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.
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06 November 1954
Wallasey Athletic Club
Last Saturday, Wallasey A.C. had their first proper race on the new course along the shore to Meols and back.
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13 November 1954
Wallasey Athletic Club
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 pools.
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20 November 1954
Wallasey Athletic Club
Wallasey Athletic Club seniors and juniors travelled to Waterloo on Saturday for the 63/4 mile road race promoted by Waterloo A.C.
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27 November 1954
Wallasey Athletic Club
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.
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04 December 1954
Wallasey Athletic Club
Conditions at Leasowe last Saturday were ideal for cross-country racing when Wallasey A.C. entertained Warrington Harriers and Waterloo Harriers.
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11 December 1954
Wallasey Athletic Club
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.
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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.
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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.
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22 January 1955
Wallasey Athletic Club notes
A small party of enthusiasts from Wallasey A.C. travelled to Childwall to watch the inter counties championships. Their keenness in braving the weather was rewarded when they saw the amazing defeat of Gordon Pirie and the astounding second place gained by Ken Gates of Lancs.
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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.
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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.
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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. The conditions had a remarkable effect on form and some suprising results were recorded.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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04 June 1955
Wallasey Athletic Club’s 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.
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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 7 thirds.
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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.
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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 it should.
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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.
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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.
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