1923 WAAA Championships

British athletics event April 2022 December 2024 1923 WAAA Championships London 18 August Oxo Sports Ground Senior Outdoor 1924 WAAA Championships The 1923 WAAA Championships were the first national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/bc2.htm British Athletics Championships 1919-1939 GBR Athletics English 8 March 2018https://runner500.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/the-inaugural-womens-amateur-athletic-association-championships-at-downham/ The inaugural WAAA championships Runner 500 English 8 March 2018http://www.gbrathletics.com/wrb.htm World records set in Britain GBR Athletics English 8 March 2018http://www.racewalkingassociation.org.uk/PottedHistory.html Race walking Race Walking Association English 8 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129075314/http://www.racewalkingassociation.org.uk/PottedHistory.html 29 November 2014 dead http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36235/1/WRAP_THESIS_Robinson_1996.pdf Robinson, Lynne: Tripping Daintily Into The Arena University of Warwick, 1996 (Thesis), page 110-111 English 8 March 2018 The tournament was held on 18 August 1923, at the Oxo Sport Grounds in Downham, Lewisham in South London.http://www.gbrathletics.com/bwr.htm British world record breakers GBR Athletics English 8 March 2018https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians English 8 March 2018http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportsHistorian/2001/sh211c.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160825222102/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportsHistorian/2001/sh211c.pdf dead 25 August 2016 Duval, Lynne: The Development of Women's Track and Field in England The Sports Historian May 2001, vol. 21, nr 1, p 10-11 (LA84.org) English 8 March 2018 Background After the successful first 1922 Women's World Games in Paris and the three Women's Olympiads (1921 Women's Olympiad, 1922 Women's Olympiad and 1923 Women's World Games) in Monaco, the interest for women's sports also grew internationally. In 1922 the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) was founded and that year several national women's track meets were held.The first women's university teams competed in track and field in 1921 and the Inter-Varsity Athletics Board (IVAB) in England held its first inter-varsity track and field competition for women in 1922. The Women's Inter-Varsity Athletics Board (WIVAB) was formed in 1923.Duval Lynne 2001-05-01 The Development of Women's Track and Field in England. The Role of the Athletic Club, 1920s-1950s https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17460260109443374 The Sports Historian 21 1 1–34 10.1080/17460260109443374 1351-5462 21046845 subscription Cole Dr Matt Leading The Field: The Story of Sport at the University of Birmingham https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/strategic-framework/leading-the-field.pdf University of BirminghamDaly Tommy 2025-05-09 The Early Years of Sport at the University of Birmingham (1900-1918) https://www.sportandfitness.bham.ac.uk/blog/the-early-years-of-sport-at-the-university-of-birmingham-1900-1918university-of-birmingham-the-early-years-of-sport/ 2026-09-20 University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness en-US 1922 national champions thumb|right|150px|Nora Callebout EventGoldSilverBronzevenue & notes100 yards Nora Callebout 12.2 Mary Lines 1 foot Ivy J. Lowman 1 yardLyons Club, 3 Junehttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19220605/145/0003 The Scotsman Girls' 100 Yards CHampionship 5 June 1922 British Newspaper Archive subscription 1 December 2024 220 yards Mary Lines 26.8 WR Nora Callebout 3 yards Ivy J. Lowman inches440 yards Mary Lines 64.4 WR Ivy J. Lowman 7 yards Alice Cast 880 yards Mary Lines 2:26.6 WR Jessie Brooks 5 yards Phyllis Hall 20 yards120 yards hurdles Daisy Wright 20.4 Hilda Hatt inches E. Johnson 5 yardshigh jump Sylvia Stone 1.384 Sophie Eliott-Lynn Hilda Hatt + world record 1923 Inaugural Championship meeting The athletes competed in 11 events: running 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, relay race 660 yards, hurdling 120 yards, high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin and track walk 880 yards. 3 unofficial world records were set: Mary Lines in running 440 yards and hurdles 120 yards and Edith Trickey in track walk 880 yards. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports.Athletic News, Monday 20 August 1923https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002521/19230818/108/0006 Women Athletes East Kent Gazette 18 August 1923 British Newspaper Archive subscription 8 December 2024 Results The results were:https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19230819/177/0008 Women's A.A.A. Championships Weekly Dispatch (London) 19 August 1923 British Newspaper Archive subscription 6 March 2025 thumb|right|150px|Mary Lines EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Mary Lines (London Olympiades) 12.0 sec Rose Thompson (Manor Park) Evelyn Harris 220 yards Eileen Edwards (London Olympiades) 27.0 sec Rose Thompson (Manor Park) Vera Palmer 440 yards Mary Lines (London Olympiades) 62.4 sec WR Louise Low (Manor Park) P Batt (London Olympiades) 880 yards Edith Trickey (NB and MSC) 2:40.2 min Gladys Lane Phyllis Hall 660-yard relay London Olympiades "A"Lines, A.M. Cust, Lowman, Edwards) 1:22.6 min Manor Park Athletics Club London Olympiades "B" 120 yards hurdles Mary Lines (London Olympiades) 18.8 sec WR Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Kensington LAC) Hilda Hatt (London Olympiades) DQHigh jump Hilda Hatt (London Olympiades) 1.45 m Ivy J. Lowman (London Olympiades) 1.42 m Sylvia Stone (Kensington LAC) 1.40 mLong jump Mary Lines (London Olympiades) 4.96 m Hilda Hatt (London Olympiades) 4.86 m Gladys Elliott 4.66 mShot put(8 lb) Florence Birchenough (London Olympiades) 16.17 (yds?) Beatrice Manton 16.00 Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Kensington LAC) 15.78Two-handed javelin Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Kensington LAC) 35.76 (yds?) E Willis 31.08 Sylvia Stone(Kensington LAC) 30.53880-yard walk Edith Trickey (NB and MSC) 4:35.0 min WR Betty Keeling D Clark See also 1923 AAA Championships Notes lower-alpha References External links WAAA Championships Medallists (National Union of Track Statisticians) picture Oxo Sport Grounds (Runner 500) picture Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club (Runner 500) "The Official History of The Women's Amateur Athletic Association", Mel Watman, 2012, SportsBooks Ltd (9781907524332) Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1923 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Sport in the London Borough of Lewisham Category:Women's sport in London Category:1923 in British women's sport