18 September 1961 (New)
In his first attempt at the distance, Brian Woolford (Wallasey A.C.) was a surprise winner of the first annual fifteen-mile road race at Bebington on Saturday, promoted by Port Sunlight A.C.
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23 September 1961
August and September are months of pleasant inactivity for most local athletes as the track season is now finished and the cross-country season does not start properly until November.
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23 September 1961 (New)
Twenty-three to-day, Manchester University textile student Ron Hill celebrated on Saturday by winning the Chris Vose Trophy seven-mile road race at Warrington.
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23 September 1961 (New)
The Port Sunlight A.C. can regard their first effort at long distance road ace promotion as a distinct success, for last Saturday's turnout of 44 runners for the 15 miles' race compares favourably eit
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23 September 1961 (New)
A much higher percentage of the entry than usual started in the Warrington A.C. road races last week and Chris Vose the old-time international cross-country runner in whose honour the events were bein
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07 October 1961
On September 23 Wallasey participated in the first annual seven mile road race at Warrington, in memory of Chris Vose, a former international athlete of that town.
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21 October 1961
Rapidly gaining the reputation of being his company's best all-rounder, Gunner. John Richard Cousins is a Wallasey soldier who has in the past few months boxed, run and played soccer and rugby with co
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23 October 1961 (New)
Pembroke A.C., Liverpool Cross-Country League champions last season, easily won the first race in the present series held over a five mile course at Woolton Woods on Saturday.
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28 October 1961 (New)
With 95 finishers over Liverpool Harriers' course a Woolton Woods, the Live pool Cross-Country League got off to a good start. Brian Woolford (Wallasey A.C.),who has been doing so well over longe
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28 October 1961
The first Liverpool & District Mob Run took place on October 21, at Woolton Woods. Brian Woolford proved he is a force to be reckoned over the country as well as on the road by taking the lead ear
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13 November 1961 (New)
The British three-mile record holder from Portsmouth, Bruce Tulloh, took on most of the North's top road-runners in the Waterloo seven-mile race at Crosby on Saturday, and handed out a running lesson
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18 November 1961
Last Saturday members of the club took part in the biggest race of its kind in the country - the Waterloo Road Race, which is held over a course of 7½ miles. This year
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18 November 1961 (New)
The physical slightness of Bruce Tulloh provokes mild astonishment on each of his appearances, and the deceptive picture of a youngster who has strayed out of his age group was much in evidence at the
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22 November 1961 (New)
All the cross-country runners of the district will gather at the Wallasey A.C. headquarters, Leasowe Road, on Saturday, for the second League Mob Run of the season.
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25 November 1961
Last week several members of the club travelled to West Derby for a friendly match against Sefton Harriers. Unfortunately only three of that club's runners arrived and the race had to be cancelled. On
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25 November 1961 (New)
A course which includes Bidston Hill cannot be regarded as easy, but Wallasey A.C. took the trail over this for last Saturday's league run, and produced a course thoughly enjoyed by the visiting runne
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27 November 1961 (New)
Wallasey A.C. scored a dual success in the Liverpool Cross-Country League six-mile race at Leasowe on Saturday. In the team contest they beat League holders, Pembroke A.C., by seven points and also ha
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09 December 1961
Any hopes the club had of being placed in the Ham Finney Trophy race last week were dashed when two members were unable to turn out because of illness. Nevertheless Bob McCaig and Ramsey Hewson volunt
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11 December 1961 (New)
In the last Liverpool & District league race, over 7¾ miles at Prenton, Brian Woolford (Wallasey) maintained his consistent form by winning with 300 yards to spare from John McAllister (Wir
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11 December 1961 (New)
At Prenton on Saturday over seven muddy miles Wirral A.C. were easy winners of the final Liverpool League race. Pembroke A.C., like several clubs, were badly hit by sickness, but finished second, seve
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17 December 1961 (New)
The Liverpool & District Mob League, which was supported so enthusiastically by runners in the season's earlier fixtures, suffered from a bout of colds and Christmas shopping fever for the final r
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23 December 1961
On a fine cold day Wallasey Athletic Club's annual Christmas Handicap Race was held at Club H.Q. last Saturday.
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06 January 1962 (New)
Cheshire hold their Championships at Winnington Park and the holder, Colin Broom (East Cheshire), is fit enough to retain his title. His nearest challengers last year were international miler Mike Ber
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06 January 1962
The beginning of January heralds the most important part of the cross-country season for runners all over the country, for within the next two months the major championships take
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08 January 1962 (New)
Martin Cranny, of Wirral, scored his first major success in winning the Cheshire championships over 7½ miles at Winnington Park by 70 yards from the favourite, Brian Woolford.
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08 January 1962 (New)
Merseyside fielded particularly strong opposition in the Cheshire County cross-country championships at Winnington Park, Northwich, on Saturday and, as expected produced the seven miles senior champio
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13 January 1962
The Cheshire County Cross-Country Championships last Saturday saw Wallasey Athletic Club saw the senior team sadly depleted, Two members weres laid low with injuries
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15 January 1962 (New)
More than 300 athletes faced poor conditions, a strong wind and thick mud, when they competed in the annual Liverpool & District Cross Country Union Championships at Kirkby this afternoon.
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20 January 1962
The Liverpool & District Cross-Country Championships were held last Saturday.
