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| 02 September 1972 (New) | Athletics Four athletes represented Wallasey Athletic Club at the Preston Guild Meeting last Saturday. In the Ladies mile Janice Watts finished second behind international Jean Lochhead of Airedale with a fine time of 4 min. 51.8 sec. This reduces Janice's personal best time by four seconds and brings to a cl Read more... |
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| 23 September 1972 (New) | Helen Coasts Home in Pentathlon Wallasey Athletic Club held its annual Pentathlon competition at Woodchurch last Sunday. Club captain, Allan Cheers, won the senior men's competition with 2,662 points from five events. Bob Brimage was second, with 2,613, and Dave Lockley finished 3rd overall with 2,411 points. Read more... |
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| 14 October 1972 (New) | Good start for lady athletes The ladies' section of Wallasey Athletic Club took part in the Bolton road relays in Leverhulme Park on Sunday, opening their cross-country and road running sections. Read more... |
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| 21 October 1972 | Promising start to cross-country season The efforts of Wallasey Athletic Club were divided last weekend between Winsford where the boys were taking part in the Cheshire Road Relays, and Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, where the girls were having a battle over the country in the first of three Northern Cross-Country League races. Read more... |
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| 11 November 1972 | Poised to take second spot Wallasey Athletic Club sent an enthusiastic but depleted team to the second Northern Women's Cross-Country League meeting in Carlisle on Saturday. Only one team in the senior section was from Wallasey. Read more... |
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| 18 November 1972 | Athletes put on a great display Both sections of Wallasey Athletic Club had one of their most successful weekends ever in meetings at Leeds and Newcastle-under-Lyme. The men's section fielded a strong relay team in the annual Aeron Trophy relay race at Leeds. Dave Lockley ran a magnificent first leg, looming in second with a time Read more... |
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| 25 November 1972 | Athletes re-live summer Wallasey Athletic Club, members took part in some unusual and out-of-season events at R.A.F. Cosford Indoor Athletics Arena, where an open meeting took place on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 02 December 1972 | Fine running in relay In Sefton Park on Saturday, Liverpool & District staged their annual six by three miles relay and Wallasey Athletic Club was represented by a strong team. Read more... |
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| 09 December 1972 | Championship within the reach of athletes Wallasey Athletic Club's team of senior men athletes finished eighth in the H. S. Finney four times three miles relay race at Blackpool's Victoria Park last Saturday. A total of 25 teams took part in the race, Read more... |
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| 16 December 1972 | Good performances by athletes at open A small party of Wallasey Athletic Club members travelled to R.A.F. Cosford on Saturday to take part in an open indoor meeting. Read more... |
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| 23 December 1972 | Girls run for North Only a handful of Wallasey Athletic Club members took part in competitions last Saturday. Margaret Ashcroft, Janice Watts and Barbara Banks had been chosen, on their performances in the Northern League meetings, to represent the North in an inter-area match in Watford. Read more... |
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| 30 December 1972 | Mary wins Christmas Handicap Wallasey Athletic Club's annual Christmas Handicap race last Saturday was well supported from its start on Leasowe Road. Read more... |
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| 06 January 1973 | Margaret battles through Wallasey Athletic Club's Margaret Ashcroft came seventh in an International New Year Race in South Wales on Saturday, despite an injured foot. Only a small team travelled to the Nos Golan races at Mountain Ash this year, but great hospitality was shown to them by the same family who took the team in Read more... |
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| 27 January 1973 | Lockley misses county team by one place Four competitors from the Wallasey Athletic Club took part In the boys' two-mile race at Winnington Park, near Northwich, recently. They were Dave Gray, who finished 18th; Lawrence Jones, 39th; Brendan Kelly, 41st, and Chris Devereaux, who came 42nd. Read more... |
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| 03 February 1973 | Barbara finishes third at meeting Wallasey Athletic Club took part in the West Lancashire Cross-Country championships, held last Saturday at Lancaster University. Read more... |
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| 10 February 1973 | Pete Lewis shines at Cosford Wallasey Athletic Club's Pete Lewis was one of the three local athletes who took part last weekend in the National Indoor Championships at R.A.F. Cosford. The meeting attracted many of the big names in British athletics; including Mary Peters, Mike Bull and, Ian Stewart. Read more... |
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| 24 February 1973 | Athletes in big school contests Several younger members of Wallasey Athletic Club ladies' section took part last Saturday in the Cheshire schools cross-country championships at Tatton Park. It was also a triangular inter-counties event with teams from Staffordshire and Shropshire taking part. Read more... |
