Liverpool Running Club welcomes anyone to join, whether you are a beginner or an experienced runner. We currently have just under four-hundred registered members, ranging from the age of 16 to 75 years old. We have different squads to suit everyone's ability, each squad has different speeds and distances. Coaches take pride in helping their squad runners achieve personal bests and competing in races. Liverpool Running Club is not just a running club it is a community of socialising.

We organise two races a year, the first race is the Walton Hall Park cross country. This race is one of the six Sunday cross country races in the league. The second race is the Walton Hall Park Five, this race is a 5 mile run for the club championship competition. We also have two social events, Summer and Christmas presentation dances.

Committee

Chairman:	Peter Marrs	Race:	Maurice Clarke
Vice Chairman:	Hugh Carson		Tony Ferry
Secretary:	Patrick Daly		Pat Daly
Treasurer:	Maurice Clarke	Other:	Paula Daley
Membership:	Tony Rawlinson		Jane McCarthy
Cross Country (Sat):	Maurice Collins		Jamie Stanton
Cross Country (Sun):	Lil Park / Dave Park		Netty Quine
Championship Results:	Hugh Carson		Lorraine Aldridge
Welfare:	Lil Park		Amanda Clarke
Kit:	Peter Marrs		Michaela Furey

 

Club History

In 1984 in response to an advert placed in the local newspaper by Charlie McKenna, a group of like minded people met at Albion House Sports Centre, Everton Brow. The idea was to form a running club.

Earliest recorded minutes of the newly formed club go back to 1985 when a committee was set up and we formally became Liverpool Running Club and affiliated to the men’s Northern Counties AAA. Also that year we moved to the newly opened Walton Hall Park Sports Centre. Our official club colours were a royal blue vest with a large white Liver bird on the front and a white diagonal stripe on the back.

In 1986 we also affiliated to the Woman’s AAA and round about a year after that we changed our colours to the now familiar blue and white hoops which is recognised more easily by competitors and spectators across the north of England.

Throughout those first years, membership remained at between 40 and 50 with just a few women members. We also affiliated to the Liverpool and District Cross-Country Union (L and DCCU) round about that time.

In 1987, Head Coach and Chairman Charlie McKenna resigned from the club. Pat Daly took over as Chairman for the remainder of the year and at the following agm Pat became Club Secretary and Peter Marrs who had been Club Secretary became Club Chairman .This remains the same to-date. The members of the committee changed quite a lot in the first 4 to 5 years. Hugh Carson became Vice-Chairman and Maurice Clarke became Club Treasurer. They are both still in office and have proved to be an invaluable asset, together with other committee members, in the successful management of the club.

Over the years the club membership has grown considerably. We have had, at times, a membership of up to 370, equally split between men and women and on club nights we regularly get a turn out of between 80 and 120. Club nights during the winter season are at Walton Hall Park Sports Centre and in the Summer we move to St. Edwards College, West Derby.

We are affiliated to most athletic governing bodies. These include the AAA, England Athletics, the Association of Great Britain Athletic Clubs (ARC), Merseyside Counties AA and the North West Cross-Country League.

Club Records

The club records for Liverpool Running Club are basically the fastest time that one of our runners have completed certain races in. To view the club records for Liverpool Running Club runners, please click on one of the links below.

Club Records - Women

Club Records - Men

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