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1978-1979

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    09 September 1978

    Joint first in Northern

    On Saturday, Wallasey finished third in the third Northern League meeting, despite having to use track athletes to compete in the field events between races.

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    23 September 1978

    Wallasey relays improve

    Wallasey ran in the annual Sefton Park road relays, which attract very tough local competition. Wallasey improved on last year's performance by finishing 14th in a race which was run in fairly strong

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    25 November 1978

    Cosford season begins

    Last Saturday saw the opening of the Cosford indoor league. Wallasey Athletic Club were well represented and well to the fore.

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    02 December 1978

    McGhee runs to a new success

    Winter has certainly arrived and those few members of the Wallasey Athletic Club who ran in the third Liverpool & District League at Arrowe Park last Saturday will bear witness.

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    16 December 1978

    Personal bests for athletes

    At the second Cosford door open meeting, it was personal best performances all the way for the Wallasey Athletic Club runners last Saturday.

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    27 January 1979

    Weather hits medals

    The inter-counties cross-country championships were held in Luton, Bedfordshire on Saturday, representing Cheshire in the junior team was Wallasey Athletic Club member Kevin McGee.

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    03 March 1979

    Athletes' National tourneys

    With the championships almost over, Wallasey athletes couldn't have been in better form to contest in the girls' English schools or the men's national championships, this coming weekend, March 3.

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    24 March 1979

    Janet proves 'em wrong

    Janet McGee proved, yet again, the mistake made by Merseyside when not selecting her to represent Merseyside in the English schools.

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    07 April 1979

    Athletics test winter fitness

    Reasonable weather last weekend gave some of Wallasey Athletic Club's track and field athletes a chance to test the effectiveness of their winter work.

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    12 May 1979

    Good show by Jones

    The disappointments and doubts raised by poor performances of the previous weekend were brushed aside by the superb track runs of last weekend.

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    19 May 1979

    Athletes 'go for gold'

    'Go for Gold' was a motto adopted a short while ago by the British Olympic Committee. 'To come back with gold' was the small squads' dream, back from the Cheshire championships that is.

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    09 June 1979

    Athletes reap the benefits

    The Wallasey Athletic Club members, under the careful guidance of coaches Barbara Majumdar and Doug Hanna are beginning to reap the benefits of rigorous training programme throughout the difficult win

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    16 June 1979

    Good show by athletes

    Four boys and two girls from Wallasey A.C. are to compete for Merseyside in an inter counties match on Saturday, 16th June.

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Pictured are the winners in the ladies' race, Christine McGee (left), 2nd: and Ann Brimage, 1st, both representing Wallasey Athletic Club.
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    23 June 1979

    Wallasey winners!

    The 'Wallasey Relays', sponsored by the Wirral Council and organised by the Wirral Athletic Club, were held on the promenade at Wallasey on Sunday.

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    23 June 1979

    Success for Wallasey's athletes

    The best of Merseyside athletes travelled to Warley, Birmingham, last Saturday, to compete in an event which was almost a dress rehearsal for the English Schools track and field championships. Wallase

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    30 June 1979

    Personal bests at games

    The road relays organised by Wallasey Athletic Club, as part of the Wirral Festival of Sport, was witnessed by many who took advantage of the fine weather.

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    14 July 1979

    Kevin races in Spain

    Wallasey Athletic Club runner Kevin McGee, aged 18, had the worst of build ups for his international races in Spain, which took place on Monday and Tuesday.

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    14 July 1979

    English schools championships

    At the weekend four members of Wallasey AC competed for Merseyside in the English Schools Championships at Nottingham. On Friday the Merseyside ream suffered numerous setbacks, with only a few of the

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