Ramsden, as a child, attended Stanley St. Peter's School in
Stanley,
West Riding of Yorkshire and ran at club level for the
Dorothy Hyman Track Club. Ramsden won a bronze medal in the
4 × 100 metres relay team, running 44.39 seconds in the
1969 European Athletics Championships in the
Karaiskakis Stadium,
Athens, Greece, the team was; Ramsden,
Anita Neil,
Sheila Cooper and
Val Peat. Ramsden's set a personal best time for the
100 metres of 11.67 seconds set at
Meadowbank Stadium,
Edinburgh on 6 August 1976. On emonth later Ramsden became the
British 200 metres champion after winning the British
WAAA Championships title at the
1976 WAAA Championships at
Crystal Palace, setting a personal best time for the
200 metres of 23.48 seconds. At the 1976 Olympics Games in
Montreal, she represented
Great Britain and set her best time for the
4 × 100 metres relay, running 43.44 seconds for
Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team at the
Olympic Stadium on 30 July 1976. The team that set the
British record and finished eighth in the final was; Ramsden,
Wendy Clarke,
Sharon Colyear and
Andrea Lynch. Ramsden married Robert Castle in 1978 and competed under her married name thereafter. == Personal life ==