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| 02 September 1967 | Lockley and Smith run faster than ever David Lockley and Barrie Smith of Wallasey Athletic Club, both ran six seconds faster than ever before in a two-mile race at Kirkby last Tuesday. In a field of 21 runners Barrie finished 5th in 9 minutes 31 seconds and David came in only a couple of places back in 9 m 35s. Read more... |
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| 09 September 1967 (New) | Hanna close to two minute 'barrier' At Kirkby last Tuesday, Doug Hanna clocked 2 mins. 1.1 secs, for the 880 yds., after leading through the first 440 in an ideal 59 secs. Both he and Barrie Smith, who recorded 2 mins. 3 secs., faded slightly over the second 440 to finish 4th and 5th respectively. Read more... |
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| 16 September 1967 | Merseyside athletes to form own league in '68? A proposal that clubs in the Liverpool & District area form a track and field league next year has been accepted in principal by the local committee of the Northern Counties A.A. Read more... |
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| 23 September 1967 | Wallasey Club's busy weekend There will be something for everyone in this weekend's programme of athletics with the Cheshire County road relays at Port Sunlight today and an end of the season meeting for track and field enthusiasts at Kirkby Stadium tomorrow, Read more... |
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| 30 September 1967 | W.A.C. team wins county youth's relay title Competing in the Cheshire County A.A.A. road relay championships at Port Sunlight on Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club won the youths' race and we fourth in the senior race. Read more... |
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| 07 October 1967 | Barrie Smith wins 1,500 metres, Fleming throws a double In last week's end of the season meeting at Kirkby Stadium some excellent performances were put up despite torrential rain which persisted throughout the afternoon. Read more... |
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| 14 October 1967 | Wallasey's middle of road relay position Wallasey Athletic Club were among the 23 starters last Saturday in the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union 6 x 3 miles road relay championship at Deer Park, Sefton Park, and Aigburth Vale. Read more... |
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| 21 October 1967 (New) | District league programme starts: W.A.C. hopeful Wallasey's cross-country runners will be involved on both sides of the Mersey today as a clash in fixtures divides local interest between the first Liverpool & District League race and the Wirral Schools event. Read more... |
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| 28 October 1967 (New) | Athlete marries Miss Annette Jones, only daughter of Mr. and . Mrs. A. Jones, of Hillside Road, Wallasey, was married on October 21st at St. John's Church, by the Rev. J. P. Edwardson, to Mr. Brian Woolford, only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Woolford, of Annesley Road, Wallasey. Read more... |
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| 28 October 1967 | Revival ahead for Wallasey Athletic Club There were definite indications that the long awaited revival Wallasey's running section is nigh, when 33, members took part in meetings on both sides of the river last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 04 November 1967 | Athletic club teams break new ground at Leeds today British Universities' cross-country champions, Leeds, are hosts to Wallasey Athletic Club today in an exciting fixture which takes the club farther from home than ever before for an inter-club meeting. Read more... |
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| 11 November 1967 | Cross-country runners second against crack university teams Wallasey Athletic Club teams travelled to Leeds on Saturday to compete in a 6 ¼ mile cross-country race against the universities of Leeds, Bradford, Bangor, Liverpool, Durham, Newcastle and Sheffield. Read more... |
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| 18 November 1967 | Wallasey runners 4th from 30 teams Wallasey Athletic Club's return visit to Leeds for the Aaron youths' and boys' cross-country races last Saturday was a qualified success, with the youths taking 4th team place in a field of over 140 runners. Read more... |
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| 02 December 1967 | Wallasey A.C. show power of teamwork The youths' section of Wallasey Athletic Club showed once again that they have no equal on Merseyside when they swept their way to an easy team win in last Saturday's second league race at Sherdley Park, St. Helens. Read more... |
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| 09 December 1967 | Barbara just lost to the champ. On Saturday, Barbara Banks proved that the improvement in her track times this summer was only an indication of better things to come. After leading for most of the ladies Cheshire cross-country championships she was only narrowly beaten on the run in by the reigning Ladies' Northern Champion, Jane Read more... |
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| 16 December 1967 | Barlow's return as cross-country ace Last Saturday's league race moved from Wallasey because of foot and mouth restrictions, saw Ron Barlow's return as the strongest of Merseyside's cross-country runners. Read more... |
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| 23 December 1967 | Records for Banks and Barlow in Athletic Club's Xmas Handicap Wallasey Athletic Club's Christmas handicap run the traditional 3 ¼ mile Leasowe Road and shore course, was enhanced this year by record performances from ladies' captain Barbara Banks and international cross-country runner Ron Barlow. Read more... |
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| 06 January 1968 | Cross-country team poised for 'magical tour' as champions Members of Wallasey Athletic Club's youths' cross-country team are, in modern terminology, among the 'in crowd', for this group of runners are all set to take today's county championships, plus next week's Liverpool & District, and the coveted West Lancs. title a fortnight later. Read more... |
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| 20 January 1968 | Barbara outran favourites in the Northern A last minute decision took Wallasey Athletic Club's ladies' captain to Rochdale on Saturday for the third and final Northern League race over a wintry 2½ mile course. Read more... |
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| 27 January 1968 | Barbara was runner-up for national title over 2½ miles They came from all over the country to Bolton for the Women's National Championships over a 2½ miles course, on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 03 February 1968 | Youths' team sweep to West Lancs. cross-country run Following a hesitant second placing in the district event two weeks ago, Wallasey Athletic Club's youth team redeemed themselves last Saturday at Sherdley Park, St. Helens, by crushing all opposition and proving that, with determined front running, they are capable of beating the best clubs in the N Read more... |
