Athletics

Schoolchildren representing Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre stormed to success at this year’s SPAR Lancashire School Games County finals, clinching six medals.

The Lytham Beer Run painted the town pink.

The UK’s oldest half-marathon had a new winner for its 54th running.

The Combined Events extravaganza for Fylde and Wyre secondary schools was staged at Stanley Park.

A new running club has been formed on the Fylde coast and could hardly have invited a more inspirational figure along for its launch night.

Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde AC’s young athletes were among the competitors for the first Mid Lancs Track and Field meeting at Blackburn’s Witton Park.

The first Fleetwood race of the year took place amid glorious spring weather conditions with 400 or so towing the line on the outer promenade.

The headline sponsor of Garstang’s inaugural Colour Dash is calling on all local businesses to put on their running shoes and do their bit for charity.

The club secretary of Garstang running club has given a huge thank you to all those that took part in the annual Garstang Gallop.

The staging of the final Mid Lancs Cross Country fixture of the season had been in doubt due to the atrocious weather last week.

The February weather was unusually mild for the 29th running of the Great North West Half-Marathon on the Blackpool sea front.

The sportshall athletics season has continued at a cracking pace and last week the Year 7 pupils from Wyre and Fylde schools competed for places in the county finals.

Kirkham Grammar Junior School returned with a magnificent medal haul from the Association of Junior Independent Schools Indoor Athletics Championships at Wigan Indoor Arena.

Parkrun celebrated its first birthday in Blackpool last  weekend.