Wallasey Athletic Club followed up its third place in the second Northern league meeting with a good fifth against harder opposition in the final round.
There was a good, performance from first-year youth Paul Beacall who set a personal best of 11.6 seconds in the 100 metres and equalled his 200m best of 24.0 secs.
In the 3,000 metre steeplechase, Ken Gibbon and 16-year-old Rob Howarth both made their debuts at the event and did extremely well to gain 4th 'A' and 4th 'B' with times of 10.42.6 and11.52.3 respectively.
Other good performances included a 5.44m long jump personal best for Dave Pendleton, a 15.27.4 5,000 metres personal best for Alec Boughey and the near maximum points in the javelin gained by Bob Graham and Dave Pimlett who finished 2nd 'A' and 1st 'B' respectively with throws of 44.23 and 40.26m.
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Source - Wallasey News - Thursday, 04/07/1985
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