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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. Read more... |
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| 10 November 1979 | Athletes step-up their training The last few weeks have seen an increase in the stamina work carried out by members of the Wallasey Athletic Club. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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 over a fairly flat and consequently fast all grass course. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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| 19 April 1980 | Athletes are on the right track On Saturday, April 12, Wallasey Athletic Club attended one of the first track meetings of the season at Pilkington Harriers Athletic Club. Read more... |
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| 24 May 1980 | Dublin race brings success for young Wallasey athletes Last weekend four members of Wallasey Athletic Club travelled to Dublin to represent Merseyside in a Merseyside v Dublin track and field meeting. Read more... |
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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 successful and won the gold medal for cross-country. Read more... |
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| 07 June 1980 | McGee magic is main consolation On Sunday, 1st June, Wallasey Athletic Club travelled to Witton Park, Blackburn, for another round of the G.R.E. Cup. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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| 28 June 1980 | Rain upsets athletes Again the weekend weather did nothing to help the performances of any athletes. Read more... |
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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. Read more... |
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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 was on and the club's senior athletes were to test their skills against five other clubs. Read more... |
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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 hosts to the Berkshire team. Read more... |
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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 were outstanding and deserve a pat on the back. Read more... |
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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 competition - 15-year-old Janet McGee. Read more... |
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