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| 05 September 1970 (New) | Lockley tops for Cheshire Running in an Inter-Counties match at Leicester, Wallasey Athletic Club's track captain, Dave Lockley, proved he is rapidly approaching national standard in the steeplechase. Read more... |
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| 12 September 1970 | Best ever '800' for Lockley Three races in two days have further emphasised Wallasey athlete Dave Lockley's superb form, Read more... |
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| 19 September 1970 | Barbara ahead from the gun but no record In the Northern Women's 3,000 metre championships at Kirkby Stadium, Barbara Banks demolished the best field the north could offer with a courageous display of front running. Read more... |
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| 26 September 1970 (New) | Local girl beats the champs Three Wallasey athletes were invited to run in an end of season meeting at Stretford. After demonstrating her fitness over 3,000 metres last week, Barbara Banks proved she could beat the top Northern runners once again, this time over 1500 metres. Read more... |
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| 03 October 1970 | Wallasey runners out in force The 10th annual Chris Voss Road Race attracted eight Wallasey Athletic club members. The warm conditions slowed all the runners down the race being won in 34 mins. 30 secs. by Alan Birks (City of Stoke A.C.), from the English Cross-Country Champion, Trevor Wright of Hallamshire A.C. Read more... |
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| 10 October 1970 (New) | No prizes for weak Wallasey In the Northern Counties 25-mile road relay, Wallasey Athletic Club failed to make any serious impact on the race. Read more... |
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| 17 October 1970 | Wallasey pipped at the post In the fifth annual Bolton Road Relays, Wallasey Athletic Clubs senior women's team were just beaten into second place by Northern champions Bury and Radcliffe A.C. after leading until the final leg. Read more... |
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| 17 October 1970 (New) | Athletic events Today is the Cheshire Road Relay Championships, and three Wallasey AC teams will be competing; two senior and a boys. Read more... |
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| 24 October 1970 | Wallasey athletes miss medals Wallasey Athletic Club just failed to take one of the premier positions in the Cheshire Road Relay Championships held at Altrincham over a very fast 3-mile course. Read more... |
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| 31 October 1970 (New) | Wallasey team take top awards In the Northern Women's League at Blackburn, Wallasey Athletic Club were team winners from Airedale & Spen Valley AC, and Bury and Radcliffe AC, and provided the individual winner, Barbara Banks. Read more... |
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| 07 November 1970 | Eight to run in top event With no competition of any importance Wallasey Athletic Club took the opportunity to combine training with a little light-hearted competition in the form of a treasure hunt. Read more... |
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| 14 November 1970 | Wallasey top in cross-country event In the second Northern Cross-Country League meeting Wallasey Athletic Club's women's team won the senior event from Airedale and Spen Valley A.C. with Barbara Banks repeating her performance in taking the premier individual position. Read more... |
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| 21 November 1970 | Fast times not enough for Wallasey girls In the National Road Relays at Barnet, Wallasey Athletic Club's women's team was beaten for only the second time this season. Despite having two of the fastest times of the day they were forced into eighth place. Read more... |
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| 28 November 1970 | Dave Lockley back at his best In the first Liverpool & District League meeting, Wallasey Athletic Club got off to a good start having the first three home in the senior women's race, and the second individual, Dave Lockley, in the senior men's race. Read more... |
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| 05 December 1970 (New) | Poor entry cuts school races This year's Wallasey Schools cross-country races, organised by Wallasey Athletic Club, attracted 70 young runners. The proposed races this year were for under 14s, under 16s, and over 16-year-olds, to be run in the form of relays. Read more... |
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| 05 December 1970 (New) | Cross country title for senior girls A party of 15 Wallasey Athletic Club girls, the largest contingent ever competed in this year's Cheshire Cross-Country Championships at Chester. Read more... |
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| 12 December 1970 | Athletes last lap Northern Championships Today Wallasey Athletic Club ladies' team will be lining up for the final race of the Northern Cross-Country League's meetings. Read more... |
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| 19 December 1970 (New) | Banks unbeaten, but team slip In the final Northern Women's Cross-Country League meeting at Cleckheaton, the Wallasey Athletic Club team took second place to Bury and Radcliffe AC. The defeat meant that Wallasey were beaten into second place in the final league position by only four points after having won the first two meeting Read more... |
