In the second Cheshire League race at Whitby Heath, Wallasey fielded a below strength senior team, but had some encouraging performances in the younger age groups.
Karen Simpson ran well for 30th place in the under-11 girls race while her sister Paula took 9th place in the under-13 race. Also in the under-13 race Michelle Bellringer took 30th place and Diane Senogles 38th.
In the under-15 race Emma Derwent and Collette Winstanley ran well for 19th and 23rd, while Lynne McCartney showed great improvement in taking 24th. Sonia Wood, who is newer to the team finished 41st.
In the senior race good performances came from Bob Brimage in 30th, Dave Walton in 42nd and Peter Upton in 48th, Peter Upton had the previous week set a half marathon personal best of 1hour 16 minutes. In the same race Robin Jones ran the tremendous time of 1 hour 10 minutes.
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Source - Wallasey News - Wednesday, 11/02/1987
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