28 September 1963
Athletic Club hope for repeat Road Race Triumph
Competing in a field 200 runners at Warrington today in the Chris Vose 7-mile road race, Wallasey Athletic Club will try to repeat their team victory of last year when their great long distance trio of Wright, Woolford and Barlow were carrying all before them in three-to-score distance races.
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12 October 1963
Wallasey’s Repeat Win In Sefton Park Relay
Wallasey Athletic Club won the Sefton Park Relay on Saturday for the second year in succession., They completed the 6x31/2 mile laps in a total time of 93 minutes 7 secs. against 94 minutes 27 secs. by Wirral A.C. and 97 minutes 16 secs. by Liverpool Harriers.
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31 October 1963
Wallasey Athletic Club on the road racing map
Some of the runners who have helped to put Wallasey Athletic Club on the road racing map.
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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 and 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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14 December 1963
Wallasey Athletic Club notes
Only two of Wallasey's athletes were engaged last Saturday in active competition.
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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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11 January 1964
Wallasey’s fight to retain County cross country title
Wallasey Athletic Club senior team were very hard pressed by Wirral A.C. to retain their cross country championship title, at Arrowe Park last Saturday, the final margin being only three points Wallasey A.C. 51 points, Wirral A.C. 54 points with Sale Harriers third, 144 points.
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25 January 1964
Wallasey Athletic Club Notes
Last Saturday was a blank date for most of Wallasey’s athletes, only three being engaged in active competition. Barlow, Woolford and Parry, who were representing Cheshire in the inter-counties championships at Epsom Downs.
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08 February 1964
First West Lancs. Championship for Wallasey since 1911
Wallasey’s senior athletes pulled off a great victory in the West Lancs Cross Country Championships over a nine mile course at Blackpool last Saturday, This is the first time Wallasey have achieved victory in this event since 1911, and congratulations must go to all team members who spared no effort to attain this result.
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07 March 1964
Athletic Club’s fine season
The National Championships held at Leicester last Saturday, wound up the cross country season as far as Wallasey athletes are concerned.
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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 member of the Wallasey Athletic Club.
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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 win the team race by 5 points with 20 points as compared with 25 by Clayton-le-Moors, with Middlesbrough and Cleveland in third position.
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04 April 1964
Rotheram road relay - Wallasey A.C’s fine running
At Rotheram last Saturday Wallasey A.C, competed in the Annual 8 x 4 mile Road Relay and finished in 5th position, a creditable performance when one considers the strength of the field.
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11 April 1964
Clean sweep at Port Sunlight
Running at Port Sunlight last Saturday, Wallasey’s senior athletes completely monopolised the race.
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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 the famous Southern club Belgrave Harriers, led by English international Gerry North, Bolton U.H. were second.
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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 Wallasey.
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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 661/2 pts.
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09 May 1964
St. Asaph to Rhyl road race action
Competitors in the St. Asaph to Rhyl road race on Saturday jostle for positions at the mass start outside the Old Deanery, St. Asaph.
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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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06 June 1964
Wallasey A.C. 3rd in Dairy Festival Road Race
The results of Dairy Festival Road Race at St. Helens on Wednesday evening was 1st. Bolton H. & A.C., 51 mins. 53 secs.; 2nd Wirral A.C. 51 mins. 59 secs.; 3rd Wallasey A.C. 52 mins. 54 secs.; 4th Sale Harriers 54 mins. 07 secs.
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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
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 last Saturday.
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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-club competition.
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20 June 1964
Wallasey athletes In Cheshire Schools’ Championships
Today’s premier track and field meeting for local athletes will be the Cheshire Schools Championships at Ellesmere Port Grammar school track.
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04 July 1964
Wallasey Athletic Club win triangular match
Wallasey A.C. last week entertained Liverpool Pembroke, and a combined team from Port Sunlight and Wirral A.C., in a three cornered athletic match at their headquarters in Leasowe Road and ran out winners by 158 points to Sunlight’s 154 pts and Pembroke’s 44 pts.
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15 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 influx of young members.
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01 August 1964
Athletic Club Championships
Group snapped after the Wallasey Athletic Club Track and Field Championships held last Saturday.
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08 August 1964
Wallasey A.C’s best yet for inter-club 2nd
Wallasey A.C. put up their best performance to date at Port Sunlight Oval on Monday in the Lever Trophy and Port Sunlight Cup.
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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 this fine track. There are still a few seats vacant on the coach leaving St. Albans Road, Liscard, at 1.0 p.m.
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22 August 1964
Wallasey A.C. 3rd, women 4th, in inter-club
Wallasey A.C. traveled to Warrington last Saturday for their final match of the track season, and despite the absence of a dozen of their star athletes, put up a creditable performance.
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