ALBUM - Greymouth Junior Athletic Club trip to Toc H mini Olympics, 1972 .

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DescriptionThe medal winners:

Carol Taylor,Julie Green, Phillipa Fahey, Leanne Menzies, Deb Keehan
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Danny Spark and Val Sweetman are in the other picture.Date of Photo1972Map^[1]ContributorDeb Oldman

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Location (city or town)GreymouthEventGreymouth Junior Athletic Club trip to Toc H mini Olympics

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Date Created16th February 2022CommentsKerrie Lee
Lovely photo of mum next to Danny Spark (Val McGirr, nee Sweetman). Thanks Joanne for spotting this.Delwyn Hughes
Nice photo with some familiar faces

Lovely photos

Brenda Lavery
Carol Scott Just look at you

Carol Scott
Brenda Lavery that time I was a Gold medallist haha . Wish I could run like that now !

Brenda Lavery
Id be happy just to be able to run

Kerrie Lee
Lovely photo of mum next to Danny Spark (Val McGirr, nee Sweetman). Thanks Joanne for spotting this.

Corina Thomson
Kerrie Lee gee I thought that your mum was you till I looked at the year the photo was taken

Kerrie Lee
Corina Thomson Karl Nelson said something similar when I showed him the picture!

Angela Townrow
Kerrie Lee so did Liam! I showed him the picture and he said that looks like Aunty Kerrie! Mum would have been about 22!

Kerrie Lee no problem
Ken Green
Julie Green Leanne menzies

Trevor Molloy
Danny Spark is a legend for the effort he put into the young people in this area " unselfishly ", He deserves more credit for his efforts

Gary Boucher
Trevor Molloy yes Danny put in 100's of hours coaching kids,let along all the time he and sometimes brother Colin spent setting up for meets on Anzac park and a bumpy Recreation ground.
ecca Pearson
Trevor Molloy totally agree!

Cheryl Riley
Danny Spark and his brother are two of the special people of this life who gave so much to youth and do not want any special recognition, just like those two great international athletes born on the West Coast who set their own training programmes, Eddy Gray and Dave McKenzie - they could not be beaten - not in the whole world. If we could all take a page out of their book how much better this world would be.

Bronwen Skates
My wonderful cousin Val , her mum and my mum were twins, Val was very much a driving force in kids athletics were on the West Coast ,gone way to soon with so much still to give . We miss her every day cheers Colin

Rebecca Pearson
A good looking Danny Spark there!! He coached me in the 1980's
Lynette Chisholm
Who can name the kids? I think Bernadette Fahey is the middle one of the 5.

Deb Oldman
Lynette Chisholm in the photo Carol Taylor, Julie Green, Phillipa Fahey, Leanne Menzies, Deb Keehan

Sandra Skates
Val was such a great person to all her sports and gave 100percent to those kids for years

Mary Morgan
Bernadette and Pip Fahey you both are in the photos

Deb Oldman
only Philippa is in the photo she is in the middle
Bronwen Skates
Kerrie , you look so much like Val in this photo She would be so proud of all of you xx

Karla Skates
Kerrie you're Aunty Val's image xx

Margaret Swinburn
Deb Keehan-Oldman continues her envolvement with Athletics. She has been the Greymouth Athletic Club's Treasurer for a number of years. Pay back time!!!

Deb Oldman
It would be great to know where the other medal winners are now? Carol, Julie, Phillipa and Leanne.

Julie Munro
Such a great club to be part of with great memories. I am now living in Sydney .

Julie Munro
Julie green/munro

Deb Oldman
Great to hear from you Julie I remember how fast you were
Yes its a great club to be part of.

Anne Brown
Fabulous photo, wonderful history

Rob Absalom
I remember mum, Heather, was involved with the club during Danny and Colin's time, along with my sister Shirleen.

Barry Helem
Danny Spark - legend.

Jill Robinson
Gosh, Danny and Val were involved with athletics for so any years

Bronwen Skates
Kerrie Lee looks so much like her lovely mum here.
Darryl Eason
Luv itv back in the day at the athletic club ,

Malcolm Pentecost
Darryl Eason never forget Danny Sparks , was a good coach .

Darryl Eason
Malcolm Pentecost yes he always pushed us to do our best in ia please way
Murray Saunders
Darryl Eason lots of strong athletes mate.
Del Godfrey
And snoopy our mascot!

Leanne Menzies
Yes good old days

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