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Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club

Coordinates: 52°36′17″N 2°09′01″W / 52.60472°N 2.15028°W / 52.60472; -2.15028
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Wolverhampton & Bilston AC (WBAC)
Founded1924
GroundAldersley Stadium
LocationAldersley Road, Wolverhampton WV6 9NW, England
Coordinates52°36′17″N 2°09′01″W / 52.60472°N 2.15028°W / 52.60472; -2.15028
Websiteofficial website

Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club was formed in 1967 and has its home ground at Aldersley Leisure Village, formally Aldersley Stadium in Aldersley, Wolverhampton, England.

History

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Aldersley Leisure Village Sports centre in 2011
The track in 2006
Tessa Sanderson

In 1924 the Harriers Athletic Club which would formally be called the Wolverhampton Athletics Club was founded.[1] In 1943 the club merged with Penn Harriers to form the Wolverhampton Harriers.[2]

In February 1967 after a local government reorganisation the two local athletic clubs, Wolverhampton Harriers and Bilston Town Athletic Club merged to form the Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletic Club. [3][4]

The club won the Men's National League Division One from 1975 to 1982 and the Men's National Cup 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980.

Honours

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Senior Men:

  • British Athletics League
    • First Place: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
    • Second Place: 1974, 1984, 1985
    • Third Place: 1972, 1973, 1986, 1987

Notable athletes

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Olympians

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Athlete Events Games Medals/Ref
Ralph Banthorpe 200 metres, 4x100m relay 1968
Maureen Tranter 200 metres 1968 [5]
Don Halliday 100m, 4x100m 1972
Sonia Lannaman 100 metres, 200m, 4x100m relay 1972, 1980
Rosemary Stirling 800 metres 1972
Verona Elder-Barnard 400 metres, 4x400m relay 1972, 1976
Denise Brown high jump 1976
Glen Cohen 400m, 4x400m relay 1976, 1980
Tessa Sanderson javelin throw 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
Keith Connor triple jump 1980, 1984
Kathy Smallwood-Cook 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m relay 1980, 1984
Joan Baptiste 200m 1984
Phil Beattie 400m hurdles 1984
Garry Cook 4x400m relay 1984
Martin Girvan hammer throw 1984
Pat Beckford 400m 1988
John King long jump 1988
Paul Mardle discus 1988
Joanne Mulliner heptathlon 1988
Vernon Samuels triple jump 1988
Steve Heard 800m 1992
Lisa Langford-Kehler 10/20km walk 1992, 2000
Denise Lewis heptathlon 1996, 2000, 2004

Other

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  • Mike Bull, gold medal winner at the Commonwelath Games

References

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  1. ^ "New Harriers' Club". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 28 August 1924. Retrieved 27 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "W'ton Harriers' Successes". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 20 December 1943. Retrieved 27 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "He knew everything about athletics - tributes paid as Ken dies at 85". Express & Star. Express & Star. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  4. ^ "W'ton-Bilston merger goes through with high hope for future". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 14 January 1967. Retrieved 27 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Maureen Tranter at Power of 10