02 September 1967
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 minu
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09 September 1967
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 s
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16 September 1967
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.
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23 September 1967
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 enthusias
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30 September 1967
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.
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07 October 1967
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.
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14 October 1967
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.
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21 October 1967
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
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28 October 1967
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
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28 October 1967
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.
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04 November 1967
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
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11 November 1967
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 She
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18 November 1967
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 r
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02 December 1967
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 Pa
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09 December 1967
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 champ
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16 December 1967
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.
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23 December 1967
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 inte
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06 January 1968
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 w
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20 January 1968
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.
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27 January 1968
They came from all over the country to Bolton for the Women's National Championships over a 2½ miles course, on Saturday.
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03 February 1968
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
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10 February 1968
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 Saturda
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24 February 1968
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
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09 March 1968
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.
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09 March 1968
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.
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16 March 1968
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 Stre
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23 March 1968
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 lea
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29 March 1968
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 ma
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05 April 1968
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 clu
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19 April 1968
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 f
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19 April 1968
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.
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26 April 1968
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 co
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10 May 1968
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 Lingh
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17 May 1968
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.
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07 June 1968
Barrie Smith won the Wallasey Athletic Club's 880 yards championship with a time of 2 min. 2 sec.
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14 June 1968
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.
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21 June 1968
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 second
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28 June 1968
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 h
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05 July 1968
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
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16 August 1968
Wallasey Athletic Club visited Oldham last Saturday and satisfying successes in a good class Inter-club match,
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23 August 1968
With no race on Saturday, Wallasey's athletes decided to visit Wales last Sunday for another run infamous hill course.
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30 August 1968
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 betwe
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