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31 January 1962 (New)
The West Lancashire Cross-Country Championship at Wordern Park, Leyland, on Saturday, will be the poorer for the absence of Gerry North, the inter-counties' champion, who will be competing on the Cont
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03 February 1962
On January 20th the Inter-County Championships were held in ideal conditions at Western Park, Leicester.
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05 February 1962 (New)
Geoffrey North, of Blackpool, took full advantage of the absence of his elder brother Gerry in the nine miles West Lancashire Cross-Country Championship at Leyland, winning by sixteen seconds from his
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10 February 1962
A much depleted Wallasey team travelled to Leyland, near Preston, last Saturday for the West Lancashire Cross-Country Championships.
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17 February 1962
The fine weather of last Saturday morning soon turned into a steady drizzle when four runners set out on the six mile journey from St. Asaph to Rhyl.
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10 March 1962
More than 800 boys representing the finest schoolboy runners in each county will be competing on March 17 in the National Schools Cross-Country Championships to be staged in Arrowe Park.
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17 March 1962
The National Cross-Country Championships were held at Blackpool last Saturday over a course of undulating grassland. These championships are the climax of the season for every
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24 March 1962
Only two of Wallasey Athletic Club's runners were active last week-end. Brian Woolford travelled to Kendal for the Windermere-Kendal 8¼ mile road race, and Kevin Mather received an invitation t
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07 April 1962
At Sefton Park last Saturday Merseyside athletes again contested the annual road relay for the Neville White Trophy, when each of a team's six runners cover a lap by 3¼ miles.
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07 April 1962 (New)
The Sefton Park relay was held under atrocious conditions last week.
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07 April 1962 (New)
Brian Woolford, twenty-four-year-old member of Wallasey A.C. and one of Merseyside's best distance runners, will try his hand at a twenty mile race for the first time on May 26 when he runs in the ann
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14 April 1962 (New)
About 40 runners turned out for the Sutton Harriers' seven miles road race last week, the small field being accounted for by the clash with Blackpool's road relay, and a similar fixture in the Manches
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14 April 1962
Brian Woolford, Brian Chalton and Hugh Pritchard travelled to Sutton last Saturday for the annual 7-mile road race.
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16 April 1962 (New)
Manchester A.C. provided the first man home, Peter Thompson, and with Dan Taylor and R. Carroll occupying fourth and sixth places, also took the senior team race in the Port Sunlight annual road races
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16 April 1962 (New)
Peter Thompson, 29, who as a junior was one of Britain's most promising young hopes, scored a well-judged win in the Port Sunlight "6" at Bebington when beating the improving Wallasey road-runner Bria
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21 April 1962 (New)
Manchester Athletic Club visited Port Sunlight last week and pulled off a handsome win in the open six miles road race.
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21 April 1962
The annual Port Sunlight six mile road race, held last week, proved to be a most exciting event.
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05 May 1962
Will Derek Ibbotson break the four minute barrier for the mile this season? The answer must surely be 'yes', based upon the form shown by the Longwood International at Fallowfield, Manchester on Easte
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12 May 1962
Three Wallasey A.C. athletes competed for Cheshire in a triangular contest at the Manchester University track at Fallowfield on April 28, when the university acted as hosts to Cheshire and Imperial Co
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28 May 1962 (New)
Ron Hill (Bolton U.H.), twenty-three-year-old Manchester University student, clipped 27 seconds off Fred Norris' 1960 course record when winning the ninth annual Pembroke twenty-mile road race at Huyt
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02 June 1962
Ron Barlow made a welcome return to top class running in the Pembroke 20 miles road race on Saturday afternoon.
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06 June 1962
While most of Britain's leading athletes are making an all-out bid for a place in the Empire and European Games teams later this year, Kevin Mather, of Wallasey Athletic Club. has his sights fixed on
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16 June 1962
Wallasey A.C. athletes have been active over the past week, and many fine performances have been achieved, especially by the club's three senior runners, Ron Barlow, Kevin Mather and Brian Woolford.
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30 June 1962
Following the recent triumphs of Brian Woolford and Ron Barlow in the inter counties twenty mile championship two other Wallasey athletes last Saturday scored notable successes in the Northern Countie
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04 July 1962 (New)
The senior three miles produced a great race between Geoff Warriner (Pembroke A.C.) and Brian Woolford (Wallasey A.C.).
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07 July 1962
Kevin Mather, of Wallasey A.C. (right) is congratulated by J. H. Parkes, of Pembroke A.C., who was second, after winning the senior mile championship in the Liverpool Parks meeting, at Wavertree.
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07 July 1962 (New)
Though they had only two entries in the Northern Counties marathon championship at Liverpool yesterday, Wallasey Athletic Club made a decisive mark on the event for their runners finished first and se
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21 July 1962
With a best time this season of four minutes six seconds Wallasey miler Kevin Mather was recently accepted for the A.A.A. mile and he made a great effort on Friday evening last to win his way through
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28 July 1962
GEE'S RECORD CHAMPIONSHIP DISCUS THROW OF 134ft. 4ins.
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07 August 1962 (New)
The power which makes Ron Hill (Bolton) Britain's most likely candidate for the European Championships Marathon in Belgrade earned him a crushing victory and a record at Leeds yesterday.
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13 August 1962 (New)
Placing the first three runners in the Middleton 15¾-mile road race on Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club failed to collect the team award because they had entered only as individuals.
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18 August 1962
Kevin Mather won two top class races over the Bank Holiday week-end. On the Saturday, competing at the Glasgow Rangers' sports, he won the invitation 2 miles while, representing the A.A.A., in 9 mins,
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