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Founded | 1924 |
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Ground | Aldersley Stadium |
Location | Aldersley Road, Wolverhampton WV6 9NW, England |
Coordinates | 52°36′17″N2°09′01″W / 52.60472°N 2.15028°W |
Website | official 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.
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.
Senior Men:
Athlete | Events | Games | Medals/Ref |
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Ralph Banthorpe | 200 metres, 4 × 100 m relay | 1968 | |
Maureen Tranter | 200 metres | 1968 | [5] |
Don Halliday | 100 m, 4 × 100 m | 1972 | |
Sonia Lannaman | 100 metres, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay | 1972, 1980 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Keith Connor | triple jump | 1980, 1984 | |
Kathy Smallwood-Cook | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 4 × 100 m relay | 1980, 1984 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Joan Baptiste | 200 m | 1984 | |
Phil Beattie | 400 m hurdles | 1984 | |
Garry Cook | 4 × 400 m relay | 1984 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() ![]() |