Bonnie Martin always takes an interest in the sports and hobbies of her boyfriends. But this gets her into all sorts of scrapes such as a black eye from squash and dropping weights on her latest boyfriend’s foot.
When Lynn Jones, an Olympic sprint gold medallist, returned to home town of Brickfield, she founded the Brickfield Athletic Club to help girls of the town who had no ether facilities to become athletes. Although the Brickfield Belles, as they called themselves, were interested in all events, track and field, their main concern was to train a winning 4 x 100 metres relay team. The team, which it was hoped would help bring publicity and support for the club, had been challenged to race against a team in a house match at the exclusive girls’ school, “The Mount”. Meanwhile, the girls trained by road-running.
Orphan Davina Ray’s talent for diving was noticed by ex-champion Mary Lord, who invited Davina to stay with her for the summer holidays so that she could coach her for the County Championships. But Mary Lord’s daughter, Elaine, also entering the Championship, resented Davina being there. Now Mary was coaching the girls at the local baths.
Davina Dives In – Judy: #1226 (09 July 1983) – #1233 (27 August 1983)
After buying a statuette of an ancient Greek runner called Laonicus, Sue Sprinter became obsessed with winning. She won the school hundred metres and helped her school relay team to victory at the inter-school sports. But she was strangely unaware of how nastily she acted at times.
Sue Sprinter– Judy: #1225 (02 July 1983) – #1240 (15 October 1983)
Sheila Dark lived in the town of Highfield, where she worked as maid in a hotel. She had one passion in her life —skiing.
Reprinted – Judy: #1193 (20 November 1982) – #1206 (19 February 1983)
Puny Penny Puttick, from Little Leening, had been picked by a computer for training at a special college for future sports champions. Penny had been a flop at everything, but the Principal, Professor Hardknutt, and her governors had complete faith in their computerised selection system. Penny had great faith in herself and decided to tone up her muscles with a special exerciser which she had sent for by mail order.
Puny Penny – Judy: #1077 (30 August 1980) – #1086 (01 November 1980)
Tina Trotter, a brilliant natural runner, was being trained by athletics coach Madge Keen, who also made Tina a guest at the exclusive Seadune Athletics Club. Tina had learned her running on her daily milk-round, and her main concern in life was Baldy, the horse who had pulled the milk-cart. The Club officials soon realised that they had a star runner in Tina and, to humour her, had agreed to stabling Baldy in the Club grounds.
Despite opposition from some players, Julie Linden was a member of St Hilda’s netball team. Although she was very small, she was a brilliant shooter. Now she had to prove her worth in a vital match against Ravencroft, who were leading 3-0 at the first break–largely because Julie had played in bare feet because her shoes were missing. Julie returns in the sequel Jumping Julie and the Harlequins.
Jenny Arkwright was nicknamed ” Rabbit ” because, unlike her elder brother and sister, she was a loser at schoolwork and sports. Then Jack Hardcastle, a runner from the past, began to give her cross-country training—though Jenny’s parents thought it was all in her imagination, when in fact he was a ghost.
Run, Rabbit, Run! – Judy and Emma: #1027 (15 Sep. 1979) – #1039 (08 Dec. 1979)
Plot:
Sports writer Pat Fraser had been mysteriously transported to a strange palace where a woman known as the Princess ruled with the aid of a hypnotic eye, which hovered in the air, and a voice that came from nowhere. There, she watched a girl called Lora skate against world champions and beat them! For each victory, Lora was rewarded with the release of one of tie the prisoners from the dungeons beneath the ice rink. Ranulf, Lora’s cousin, tried to escape and, before he was recaptured, he managed to hide a bracelet that gave the wearer protection against the mysterious eye that spied on everything that happened in the palace. Later, Pat went into the grounds to look for the bracelet.
