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This Page will be used to publish e-mails etc I receive as webmaster that others might be interested in. If you have something you want to say, then I want to hear it. E-mail me. But I will decide what gets published! 3 April 2007 Dear Ron (Ed: Phil's time is indeed now recognised as the best by a Southport Waterloo runner and he is now recorded as the U17 400m hurdles record holder. In fact, Phil's best time was a superb 55.4 secs) 23 July 2005 Ron, Please give my regards to Steve James and all that remember me from the good old days of the 80's. Congratulations also to Steve on his run at the masters. I am still in running retirement due to feet and knee troubles, plus being 13 stone doesn't help. Can it be 20 years ago when I ran my 2.33 marathon and weighed in at 9 stone??? time Flies. Once again regards to all and please pass on my e mail address if anyone wants to write. If you are all near Oldham please give me a call, 07884 263437. Regards, Steve Loker, ex athlete. steven.loker@gmpte.gov.uk 24 January 2004 Dear Ron, My brother Graham has very kindly contacted you on my behalf and you will have a rough idea what this is all about. He also sent me Larry Hyland's obit. and your S'port- Waterloo web details so I'm upto date. I ran for S'port Harriers from leaving school in 1958 'thro to 1963, and have in my possession the "Brian Aughton Trophy" which is the club's senior cross country trophy! How I came to have it for the last 40 odd years I am not sure. Either I won it three times and got it in perpetuity, which I doubt, or I was the holder when S.H. subsided circa 1963. I seem to recall winning it a couple of times, by a strange coincidence beating L.H. into 2nd place. See the attached photo taken at Larkfield Lane where we ran X-country from across fields that on my last visit were covered in houses,supa mkts and car showrooms. The other people in the photo are l-r Cliff Harris, son of the then methodist minister in Marshside, LH, PM, Alan Bond a schoolmaster who was sect. but also ran. My idea, as the cup means very little to my kids, is to return it to you when I am in S'port next June. I would like to think it can go back to being the senior x-country trophy! I will get a plaque put on recording it's history and provided you have no objection dedicate it to LH's memory. When LH worked for Brian Aughton before going on his own he got BA to donate the cup. It was bought from a pawnshop in Eastbank St! and the first time BA presented it he was on crutches as he had sawn off the branch he was standing on and fallen out of a tree. When Larry went off on his own we did an "in house' presentation. Reading LH's obit if the John Wright mentioned is the same as had a fractured skull after being knocked down by a car while training on a winter's night circa 1960 and who I used to visit in Marshside convalescent home he may remember me. Looking at your website LH must have been very proud. It's funny but W'loo were our greatest rivals in those days. In fact I recall sometimes our senior champs. were held in conjunction with club matches against them as we had so few runners to warrant a separate race. They ran in black and gold hoops like wasps, and the only runner I can recall was called Bertie who took out his full dentures to run - not a pretty sight. In those days the whole club used to go to x-c matches in the back of LH's van sitting on mattresses with a faint smell of fertiliser. We only entered the Nationals when they were in the north as we couldn't afford to stay away. One highlight I recall was finishing a team in Blackpool circa 1962 and LH JW (running for L'pool) and myself beat a very unfit Herb Elliot in knee deep mud on the racecourse whilst he was running for Oxford Uni. Mind you we were all back in the 300's, there were about 900 starters. I was amused to see the S'port Visitor has kept up it's tradition of printing the reports sent in by sporting clubs. This job used to be mine as I worked in an insurance office and could get it typed by bribing a girl in the typing pool (remember them!). The only problem was you were at the mercy of the sub editor for headlines which led to "Maloney wins again" something my family still throw at me. By the way Frank Sellars who worked at the V. was a stalwart of the club at that time. I was peeved at LH's marathon time, circa 1961. We ran together in a 16 mile road race in Oldham or Rochdale anyway a very hilly town in the back blocks of Lancs. And after cajoling each other for the last 5-6 miles finished as they say nowadays out of a podium place and turning to each other vowed never to race over such long distances ever again. I kept my side of the vow!! I still run 2-3 times a week but only for 45 mins it's a bit hot here. I ran a 10km fun run last year on a hilly course and was pleased to record a time I was happy with. I do hope I haven't gone on too much, starting to write this brought back a lot of memories. Kind regards, Patrick' Paddy" Maloney 5 October 2003 Nick Hume 28 April 2003 5 April 2003 Like all members of SWAC I was very sorry to read about Larry. Although not racing anymore I still have fond memories of Larry, training at Christ the King, Sunday mornings and racing. Larry was always a kind man, especially when it came to his column in the Southport Visitor. I can recall my early days of running back in the 80's, training hard and not racing very well. Larry always had a kind word to say, helping me and motivating me to stick with it. I still recall the times when him and Johnny Wright would be cracking the jokes, especially at my 40th birthday. The world would be a better place if there were more of the Larry's in it. Please give my regards to all that remember me. Steve Loker. 30 March 2003 Hello Ron. I was very sorry to hear your news. I have only pleasant memories of a true gentleman of our sport Regards Leo Carroll 29 March 2003 Sorry to read the news about Larry. He was for many years, along with John Wright, the backbone of the old Southport clubs. Phil Thomas 29 March 2003 Hello Ron, Sorry to hear of the passing of Larry. I sent him a letter on behalf of LPS last week wishing him well, can you pass on our condolences to his family, Regards Robbie Wood 20 November 2002. Hi Ron, We've never communicated before but I've just stumbled across your excellent SWAC site purely by accident. Originally, back in 1973 I joined Waterloo Harriers & AC (I think I still have my membership card somewhere!). The club was basically kept afloat by the efforts of a man named Bill Poynor who, (then), single handedly acted as coach, mentor and general taxi driver for anyone and everyone associated with the club. We were based at Chaffers in Waterloo. Bill was an elderly man, a WW2 vet (ex navy) who once (as a pow ) - met none other than Rommell ! Anyway, I think the strain of keeping the club together began to show. Sometime in late 1975 (I think), Southport AC approached Waterloo Harriers with a view to merging and consolidating their respective clubs interests and resources. It made sense. I attended the inaugural meeting of SWAC in (March or April ) 1976, (or was it '77 ?) when the two clubs became one. I sort of lost track of the sport after receiving an injury shortly after and have now lived in the USA for nearly ten years. Reading your website, I'm absolutely delighted the club has grown so much. Best wishes and regards to you all at SWAC. Allan K. Duggan p.s. My PB for 800m at U14 was 2:05.8 - U17 1:57.6 ! Jeeeeeez ..... if I could do either (now that I'm in my 40's) .... I'd be happy ! Cheers |
