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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 r

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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

    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

    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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    31 October 1960 (New)

    Barlow Wins Cross-Country

    Ron Barlow, of Wallasey A.C., scored another easy win in the six-and-a-half miles Liverpool Cross-Country League race at Old Roan, Aintree, on Saturday.

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    05 November 1960

    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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    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 Ath

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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.
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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
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    07 January 1961

    Inter-Country Race Becomes Roses Battle

    The Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championship will be held next Saturday at Bingley, Yorkshire. Lancashire are the holders, and have every hope of retaining the trophy. The team, chosen after the coun

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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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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
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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

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    28 January 1961

    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-

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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 aga

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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

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    25 February 1961

    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 Jo

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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 Midland

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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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    11 March 1961

    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

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    15 April 1961

    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

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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.
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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 mi

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    03 June 1961

    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.

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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

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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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    19 August 1961 (New)

    Road Racing Season

    The little road racing Reason, which jams itself between the track and the cross-country season, is upon us, and Wallasey A.C. are first in the field from Merseyside with some prominent running in the

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