Athletics Photos

Athletics 1955

D Chadderton (Lees) breaking the School record with a jump of 5'5".
Using a roll style he has since jumped 6'4" (July 1957).
He has gained UAU and International honours.

Athletics 1955

A G Howard (Assheton), Senior Victor Ludorum.

Athletics 1955

G Mayall (Assheton), Runner-up.

Athletics 1955

Senior Relay:
(front) J A Knight (Platt), N A Jenkinson (Assheton), D Innes (Lees), K A Wood (Hulme)
(rear) unnamed, N H Jackson (Assheton), D Wood (Lees), I Shaw (Hulme)

Junior Cross Country
Team 1956

D Heginbotham C R Greaves E N Chesworth

I Aspinall S J Quinlan M R Schofield

Athletics 1956

H Springman (Lees) winning the 200 yards (over 16) from N A Jenkinson (Assheton).

Athletics 1956

E N Chesworth (Assheton), middle school Victor Ludorum, winning the 440 yards (under 16) in a record time of 55.5 seconds.

Athletics 1956

Under 14 High Jump.
M Stratham, who won the event, about to roll. The winning height was 4'3".

Athletics 1956

Under 14 High Jump. P Q Rhodes who was third.

Athletics 1956

I McKee (Hulme), junior Victor Ludorum, receiving his trophy from Mrs Jackson.

Athletics 1957

I McKee (Hulme) winning the Relay (under 14). T G Bromley (Assheton) is second.

Athletics 1957

E N Chesworth (Assheton) winning the Relay (over 16), but the team is later disqualified. P J Saltsman (Lees) eventually wins.

Athletics 1957

T G Bromley (Assheton) wins the 880 yards (under 14) in record time.

Athletics 1957

P Phillips, A W Evans and P J Larder are seen finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 220 yards (under 12).

Athletics 1957

I McKee, the under 14 Victor Ludorum wins the 100 yards (under 14) in a record time of 11.0 seconds.

Athletics 1957

E N Chesworth, P J Saltsman and H Springman (second from the right) are seen finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 220 yards (over 16). Time 24.2 seconds.

Athletics 1957

D Clayton, J Holroyd (out of picture) and P A Hibbert are seen finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 220 yards (under 16).

Athletics 1957

At the start of the 1 mile.
Runners include P Murphy, H Springman, G Whitehead, A Whitehead, E N Chesworth, R J Clegg, G H Gorton.
In the background are officials Messrs C L Ashton, K J V Shield and T E Sanders.

Athletics 1957

The finish of the 1 mile shows G H Gorton winning easily from R J Clegg. H Springman was third.

Athletics 1957

D Schofield, 2nd in the Discus Throw (under 16).

Athletics 1957

A Whitehead, holder of the Javelin record (under 16) is seen throwing in the over 16 event.

Athletics 1957

A T Kenworthy, the school record holder in the Discus event (over 16).

Athletics 1958
School Team

Back: R C Newton, S G Whitehead (half-colours), G T Gunby (full-colours), N Shepherd (half-colours), C Fairfoull, A Whitehead.

Centre: I Aspinall, T G Bromley, G Whitehead, J N Partington, R Binns (half-colours), B Vyse, S J Quinlan.

Front: F D Marshall, I McKee (half-colours), G H Gorton (full-colours), E N Chesworth (full-colours), M R Schofield (half-colours), C M Willis.

Athletics 1959

Back: P J Larder, R C Newton (full-colours), T G Bromley (full-colours), N Shepherd (full-colours), G Whitehead (half-colours), J N Partington, T P Nuttall (full-colours), M R Schofield (half-colours).

Centre:W I McKee (full-colours), J Harrop, R I Crook, E N Chesworth (full-colours), G H Gorton (full-colours), S H Jackson (full-colours), C M Willis (full-colours).

Front: H I Fraser, G K Toon, S J Quinlan (half-colours).

Athletics 1963