It was obvious that the lesson was learned from the championship weekend when so many poor results were re-corded.
Even the sun shone on the many athletes contesting for a place in the Wirral Schools' team to run in the Merseyside Schools Championships. Wallasey Athletic Club was well represented in the events at Woodchurch Community Centre.
Oona Norris started the day of successes for the club when she finished first in her heat of the junior girls' 800, Karen Howley, making a late decision to compete, being a 'flu victim, finished third in the same heat. Joanne Macdonald showed slight return to form when finishing second in her heat with a late run for home.
Nick Robinson, running the junior boys' 800, finished fourth in his heat in 2 min 21 sec. Dave Southern ran a 2 min 13 sec final in the inter-boys' 800. Neil Tunstall, short of training, still managed an impressive 13.3 sec in the junior boys' 80 m hurdles. Michael Michael only managed fourth place in his heat but still returned a personal best time of 12.7 sec in the inter-boys' 100 m.
The most outstanding race of the day for Wallasey Athletic Club must have been the inter-boys' 1,500 m. Kevin McGee, who had to enter himself in the race led from start to finish and won by an outstanding margin, with yet another personal best of 4 min 32.2 secs. Third in the same race, making a welcome return to competition after a short lay-off was Tommy Bond.
Athletic Club results
JG - Junior Girls.
SB - Senior Boys.
JB - Junior Boys.
IB - Intermediate Boys.
PB - Personal best performance.
JG 800: O. Norris. 1st in heat, 2 min 35.7 sec (PB): 2nd in final. 2 min 36.8 sec. K. Howley, 3rd in heat, 2 43.0: 3rd in final. 2 40.2 (PB). J. Macdonald, 2nd in heat, 2 41.5: 6th in final, 2 47.0.
JB 800: N. Robinson. 4th in heat, 2 21.0 (PB): 8th In final,
2 29.5.
IB 800: C. Latham, 5th in heat, 2 29.0. D. Southern, 1st in heat, 2 15.8: 4th In final, 2 13.0 (PB).
JB 400: I. MacLeod. 3rd in heat, 64.4
JB 1500: P. Delap. 2nd in heat. 4 53.5: 5th in final, 4 55.0.
JB 3000: C. Wright. 2nd in final 9 39.2.
JG 1500: C. Jenkinson, 6th in final. 6 01.5.
JB 800 m hdls: N. Tunstall, 2nd in heat, 13.9; 2nd in final, 13.3 (PB). JG 100: L. Jenkinson, 1st in heat, 13.8: 4th in final, 14.0.
IB 100: M. Michael, 4th in heat, 12.7
IB 1500: K. McGee, 1st in final 4 32 (PB), T. Bond, 3rd in final 4 34.3 (PB).
JB 200: A. Michael 5th in heat, 28.8
SB 100: D. McAlister, 2nd in final, 12.7
Ends
Source - Wallasey News - Saturday, 29/05/1976 by D.H.
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