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
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 AthleteEventsGamesMedals/RefRalph Banthorpe 200 metres, 4 × 100 m relay 1968Maureen Tranter 200 metres 1968Don Halliday 100 m, 4 × 100 m 1972Sonia Lannaman 100 metres, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay 1972, 1980 Rosemary Stirling 800 metres 1972Verona Elder-Barnard 400 metres, 4 × 400 m relay 1972, 1976Denise Brownhigh jump 1976Glen Cohen 400 m, 4 × 400 m relay 1976, 1980Tessa Sanderson javelin throw 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Keith Connor triple jump 1980, 1984Kathy Smallwood-Cook 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 4 × 100 m relay 1980, 1984 Joan Baptiste 200 m 1984Phil Beattie 400 m hurdles 1984Garry Cook 4 × 400 m relay 1984 Martin Girvan hammer throw 1984Pat Beckford 400 m 1988John King long jump 1988Paul Mardle discus 1988Joanne Mulliner heptathlon 1988Vernon Samuels triple jump 1988Steve Heard 800 m 1992Lisa Langford-Kehler 10/20km walk 1992, 2000Denise Lewis heptathlon 1996, 2000, 2004
Other Mike Bull, gold medal winner at the Commonwealth Games
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