18 September 1971
Athletes on tough course
A small group of young Wallasey Athletic Club runners were brave enough to tackle the Frodsham Hill races. The tough course takes the runners up over 300ft, a true test of fitness and endurance.
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25 September 1971
Athletics win by veterans
Veteran runners Ramsey Hewson and Jim Rimmer took first and second places in Wallasey Athletic Club's sealed handicap cross-country held outside Denbigh last weekend. Audrey McKay had her first taste of distance running with the club third.
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14 October 1971
Local athletes disappoint
The mens’ and women’s sections of Wallasey Athletic Club showed disappointing results in their relay events at the weekend, but the club had teams in all the age groups.
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30 October 1971
Wallasey AC tenth in road relay
Wallasey Athletic Club finished 10th in the Sefton Park Road Relay championships on Saturday. Liverpool Harriers took the lead at the second stage and went on to win the event by a comfortable margin.
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06 November 1971
Barbara comes back to win
At a closely contested inter-club athletic meeting at the weekend, Barbara Banks scored her first victory since her six month absence from competitive running. Over the fast two-mile course Barbara led from the start with C. Helsby (Stretford A.C.) and Liz Connor (Preston A.C.) in second and third places.
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20 November 1971
Athletic club’s good place in National relay
Wallasey Athletic Club had four teams competing in the National Road Relays at Bradford this weekend. It was the largest entry ever from the club and the best performances came from the senior teams, who finished in 13th place out of a field of 50 teams.
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1604
27 November 1971
Athletic Club 7th in relay
Wallasey Athletic Club's men's cross-country team competed twice in the last week showing substantial improvement on past outings. Dave Lindsay in particular excelling.
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04 December 1971
Athletic club's Lynn sets a record
In the schools relay race organised by Wallasey Athletic Club’s Lynn Carter set a new course record for the under 14s defeating the other girls on the first leg by nearly half a minute.
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11 December 1971
Athletes in final
Today both sections of Wallasey Athletic Club will be competing in the final league cross-country meetings of the season.
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18 December 1971
Athletes in good form
Wallasey Athletic Club's women’s team retained the runners-up position they held In the Northern League last season.
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15 January 1972
Athletes in ‘National’
Today two strong Wallasey Athletic Club ladies teams are entered in the National Novices Cross-Country Championships at Birmingham. The only athletes eligible for these races are those who have not finished in the first three in area championships or gained any international status.
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22 January 1972
Athletes in championship
At the National Novices Cross-Country Championships held at Birmingham last Saturday six of the Wallasey Athletic Club's senior ladies returned creditable places against stiff competition over a very muddy 4,000m course.
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1609
29 January 1972
Wallasey runners help county to cross-country win
In the women's inter-counties cross-country championships at Arrowe Park, two Wallasey athletes helped the Cheshire senior team to a first ever win.
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1610
05 February 1972
Athletes in championship
Wallasey Athletic Club came fifth in the West Lancashire Cross-Country Championships at St. Helens on Sunday, Dave Lindsay and Dave Lockley had outstanding runs over the tough nine mile course.
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1621
12 February 1972
Our girls are champion
Wallasey Athletic Club's women's cross-country team won the Northern cross-country championships at Rawtenstall on Sunday, Barbara Banks spearheaded the effort with a fine second place.
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19 February 1972
Runners disappoint
Wallasey Athletic Club men's section failed to follow the example of the girls being disappointing in the men's Northern Championship at Gateshead.
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26 February 1972
Athletes in 'National'
Today, Wallasey Athletic Club women's cross-country team are competing in the National Championships at High Wycombe. As Northern champions they must be capable of providing a strong challenge to the Southern clubs who have recently dominated this event.
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1605
04 March 1972
Athletes 5th in National championship
In the women's national cross-country championships Wallasey Athletic Club's team proved themselves capable of pushing the best teams in the country, finishing fifth, their highest placing ever.
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18 March 1972
Wallasey A.C. came third
Sylvia Brimage kept up her fine record for the weekend in the Rossendale Shield Race. The club's women's team finished third after a close competition in which Stoke A.C. won with 45 points, Stretford A.C. were runners-up with 51 points Wallasey got 54.
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23 March 1972
Women's team for relay
Wallasey Athletic Club's women's team will be starting favourites for today's Northern Road Relay Championships at Carlisle.
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1607
01 April 1972
Girl Athletes in strong run
Six Wallasey Athletic Cub girls travelled to Carlisle last Saturday to take part in the Northern Road Relay Championships.
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1619
29 April 1972
Athletes at Allerton
A small team of senior athletes represented Wallasey A.C. as guests at Mather Avenue, Allerton, last Saturday, in a track and field meeting between Chester College, and the Universities of Liverpool and Bangor.
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1618
06 May 1972
Lockley win keeps AC flag flying
Eight members of Wallasey Athletic Club competed in a Stretford League last Saturday, most of them trying their hand at the 800 metres.
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1612
13 May 1972
Athletes in 4th place
Wallasey Athletic Club ladies section competed at Warrington last Sunday, finishing fourth in the second meeting of the Cheshire Women's League.
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1616
20 May 1972
Wallasey in top athletes form
A small team from Wallasey Athletic Club returned some fine results at Warrington last Saturday to finish third with 234 points in the first meeting of the Northern League, Blackpool won the match with 261 points.
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1615
07 June 1972
Athletes at their best
Three ladies' teams from Wallasey Athletic Club collected prizes at New Brighton last Saturday in the 3 x 1,000 metres road relay, part, of the Wallasey Festival of Sport.
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1614
08 June 1972
Excitement mounts for 7-mile battle
Wallasey Athletic Club organizers of the 7-mile road race at New Brighton on Saturday afternoon as part of the “Echosport 72” programme in the Wallasey Festival of Sport, came much nearer the truth than they imagined when they billed the event as an “open race.”
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1613
01 July 1972
Fine run by Lockley
At Stratford last Tuesday three members of Wallasey Athletic Club's ladies' section competed against opposition of a high standard in the 1500 metres.
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1737
22 July 1972
Great run by Pete Lewis
Several members of the Wallasey Athletic Club competed in the St. Helens Police Sports meeting in rainy conditions. Janice Watts won first prize in the senior ladies' 400 metres with a time of 60.4 sec. and Phil Wade finished 4th in the junior men's race with 54.1 sec.
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1745
05 August 1972
Athletes move into second spot after league victory
In a tremendous team effort at Blackpool last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club won the third of four Northern League meetings beating their nearest rivals, Blackpool, by 21 points.
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