The men's section of Wallasey A.C. travelled to Hull for the first round of the Division Five Northern Track & Field League.
When the team arrived, conditions could not have been worse, but all credit should go to the officials of the host club for getting the match completed.
In driving rain and a strong wind, Wallasey's athletes set about the task confronting them. That was to finish as high as possible at Hull to give themselves a good chance to gain promotion to Division Four next season.
Chris Preston won the hammer, discus and shot. Pete Smith won the pole vault and there were first places for Kevin McGee in the 1500 metres and Pete Jones, 400 metres. At the end of the day the points totals were: - Hull. 1st. 307 pts: Wallasey. 2nd. 260 pts: Sale. 3rd. 212 pts: Rockingham. 4th. 171 pts: Durham. 5th. 149 pts: Gosforth. 6th. 68 pts.
Full results are:
'A' STRING
Hammer: C. Preston. 1st, 43.58
Pole vault: P. Smith. 1st. 2.15
Long jump: N. Tunstall. 5th. 5.27
400 Hurdles: D. Ashton.3rd . 54.4
800: R. Heap. 3rd. 1.59.8
100: I. MacLeod. 3rd. 11.4
Discus: C. Preston. 1st. 32.32
Triple jump: P. Smith. 4th. 10.19
3000 S/C: R. Brimage. 2nd. 9.63
110 Hurdles: N. Tunstall. 5th. 23.9
High jump: R. Brimage 2nd. 1.44
400: P. Jones. 1st. 52.0
1500: K. McGee. 1st. 4.02.8
Javelin: R. Brimage. 2nd. 32.98
Shot: C. Preston. 1st. 11 .83
200: I. MacLeod. 3rd. 24.0
5000: R. Brimage. 5th. 17.09.8
4 x 100: Wallasey. 2nd
4 x 400: Wallasey 1st
'B' STRING
Hammer: D. Hanna 3rd. 15.24
Pole vault: D. McAlister. 1st. Equal
Long jump: D. McAlister. 4th. 4 97
400 Hurdles: N. Tunstall. 2nd. 62.0
800: P. Jones 2nd. 2.01.5
100: D. McAlister. 4th. 12.0
Discus: D. Hanna. 2nd. 23.54
Triple jump: D. McAlister. 2nd. 10.01
3000 S/C: A. Smith. 5th. 12.59.8
110 Hurdles: D. Ashton. 2nd. 20.6
High jump: P. Smith. 2nd. 1.37
400: R. Heap. 2nd. 55.1
1500: V. Edwards. 2nd. 4.17
Javelin: D. Hanna. 1st. 30.16
Shot: D. Hanna. 3rd. 7.14
200: P. Jones. 3rd. 24.1
5000: A Smith. 5th. 19.22
This Saturday is the Northern Women's Championships, in which Janet McGee was Wallasey's only qualifier. Janet has a very good chance of a medal in her event, the junior girls 800 metres.
Ends
Source - Wallasey News - Saturday, 02/06/1979
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