14 September 1946
Athletics
Having successfully concluded the track season in this district, many local athletes now give their attention to the Cross-Country season, and the Wallasey Athletic Club are pleased to announce that they have obtained the use of premises for the cross-country.
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21 September 1946
Wallasey Athletic Club.
Wallasey Athletic Club commences its cross country season on Saturday, the 21st September, a good turn out being anticipated.
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28 September 1946
Cross country running again
With the cross-country running season due to open in a fortnight some 21 members of Wallasey Athletic Club had a preliminary canter from the club winter quarters in Leasowe Road last Saturday.
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05 October 1946
Cross country season opens to-day
Wallasey Athletic Club is ready once again to cater for all ages and classes ranging from those who like a gentle saunter over a few miles of country for their weekly exercise to the hardiest racing enthusiast.
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19 October 1946
Cross-Country
Wallasey Athletic Club held a training run from the cross-country quarters last Saturday, three packs turning out. J. M. Rimmer and R. F. Hubbard of the fast pack, were in good form and carried the brunt of the pace-making with J. A. Richardson and R. E. Young always going well.
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09 November 1946
Crack runners at Wallasey meet
Some of Merseyside’s best distance runners will be in action this Saturday, on the occasion of Wallasey Athletic Club's first cross-country fixture, with Liverpool Harriers & A.C., at Leasowe Road.
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23 November 1946
Wallasey club's novice championship
Novice championship of Wallasey Athletic Club will be held over a five miles course of country and shore at Leasowe on Saturday.
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30 November 1946
Cross-country - Wallasey A.C. Novice Championship
R. Johnston, a first season runner, won the Novice Cross-Country Championship of Wallasey Athletic Club, an event confined to members of the club who have never won a prize, over a five miles coarse at Leasowe last Saturday.
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07 December 1946
West Lancs. novice cross-country championship to-day
After a break of eight years the West Lancashire Cross-Country Association are staging their Novice Team Championship over a five mile course at St. Helens to-day.
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14 December 1946
Wallasey A.C. Win West Lancs. Championship
Fine team work, combined with a high degree of physical fitness, brought Wallasey Athletic Club a resounding victory in the West Lancashire Cross-Country Association Novice Championship held over a five miles course at St. Helens last Saturday.
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21 December 1946
Wallasey v. Liverpool Pembroke
Notwithstanding the strong team which Liverpool Pembroke A.C. fielded at Wallasey last Saturday, the home club should have made a much closer race than the results indicate.
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28 December 1946
Mayor starts Christmas Handicap
C. R. Hewson, one time assistant hon. secretary of Wallasey Athletic Club won the club’s Christmas Handicap over 31/4 miles at Leasowe last Saturday.
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04 January 1947
Wallasey beaten by Wirral A.C.
A depleted Wallasey team was convincingly beaten by Wirral Athletic Club over a heavy eight miles cross-country course at Prenton last Saturday, only J. Edwards and R. E. Young of Wallasey A.C. managing to split Wirral’s counting six.
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11 January 1947
Juniors win New Year Handicap
Juniors (18-21) took first two places in the New Year Cross-Country Handicap promoted by Wallasey Athletic Club over an eight miles course at Leasowe last Saturday.
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18 January 1947
Athletics
With the championship period approaching most clubs are now running over 9-10 miles cross-country courses and Liverpool Harriers, who entertained Sutton Harriers and Wallasey Athletic Club at Woolton last Saturday.
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01 February 1947
Leasowe racing prospects
There is every prospect of some keen racing at Leasowe this Saturday when the Wallasey Athletic Club, senior, junior and youths' cross-country championships will be run off.
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08 February 1947
Wintry sport at Leasowe
Under severe weather conditions the senior, junior (18-21) and youths Cross-Country Championships of Wallasey Athletic Club were held at Leasowe last Saturday.
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15 February 1947
Internationals at Woolton
International runners took three of the first five places at the senior cross-country championships of the West Lancashire Cross-Country Association held at Woolton over nine miles last Saturday.
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22 February 1947
What is the "Best Age"?
Two questions frequently asked by young athletes are:- (1) At what age do athletes reach their best? and (2) How much does natural athletic ability help in athletic success?
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01 March 1947
Athletics
West Lancashire runners carried off five of the first six places in the Northern Senior Cross-Country Championship, held over a 9 miles course at Newcastle-on-Tyne last Saturday.
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08 March 1947
How Wallasey lost youths’ championship
Arriving at the venue too late to start, W. Gee, of Wallasey Athletic Club, probably lost the team the Liverpool & District Youths Championship when the championships were run of at Woolton last Saturday.
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15 March 1947
National Championships
Northern runners were in the ascendancy at Apsley, Herts., when the National Cross-Country Championship was run over a ten miles course there last Saturday, breaking a long run of supremacy by Southern and Midland runners.
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22 March 1947
Cross-Country - Wallasey come in fifth in public schools race
Twenty-two Public Schools competed in the race at Manchester on Saturday last over a 31/4 miles course. In spite of bad weather all the schools managed to arrive on time for the race.
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29 March 1947
Road racing popularity
During the last few years road racing has become increasingly popular, especially in the South, where, for many clubs in the London area, country in scarce and tracks too expensive, until now a fairly defined road-racing season has evolved extending from mid-March to mid-May.
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12 April 1947
Course of consolation handicap
Wallasey Athletic Club stage their consolation handicap over a 33/4 miles road course at Leasowe to-day, when the current season's winners receive their full penalty and losers gain the greatest allowance handicappers can allow them.
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19 April 1947
Athletics
Youngest member of Wallasey Athletic Club, 15 years old John Hawksley, scored a runaway victory in the club's consolation handicap held over a 33/4 mile road course at Leasowe last Saturday.
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26 April 1947
Merseyside Marathon
After being a mere one second behind the leaders at half distance (13 miles 192 yds.) Wallasey A.C. fell away badly and could finish no better than fourth in the Merseyside Marathon Road Relay Race at Sefton Park last Saturday. The race was won by Liverpool Harriers with Liverpool Pembroke second, and Wirral A.C. third.
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03 May 1947
Athletic club president honoured
On Mr. A. G. Nicholson, president of Wallasey Athletic Club and also of the West Lancashire Cross-Country Association, was conferred the high honour of President of the Northern Cross-Country Association at York last Saturday, an office to which he was first elected in 1914 and which he has held on four occasions since.
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30 August 1947
Brookes' award winner
H. Lutas, junior captain of Wallasey Athletic Club, won the Brookes Award, decided on a points aggregate of three events, 220 yards, high jump and throwing the javelin, at Port Sunlight Oval track on Thursday of last week.
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