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| 29 September 1956 | Wallasey Athletic Club AGM The annual meeting of Wallasey Athletic Club was held on Friday, September 21st. Read more... |
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| 13 October 1956 | 150 runners in Wallasey race Wallasey A.C. were hosts to all the Merseyside clubs last Saturday and a total of one hundred and fifty three runners were seen to be starting out from club headquarters. Read more... |
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| 20 October 1956 (New) | First athletic match to-day To-day sees the first match of the Merseyside League. Wallasey Athletic Club are running against the Warrington and Sefton Clubs at West Derby. Read more... |
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| 27 October 1956 (New) | Athletic Club Notes In the match last Saturday against Sefton and Warrington, Wallasey were placed second and completely justified themselves by taking second and third individual placings. Ron Barlow and Pete White being the respective runners. Read more... |
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| 03 November 1956 | Wallasey Athletic Club at Woolton Last Saturday Wallasey ran 'Six' Liverpool miles at Woolton. The club lost this match scoring 123 points to Liverpool's 58 and Wirral. First man home was Jeffs of Wirral in 45 minutes 27 seconds. Read more... |
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| 10 November 1956 (New) | Tech. Boys win cross-country trophy Wallasey Secondary Technical School won the schoolboys' race at the Wallasey Athletic Club's boys' and youths' cross-country meeting last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 17 November 1956 | Wallasey Athletic Club at Waterloo Seven Wallasey Club competitors were in the Waterloo road race last Saturday and all finished the course. Over 150 runners started and ran 6¼ miles. Read more... |
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| 24 November 1956 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club Notes Last Saturday Wallasey ran against Waterloo, at Crosby, and were just pipped for second place against the other rival club, Preston Harriers. Read more... |
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| 01 December 1956 | Wallasey boys and youths travel to Leyland The last match of the league fixtures was run last Saturday over six miles at Wallasey. Read more... |
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| 08 December 1956 | Ron Barlow's race success Last Saturday at Leyland, Ron Barlow of Wallasey won the youth's race in the H. S. Finney Trophy meeting. Following him were D. White 7th and P. Townsend 17th. Read more... |
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| 22 December 1956 | Port Sunlight A.C. and Wallasey in friendly race Last Saturday a friendly match was held between Port Sunlight A.C. and Wallasey. Read more... |
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| 29 December 1956 | Scratch man won Christmas race In last Saturday's notes the writer of this article said that even the slowest crab could win the Christmas handicap. Read more... |
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| 05 January 1957 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club Notes A last-minute fixture with Sutton, Pembroke and Port Sunlight Clubs last Saturday, resulted in a win in the youths' race and third place in the boys' race. Read more... |
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| 12 January 1957 | Barlow wins youth County championship The results of the Cheshire Championships run at Hyde, last Saturday, were gratifying for the club. Read more... |
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| 26 January 1957 (New) | Athletic Club Notes Peter White finished in 30th position in last Saturday's inter-county race at Rugby. Read more... |
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| 02 February 1957 | Ron Barlow is champion youth runner The Liverpool & District Cross-Country Championships were ran last Saturday at Port Sunlight. Read more... |
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| 16 February 1957 | Ron Barlow wins again Ron Barlow of Wallasey ran well in last Saturday's West Lancashire championships and, as usual, scored a, triumph in finishing first. Read more... |
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| 02 March 1957 (New) | Athletic Club notes The Northern championships, held at Morecambe in the worst weather conditions ever, provided some good running and a good result for the Wallasey club. Read more... |
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| 16 March 1957 | English Championships Mud up to the ankles and slippery conditions prevailed throughout the whole course at Parliament Hill Fields last Saturday. Severe rain completely washed out any attempt at speed and 'slog' was the order of the day. Read more... |
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| 30 March 1957 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club Notes Today the road handicap over 3¼ miles is being held. All club members are entitled to enter for this event, and a good handicap is usually given. Time for 1st man off is 3-15 p.m. Read more... |
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| 13 April 1957 (New) | Wallasey A.C. Wallasey's team performed in good style at last Saturday's Sefton Park road relay. Wallasey's only fielded seven out of the necessary eight and ran out of the relay. Read more... |
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| 27 April 1957 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club notes Last Monday, J. Lynch travelled to Doncaster to compete in the Doncaster-Sheffield marathon. Read more... |
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| 18 May 1957 (New) | Pembroke 20 Today the Pembroke 20 is being run and John Lynch is travelling to compete in this event. Read more... |
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| 25 May 1957 (New) | R.A.F. West Kirby v Wallasey In the first match of the season Wallasey were beaten by 14 points, R.A.F. West Kirby scoring 37 to Wallasey's 23. Read more... |
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| 01 June 1957 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club's victory Wallasey won the match with Sefton by four points. The match was very even throughout and the result very gratifying for both clubs. Read more... |
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| 08 June 1957 (New) | Wallasey runner in marathon Among the 197 runners lining up in the private grounds of Windsor Castle for the annual Polytechnic Harriers Marathon race on Saturday, June 15, will be a local athlete J. W. Lynch of 7 Rostherne Avenue, Wallasey. Read more... |
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| 08 June 1957 (New) | Cheshire Championships
Wallasey Athletic Club In last Saturday's Cheshire championships, Wallasey came home with a good amount of medals, although there were no firsts. Read more... |
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| 29 June 1957 (New) | Youth Athletic team Wallasey is entering a youth team for the Mixed Youth Athletics Festival to be held at Southport on Saturday, July 13. Read more... |
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| 13 July 1957 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club successes John Lynch and Frank Ledward travelled last Saturday to Wakefield to compete in a 20 m. road race. Read more... |
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| 20 July 1957 (New) | Athletic Items Several members of Wallasey Athletic Club were chosen to represent Wallasey in the Inter-Town Youth Sports at Southport last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 03 August 1957 (New) | Open Handicap Meeting Today, there will be an Open Handicap meeting at Widnes and the Wallasey Athletic Club are represented in this event by three junior athletes. Read more... |
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| 10 August 1957 (New) | Wallasey Athletic Club Notes At the Roodee, Chester on Monday, P. B. White finished 4th in the 5-mile race round the racecourse. Read more... |
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| 17 August 1957 (New) | Lever Trophy Contest To-day the Wallasey Athletic club is taking part in the Lever Trophy contest, to be held at Port Sunlight Oval. Read more... |
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| 31 August 1957 | Cross-country - Wallasey club's prospects Soon the cross-country season will be well under way, but already a few of the wiser members of the club have been training for nearly a month. Read more... |
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