1906-2006
The club celebrates its Centenary Year in 2006, and the club marked this historic achievement by arranging a number of events during the year.
Earlston Library Display
Wallasey Athletic Club's centenary celebrations are underway, a display of photographs and memorabilia is on display at Earlston Library and was opened by the Mayor of Wirral Peter Johnson 11th September seen here with club president Ramsey Hewson. The display can be viewed until 23rd September.
Tunnel 10k Mass Run
A large group of club runners ran en masse in the Tunnel 10K which finished in New Brighton.
Centenary Dinner (slideshow)
The Centenary Dinner was held on 16 September 2006 at St Albans Church Hall in Liscard, Wallasey.
The club is still looking for news stories, race reports, photographs and memorabilia of general interest
.If there is anybody who has got items of interest please contact Bob Brimage (Telephone number 0151 677 7380).
Centenary Handicap Race (slideshow)
Wallasey members past and present competed in a handicap race along the promenade at Wallasey. Winner was Matt Williams who estimated his finishing time to within a second.
Finishing Position Handicap Position Name Estimated time Race time Difference 10 1 Matt Williams 00:16:15 00:16:14 00:00:01 45 2 Hugh Pritchard 00:26:00 00:25:52 00:00:08 49 3 Bill Wright 00:28:00 00:28:12 00:00:12 17 4 Tony Barbat 00:17:42 00:17:29 00:00:13 20 5 Anne Taylor-Kilbane 00:18:03 00:18:17 00:00:14 18 6 Pete Lonsdale 00:18:00 00:17:45 00:00:15 25 7 Gareth Ward 00:18:43 00:19:02 00:00:19 16 8 Les Pullin 00:17:52 00:17:29 00:00:23 13 9 Greg Jones 00:16:00 00:16:25 00:00:25 31 10 Phil Wilkinson 00:20:20 00:19:54 00:00:26 30 11 Nicci Davies 00:20:20 00:19:48 00:00:32 3 12 Keith McLaughlin 00:15:50 00:15:16 00:00:34 6 13 John Cottrell 00:15:00 00:15:37 00:00:37 5 14 Connor McArdle 00:16:20 00:15:35 00:00:45 2 15 Joe Johnson 00:16:00 00:15:09 00:00:51 33 16 Mike McNamee 00:21:00 00:20:40 00:00:20 22 17 Pete McArdle 00:19:30 00:18:33 00:00:57 52 18 Louise Merivale 00:35:00 00:34:01 00:00:59 51 19 Elliot McLaughlin 00:35:00 00:33:59 00:01:01 26 20 Mark Pembroke 00:18:00 00:19:03 00:01:03 8 21 Arthur Wilson 00:17:00 00:15:56 00:01:04 1 22 Keith Simpson 00:15:10 00:14:40 00:00:30 23 23 Mike Griffiths 00:19:15 00:18:50 00:00:25 19 24 Bob Warburton 00:19:00 00:17:49 00:01:11 50 25 Sophie Merivale 00:35:00 00:33:47 00:01:13 11 26 Mike Boyd 00:17:30 00:16:15 00:01:15 4 27 Dave Walton 00:16:58 00:15:33 00:01:25 53 28 John Wright 00:37:00 00:35:33 00:01:27 14 29 Ian Fennelly 00:18:00 00:16:28 00:01:32 21 30 Gus McGregor 00:16:55 00:18:28 00:01:33 43 31 Julie Barbat 00:26:00 00:24:26 00:01:34 29 32 Derek McArdle 00:17:50 00:19:37 00:01:47 27 33 Helen Sweeney 00:21:00 00:19:20 00:01:40 9 34 Richard Saunders 00:18:00 00:15:57 00:02:03 32 35 Ken Hilton 00:22:15 00:20:11 00:02:04 38 36 Jan Beaman 00:25:00 00:22:51 00:02:09 7 37 Neil Tunstall 00:18:00 00:15:47 00:02:13 15 38 Andy Carr 00:20:00 00:17:11 00:02:49 39 39 Dave Lockley 00:20:00 00:22:56 00:02:56 40 40 Barbara Majumdar 00:26:15 00:23:12 00:03:03 36 41 Sue Barraclough 00:25:00 00:21:44 00:03:16 37 42 Jane Vick 00:25:00 00:21:44 00:03:16 34 43 Anne Brimage 00:24:20 00:20:55 00:03:25 35 44 Mel Schless 00:25:00 00:21:33 00:03:27 48 45 Margaret McNelis 00:24:00 00:27:29 00:03:29 42 46 Maggie Warburton 00:28:00 00:24:24 00:03:36 12 47 Oliver Lockley 00:20:00 00:16:22 00:03:38 41 48 Amy Majumdar 00:27:00 00:23:12 00:03:48 24 49 Mashy Lockley 00:22:00 00:18:50 00:03:10 28 50
