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| 05 September 1969 | Wallasey A.C. give fine performance A small select team represented Wallasey Athletic Club at St. Helens last Saturday, in an inter-club competition involving 11 clubs, and finished in sixth place with 126 points. Read more... |
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| 05 September 1969 | Sports Shorts Wallasey Athletic Club ladies captain Barbara Banks faces strong opposition in the British Milers' Club ladies 800 metres at Stretford, Manchester, tomorrow. Jane Perry, and Phyllis Loris are dangers to the Wallasey captain. Read more... |
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| 20 September 1969 | Wallasey pair bring home the prizes Wallasey Athletic Club had only two representatives at the inter-club track meet at Wigan last Saturday, yet between them they amassed enough points to take the senior club award. Read more... |
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| 06 October 1969 | Athletes in go-slow on 'danger' track Senior athletes from Wallasey Athletics Club are refusing to race at full speed during practice, on the Corporation-owned Lingham Park track at Moreton for fear of breaking their ankles. Read more... |
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| 11 October 1969 | £32,000 sports ground that few want to use A certain amount of speculation has been aroused between Wallasey Corporation officials concerning that use of Lingham Park Sports Ground, Moreton. Read more... |
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| 11 October 1969 | Effort from Wallasey A.C. below par Two teams from Wallasey Athletic Club ran on Saturday in the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union's road relay championship at Sefton Park. Read more... |
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| 18 October 1969 (New) | Wallasey A.C. prepare for cross-country To prepare for the coming cross-country season a party of 15 senior athletes from the Wallasey Athletic Club travelled to the National Recreational Centre at Lilleshall, Shropshire. Read more... |
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| 25 October 1969 | Athletic club girls shine at Woolton The first meeting of the cross-country season was a Liverpool & District match over a fast Woolton Park course. Read more... |
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| 01 November 1969 (New) | Wallasey winners Pictured above the Wallasey Athletic Club's girls' section who recently won the Merseyside track and field league trophy for women. Read more... |
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| 01 November 1969 (New) | Barbara justifys her Commonwealth selection Wallasey Athletic Club ladies' captain, Barbara Banks, celebrated her selection for the Commonwealth Games potential athletes squad by winning the first northern counties cross-country league race at Blackburn on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 15 November 1969 | Cross country double for athletic club Wallasey Athletic Club took a small but capable group of boys and youths to Oldham last week-end and in atrocious conditions, conquered both the inclement weather and eight opposing clubs in a series of cross-country races. Read more... |
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| 21 November 1969 (New) | AC members successes Wallasey Athletic Club members had a good day at this year's Wirral Schools' Championships held in heavy conditions on their Arrowe Park course. Read more... |
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| 28 November 1969 (New) | League selection for three young A.C. athletes In the third Merseyside Schools League meeting at Woolton, Peter Martin running in Wallasey Grammar School colours, Gary Fair and Bob Brimage representing the Technical Grammar School were chosen to represent the league against the Stoke and Coventry Schools League at Trentham. Read more... |
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| 06 December 1969 (New) | Barbara is Cheshire champion At the women's Cheshire Cross-Country Championships held at Port Sunlight, Wallasey Athletic Club's ladies' section won the team award in two races and had the individual winner in two races. Read more... |
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| 13 December 1969 (New) | Good showing from Athletic Club boys This year's H. S. Finney championships were held at Stanley Park, Blackpool. The programme consisted of two races, a senior 4x3 miles relay and a youths' and boys' composite team 4x2 miles relay. Read more... |
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| 20 December 1969 | A.C. members use varying tactics Wallasey Athletic Club's cross-country runners braved the December frost last Saturday, at both Arrowe Park and Bolton. Read more... |
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| 24 December 1969 (New) | Runaway success Along with those other athletic clubs, Wallasey A.C. pushed aside the competitive spirit when they held their Christmas Handicap. The principle being that everyone has an equal chance of glory from the young girls and veterans to the club 'stars' with the help of a liberal time allowance. Read more... |
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| 03 January 1970 (New) | 'Cross-Country' starts today Today was the start of the season's cross-country championships held at Arrowe Park. Read more... |
