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| 09 October 1954 | 200 athletes run down Leasowe Road Residents in the Leasowe Road area may have been somewhat surprised on Saturday to see nearly 200 runners in brightly coloured vests, hurry past, instead of the usual two or three. Read more... |
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| 16 October 1954 | Athletic Club Events This year the Wallasey Athletic Club has a real chance of success in the local, championships, particularly in the boys and youths age group. The club should also finish well up in the Northern and English championships. However, it must be understood that success can only come from hard training, p Read more... |
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| 23 October 1954 | Ankle injury ended Len Platt's chance's Only a cruel stroke of luck robbed Wallasey's international long jumper Len Platt, of a chance of victory against the famous Russian team at White City, Manchester on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 23 October 1954 | Ankle Injury Ended Len Platt's Chances Only a cruel stroke of luck robbed Wallasey's international long jumper Len Platt, of a chance of victory against the famous Russian team at White City, Manchester, on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 30 October 1954 | Triangular Match with Liverpool Harriers and Boundary Harriers Last Saturday junior and senior Wallasey A.C. travelled to Woolton for their first league match of the season, a triangular match against Liverpool Harriers and Boundary Harriers. Read more... |
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| 06 November 1954 | Wallasey Athletic Club Meols Run Last Saturday, Wallasey A.C. had their first proper race on the new course along the shore to Meols and back. Read more... |
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| 13 November 1954 | Wallasey Athletic Club Schoolboys and Youths Championships Wallasey Athletic Club held the 8th annual Wallasey schoolboys and youths championships from their H.Q. at Leasowe on Saturday and as the course of marshland and field was in poor shape the runners must be congratulated on the good humour they showed in spite of continual duckings in the many muddy Read more... |
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| 20 November 1954 | Wallasey Athletic Club at Waterloo Road Race Wallasey Athletic Club seniors and juniors travelled to Waterloo on Saturday for the 6¾ mile road race promoted by Waterloo A.C. Read more... |
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| 27 November 1954 | Wallasey Athletic Clubat Sutton Harriers Wallasey Athletic Club members who missed last Saturday's race against Sutton Harriers and Sefton Harriers - there were unfortunately many of them - missed one of the best runs the club has had this season. Read more... |
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| 04 December 1954 | Wallasey Athletic Club Cross Country at Leasowe Conditions at Leasowe last Saturday were ideal for cross-country racing when Wallasey A.C. entertained Warrington Harriers and Waterloo Harriers. Read more... |
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| 11 December 1954 | H. S. Finney Championships The high wind's experienced on Merseyside last Saturday were noticeable at St. Helens, where Wallasey A.C. competed against other teams in the annual H. S. Finney championships. Read more... |
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| 18 December 1954 | McIvor wins Wright Cup The course at Leasowe last Saturday was still very muddy when Wallasey A.C. held their annual Novice Championship over 4½ miles of heavy country. There were two good water splashes and plenty of mud so that all the competitors enjoyed a good race with real cross-country conditions. Read more... |
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| 25 December 1954 | Athletic club's Christmas races The competitors in the Wallasey Athletic Club's Christmas Handicap held last Saturday at Leasowe enjoyed a friendly run in good conditions. The handicapping was carried out extremely well by Ray Woolley and John Lynch, the first ten runners in the over 16's race being very close to each other. Read more... |
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| 01 January 1955 (New) | Cheshire Cross-Country Perfect weather favoured the Cheshire County cross-country championships at Port Sunlight. Read more... |
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| 08 January 1955 (New) | Wallasey A.C. win county youth race The Cheshire Championships held at Port Sunlight last Saturday provided Wallasey A.C. with many surprises not the least being the defeat of Ron Barlow in the boys' race and the runaway victory of the youths' team. Read more... |
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| 15 January 1955 | W.A.C. championship won by Standfast It was pleasing to note a considerable rise in the number of runners who turned out at Leasowe last week for the Wallasey A.C. annual championships. Read more... |
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| 22 January 1955 | Wallasey AC off to L&D Championships at Southport A small party of enthusiasts from Wallasey A.C. travelled to Childwall to watch the inter counties championships. Read more... |
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| 29 January 1955 | How local runners fared at Southport For the first time in some years Wallasey Athletic Club fielded and finished four teams at a championship. Read more... |
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| 12 February 1955 | Local runners do well in West Lancs. Race Wallasey's stars at the West Lancs. Championships at Court Hey last week were Ron Barlow and Roy Shaw. Both finished 2nd in their races and Roy's performance especially must have caused surprise. Read more... |
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| 19 February 1955 (New) | Northern cross country event This Saturday Northern cross-country enthusiasts will be making their way to Sedgefield Park Racecourse, Darlington, where the annual Northern Counties Championships are to be held. Read more... |
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| 26 February 1955 | Cross-country races in Arctic weather Wallasey A.C. members experienced the biting cold and deep snow to the full when they travelled to Sedgefield Park racecourse, Darlington for the Northern Counties Cross-Country Championships. Read more... |
