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1963-1964

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    14 September 1963 (New)

    Confident Win by Woolford

    Brian Woolford's fine run in the Port Sunlight 15 miles road race showed that this Wallasey member has now attained that happy state of running with the confidence of the champion who knows that he ha

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    14 September 1963

    Another win for Brian Woolford

    Following his run at Coventry recently when he took 3rd place in the A. A.A. marathon championship, Wallasey A.C. star Brian Woolford last Saturday won the Port Sunlight 15 mile race in a new record t

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    05 October 1963

    Places gained in Warrington 7-m road race

    Although Wallasey Athletic Club's crack trio of Wright, Barlow and Woolford were broken up by the early retirement through injury of Ron Barlow, in the Warrington 7-mile race last Saturday, the club s

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    26 October 1963

    Barlow wins first League mob run

    At Woolton last Saturday Wallasey Athletic Club members took part in the first Mob run of the new cross-country season and Ron Barlow as expected, obliged by taking 1st place.

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Some of the runners who have helped to put Wallasey Athletic Club on the road racing map. (Left to right): Roy Parry, Ron Barlow, Brian Chalton, Kevin Mather, Brian Woolford and John Wright.
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    31 October 1963

    Wallasey Carry Local Hopes

    Wallasey Athletic Club's successful road racing quartet of Brian Woolford, Ron Barlow, Kevin Mather and John Wright are Merseyside's chief challengers for team honours in Waterloo Harriers' mommoth

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Some of the runners who have helped to put Wallasey Athletic Club on the road racing map. (Left to right): Roy Parry, Ron Barlow, Brian Chalton, Kevin Mather, Brian Woolford and John Wright.
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    02 November 1963

    Wallasey men in Derwentwater race

    Once again Wallasey Athletic Club were unable to field their star trio of Barlow, Wright and Woolford when they travelled last Saturday to Keswick to defend the trophy won last year in the 10 miles ci

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    08 November 1963

    Wallasey Pair Ready For All Comers

    One of Merseyside's unsung sporting heroes makes another bid for fame to-morrow, when Wallasey's modest young marathon hope, Brian Woolford, tackles the cream of the nation's cross-country talent in W

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    23 November 1963

    Wallasey A.C. 4th in big road race

    Because of heavy fog blanketing the St. Helens area last Saturday the second Liverpool & District Mob Run was postponed, so Wallasey had a break from competitive racing.

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    30 November 1963

    Wallasey A.C. stage local mob run

    Wallasey Athletic Club will today play host to other Merseyside athletic clubs when the final mob run will be held from their Leasowe Road H.Q. over a 7-mile course round Bidston Hill.

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    07 December 1963

    Wallasey win team event

    Last Saturday saw the last of the league races here on Merseyside and Wallasey A.C. as hosts took their share of the honours.

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    04 January 1964

    Wallasey bid for County title

    Today sees the start of the cross-country Championship season with the Cheshire Championships being staged at Arrowe Park. The first race will be the boys' race and will commence at 2:30 p.m.

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    04 February 1964

    Athletic club bid for West Lancs titles

    At Stanley Park, Blackpool today, Wallasey athletes will be competing In the West Lancashire Cross-Country Championships. Teams have been entered in both the senior and boys' events, and individuals i

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    15 February 1964

    Brave bid but road race team lose title

    Running in the St. Asaph-Rhyl Road Race last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club's team turned in a brave performance in attempting to retain the title they won last year. However, without the services o

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    22 February 1964

    Brave bid for road race title

    Running at Stewart Park, Middlesbrough last Saturday Wallasey Athletic Club senior team failed by only six points to gain third place, and finished in fifth position, being the first Liverpool & D

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    21 March 1964

    In Championship Class

    Fifteen year old Alan Bell, a pupil of Gorsedale School, Wallasey, is in the championship class in cross-country running. He was second in the Cheshire championship race held at Stockport. Alan is a m

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The leaders after 41/2 miles in the Longwood
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    28 March 1964

    Wallasey A.C. again win Longwood 10

    At Huddersfield last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club successfully defended their team title in the Longwood 10 when the old firm of Wright, Woolford and Barlow all finished in the first ten places to

