Despite the obviousness of the football final being on the same day there were many creditable performances at Saturday's inter-club at Woodchurch. Organised by Wallasey Athletic Club we were hosts to members from Southport, Wirral and Chester Athletic Clubs.
The track, despite the previous two days heavy rainfall was in excellent condition and fully marked out and our thanks must go to the ground staff for their hard work in achieving this.
Full results are given below but special mention must be made of Tim Guest's 100 and 200; a relative newcomer to the club his times, on last years performances, would put him in first place in both of these events in our division of the Northern Track & Field League, as indeed would the performances of Bill Innes and Chris Preston,' high jump and hammer.
Special mention too of both our relay teams who, despite the lack of baton practice, showed excellent form. The 4 x 100 relay team finished in second place being robbed of first place by this lack of training and late arrival of two members due to school commitments.
The 4 x 100 relay team however, finished in a most encouraging first place despite the use of our high jumper. The first leg was run by Pete Jones; a 400m specialist he handed over to Bill Innes in first place, Bill lost the lead and handed over to Doug Hanna with a 20m deficit. Doug Hanna, still very unsure of his fitness ran like a man possessed, and put us back into a 30m lead. He handed over to Tim Guest who further consolidated our position.
Some members travel to Leamington this weekend to compete and next Weekend, May 17, sees the first of our Northern League commitments at Cleckheaton.
We are in desperate need of a mini-bus of our own and would like to hear from anyone who can almost give one away, that is in a road-worthy condition. Please contact Doug Hanna on 638 0296, between 5.30 and 6.30 weekdays if you can help or require any information, about the club.
Results:- 100m hurdles 2nd W. Innes 19.1 sec; 100m 'A' 3rd T. Guest 11.8, 'B' 3rd D. McAlister 12.1; 200m 'A' 2nd .T. Guest 23.5, 'B' 3rd D. McAlister 25.0; 400m Under 13 3rd I. Nightingall 87.9; Senior 1st P. Jones 54.5; 800m 4th T. Bond 2 min 38 sec; 1500m 5th P. Ashley 5 min 1 sec; 1500m boys 2nd R. Hemmings 5 min 13.2 sec, 3rd D. Southern 5 min 24 sec; 3000m Steeplechase 7th L. Durkin 13 min 14 sec; 4 x 100 Relay 2nd 47.6 sec; 4 x 400 Relay 1st 3 min 44.2 secs.
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Source - Wallasey News - Saturday, 10/05/1975
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