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1973-1974

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22 September 1973 (New)   Third in UK junior ranks
Wallasey Athletic Club's Chris Preston seems to edge nearer to international standard with every competition he competes in these days.
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06 October 1973   Margaret shows class with fastest lap
Wallasey Athletic Club had highly satisfactory results in the Women's junior and senior road relays held in Leverhulme Park during last Saturday's thunderstorm.
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03 November 1973 (New)   WAC team ran well
At Wallasey Athletic Club there have been two recent events in the ladies' section's autumn calendar.
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01 December 1973   County Champions
The smiling faces of Julie Halfpenny, Barbara Banks, Margaret Ashcroft and Sue Lloyd, champion members of Wallasey Athletic Club.
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1769 The smiling faces of Julie Halfpenny, Barbara Banks, Margaret Ashcroft and Sue Lloyd, champion members of Wallasey Athletic Club.
08 December 1973   Monday Night practice session
Members of Wallasey Athletic Club take a breather during one of their regular Monday night practice sessions. Among the club's lady members are the Cheshire cross-country champions Julie Halfpenny, Barbara Banks (former Wallasey sports personality), Margaret Ashcroft and Sue Lloyd.
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15 December 1973   Chris Preston
Wallasey Athletic Club member Chris Preston, whose hammer - throwing performances have been attracting attention.
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02 February 1974   Girls run into second
The Cheshire Women's A.A.A. cross-country team made the long journey to Romford, Essex, on Saturday to compete in the women's national inter-counties cross-country championships.
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16 February 1974   Ladies take second in championship
Margaret Ashcroft and Barbara Majunder of Wallasey Athletic Club finished fifth and sixth in the women's Northern Cross-Country Championships at Blackburn last Saturday.
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13 April 1974   Athletes start on right foot
Wallasey Athletic Club got off to a good start in the new track season with four good wins in the meeting at St. Helens on Sunday.
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25 May 1974   Chris picks up hat-trick
Chris Preston of Wallasey Athletic Club was the first junior in the Cheshire Track & Field Championships in the shot, discus and hammer competitions at Woodchurch, being beaten out of first place in the senior hammer competition in which he had to compete because of the lack of junior entries, b
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08 June 1974   Thomson shines in weak team
Wallasey Athletic Club's B. Thomson won the hammer and shot 'B' events in the first Northern League Division Two meeting of the season at Blackpool on Saturday.
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14 June 1974   Chris stars in championships
Chris Preston turned in a star performance for Wallasey Athletic Club when he won the hammer event at the Cheshire Schools Championships at Northwich on Saturday. Wallasey was well represented at the event, the last because of the boundary charges.
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06 July 1974   Peter notches up personal triumphs
Wallasey Athletic Club's Pete Jones achieved three personal best times in a senior men's event in a Northern League Division Two match at Hull.
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10 August 1974   Lee jumps to National title
Wallasey Athletic Club's Lee McGinley, 16, won the National Amateur Athletic Association's youths' triple jump title on Saturday. Competing at Crystal Palace, he leapt 13.65 metres.
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