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1960-1961

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01 October 1960   Monstre Meet to-day at Wallasey
Wallasey Athletic Club today start the running for the 1960-61 cross-country season by acting as hosts for the traditional opening run in which all Merseyside clubs participate.
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08 October 1960   Local runners in form at open meet
Wallasey athletes dominated the Monstre Meet held last Saturday from their own club headquarters, on Leasowe Road, when a field of more than 80 runners: raced over a course of, shore, embankment and road.
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15 October 1960   To-day's mob run at Liverpool
Wallasey Athletic Club today travel to Woolton to compete in the first of this seasons three Mob Runs which will be run over a two-lap course of 5¼-miles.
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22 October 1960 (New)   Ron Barlow wins mob run
Without most of their counting runners Wallasey A.C. had little hope of winning last Saturday's Mob Run held over a 5½ mile course from Liverpool Harriers H.Q. last Saturday.
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29 October 1960 (New)   Today's mob run at Liverpool
Today sees the second of this season's mob runs for Liverpool & District clubs. which will be held from Boundary Harriers H.Q. at Old Roan, Aintree. commencing at 3 p.m.
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05 November 1960 (New)   Second mob run win for Barlow
Following his win in the first mob run Ron Barlow again showed form in winning the second run contested over a six-mile course from Boundary Harriers H.Q. at Old Roan last Saturday.
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12 November 1960   Big race today at Waterloo
Today at Waterloo a field of over 300 runners will contest the near classic Waterloo road race over a 7½ mile course.
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19 November 1960   Athletic club successes in Waterloo race
With 230 runners finishing the course in last Saturday's 7½-mile Waterloo Road race, and the field including such well-known athletes from far afield, it was a great performance by Wallasey Athletic Club to finish third in the team event with Ron Barlow and John Wright running magnificently i
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26 November 1960   Final mob run at Wallasey today
Today Wallasey A. C. entertain other Liverpool & District clubs when the third and final mob run will be held from club H.Q. at Leasowe Road.
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03 December 1960 Mob run winners - Wallasey's Wright and Barlow joint first
Wallasey athletes John Wright and Ron Barlow dominated the final Liverpool & District Mob Run held from Wallasey headquarters at Leasowe Road last Saturday.
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1240 Winners of the last mob run of the season at the Wallasey Athletic Club cross-country meeting held over a six-mile course. Ron Barlow (Wallasey A.C.) 2nd, John Wright (Wallasey A.C.) winner, D. Harris (Wirral A.C.) third, J. Clinch (Port Sunlight A.C.) winner of the youth's race.
24 December 1960 (New)   Athletic club's Christmas Handicap to-day
Wallasey Athletic Club to-day hold their annual Christmas Handicap from Leasowe Rd. H.Q., starting at 3 p.m.
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31 December 1960 (New)   Wallasey A.C. Christmas Handicap
Last Saturday saw the usual gathering of faces old and new at Club H.Q. to take part in the 3½ mile Christmas Handicap.
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07 January 1961   Wallasey's bid at Port Sunlight
At Port Sunlight Oval today, Wallasey A.C. will make their first bid of the season for championship honours when the Cheshire County Cross-Country Championships will be contested over a 7-mile course.
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14 January 1961 Cheshire County Champions
Wallasey Athletic Club had a great day at Port Sunlight Oval last Saturday when they succeeded in winning the Cheshire County senior cross-country championship, placed three men in the county team to compete at Bingley next Saturday in the inter-counties championships and also carried off the boys c
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1257 Left to right Ron Barlow, John Wright, Brian Chalton, Bill Morris, Brian Woolford and Tony Townsend winners of the Cheshire County Senior Cross-Country Championship in 1961
21 January 1961 (New)   Three Wallasey athletes in inter-counties championship race
Three of Wallasey A.C's County championship winning team at Port Sunlight a fortnight ago today travel to Bingley to represent Cheshire in the inter-counties championships.
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28 January 1961 (New)   Wright's fine run in inter-counties' race
At Bingley last Saturday over seven miles of Yorkshire Hills and dales John Wright once again showed his national potential against the best of British distance runners when the hilly course of frost-bound mud combined with the snow falling throughout the race provided gruelling conditions for the l
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04 February 1961 Wallasey second in District Championships
At Kirkby last Saturday, Wallasey A. C. showed disappointing form in Liverpool & District cross-country championships when their senior team finished runners-up to Pembroke A.C. with 81 points against Pembroke's 44.
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11 February 1961 Wallasey runners great fight with champions
Wallasey Athletic Club's senior cross-country team last Saturday gave Liverpool Pembroke the hardest fight they have had in an area championship for many years.
