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| 11 September 1971 (New) | Weather hits annual athletic tourney This year's Wallasey Athletic Club track and field championships were held at Lingham track early last week. Read more... |
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| 18 September 1971 | Athletes on tough course A small group of young Wallasey Athletic Club runners were brave enough to tackle the Frodsham Hill races. The tough course takes the runners up over 300ft, a true test of fitness and endurance. Read more... |
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| 25 September 1971 | Athletics win by veterans Veteran runners Ramsey Hewson and Jim Rimmer took first and second places in Wallasey Athletic Club's sealed handicap cross-country held outside Denbigh last weekend. Audrey McKay had her first taste of distance running with the club third. Read more... |
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| 09 October 1971 (New) | Injury problems for club Wallasey Athletic Club's teams have been weakened by injuries and absentees for this week-end's event and it is surprising that with last season's two top runners missing from the women's team, two strong teams can still be fielded at the Bolton relays meeting. Read more... |
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| 16 October 1971 | Local athletes disappoint The mens' and women's sections of Wallasey Athletic Club showed disappointing results in their relay events at the weekend, but the club had teams in all the age groups. Read more... |
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| 30 October 1971 | Wallasey AC tenth in road relay Wallasey Athletic Club finished 10th in the Sefton Park Road Relay championships on Saturday. Liverpool Harriers took the lead at the second stage and went on to win the event by a comfortable margin. Read more... |
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| 06 November 1971 | Barbara comes back to win At a closely contested inter-club athletic meeting at the weekend, Barbara Banks scored her first victory since her six month absence from competitive running. Over the fast two-mile course Barbara led from the start with C. Helsby (Stretford A.C.) and Liz Connor (Preston A.C.) in second and third p Read more... |
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| 13 November 1971 (New) | Athletes in training Wallasey Athletic Clubs women's section has entered four teams in the Bradford Relays today, and the senior team should finish in the first three. The teams will be selected from Barbara Banks, Janice Watts, Susan Carter, Margaret Caldwell, Audrey MacKay and Kathy Davenport. Read more... |
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| 20 November 1971 | Athletic club's good place in National relay Wallasey Athletic Club had four teams competing in the National Road Relays at Bradford this weekend. It was the largest entry ever from the club and the best performances came from the senior teams, who finished in 13th place out of a field of 50 teams. Read more... |
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| 27 November 1971 | Athletic Club 7th in relay Wallasey Athletic Club's men's cross-country team competed twice in the last week showing substantial improvement on past outings. Dave Lindsay in particular excelling. Read more... |
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| 04 December 1971 | Athletic club's Lynn sets a record In the schools relay race organised by Wallasey Athletic Club's Lynn Carter set a new course record for the under 14s defeating the other girls on the first leg by nearly half a minute. Read more... |
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| 11 December 1971 | Athletes in final Today both sections of Wallasey Athletic Club will be competing in the final league cross-country meetings of the season. Read more... |
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| 18 December 1971 | Athletes in good form Wallasey Athletic Club's women's team retained the runners-up position they held In the Northern League last season. Read more... |
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| 01 January 1972 (New) | Championship run for young Gwyn In the North Wales youths' cross-country championships Wallasey Athletic Club's Gwyn Griffiths finished an easy winner. It was a very encouraging performance likely to boost his confidence and possibly begin the series of fine performances of which he is capable. He is only unfortunate in that there Read more... |
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| 08 January 1972 (New) | Local Men in County Contests Two Wallasey Athletic Club runners have been selected to run for Cheshire in the inter counties championship later this year. Read more... |
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| 15 January 1972 | Athletes in 'National' Today two strong Wallasey Athletic Club ladies teams are entered in the National Novices Cross-Country Championships at Birmingham. The only athletes eligible for these races are those who have not finished in the first three in area championships or gained any international status. Read more... |
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| 22 January 1972 | Athletes in National Championship At the National Novices Cross-Country Championships held at Birmingham last Saturday six of the Wallasey Athletic Club's senior ladies returned creditable places against stiff competition over a very muddy 4,000m course. Read more... |
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| 29 January 1972 | Wallasey runners help county to cross-country win In the women's inter-counties cross-country championships at Arrowe Park, two Wallasey athletes helped the Cheshire senior team to a first ever win. Read more... |
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| 05 February 1972 | Athletes in championship Wallasey Athletic Club came fifth in the West Lancashire Cross-Country Championships at St. Helens on Sunday, Dave Lindsay and Dave Lockley had outstanding runs over the tough nine mile course. Read more... |
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| 12 February 1972 | Our girls are champion Wallasey Athletic Club's women's cross-country team won the Northern cross-country championships at Rawtenstall on Sunday, Barbara Banks spearheaded the effort with a fine second place. Read more... |
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| 19 February 1972 | Lochhead Retains Northern Women's Title Jean Lochhead had no difficulty in retaining her Northern title on a tough undulating course over the hills of Rossendale. Read more... |
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| 19 February 1972 | Runners disappoint Wallasey Athletic Club men's section failed to follow the example of the girls being disappointing in the men's Northern Championship at Gateshead. Read more... |
