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Sunshine and District Historical Society Incorporated
Mixed media (collection) - Alex Philpott Private Collection
... St. Marks Athletic Club...Philpott St. Marks Athletic Club Cover - Commonwealth ...Large collection of Alex Philpott's private documents and photographs from the days when he competed as walker for the St. Marks Athletic Club. This collection has been split into separate catalog numbers and is stored at various different location as per the individual catalog numbersphilpott, st. marks athletic clubphilpott, st. marks athletic club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - A.PHILPOTT ATHLETIC CUPS PHOTO AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, 1940s
St Mark's Harriers was established in Sunshine by the minister of St Mark's Church of England in 1931. It operated until 1964/65 A full biography of race walker, Alex Philpott is available at:- https://www.vrwc.org.au/tim-archive/articles/wv-alex-philpott.pdfColoured photo shows A. Philpott wearing shash of St. Mark's Harriers Club standing in front of a number of club trophies. He came to Bendigo for many racing championships, competing in state and national walk events for many years. In 1949 he won the Victorian 10 mile walk. Newspaper cutting (Mobil News April 1970) relates his continued involvement in walking and helping junior walkers.Hilda Mitchell (Footscray)trophies & awards, sports, athletics