1975-1976

Date	Headline	Ref
12 September 1975 (New)	Mark is athlete of the year Mark Feeney is Wallasey Athletic Club's athlete of the year. Read more...	2645
17 October 1975	Athletic club stretches out The Cheshire Road Relays were held on a tough, hilly course from the Frodsham Community Centre last Sunday. Read more...	1822
24 October 1975	New Brighton hill work for athletes Wallasey Athletic Club are still training five times a week. You may have seen them. On Monday evening we travel as a club from St. George's middle school, Leasowe Road, to a well known hill in New Brighton, which even some cars have trouble ascending, this being Portland Street. Read more...	1823
31 October 1975	Athletes off to St. Helens The long rest between track and cross-country season, broken only by two road relays, has eventually come to an end. The Wallasey Athletic Club men compete in the first Read more...	1824
07 November 1975	Rough ground for runners The weather was none too kind to Wallasey Athletic Club last Saturday for the first of the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Leagues at Sherdley Park, St. Helens. Read more...	1825
21 November 1975	Wallasey athletes ran well The second of the three Liverpool & District Cross-Country Leagues was held last Saturday, 15th inst., at Clarke Gardens, Allerton. Read more...	1826
28 November 1975	Athletic club is building up The was more going on on Saturday 15th than the reported league meeting. Four Wallasey Athletic Club members were competing at Warrington in an inter schools league meeting. They were Tommy Bond, who finished 57th , Dave Southern 58th, Stuart Crowe 88th; and Keith McAlister 91st. They all ran quite Read more...	1827
05 December 1975	Sick list hits the runners Sickness prevented Wallasey Athletic Club turning out a full colts team list Saturday for the final cross-country league meeting at West Derby. Read more...	1828
12 December 1975	Fast times by local runners Wallasey Athletic Club provided the fastest youth of the day in the H.S. Finney cross-country relays last Saturday at Clarkes Garden, Liverpool. The course, supposedly over a 1¼ mile lap, but more like a 2¼ mile lap was particularly heavy going in parts and confusing to follow, writes Read more...	1829
19 December 1975	Athletes' festive racing Most Wallasey Athletic Club members have a rest from competition until the New Year when the championship part of the season comes into full swing. Read more...	1830
26 December 1975 (New)	Big field in 3-mile handicap The Wallasey Athletic Clubs' annual Christmas handicap race was held on Saturday over the usual three-mile course along Leasowe Road, embankment and shore. Read more...	2646
09 January 1976	Strong winds make life so hard for runners Last Saturday, the day after the devastating storm, which put an end to just about all local outdoor sports, Wallasey Athletic Club competed in the Cheshire Cross-Country Championships. These were run around a tree-strewn course at Arrowe Park. Read more...	1895
16 January 1976	Athletic trio represent county in tourney Three members of Wallasey Athletic Club's boys' team have, been asked to represent Cheshire in an inter-counties match on Saturday, 24th January. Read more...	1896
23 January 1976	Schools benefit in cross country races at Oval Many local schools benefitted from having members of their team as members of Wallasey Athletic Club when they entered for the Wirral schools cross-country races last Saturday at the Oval Sports Centre. Read more...	1897
30 January 1976	Athletes shine at big gala The cream of the country gathered at the Meole Brace Secondary School in Shrewsbury last Saturday for the second annual colts and boys inter-county cross-country races. Read more...	1898
06 February 1976	Artic Day for local athletes Wallasey Athletic Club's Kevin McGee ran a superb race last Saturday, and was well backed up by Dave Southern and Rick Hemmings. It was the 83rd annual Northern Cross-Country Championship which was held in the Arctic conditions of Cottingswood Common in Morpeth. Read more...	1899
13 February 1976	Wallasey stars take county's top athletic honours There was a sharp contrast in conditions between the Merseyside Schools Championships in Crosby and the Northern Championships in Morpeth the previous weekend. Read more...	1900
06 March 1976	Bright day for Athletic in Sunday cross-country Bright sunshine, a cold day and excellent ground conditions greeted all the clubs entering Blackburn Harriers cross-country relays on Sunday. Read more...	1901
13 March 1976	Athletes gear up for new season The race marking the end of the cross-country season is the National Cross-Country Championship. Read more...	1902
20 March 1976	Track event opens with a bang at Stadium The track season opened with a bang, at Kirkby Stadium last Sunday afternoon. Read more...	1903
27 March 1976	Jones ends season on high note The indoor track season ended on a high note for Pete Jones last Saturday. Read more...	1904
03 April 1976	Wright to star in tourney The most outstanding result from last weekend's athletic programme as far as the Wallasey Athletic Club was concerned, was the performance of Chris Wright. Read more...	1905
10 April 1976	Colts lose chance of award Victoria Park, Warrington, was the venue for last Sunday's 3 x 1¼ mile cross-country relays. It was staged by Warrington Athletic Club and sponsored by the Burtonwood Brewery. Read more...	1906
17 April 1976	Inter-club rally opens season The track season opened for Wallasey Athletic Club with an inter-club visit held last Saturday at Woodchurch Community Centre. Athletes came from all over the north-west to make this a well-attended meeting which provided many good performances by club athletes. Read more...	1907
24 April 1976	Increased interest in athletics The annual meeting of Wallasey Athletic Club was held on Friday, April 9. It was well-attended, with 50 per cent of the book membership there. Read more...	1908
15 May 1976	Heat slows athletic champs Wallasey Athletic Club made a dash down the M6 last Sunday, May 9th, to compete in the Coventry Godiva Harriers promotion held at Leamington Spa Stadium. Read more...	1909
22 May 1976	Weather dashes athletes' hopes Last weekend, wet and windy as it was, saw the Wallasey Athletic Club competing in the Merseyside championships at Kirkby and the male members competing in the Cheshire Men's Championship in Hartford, Northwich. Read more...	1910
29 May 1976	Athletes' successful weekend It was obvious that the lesson was learned from the championship weekend when so many poor results were re-corded. Read more...	1911
19 June 1976 (New)	High standards for qualifier Last weekend was a busy one for many Athletic Club members. Read more...	2647
03 July 1976	Eight clubs compete in track events Members of Wallasey Athletic Club were competing in the second of the Northern Junior Track and Field League matches. Read more...	1912
10 July 1976	Jones knocks up a personal best Last Saturday, Wallasey's senior athletes made the trip to Blackpool to compete in the first Northern Track League fixture of the season. However, the blistering heat and dry, sandy track produced unsuitable conditions for an athletics meeting, making both track and field events difficult. Read more...	1913
17 July 1976 (New)	Southern reaps training benefits This weekend sees the opening of the 21st Olympiad at Montreal. Last Saturday the Olympic stars of the future competed in the Blackpool Young Athletes' League. Read more...	2648
07 August 1976	Jones clocks fastest time Last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club competed in the second of their three senior men's league meetings at Sheffield. Read more...	1914
14 August 1976	Jones in trim for national It has been many years since a Wallasey A.C. athlete has been accepted in the national championships for a track race. Read more...	1915
28 August 1976 (New)	Weather hits track standards The blustery wind swept dust storms around the dry track of Woodchurch Community Centre last Saturday. Read more...	2649