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| 13 September 1958 (New) | Athletic Club Champions With the completion of all track fixtures and meetings, the Wallasey Athletic Club track and field championship results have been decided on a points per event basis. Read more... |
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| 27 September 1958 (New) | Cross country prospects Wallasey Athletic Club had their first organised run of the cross-country season last Saturday, when a pack of nearly a dozen athletes covered a nine mile course. Five senior runners all showed promise, and it is gratifying to see prospects of a stronger senior team this winter. Read more... |
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| 04 October 1958 | Athletic club Wallasey Athletic Club's annual general meeting was held last Friday at our headquarters on Leasowe Road. Read more... |
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| 25 October 1958 (New) | Wallasey A.C. Win Friendly Wallasey entertained Port Sunlight A.C. at Leasowe Road last Saturday in a friendly match. With small turn-outs, a combined race was held for juniors and seniors, over a 4½ miles course of one lap of the playing field and two laps on Bidston Marshes. Boys and youths had a 2½ miles run. Read more... |
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| 08 November 1958 (New) | Waterloo 7-mile road race today Last Saturday Wallasey Athletic Club members took part in a six-mile road run around Leasowe in preparation for today's 7-mile Waterloo Road Race. This event is a favourite for most athletes in Lancashire and Cheshire and attracts nearly 300 entries. Read more... |
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| 15 November 1958 | John Wright first District man home in Waterloo race Waterloo Athletic Club's annual Waterloo Road race for athletes over 18 again proved popular with both spectators and competitors last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 22 November 1958 (New) | Wallasey Fifth in Cross-Country Race The second of the Liverpool & District Cross-Country league fixtures was held at Kirkby last Saturday; over a testing six miles course. Wallasey did well to finish fifth, an improvement of one place on the first race held at Woolton three weeks previously. Read more... |
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| 06 December 1958 (New) | Runners success in 'mob' event Wallasey gained individual honours in the 'mob' run at Crosby last Saturday John Wright was first man home in the senior race, and B. Woolford was second club man in 16th position. Read more... |
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| 13 December 1958 | A. F. Howard third in boy's race Last Saturday members of Wallasey A.C. travelled to Warrington to compete in the H.S. Finney Trophy race. In addition to the senior race which was for teams of twelve runners with eight to score, there was also a boys' race and youth race. Read more... |
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| 20 December 1958 (New) | Athletic Club's Christmas Handicap Today After six or seven weeks of continuous racing, Wallasey Athletic Club last Saturday had no fixture and those members who felt active enough to turn out enjoyed a run at their own speed over a distance of six or eight miles. Read more... |
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| 27 December 1958 (New) | Wright's Great Run through the field The Christmas handicap last Saturday held many surprises. In the Senior event, John Wright ran through the field off scratch, and won in the splendid time of 17 mins. 24 secs, over a 3½ mile course. Considering the first man had four minutes start this is a wonderful result. Read more... |
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| 03 January 1959 | Wallasey runner wins district championship The first of the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Championships, held last Saturday produced the some unexpected results. The course was over slightly undulating parkland at Wavertree Playground. Four championships were held for boys, youths, juniors and seniors. Read more... |
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| 10 January 1959 | Wright and Barlow to represent Cheshire After travelling through a snowstorm last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club arrived at Winnington Park to find the ground almost entirely clear of snow. Read more... |
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| 17 January 1959 | Wallasey A.C. in close match with Port Sunlight Over a snowbound course at Port Sunlight, Wallasey A.C. enjoyed a closely contested match with the Port Sunlight club. Lack of numbers on both side, due to the weather, robbed the fixture of much of much of its interest, but to those hardier members who braved the elements the event was thoroughly Read more... |
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| 31 January 1959 (New) | Cross-country runners in W. Lancs. bid to-day The recent performance of John Wright in the Inter-Counties Championship when he finished 10th out of nearly 300 runners, marks him as the outstanding senior runner that Wallasey Athletic Club has ever had in its ranks. Read more... |
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| 07 February 1959 | Alan wins West Lancs boys' race championship Wallasey Athletic Club competed with only mixed success in last Saturday's West Lancashire Cross-Country Championships at Hoghton, near Preston. Read more... |
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| 14 February 1959 | Wallasey AC at Bolton for Northern XC Championships Wallasey Athletic Club travel to Bolton today, where the Northern Counties Cross-Country Championships are being staged. Hopes for success here rest with the boys and junior teams. Read more... |