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| 05 March 1955 | In the English cross-country championships Wallasey Athletic Club's youth and junior team travel to Bedford for the English cross-country championships to be held at R.A.F. Cardington. Read more... |
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| 12 March 1955 | Wallasey do well in championship run Wallasey Athletic Club's youth team gave both themselves and local enthusiasts a pleasant surprise when they gained 7th place in the National Cross-Country Championships held at Cardington last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 19 March 1955 | Athletic Club's 'most successful' year The season has been a most successful one for Wallasey Athletic Club's cross-country section. Read more... |
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| 26 March 1955 | A.C. members go road racing In the somewhat short period between the end of the cross-country season and the commencement of the track activities, most athletic clubs find time to fit in a few weeks road racing. Read more... |
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| 02 April 1955 | Road handicap winners The road handicap held by Wallasey Athletic Club last Saturday proved fairly successful for there was a total field of 16 runners in the two races. Read more... |
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| 09 April 1955 | Wallasey A.C. track and field chances Wallasey Athletic Club's changes in the track and field fixtures arranged for the coming summer must be considered quite good. Read more... |
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| 23 April 1955 | Athletic club's two marathon runners During last cross-country season Wallasey Athletic Club saw very little of Ray Scammell. He turned out fairly regularly for the club races and though he had definitely improved he certainly never looked like winning any of the runs. Read more... |
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| 21 May 1955 | Wallasey Athletic Club's track prospects The track season is now getting well under way for Wallasey Athletic Club's members who can now be seen training hard at their various events at Leasowe three or four times a week. Read more... |
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| 28 May 1955 | Len Platt going to White City Len Platt is by far Wallasey Athletic Club's outstanding athlete and though he has had his training programme curtailed by illness last season, he must still be reckoned amongst Britain's top long jumpers. Read more... |
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| 04 June 1955 | Wallasey Athletic Club's track and field success Wallasey Athletic Club showed that they are by no means a weak club when they defeated Wirral A.C. at Leasowe last week by 17 points to 25. Read more... |
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| 11 June 1955 | Local athletes in county championships The Cheshire County Championships at Port Sunlight last Saturday proved fairly successful for Wallasey Athletic Club members and though one or two results were a little disappointing, the overall standard was very good and Wallasey were placed in eleven of the events, gaining 2 first, 2 seconds and Read more... |
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| 18 June 1955 (New) | Athletic Club Notes The rail strike caused many Wallasey Athletic Club members who would have liked to compete last Saturday to stay at home. One or two members managed, by various means, to arrive at Helsby for the B.I.C.C. sports. Read more... |
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| 25 June 1955 | Local athletes at Lever meeting Seven club competed in the annual Lever Trophy meeting held at Port Sunlight Oval last Saturday. Wallasey Athletic Club's representatives gave a good account of themselves and gained places in many events. Read more... |
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| 16 July 1955 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club With over half the track reason gone, Wallasey Athletic Club's record to date is far from inspiring, but hardly a disgrace, Wallasey's weakness at moment seems to lie in her lack of numbers of keen senior members who, even if not active, could assist the club in other ways. Read more... |
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| 23 July 1955 (New) | Local athletes at St. Helens sports Last Saturday a number of local runners attended the St. Helens Police sports held in brilliant sunshine on a good track. The seven athletes who attended this meeting did not return empty-handed, though it must be admitted they were a little unlucky. Read more... |
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| 30 July 1955 (New) | Too few enter for field events Competition for Northern athletes who are not of national class is generally fairly poor but this complaint cannot be made by Merseyside runners who can rely on meetings practically every weekend, which, when coupled with club fixtures, often mean that athletes have too many commitments rather than Read more... |
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| 13 August 1955 | Athletic club has some good youngsters The Wallasey Athletic Club championships that commenced at Leasowe last Saturday convinced me that the club has much latent talent, especially among the younger members. Unfortunately, however, not very much is made of this talent and so the club is not doing as well in matches and open meetings as Read more... |
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| 20 August 1955 | Local runners in city marathon In weather hardly suited to long-distance running some sixty competitors set off from the St. George's plateau last Saturday to run 26 miles 385 yards round the outskirts of Liverpool in the Liverpool City Marathon. Read more... |
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| 27 August 1955 | Athletic club championships The club championships held last Saturday by Wallasey Athletic Club proved very successful. For once a club event had abundant officials and a good turnout of competitors. Read more... |
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