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1979-1980

Members of Wallasey Athletic Club pictured before a training sessions at Woodchurch Community Centre.
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    08 September 1979

    Training Session

    Members of Wallasey Athletic Club pictured before one of their training sessions at the Woodchurch Community Centre.

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    17 November 1979

    Colts Cross-country

    Last Saturday, in wet and windy conditions, five of the younger athletes in the club travelled to Sherdley Park, St. Helens, to compete in an inter-club cross-country.

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    24 November 1979

    Athletics weekend

    This weekend, Sunday, to be exact, sees the female section out in force at Sherdley Park in St. Helens. The occasion being the Merseyside Women's cross-country championships.

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    09 February 1980

    Girls Run Well

    Last Saturday seven athletes from Wallasey A.C. competed in the Merseyside Schools Cross-Country Championships.

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    01 March 1980

    Cross Country competition

    There was yet another record entry and turnout in this year's National Cross-Country Championships. They were held this year in Leicester in glorious sunshine and almost perfect conditions under foot

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    15 March 1980

    Mediocre day for athletes

    On Saturday, March 1, four members of WAC ladies' section represented Merseyside County in the English Schools Cross-Country Championships held Telford.

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    29 March 1980

    Honour for three athletes

    Three girls from Wallasey Athletic Club, Barbara Jones, Siobhan Power and Janet McGee have been chosen to run for Great Britain in the European Catholic Schools Cross-Country event in Belgium.

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Marie Henry, Janet McGee and Siobhan Power
Siobhan Power
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    31 May 1980

    She ran for gold

    Siobhan Power, 16, is a pupil of Plessington High School, Rock Ferry, and has recently been representing British Catholic schools in an athletics' competition in Belgium. Her team was extremely succes

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    14 June 1980

    Wallasey's Pete tests Seb

    If you follow athletics, you cannot fail to have heard of the fastest 800m in the world this year by triple world record holder Sebastian Coe.

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Janet McGee and Ian McLeod
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    05 July 1980

    Ian and Jan off to Milan

    Two Wallasey youngsters are travelling to Milan, Italy, this weekend - to compete against athletes from all over the world in an international schools athletic match.

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    05 July 1980

    Bob's costly slip

    Last Sunday morning Wallasey Athletic Club members were waking early in preparation for the long coach journey to Gateshead, home of such athletes as Brendan Foster. The first Northern League match wa

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    12 July 1980

    Wallasey hosts young stars

    Visiting the North West this weekend will be school age athletes from all over the country. They arrived yesterday, Thursday, and are the guests of families all over the Liverpool area, Wallasey are h

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    02 August 1980

    Grass roots Olympics

    Britain's top athletes will be on their way home from Moscow this weekend, after doing us proud in the Olympic Games. Regardless of the political wrangling which has marred these games, our athletes w

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Janet McGee
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    09 August 1980

    Silver Jan is our July 'personality'

    Collecting a silver medal in an international schools athletics match was just one in a line of outstanding achievements by the July winner of the Wallasey News Sports Personality of the Month competi

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