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18 February 1961 Fine run by Wright at St. Asaph
From St. Asaph last Saturday afternoon a field, of over 200 runners started on the seven and a half mile annual St. Asaph to Rhyl Road Race, which continues to attract a fine entry. The field included several International runners including Gerry North of Blackpool A.C., regarded by many as Britain'
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25 February 1961 (New)   Northern championships at Blackpool to-day
Today sees the holding of the Northern Championships at Blackpool and with Wallasey being unable to muster their strongest teams main interest will be centred on the performance of their top runner John Wright.
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04 March 1961   Wright eighth in National field of 300 runners
Wallasey A.C. last Saturday travelled by coach to Blackpool, where the Northern Championships were contested over a flat course of grassland adjacent to Stanley Park.
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09 March 1961   English Cross-Country Championships
English Cross-Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead on Saturday is likley to develop into a strong bid by Northern runners to wrest the individual and team titles from the Midlands.
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11 March 1961 (New)   Wallasey Athletic Club
Today, there will be a club run from Leasowe Road H.Q. and prospective members are invited to contact either general secretary Matt Smith, 29 Beechwood Ave., or track captain Carl Gee, 78 King Street (tel New Brighton 5129).
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11 March 1961 Local runners in national race
Only two senior members of the Wallasey Athletic Club and one junior member, were able to make the journey to the season's national championships last Saturday at Parliament Fields, London.
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25 March 1961 (New)   Runners' road and track successes
With the virtual completion of the cross-country season, Wallasey A.C. members last Saturday turned to track athletics and road running.
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01 April 1961   Road Relay triumph by Wallasey runners
For the first time in the club's history Wallasey A.C. won the annual Sefton Park Road Relay last Saturday, when 19 teams competed over 6 laps of 4½ miles.
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15 April 1961 (New)   Today's road race at Port Sunlight
Following their great win in the Sefton Park Road Relay, Wallasey AC. today tackle another road race at Port Sunlight, where they meet other Merseyside clubs over a four-mile course around the houses on the Leverhulme Estate.
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22 April 1961   Road race runners take first 3 places
Following their recent victory at the Sefton Park road relay, Wallasey A.C. last Saturday chalked up another win in the annual Port Sunlight Athletic Club road race held over a course of almost six miles round Leverhulme housing estate.
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1246 Wallasey Athletic Club members who gained the first three places in the senior event at the Port Sunlight Athletic Club open road races last Saturday. Left to right: Kevin Mather, Brian Woolford and Ron Barlow. Forty runners from ten clubs competed.
06 May 1961 (New)   Favourites today for County Road Relay title
At Sale today Wallasey Athletic Club hope to add the Cheshire County Road Relay championship to their recent road race successes. With their strongest team all available and running well, it seems unlikely they will be beaten.
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13 May 1961 Wallasey A.C. win Cheshire Road Relay championship
Wallasey A.C., as expected, last Saturday added the Cheshire County Road Relay
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03 June 1961 (New)   Mather's fine mile in county match
At St. Helens last Saturday Wallasey athlete Kevin Mather ran the fastest mile ever recorded by a Wallasey runner when he was placed second to Lancashire's Brian Hall in the fast time of 4 minutes 11.4 secs.
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10 June 1961 (New)   Shot himself in a Lisbon Hotel
Former British Olympic sprinter, barrister, son of former Mayor of Wallasey, shot himself in Lisbon on Friday of last week.
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17 June 1961 Wallasey's hopes beaten in County championships
Wallasey A.C. athletes had rather a disappointing day at the Cheshire County championships held at Port Sunlight Oval on June 3, both their main hopes for county titles having to be content with the runner up positions.
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24 June 1961   Wallasey win 6 club meet on last race
A Wallasey Athletic Club team travelled to Victoria Park, Warrington, last Saturday for an inter-club track and field meet in which six clubs took part.
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01 July 1961   Wallasey AC at A.T.E. open 10 mile race at Huyton
English weather is noted for its variety and in contrast to the rainstorm of a previous week last Saturday proved to be one of the sunniest days yet much to the dismay of five club members who had entered for the A.T.E. open 10 mile race at Huyton.
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15 July 1961 (New)   Athletic club members' good times
The last fortnight has been quiet for most athletes but some individuals have been recording good times.
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22 July 1961   Athletic Club's four winners
Wallasey staged an inter club match with Sefton and Waterloo on Thursday of last week, fortunately because of the poor weather, the number of events had to be cut from 15 to 7, with Wallasey providing four individual winners.
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05 August 1961   Athletic club members 'best yet' efforts
Members of Wallasey A.C. competed in the annual Lever Trophy meeting at Port Sunlight last Saturday. Although Wallasey failed to win the trophy, nearly all our members achieved their best, efforts.
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12 August 1961   Wallasey athletes have fair success in week-end events
Only a small number of local athletes were active over the Bank Holiday weekend, but they achieved a fair amount of success.
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19 August 1961   Wallasey athletes up in front
Last Saturday, Ron Barlow took his first Cheshire track title when he won the six mile championship at Port Sunlight Oval.
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