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| 26 December 1970 (New) | A birthday victory for Lockley Wallasey Athletic Club's Christmas Handicap attracted 32 athletes, the largest entry for several years. Dave Lockley celebrated his 21st birthday in winning form, starting off last and finishing first, taking the lead in the final quarter mile. Read more... |
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| 02 January 1971 | A tough time ahead for local runners Today, Wallasey Athletic Clubs men's teams will be beginning the period of intense competition, when titles are gained or lost. Today's Cheshire cross-county championships are followed by the Liverpool & District championships next week and the West Lancashire championships the final Saturday of Read more... |
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| 09 January 1971 | Athletes home for a 'bronze' In the Cheshire County Cross-country Championships at Winnington Park, Northwich, Wallasey Athletic Club's senior team were beaten into third place in the team race. Read more... |
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| 16 January 1971 | Cross Country team finish fifth In the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Championships at Arrowe Park, Wallasey Athletic Club team finished fifth. Read more... |
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| 23 January 1971 | One point puts Wallasey in second place In the National Women's 4,000 metre cross-country championships at Arrowe Park, Wallasey Athletic Club's double victory bid just failed, but although defeated, the performance was very creditable. Read more... |
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| 30 January 1971 | Lancs. cross-country course tests runners In the women's inter-counties cross-country championships at Blackburn, the senior county team finished 11th, and the intermediate team in fifth position. Read more... |
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| 06 February 1971 | Wright's is only good time in poor show In the West Lancashire Cross-Country Championships, Wallasey Athletic Club had only four senior athletes competing. Read more... |
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| 13 February 1971 | Fine handicap win for Lyn Carter In Wallasey Athletic Club's sealed handicap, youth came out on top, young Lynn Carter winning by a mere eight seconds from Lindsay Hewson and Neil Simpson. As usual the handlcappers did a good job, the first seven handicap times being within-half a minute of one another. Read more... |
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| 20 February 1971 | Wallasey athletes get stuck in the mud Wallasey Athletic Club competed with little success in both the Women's and Men's Northern Cross-Country Championships at Sheffield and Blackburn, respectively. Best placing was by Janice Watts who finished 5th in the senior women's event. Read more... |
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| 27 February 1971 | A dismal note to end the season Wallasey Athletic Club men's section ended the cross-country season on a rather dismal note. The team pool of twelve runners all of whom were present in the second league run were reduced, by injuries, illness and unfitness to four for the final Liverpool & District League Meeting, held at St. H Read more... |
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| 06 March 1971 | Large entry for winter track meet The first Winter track meet of the year, at Victoria Park, Warrington, attracted some large fields, with 20 Wallasey Athletic Club members competing. Read more... |
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| 13 March 1971 | Gloomy season but future is bright With the men's National Cross-Country championships last week, the English cross-country season has drawn to a close. Read more... |
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| 20 March 1971 | Best time for Andy Fulton In a day of mixed results for Wallasey Athletic Club members, Andy Fulton recorded a personal best in winning the high jump with 5 ft 1 inch, not content with this Andy also won the javelin with a throw of over 40 metres and took runners up position in the shot competition. Read more... |
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| 27 March 1971 | Athletes need a 'North Western' win With the summer season approaching shortly the Wallasey track and field athletes are beginning their pre-season training. Read more... |
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| 10 April 1971 | Poor performances at Burtonwood In the Burtonwood road relay, Wallasey Athletic Club finished 22nd out of the 42 teams that finished. Read more... |
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| 14 April 1971 | Athletic club row over letter Officials of Wallasey Athletic Club have been, angered by a letter in a local paper which suggests that they will amalgamate this autumn with Wirral Athletic Club. Read more... |
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| 24 April 1971 | Encouraging start to athletic season In the first Stretford League meeting of the season Wallasey athletes produced some good early season performances against some top class opposition. Read more... |