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The leading group on the first lap of the Blackpool & Fylde Memorial Road Relay. Ron Barlow (Wallasey AC -372), and A. Platt (Bolton UH - 438) just ahead of D. Shelley (North Staffs). Photo Eric North
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    25 April 1964

    Athletic club 3rd in big road relay

    Wallasey Athletic Club's senior team wound up their road racing season with an excellent performance in finishing in third place last Saturday in the Blackpool Memorial Road Relay, which was won by th

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    02 May 1964

    Wallasey A.C. first match of season today

    This afternoon, Wallasey Athletic Club is engaged in the first inter-club match of the track season at Wigan. The six club competition is between the hosts Bolton, Winnington Park, Cheadle, Winton and

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Competitors (including Brian Woolford) in the St. Asaph to Rhyl road race on Saturday jostle for positions at the mass start outside the Old Deanery, St. Asaph. The event is now the biggest road race in Wales, and attracts record numbers of runners. The winner was Ron Hill of Bolton.
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    09 May 1964

    Wallasey winners at Wigan

    Last Saturday, Wallasey A.C. took 32 members to Wigan for an inter club match involving eight clubs and on a cool and overcast afternoon were placed third with a combined total of 66½ pts.

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    16 May 1964

    Wallasey runners at Port Sunlight

    A number of Wallasey Athletic Club members competed at Port Sunlight Oval last Wednesday evening at the first of the season's graded meetings to be held in the district.

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    23 May 1964

    Inter-Counties success for local runners

    Whilst Lynn Davies was setting the London White City Stadium alight with two magnificent United Kingdom records last Saturday. Wallasey's Brian Woolford and Ron Barlow were involved in a tough 20-mile

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    06 June 1964

    Wallasey A.C's. Fine Performances

    There were some fine performances at Port Sunlight Oval last Wednesday evening, when Wallasey A.C. nearly swept the board by winning 6 events and placings in 7 others.

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    13 June 1964

    Wallasey A.C. third in Inter-club match

    Despite being handicapped by a torrential downpour and the unaccountable absence of five top athletes, Wallasey A.C. still managed to place third from ten clubs competing at the Liverpool Parks inter-

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Wallasey athlete Ron barlow and Cheshire County representative, with Mr. George Lambert lines manager of British Railways' Manchester. Taken after Ron Barlow of the Wallasey Athletic Club, was runner-up to the British Olympic probable, Ron Hill in the two mile invitation race at the British Railways L.M.R. Region athletic meeting at Earlestown on 7/6/1964
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    13 June 1964

    Runner-up to an Olympic probable

    Ron Barlow of the Wallasey Athletic Club, was runner-up to the British Olympic probable, Ron Hill in the two mile invitation race at the British Railways L.M.R. Region athletic meeting at Earlestown l

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    18 July 1964

    Two runners in All-England Schools' Final

    As members of the Cheshire team competing in the All-England Schools' Athletic Championships today at Hendon, Middlesex, John Watkins and Ian Wilson carry the hopes and wishes for success of Wallasey

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    25 July 1964

    Wallasey A.C. Championships

    Today, at the headquarters, in Leasowe Road, Wallasey Athletic Club are holding their track and field championships for 1964, and two new age groups have been added this year to account for the recent

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Back row, left to right: C. Gee (senior champion); A. Parry (junior champion) E. Smith, J. Morley, E. Bollard, J. Lynch, J. Wright (secretary), B. Chalton. Third row: B. Banks, E. Kendrick (youth champion), J. Watkins (senior boys' champion), R. Tarrant, D. Burns, I. Wilson (junior boys' champion), R. Hewson, A. Sheridan. Second row: J. Hartley. S. Elliot, V. Metcalf, M. Ashcroft, Y. Broomhead, Dr. N. Bleasdale. Mr. Aldridge, Mr. J. Edward (president), Mr. Parry, D. Hughes (senior girls' champion), Jones, L. Tunstall, G. Houston, S. Gill (junior girls' champion). Front row: L. Watcham, M. Pugh, J. Bleasdale, M. Gee, D. Adair, E, Griffith. 28/07/1964 outside clubhouse in Leasowe Road (Sloar Campus) after the club track and field championships
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    15 August 1964

    Athletic club's final track meet today

    Wallasey A.C. compete in their last track and field meeting of the season today at Warrington, and the strong competition expected from the five opposing clubs should bring out the best efforts on thi

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