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| 10 February 1968 | Barbara second in Northern Champs Wallasey Athletic Club's ladies' captain, Barbara Banks, defeated all but one of her rivals in the ladies' Northern three miles cross-country championships held at Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 24 February 1968 (New) | A day to be forgotten for Wallasey A.C.! On Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club travelled to Sheffield to compete In the Northern Cross-Country Championships. The championships had previously been scheduled for a week earlier at Hartlepool, but were cancelled because of the foot and mouth epidemic. Read more... |
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| 09 March 1968 | Youth cross country team's best in championship By finishing in sixth place in the English cross-country championships last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club youth team set an all-time high placing for a Wallasey team in the national championships. Read more... |
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| 09 March 1968 | Ron Barlow is the champion - Barbara Banks in Northern team Wallasey Athletic Club's annual championships held last Saturday on a cold, sunny afternoon, began with the boys' race. Over a two-mile course C. Reiners romped to victory in 12:29. Read more... |
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| 16 March 1968 | Athletic club runners' 4 wins in 4 races Wallasey's junior athletes had a field day last Saturday, taking first place in each of three races in the Wallasey Schools' Championships (cross-country) and romping to a decisive victory In the Stretford relays, Read more... |
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| 23 March 1968 (New) | Wallasey A.C. short of big guns now Although Wallasey A.C. finished two teams in last Saturday's seven-mile road race at Sutton, it was evident that without internationals Ron Barlow and Brian Woolford the senior section is in for a lean period for a couple of years to come. Read more... |
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| 29 March 1968 | Barbara leads North to triumph in cross-country Wallasey Athletic Club ladies' captain, Barbara Banks returned to something like her best form last Saturday at Witton Park, Blackburn, when she led the Northern women's team home in the inter-area match which gave main support to the international 2½-miles cross-country championship. Read more... |
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| 05 April 1968 (New) | Athletic Club in new track and field league The inaugural meeting of the Merseyside Track & Field League takes place at Pilkington's track at St. Helens tomorrow (Saturday) at 2 p.m., and Wallasey Athletic Club is one of the eight local clubs involved. It is the first of a series of five meetings. A full track and field programme has been Read more... |
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| 19 April 1968 | Wallasey Athletic only six points behind Waterloo The inception of the newly-formed Merseyside Track League at St. Helens saw Wallasey narrowly beaten last week 194 points to 188 points by Waterloo. Third were Liverpool A.C. with 155 points. Read more... |
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| 19 April 1968 | Jones puts W.A.C. in fourth place in Sale relays On Saturday Wallasey A.C. took part in the Sale Harriers' Easter Road relays. Thanks to a fast time by Johnny Jones they came 4th in the senior event. The races all 3 x 1¼ miles, were for the four age groups, under 14's, under 15's, under 16's and under 18's. Read more... |
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| 26 April 1968 | Wallasey tie with harriers at Kirkby Stadium Wallasey A.C. are always rushing about from place to place competing in all types of events. The cross-country season is now behind us and we are locking forward to an extended track season because competitions have started about a month earlier due to the new Merseyside Track and Field League. Read more... |
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| 10 May 1968 | Athletic club lead league by 30 points Merseyside Track and Field League leaders in the men's section, Wallasey Athletic Club stormed to what should prove to be an unassailable lead of 30 points, when they were hosts last Saturday at Lingham Park, Moreton, to the six other clubs that make up the league. Read more... |
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| 17 May 1968 (New) | Wallasey A.C. present league trophy to Waterloo Wallasey Athletic Club met their 'Waterloo' last Saturday when, with 25 points in hand, they visited Chaffers track, Crosby, for the fifth and final fixture of the Merseyside Track and Field League. Read more... |
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| 07 June 1968 | Athletic club prom races Barrie Smith won the Wallasey Athletic Club's 880 yards championship with a time of 2 min. 2 sec. Read more... |
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| 14 June 1968 | Wirral double in Wallasey relays In the second of the annual relays held by Wallasey Athletic Club Wirral A.C. again dominated the proceedings and completed the double over their hosts. Read more... |
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| 21 June 1968 | Barbara wins Cheshire title Competing at Hartford on June 8th, Barbara Banks showed that she is on the verge of international class, when she comfortably won the Cheshire women's half mile title, in a time of 2 minutes 26 seconds. Read more... |
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| 28 June 1968 | Athletic Club's scratch team 2nd at Sale With only a scratch team Wallasey Athletic Club competed at Sale last week and surprised the cynics with many fine performances, despite the poor weather conditions. Most notable were Barrie Smith's half-mile, and Sylvia Brimage's debut at the same event. Full results: Read more... |
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| 05 July 1968 (New) | Younger athletes' good championship efforts Northern Junior & Youth Championships last Saturday at Blackburn. Terry Fleming's discus throw, in a very close contest, was one of the most outstanding of a number of fine performances. He was a little unfortunate to lose by a mere five inches. Read more... |
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| 16 August 1968 | Inter-club firsts for women athletes Wallasey Athletic Club visited Oldham last Saturday and satisfying successes in a good class Inter-club match, Read more... |
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| 23 August 1968 (New) | Runner Johnny Jones conquers the hill - and the record With no race on Saturday, Wallasey's athletes decided to visit Wales last Sunday for another run infamous hill course. Read more... |
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| 30 August 1968 | Athlete's big part in league's big triumph It wasn't the best of days for running, last Saturday, hot and dry and with an appreciable wind blowing up the home straight of Blackburn's Witton Park track, where a triangular match was staged between the Merseyside, North East Lancs. and Bolton Leagues. Read more... |
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