by Matthew Wood | Dec 14, 2018 | News
An English Championships was held during the 1920s with the primary intention of bolstering the field events which were then so shamefully neglected. Unfortunately, the brave venture was ill-supported and short-lived, lasting only from 1923 to 1925, but there is an...
by Matthew Wood | Dec 10, 2018 | News
The early 1930s was not a vintage era for British sprinting. Harry Edward, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, all of them great champions and Olympic medal-winners of the 1920s, were long retired. So far as Jack London and Walter Rangeley, the Olympic silver-medallists...
by Matthew Wood | Dec 10, 2018 | News
It is with deep regret that Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton report that our former club secretary Walter Bridson died on Saturday 8th December 2018. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time. Wally Bridson: An appreciation...
by Matthew Wood | Dec 7, 2018 | News
2018 has proved to be a defining year for the future of Northern Athletics with the implementation of our affiliation scheme which has guaranteed us financial stability and sustainability, and 2019 sees the launch of a new and exciting era for the development of...
by Matthew Wood | Dec 3, 2018 | News
We recently learned of the death of heavy throws coach Paul Evenden. Paul was a popular person in the Yorkshire and Northern area passing on his great knowledge to many athletes over the years. He will be sadly missed and he has left a big gap in throws coaching in...