Round the Walls - 4.5 Miles - Tue 26/12/06

On a cold and damp Boxing Day morning when half the population stay under their quilts and the other half head off to DFS to buy a new sofa, 427 mad runners turned up at Chester Race Course for the annual 4.5 mile running of 'round the walls'. This consisted of a lap and a half of the race course before climbing up onto the walls and doing an entire lap of the city before dropping back onto the race course for what seemed like an endless lap - you could see the finish line, but didn't appear to get any nearer to it.

Three hardened Wallasey runners with nothing else to do on Boxing Day turned up, first man home was Joe Johnson in a very respectable 28th position (26:41), followed by Arthur Wilson in 70th position (28:55) and Ken Hilton in 128th position (31.31). (KH)

Flying Fox - 10 Mile - Sun 5/11/06

Three runners from Wallasey Athletic Club headed south for the far from flat Flying Fox ten-mile race in Stone. Richard Saunders was first home in 01:09:28 for 52nd place, good runs from Pete McArdle and Les Pullin saw them come in 01:12:58 (80th) and 01:15:34 (112th) respectively. Read Pete's race report here.

ING New York City Marathon - Sun 5/11/06

Wallasey Athletic Club's two new young recruits had excellent runs in the New York City Marathon. On a tough undulating course in the big apple Steve Wilkinson finished in a superb time of 3:15:24 (2070th place), not far behind him was Paul Richardson in 3:26:46 (3556). Well done to both for a great effort.

SAAB Salomon Hellrunner - Delamere Forrest - Sun 29/10/06

Five Wallasey runners turned out for the first running of the northern version of the Hellrunner. First man name home was Joe Johnson in a very respectable 95th place (1:24), followed by Phil Cuthbert 132nd (1:27), Arthur Wilson 202nd (1:33), Ken Hilton 524th (1:49) and Ian McConnell 607th (1:55).

The performances from Joe Johnson, Phil Cuthbert and Ken Hilton are especially pleasing given that all three raced in the Liverpool & District cross country at Beacon Park, Skelmersdale the day before the Hellrunner.

Perth Butler 8K (Australia) - 29/10/2006

Exiled Wallasey runners Jamie Pullin and Jason Nelson took part in the Butler 8K (Butler is a suburb about 30 miles north of Perth, Australia). Jamie finished in 3rd place in about 27 minutes and Jason 15th in 33 minutes. Good to see the Wallasey shirts on show down under. Some pictures here.

Mike Griffiths completed the David Lloyd 10K in a personal best time of 46:44 this was enough to give him 79th place.

Beetham Liverpool 10K - 8/10/2006

Dave Godwin and Glyn Thornton completed the Liverpool 10K in 46:41 (511th) and 49:50 (805th) respectively. This was a personal best for Glyn and his first time under 50 minutes.

Great North Run - half marathon - 1/10/2006

5 runners represented Wallasey in the Great North Run. Keith McLaughlin completed the course in 01:32:18 for 692nd place. Also running were Jane Vick  (2:06:00), Sue Barraclough (2:01:41), Rachel Saunders (2:17:04). Read Jane's race report here.

Wirral Seaside Run 5k - 17/9/2006

Tony Barbat won seaside run in a time of 17:28, others competing were; Mark Becket 4th in 18:06, David Godwin 32nd in 22:59.

Bristol Half Marathon - 17/9/2006

Phil Bird completed the Bristol Half Marathon on a hot day in a creditable 01:31:05 to finish in 379th place.

Hoylake 10K - 3/9/2006

10 Wallasey runners competed in the Hoylake 10K, times were down due to strong headwinds. Phil Bird was first Wallasey man home in 40:38 for 23rd place and Anne Taylor-Kilbane first lady in 48:41 (120th place), other runners results can be found below.

Position	Time	Name
23	40.38	Phil Bird
25	40.58	Joe Johnson
80	46.14	Philip Cuthbert
89	47.09	Andy Carr
120	48.41	Anne Taylor-Kilbane
145	50.17	Ken Hilton
148	50.35	David J Godwin
191	52.31	Mark Pembroke
205	53.23	Nicci Davies
299	59.08	Margaret McNellis

Wirral Seaside Run 5k - 21/7/2006

9 runners entered the Wirral seaside run, Connor McArdle was the first Wallasey runner home in a personal best time for the race of 18:24. Other runners results can be found below.

Name		Time	Position	Category
CONNOR	MCARDLE	00:18:24	18	U20
IAN	FENNELLEY	00:20:32	41	M45
PETE	LONSDALE	00:21:34	53	M65
LES	PULLIN	00:22:13	63	M55
DEREK	MCARDLE	00:22:25	64	M40
MICHAEL	GRIFFITHS	00:22:51	67	M50
ROLF	WESTRUM	00:23:15	72	M50
NICCI	DAVIES	00:24:21	81	M45
DAVE	GODWIN	00:24:24	84	M45

 

 

Wirral Seaside Run 5k - 28/6/2006

7 runners entered the Wirral seaside run, Connor McArdle was the first Wallasey runner home in a personal best time for the race of 18:03. Other runners results can be found below.

Name		Time	Position	Category
CONNOR	MCARDLE	00:18:03	15	U20
PHIL	BIRD	00:19:01	25	M40
GREG	JONES	00:19:46	35	SM
DEREK	McARDLE	00:22:08	58	M40
MICHAEL	GRIFFITHS	00:22:40	67	M50
GLYN	THORNTON	00:24:20	82	M50
MARGARET	McNELIS	00:28:07	111	W40

 

Birkenhead Park 5 Mile - 7/6/2006

Joe McGee was narrowly beaten into second place in the under 13 boys 1 mile race in a superb time of 5 minutes 12 seconds, Connor McArdle was 9th in the under 15 boys. Several senior runners tackled the Birkenhead Park 5 miler, first home with 29:47 was Keith Simpson in 25th place, Nicci Davies was first lady. Other finishers were Margaret McNelis, Dave Godwin, John Cottrell and Pete Lonsdale.

Walton Park 5 Mile - 30/5/2006

Well done to John Raftery who completed the 5 mile course in 32:46 to claim 60th place and 6th in the Vet 50 category.

Christleton 5K - 12/5/2006

Mike Stanley just back from injury ran 16:47 in the Christleton 5K and finished in 34th place.

Wirral Seaside Run 5K - 26/4/2006

10 runners entered the Wirral seaside run, Bob Brimage, returning from injury, was the first Wallasey runner home. Other runners results can be found below.