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| 26 February 1972 | Athletes in 'National' Today, Wallasey Athletic Club women's cross-country team are competing in the National Championships at High Wycombe. As Northern champions they must be capable of providing a strong challenge to the Southern clubs who have recently dominated this event. Read more... |
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| 04 March 1972 | Athletes 5th in National championship In the women's national cross-country championships Wallasey Athletic Club's team proved themselves capable of pushing the best teams in the country, finishing fifth, their highest placing ever. Read more... |
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| 18 March 1972 | Wallasey A.C. came third Sylvia Brimage kept up her fine record for the weekend in the Rossendale Shield Race. The club's women's team finished third after a close competition in which Stoke A.C. won with 45 points, Stretford A.C. were runners-up with 51 points Wallasey got 54. Read more... |
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| 23 March 1972 | Women's team for relay Wallasey Athletic Club's women's team will be starting favourites for today's Northern Road Relay Championships at Carlisle. Read more... |
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| 01 April 1972 | Girl Athletes in strong run Six Wallasey Athletic Cub girls travelled to Carlisle last Saturday to take part in the Northern Road Relay Championships. Read more... |
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| 15 April 1972 (New) | Victory for athletes The girls of Wallasey Athletic Club said they were going to Stoke to win last Saturday, and that is exactly what they did. Read more... |
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| 29 April 1972 | Athletes at Allerton A small team of senior athletes represented Wallasey A.C. as guests at Mather Avenue, Allerton, last Saturday, in a track and field meeting between Chester College, and the Universities of Liverpool and Bangor. Read more... |
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| 06 May 1972 | Lockley win keeps AC flag flying Eight members of Wallasey Athletic Club competed in a Stretford League last Saturday, most of them trying their hand at the 800 metres. Read more... |
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| 13 May 1972 | Athletes in 4th place Wallasey Athletic Club ladies section competed at Warrington last Sunday, finishing fourth in the second meeting of the Cheshire Women's League. Read more... |
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| 20 May 1972 | Wallasey athletes in top form A small team from Wallasey Athletic Club returned some fine results at Warrington last Saturday to finish third with 234 points in the first meeting of the Northern League, Blackpool won the match with 261 points. Read more... |
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| 27 May 1972 (New) | Carl Gee is 1971 sports personality Wallasey Athletic Club stalwart, 42-year-old Carl Gee, has been nominated as Wallasey's Sports Personality for 1971, for his outstanding performances in the veteran class of athletics. Read more... |
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| 27 May 1972 (New) | Double For Dave The most inspiring performance from Wallasey Athletic Club at Woodchurch last Sunday came from Dave Ashton (pictured) in the men's Cheshire County Championships. Running in the 400 metres, Dave ran a well judged race to win in 54.6 sec., and later won the 200 metres in 25.3 set. against a strong win Read more... |
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| 03 June 1972 (New) | A New Record For Carl Gee With many members away for Whitsun weekend only a few athletes were able to take part in an inter-club competition at Sale where the cold wintery conditions made good track and field performances difficult. Read more... |
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| 08 June 1972 | Excitement mounts for 7-mile battle Wallasey Athletic Club organizers of the 7-mile road race at New Brighton on Saturday afternoon as part of the 'Echosport 72' programme in the Wallasey Festival of Sport, came much nearer the truth than they imagined when they billed the event as an 'open race.' Read more... |
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| 10 June 1972 (New) | Bronze for Barbara In the Northern Ladies' track and field championships held at Kirkby Stadium last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club's Barbara Banks won a bronze medal in finishing third in the senior 1,500 metres, with a time of 4 min. 39 sec. Margaret Ashcroft followed her in seventh place in 4 min. 53 sec. Read more... |
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| 17 June 1972 | Athletes at their best Three ladies' teams from Wallasey Athletic Club collected prizes at New Brighton last Saturday in the 3 x 1,000 metres road relay, part, of the Wallasey Festival of Sport. Read more... |
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| 24 June 1972 (New) | Athletic Club's New Success Running at Stretford last Sunday in the Northern Women's Championships, Barbara Banks and Janice Watts from Wallasey Athletic Club finished in 3rd and 4th places in the senior ladies 3,000 metres race. Barbara returned a creditable time of 10 min. 08 sec. and Janice recorded a personal best of 10 mi Read more... |
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| 01 July 1972 | Fine run by Lockley At Stretford last Tuesday three members of Wallasey Athletic Club's ladies' section competed against opposition of a high standard in the 1500 metres. Read more... |
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| 08 July 1972 (New) | Ladies put Cheshire on the map Three members of Wallasey Athletic Club's ladies section represented two counties at Middlesbrough last Saturday in the Northern Counties Championships. Barbara Banks, recovering some of her past international form, fought well for Cheshire in the 1500 metres to finish 3rd with a fine time of 4 min. Read more... |
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| 22 July 1972 | Great run by Pete Lewis Several members of the Wallasey Athletic Club competed in the St. Helens Police Sports meeting in rainy conditions. Janice Watts won first prize in the senior ladies' 400 metres with a time of 60.4 sec. and Phil Wade finished 4th in the junior men's race with 54.1 sec. Read more... |
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| 05 August 1972 | Athletes move into second spot after league victory In a tremendous team effort at Blackpool last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club won the third of four Northern League meetings beating their nearest rivals, Blackpool, by 21 points. Read more... |
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