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| 01 May 1971 (New) | Fast time by Brimage With the cancellation of the inter-club meeting at Wigan only a handful of Wallasey athletes have been involved in competition this week. Read more... |
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| 08 May 1971 (New) | No major titles won during a poor season At Wallasey Athletic Club's annual general meeting the retiring club captain John Wright, could only report that the club had been comparatively unsuccessful during the past season, failing to finish any teams in the major championships. Read more... |
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| 15 May 1971 | Phil's golden hammer In the Cheshire Athletic Championships at Sale, Phil Holmes was Wallasey Athletic Club's, only winner in the senior hammer event. Read more... |
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| 22 May 1971 | Three wins and a record for Kathy In the Cheshire Women's League meeting at Sale, Wallasey Athletic Club finished fourth. Highlight of the afternoon was the performance of Kathy Davenport who broke one of the club's oldest standing records in the long jump, winning the event with a jump of 18ft. 3ins. Read more... |
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| 29 May 1971 | Athletic team slip back to sixth In the first Northern League meeting at Warrington on Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club could do no better than sixth place with 170 points. Read more... |
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| 05 June 1971 | Kathy takes high jump gold medal In the Cheshire women's championships at Sale, Katheline Davenport was the only Wallasey athlete to gain a gold medal. Read more... |
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| 12 June 1971 | Long jump injury puts him out of pentathlon In the National Veterans Championship at Derby, Carl Gee won the long jump with a distance of 17ft. 5in. Read more... |
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| 19 June 1971 | Youth team run into second place Blackburn Harriers became the new holders of the Liverpool Post and Echo Trophy, defeating Sutton Harriers in the New Brighton road relays. In the youth road race the Wallasey Athletic Club team took runners-up position to Liverpool Pembroke A.C. Read more... |
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| 19 June 1971 (New) | Festival of Sport In the Festival of Sport road relay race on the promenade at Egremont on Saturday, Ron Barlow, former Wallasey and international athlete hands over the baton to his teammate. Read more... |
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| 26 June 1971 | Good performances at Warrington On a day which made top performances impossible, several of the Wallasey Athletic Club's women's team overcame the weather to produce some very praiseworthy performances. As a result the team gained fourth place in the second Cheshire League meeting at Warrington. Read more... |
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| 03 July 1971 | Athletic club juniors show their pace A small Wallasey Athletic Club team competed with great success at an inter-club at Sale. It was the younger athletes who produced the most outstanding performances. Dave Jones and Eddie Kanes particularly showing their paces. Read more... |
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| 10 July 1971 | Relay records smashed Wallasey Athletic Club relay teams have recorded two new club records. The 400 metre relay team of Pete Lewis, Ian Wilson, Doug Hanna and Phil Wealthy recorded 3 min. 28.9 secs. in finishing second in the Lancashire Constabulary Sports, and the 100 metre relay team of Alan Cheers, Geoff Davies, Mike Read more... |
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| 17 July 1971 (New) | Helen beats the heat in 800 metres Wallasey Athletic Club's best performance in an interclub meeting at Sale on Saturday came from junior girl Helen Taylor, with a personal best of 2min. 35 sec. Her senior colleague. Mary Caldwell, succumbed, to the sultry conditions and could only make fifth place, in 2min. 39sec. Read more... |
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| 24 July 1971 | Janice leads Wallasey into fourth place Wallasey Athletic Club's women's team finished 4th in the final Cheshire league meeting, largely due to the fine running of Janice Watts. Read more... |
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| 31 July 1971 | Pete Lewis is only winner In the Falcon Trophy meeting, at Woodchurch, Wallasey Athletic Club failed to do themselves justice fielding a weak team with members all performing' below their true capabilities. Read more... |
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| 07 August 1971 | Cheers! Alan the only success on a drab afternoon At the Northern League meeting at Blackpool, Wallasey Athletic Club men's team produced their worst performance of the season finishing last of the six teams competing. Only success of the afternoon was Alan Cheers who recaptured his form in completing a fine double winning the long and triple jumps Read more... |
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| 28 August 1971 | Pete Lewis runs to success A group of four enthusiastic athletes managed to find an inter-club meeting at St. Helens last Saturday to fill a blank week in the fixture list, and pleasant weather and a good track made the trip worthwhile. Read more... |
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