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| 03 March 1973 | Barbara joins national squad Barbara Banks, of Wallasey Athletic Club, who was placed sixth in the National Cross-Country Championships in Rawtenstall on Saturday, has won a place in the English athletic team which will be taking part in the International Cross-Country Championships in Gwent, Belgium, on March 17. Read more... |
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| 24 March 1973 | Barbara helps England to athletics hat-trick Barbara Banks of Wallasey Athletic Club, finished 23rd in the international Cross-Country Championships, at Wageram, Belgium at the weekend. Read more... |
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| 31 March 1973 | Athletes win at Port Sunlight Another early season track meeting at The Oval, Port Sunlight, last week, produced some encouraging results for Wallasey Athletic Club for such an early date. Read more... |
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| 14 April 1973 | Large entry in veterans road race Wallasey Athletic Club were hosts to the Northern Veterans Athletic Club on Sunday for the annual six and a half mile road race. This year's entry was the biggest ever with more than 50 contestants. j Read more... |
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| 21 April 1973 | Athletic notes Wallasey Athletic Club's only athlete in action last weekend was Pete Lewis, who scored a resounding victory in an 800m race at Stretford. His time of 1m 54.3 secs. was 6 secs. ahead of the runner-up. This was a tremendous pre-season performance for Pete, who is now captain of athletics at Birmingha Read more... |
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| 28 April 1973 | Search still on for sports personality The search is on for Wallasey's Sports Personality and the NEWS is co-operating in the selection. Read more... |
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| 28 April 1973 | Athletes 'loaned out' for Wirral marathon Several Wallasey Athletic Club members took part in the multi-sport Wirral marathon, which was staged to celebrate the new Merseyside authority on Easter Saturday. Read more... |
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| 19 May 1973 | Preston sets club record On Saturday Wallasey Athletic Club were hosts to teams from all over the north west in the first Northern League meeting of the season. The meeting took place at Woodchurch track, Wallasey's home ground, Read more... |
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| 26 May 1973 | Search for town's sports personality No. 7 Brian Ellis is a member of Liverpool Mercury Racing Club and formerly of New Brighton Cycling Club. He was Merseyside division schoolboy champion in 1971 and a member of the pre-Olympic squad in 1972. Read more... |
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| 26 May 1973 | Shock wins give Phil county titles Phil Truscott, Wallasey Athletic Club track captain, caused a major upset list Saturday at Hartford when he surprised the opposition and became the new holder of the Cheshire County 200 metres and long jump titles. Read more... |
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| 16 June 1973 | Julie Halfpenny Pictured after her success in the 400 metres (senior girls) race at the Cheshire Schools Annual Athletic Championships is Julie Halfpenny a pupil at Oldershaw Grammar School. Read more... |
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| 16 June 1973 | Tables turned in Lanes Festival Relay Wallasey Athletic Club's Barbara Banks continued her current fine form to win the 3,000 metre race in the Northern Championships held in Huddersfield. Read more... |
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| 07 July 1973 | Uphill struggle to stay with league leaders In the second Northern League meeting at Huddersfield, Wallasey Athletic Club slipped to third place, behind Longwood and Warrington A.C. Read more... |
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| 14 July 1973 | Keith leaps to championship triumph Wallasey Athletic Club's Keith Sorrel pulled out a great performance in the senior boys' long jump to finish second at the English Schools Athletic Championships at the Oval, Bebington, last week. Read more... |
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| 21 July 1973 (New) | Barbara weds A leading international athlete, winner of the Wallasey Sports Personality of the Year in 1968, member of Wallasey Athletic Club and former pupil of Maris Stella School, Miss Barbara Banks, second daughter of Mr and Mrs John Banks of Harrison Drive, Wallasey, was married at English Martyrs' Church t Read more... |
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| 21 July 1973 (New) | Barbara weds Wallasey's leading international athlete, who in 1968 was the, town's Sports Personality of the Year, Miss Barbara Banks, of Harrison Drive, was married to Mr. Budha Majumdar, of West Bengal, India, at English Martyrs' Church, St. George's Road, Wallasey, on June 30. Barbara is a member of Wallasey Read more... |
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| 28 July 1973 | Pete sets personal best at A.A.A. meet Wallasey Athletic Club's Pete Lewis, recorded a personal best of 1 min. 50.9 secs. in his heat of the 800 metres at the A.A.A. Championships at Crystal Palace recently. Read more... |
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| 04 August 1973 | Athletes in second spot after narrow defeat Wallasey Athletic Club's men's section were narrowly beaten last Saturday in the final league meeting of the season at Warrington Athletic Club grounds. They were pushed into second place after an exciting battle. Read more... |
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| 25 August 1973 | Athletes set five 'personal bests' Wallasey Athletic Club runners achieved five personal bests at Stretford last weekend when competing against six other clubs. Read more... |
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