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| 10 January 1970 | Lockley selected after Wallasey team triumph Snow three inches deep slowed down progress in the Cheshire County Cross-Country Championships at Arrowe Park last Saturday, but this did not prevent Wallasey Athletic Club's 'A' team, led by Pete Martin who packed well over the two-mile course, from finishing third with 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th pl Read more... |
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| 17 January 1970 | No medals but plenty of spirit Wallasey Athletic Club's' men's section took part last weekend in the Liverpool & District cross-country championships at Arrowe Park, where each runner found that a thick fog surrounded all but the nearest of his opponents. Read more... |
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| 24 January 1970 | School girls master conditions A bitterly cold day saw the staging of the Wallasey Schoolgirls' Cross-Country Championships now extended to the Wirral schools. Three races were held. Race 1 for girls 11-13 years, race 2 for girls 13-15 years, and race 3 for girls 15-plus, Read more... |
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| 31 January 1970 | Barbara comes fourth in inter-counties In the National Women's, Inter-Counties cross-country championship at Blair Castle near Bristol, Cheshire were led home by Wallasey's Barbara Banks. Barbara, just recovering from a troublesome injury which has kept her out of training for three weeks, sprang back to form, leading a field which inclu Read more... |
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| 14 February 1970 | Barbara brings Northern title back to Wallasey In the Northern Ladies' Cross country Championships held at Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, Wallasey Athletic Club Ladies' captain Barbara Banks, demonstrated her complete mastery over all the north can offer, with a superb demonstration of great running. Read more... |
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| 21 February 1970 | Younger athletes make the county grade As a result of the Cheshire Schools' Cross-Country Championships on Saturday, many Wallasey A.C. members were selected to run for the Cheshire Schools team In the National Schools Cross-Country Championships. Read more... |
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| 07 March 1970 | American trip for Barbara Wallasey Athletic Club took part in two national championships on Saturday, with the ladies section competing at Blackburn and the men at Blackpool. Read more... |
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| 21 March 1970 (New) | Schoolboys make it a personal triumph Four young Wallasey Athletic Club members, running for Wallasey Technical Grammar School, gained a personal triumph in this year's Northern Schools Championships. Read more... |
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| 28 March 1970 | Barbara stars in England's triumph Wallasey Athletic Club's Barbara Banks played a major part in England's team triumph at the International Womans Cross-Country Championships in Maryland, U.S.A., last weekend. Read more... |
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| 04 April 1970 | Barbara shines home and away Barbara Banks after her brilliant run finishing fourth for England in last weekend's international, maintained her consistency for the Northern league in their inter-region cross-country match at Watford. Read more... |
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| 11 April 1970 (New) | Early success - then runners fade Both the men's and women's sections of Wallasey Athletic Club were concerned in road relay events last week-end, the men in the 4 x 3.6 miles relay at Warrington on Saturday, while the ladies competed in the Northern Road Relays at Farnworth on Sunday. Read more... |
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| 18 April 1970 | Athletes start a busy season What promises to be a busy season for Wallasey A.C. begins today at Victoria Park, Warrington, with a full programme of track and field Read more... |
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| 25 April 1970 | Athletes have a runaway success In the first athletic meeting of the season it was the Wallasey Athletic Club runners who gained all the successes. Most of the field event specialists have yet to compete this season. Read more... |
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| 02 May 1970 | It's a Warsaw international for Barbara Wallasey's Barbara Banks has been selected for her first track international at Warsaw in the 1,500 metres. The news put the local athletic club's competitors in fine spirit for the first Merseyside League meeting at Woodchurch at the weekend. Read more... |
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| 09 May 1970 | Vital meetings for athletic clubs With every meeting playing a vital part in Wallasey Athletic Club's preparation for the northern league competition, the club's performance at Stretford last Saturday was very encouraging. Read more... |
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| 11 May 1970 | Banks at West London Stadium An unfamiliar sight of Lillian Board struggling to keep in contact with the leaders, Barbara Banks (97) and Jane Perry, at West London Stadium yesterday. But for Miss Board it was success in defeat in her first mile race. Read more... |