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| 21 February 1959 | Runners blank day in the North championships Wallasey Athletic Club travelled to Bolton to compete in the Northern Counties Championships over hilly and heavy moorland country. We were right out of luck and had a totally blank day in all sections. Read more... |
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| 07 March 1959 | The Cheshires (with 5 Wallasey runners) Win Army championship Five members of Wallasey Athletic Club, all National Service men, helped to make Army sporting history on Friday of last week, when the team representing the Depot, The Cheshire Regiment, won the Army cross-country championship - the first time that any Depot team has won an Army championship in any Read more... |
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| 14 March 1959 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club Notes The English championships at Peterborough last Saturday produced some surprises. Fred Norris, the Northern Counties senior champion, confounded his critics who felt that he would be too old, by finishing 250 yards ahead. Wallasey A.C.'s two entries in this race did not compete. Read more... |
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| 21 March 1959 (New) | Athletic Notes Wallasey Athletic Club hold their Road Handicap at club headquarters today, starting at 3.0 p.m. If there are sufficient boy and youth members, a separate race will be held for them. Today's results will be the basis for selection of the teams to compete in the forthcoming road relay races. Read more... |
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| 04 April 1959 (New) | Wallasey A.C. Notes Today, at Sefton Park, Liverpool, the athletic club are competing in the Sefton Park marathon road relay race. Read more... |
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| 18 April 1959 (New) | Wallasey athletes at Wavertree track meeting The results of the Easter Monday track meeting held at Wavertree Playground are now available. Read more... |
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| 25 April 1959 | Opportunity for junior athletes An energetic coaching sub-committee of the Wallasey Athletic Club has been formed under the chairmanship of Bob McCaig. Read more... |
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| 02 May 1959 | Carl Gee selected to represent Cheshire In the graded scratch competitions at Wavertree Playground last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club were represented in a number of the events. Read more... |
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| 23 May 1959 | Wallasey A.C. 3rd in County road relay race Wallasey Athletic Club gained third place in the Cheshire County road relay race run at Macclesfield on Saturday, May 9 over 20 miles split into six laps of 3 1/3 miles. Read more... |
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| 06 June 1959 | Wallasey AC Beaten by Waterloo AC In a recent match at Waterloo, Wallasey Athletic Club lost to Waterloo A.C. by twenty-five points to seventeen. Wallasey took first and second places in the boys' 100 yards with A. McTeer and A. Ferris, time 11.2 seconds. Read more... |
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| 13 June 1959 | Inter Club Championship at Liverpool Parks and Garden In the first of the Liverpool Parks and Gardens competitions held at Wavertree Playground on June 2 - won by Liverpool H. & A.C. - Wallasey A.C. were well out of the running for the inter-club championship. Read more... |
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| 20 June 1959 | Fine performances by Wallasey Athletic Club Wallasey Athletic Club contested a match with Sefton Harriers at Leasowe Road on Thursday last week, and won by 43 points to 32. Some of Wallasey's performances were encouraging and by the season's end, competition for the club's championship should be very keen. Read more... |
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| 11 July 1959 (New) | Penny's treble in Army athletics A second lieutenant in the Woman's Royal Army Corps., Miss Penny Price, daughter of Commander L. D. Price, general manager of Wallasey Ferries, brought of a notable hat-trick of victories in the Army Athletic Championships at Aldershot. She won the two sprint events (100 an 220 yards) and the long j Read more... |
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| 01 August 1959 (New) | Penny's 'Double' in W.R.A.C. win W.R.A.C. Second Lieutenant Penny Price, daughter of Commander L. D. Price, Ferries general manager, and Mrs. Price, brought the sprint "double" in the inter-services athletics match at Uxbridge. Read more... |
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| 08 August 1959 (New) | Wallasey A.C.'s Inter-club win Wallasey Athletic Club were entertained by Winnington Park A.C. on Saturday, July 25, in an Inter-club fixture and ran out worthy winners by 46 points to 31. Read more... |
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| 15 August 1959 | Wallasey athletes successes in Lever trophy events Wallasey A.C. competed in the Lever Trophy at Port Sunlight Oval last Saturday with the following individual results: - Carl Gee won the discus event with a throw of 120 ft. 1 in.; and Ray Owen was placed third with 106 ft. 7 ins. Read more... |
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| 22 August 1959 | Carl Gee improves his technique With the track season now largely completed and with holidays in full swing there is little to report from the competitive front. However several club athletes have again competed at the Port Sunlight weekly graded meeting and two performance are worthy of mention. Read more... |
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