were only beaten in the final by Sutton, last year's Northern Counties winners. Read more... |
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