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| 14 May 1970 | The Wallasey girl who has run for England 'You'll never believe it,' she said as she attacked a mountain of ham salad, 'but I did my personal best time in the half-mile straight after a plate full of chicken and chips.' Read more... |
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| 16 May 1970 | Close defeat for athletes At the second Merseyside League Athletics meeting on a windy Waterloo track, Wallasey Athletic Club demonstrated a commendable strength in depth, with entries in all the afternoon's events. Read more... |
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| 23 May 1970 | Athletic Club's AGM At the annual general meeting of Wallasey Athletic Club at the club headquarters, the honorary, general secretary Mr. Doug Hanna reported on the successful year the club has had. Read more... |
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| 30 May 1970 | Dave stamps out steeplechase win Lingham track, Moreton, was an appropriate venue for the third and final meeting of the Merseyside track and field league last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 06 June 1970 | Personal best for Mike Whiteside Against the best road runners in the north Wallasey Athletic Club's Mike Whiteside produced a personal best time of 1 hr. 55 minutes for the Pembroke 20 mile road race. Read more... |
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| 13 June 1970 | Team medal win for young athletes This year's senior road relay race held as part of the Wallasey Festival of Sport was dominated by Sutton Harriers. Their 'A' team won the event from Manchester and District A.C. and Wirral A.C., and their 'B' team took the 'B' team award as well and having the fastest individual in P. Roberts. Read more... |
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| 20 June 1970 | County wins for young athletes Wallasey Athletic Club's young athletes crowned a hard week with two Cheshire wins. Read more... |
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| 27 June 1970 | Gallant Barbara misses Edinburgh Wallasey's cross-country and track international Barbara Banks failed gallantly in her bid for a place in the England team for the Commonwealth Games. Read more... |
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| 27 June 1970 (New) | 2000 metres steeplechase win R. Brimage, of Wallasey Technical Grammar School, won the 2000 metres steeplechase for senior boys at the annual county championships held at Hartford Manor by Cheshire Schools Athletics Association. His time was 6 minutes 38.8 seconds. Read more... |
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| 04 July 1970 | Busy week for local runners The last week has seen Wallasey athletes taking part in three meetings - The Rivington Trophy at Bolton, the Liverpool Parks and Gardens Championships, and an inter club meeting at Sale. Read more... |
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| 11 July 1970 | Relay team break a record Wallasey Athletic Club produced some fine performances in bad conditions to win some excellent prizes at the Lancashire Constabulary Annual Athletic Sports, St. Helens. Read more... |
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| 18 July 1970 | Five-star displays in local pentathlon Lingham Park, Moreton, was the venue of the first Wallasey Athletic Club Pentathlon Championships. The two outstanding performances of the day were by Alan Cheers and Susan Carter, both showing tremendous versatility in the five event competition. Read more... |
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| 25 July 1970 | Athletes run well at Stretford With many athletes on holiday only a small Wallasey Athletic Club party travelled to the third Stretford League meeting. Those who did, however, were rewarded with some good times. Read more... |
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| 08 August 1970 | The long-distance runners are in training With most or the major athletic fixtures completed, Wallasey's cross-country runners are beginning to build up their training, for the forthcoming season. Read more... |
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| 15 August 1970 | Athletes struggle in wind and rain An inter-club meeting at Wigan, saw some disappointing performances from Wallasey athletes. With many athletes on holiday or just returned from holidays. a little unfit, a rather depleted team managed to compete in ten of the days events. Read more... |
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| 22 August 1970 (New) | Lockley is star in trophy race At the Francon Trophy Meeting at Woodchurch, Wallasey A.C. took fifth place. Read more... |
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| 22 August 1970 (New) | Athletes are chosen The following Wallasey athletes have been chosen to represent the Liverpool & District League against the Manchester and District League and the South East Lancashire League at Kirby on Sunday: Read more... |
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| 22 August 1970 | Pentathlon championships Wallasey Athletic Club's Pentathlon Championships, July 1970 Read more... |
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| 29 August 1970 (New) | Whiteside reaches marathon standard In the Maxol Marathon, Wallasey Athletic Club's Mike Whiteside took 28th place in a field of 84 runners. Over a comparatively flat course with good competition Mike, in his first marathon, was hoping to gain a British Road Runners standard which required a time of 2 hours 40 minutes. Read more... |
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