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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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 Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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| 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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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 Read more... |
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| 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. Read more... |
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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 Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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' Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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). Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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| 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. Read more... |
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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 Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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