28 October 1961
Wallasey athletes in mob run
The first Liverpool and 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 early in the race and going on to win comfortably in 28 minute 42 seconds.
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18 November 1961
Waterloo Road Race
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 71/2 miles. This year
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25 November 1961
Wallasey Athletic Club Notes
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 November 4 the annual Wallasey Schoolboy Championship were held at Club H.Q.
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09 December 1961
Athletic Club Notes
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 volunteered to complete the team which eventually placed sixth out of fourteen teams.
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06 January 1962
Problems for Wallasey A.C - County cross country championships today
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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13 January 1962
Wallasey A. C. second in County Championship - Woolford’s good run
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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03 February 1962
Wallasey Athletic Club Notes
On January 20th the Inter-County Championships were held in ideal conditions at Western Park, Leicester.
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17 February 1962
Athletic Club’s busy programme
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
800 boys in cross-country championships
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
Brian Woolford's best race
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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14 April 1962
Woolford wins 7-mile road race at Sutton
Brian Woolford, Brian Chalton and Hugh Pritchard travelled to Sutton last Saturday for the annual 7-mile road race.
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12 May 1962
Wallasey A.C. members in county match
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 College London.
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02 June 1962
Ron Barlow does well in 20-mile race
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
Meet The Athletes
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 the 1964 Olympic Games, in Tokyo.
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16 June 1962
Senior runners fine performances
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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07 July 1962
Mather wins senior mile championship
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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