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Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club

Athletics club

Field	Value
name	Wolverhampton & Bilston AC (WBAC)
image	[[File:Wolverhampton_&_Bilston_Athletics_Club_logo.jpg	150px]]
founded	1924
ground	Aldersley Stadium
location	Aldersley Road, Wolverhampton WV6 9NW, England
coordinates
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

Aldersley Leisure Village Sports centre in 2011

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

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.

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

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

Olympians

Athlete	Events	Games	Medals/Ref
Ralph Banthorpe	200 metres, 4 × 100 m relay	1968
Maureen Tranter	200 metres	1968
Don Halliday	100 m, 4 × 100 m	1972
Sonia Lannaman	100 metres, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay	1972, 1980	[[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg	16px]]
Rosemary Stirling	800 metres	1972
Verona Elder-Barnard	400 metres, 4 × 400 m relay	1972, 1976
Denise Brown	high jump	1976
Glen Cohen	400 m, 4 × 400 m relay	1976, 1980
Tessa Sanderson	javelin throw	1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996	[[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg	16px]]
Keith Connor	triple jump	1980, 1984
Kathy Smallwood-Cook	100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 4 × 100 m relay	1980, 1984	[[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg	16px]][[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg	16px]][[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg	16px]]
Joan Baptiste	200 m	1984
Phil Beattie	400 m hurdles	1984
Garry Cook	4 × 400 m relay	1984	[[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg	16px]]
Martin Girvan	hammer throw	1984
Pat Beckford	400 m	1988
John King	long jump	1988
Paul Mardle	discus	1988
Joanne Mulliner	heptathlon	1988
Vernon Samuels	triple jump	1988
Steve Heard	800 m	1992
Lisa Langford-Kehler	10/20km walk	1992, 2000
Denise Lewis	heptathlon	1996, 2000, 2004	[[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg	16px]][[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg	16px]]

Other

Mike Bull, gold medal winner at the Commonwealth Games

References

(28 August 1924). "New Harriers' Club". Birmingham Daily Gazette.
(20 December 1943). "W'ton Harriers' Successes". Wolverhampton Express and Star.
"He knew everything about athletics - tributes paid as Ken dies at 85". Express & Star.
(14 January 1967). "W'ton-Bilston merger goes through with high hope for future". Wolverhampton Express and Star.
{{Power of 10 name. 41435. Maureen Tranter

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