1931 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1931 WAAA Championships London 11 July Stamford Bridge Senior Outdoor 1930 1932 WAAA Championships The 1931 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 16 December 2024 http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm AAA Championships (women) GBR Athletics 16 December 2024 The event was held at Stamford Bridge, London, on 11 July 1931. Nellie Halstead and Constance Mason both set up new world records, repeating their feat from the previous year and Elsie Green set a new world record in the 80 metres hurdles event.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19310712/256/0019 Women Set Up new Records Weekly Dispatch (London) 12 July 1931 British Newspaper Archive subscription 16 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000844/19310712/247/0028 Sunday Pictorial Sunday Mirror 12 July 1931 British Newspaper Archive subscription 16 December 2024 Results thumb|right|250px|Nellie Halstead (far right) won three titles EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Nellie Halstead 11.4 Ivy Walker 11.6e Gwendoline Porter 11.6e220 yards Nellie Halstead 25.5 Ivy Walker 5 yards Eileen Hiscock 3 yards440 yards Nellie Halstead 58.8 WR Dorothy Butterfield easily Vera Rudd 880 yards Gladys Lunn 2:22.4 Ruth Christmas 20 yardsDorothy Butterfield 10 yards80 metres hurdles Elsie Green 12.0 WR Kathleen Tiffen 1 yard Muriel Cornell 12.3eHigh jump Marjorie O'Kell 1.499 E. Hooper 1.499 Hilda Thorogood 1.473Long jump Muriel Cornell 5.51 Mary Seary 5.32 Ethel Slaughter 5.10Shot put Irene Phillips 9.69 NR Elsie Otway 8.80 Nellie Purvey 8.44Discus throw Irene Phillips 29.79 Ada Holland 27.02 Louise Fawcett 26.58Javelin Louise Fawcett 29.26 Edith Halstead 27.20 Maud Scorah 26.221 mile walk Constance Mason 7:45.6 WR Lucy Howes E. Gutteridge 440-yard relay London Olympiades AC3.51.1/5 Middlesex Ladies6 yd Manchester ACinches See also 1931 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:1931 in British women's sport