On Sunday, Barbara Jones won the senior ladies 800 metres in fine style, despite being one of the youngest athletes in the race.
Barbara took the lead immediately the race started and the longer the race went on the further she increased her lead, winning by a very impressive margin and running a very impressive time in such windy conditions.
Barbara won in 2:24.5. In the same race, Carole Jenkinson, had a good race, coming third in 2:47. just being beaten in a close race with the second place runner.
In the youth's 200 metres, Wallasey had three impressive runners. In the 'A' race, Mark Bollard ran another fine race to finish second in 24.5. and he was backed up by Ian Macleod, who ran a fine race after a short lay-off through injury. Ian came second in 24.7. and Neil Tunstall made up the trio, running a fine race in the 'C' race to finish second in 24.9.
Wallasey had further success in the senior men's 200 metres in the 'A' race Pete Jones finished second in 25.5. In the 'B' race Pete Smith ran well, being narrowly beaten into fourth place in 25.6. In the 'C' race, Doug Hanna ran tremendously to finish second in 26.4 and Rob Heap ran well in his 200 metres to finish second in 25.7. Their times reflected Wallasey's strength in the relay as Wallasey finished second in 1:43.0 through Pete Jones, Doug Hanna, Rob Heap and Pete Smith.
In the youth's long lump, Neil Tunstall put in a fine performance, finishing third with a distance of five metres 05 centimetres. In the colts 1,500 metres, Steve D'Arcy put in another good performance to finish fourth in 5:23.0 a very good time in such strong winds. He was chased home by the ever-improving Mike Jones, who ran well to finish fifth in 5:35.0. In the Under-13 200 metres, Tanya Foulkes ran an impressive race in her first race to finish third in 33.8 in very strong winds.
RESULTS - Women's: Under-13 200 metres - 'A' J. Baker, fourth, 38.8; 'B' T. Foulkes, third, 33.8; Senior ladies. 800 metres - B. Jones , first, 2:24.5: C. Jenkinson , third 2:47.0.
Men's: Colts, 200 metres. 'A' S. D'Arcy , fourth, 32.0; 'B' M. Jones, fourth; Colts 1,500 metres. S. D'Arcy , fourth, 5:23.0: M. Jones, fifth; 5:35.0; Boys 200 metres, P. D'Arcy, fourth 32.0: Boys shot putt: G. Harwood, fourth, 'A' 6.68 metres; M. Perry, fourth 'B' 4.11 metres, Youth's 200 metres, 'A' M. Bollard, second. 24.5: 'B' I. MacLeod, second, 24.7: 'C' N. Tunstall, second. 24.9: Youths 1500 metres. N. Tunstall 12th 5.15: Youth's long Jump. N. Tunstall, third 5.05; Senior 200 metres 'A' P. Jones, second 25.5; 'B' P. Smith, fourth 25.6: 'C' D. Hanna, second 26.4. 'D' R. Heap. Second 25.7: Senior 1,500 metres, R. Heap. 10th. 4:32.0; P. Smith, 11th. 4:41.0:P. Jones, 12th. 4:42.0; A. Smith, 15th. 4:47.0; Senior shot putt: 'A' D. Hanna, fourth 6.59 metres: 'B' A. Smith, fourth. 5.14 metres; Senior 4 x 200 metres relay, second. 1:43.0.
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Source - Wallasey News - Saturday, 19/08/1978
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