Junior athletics review: Blackpool Wyre and Fylde

The second Mid Lancs cross country fixture takes place at Cuerden Valley, Preston, on Saturday.

Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde junior athletes kept in practice at two events last weekend.

Danielle and Bethany Whipp ran their first Parkruns at Lytham Hall on Saturday.

For 14-year-old Danielle it proved a happy experience as she ran the 5km with a smile on her face, finishing 19th overall and first female in 20mins, 19 secs.

Bethany, aged 11, enjoyed the run despite a fall, finishing 45th with 22:32, just behind Imogen Reader, who posted a new course personal best of 22:30.

For 12-year-old Lucy Tickle it was her 72nd Parkrun – her 17th at Lytham Hall – and she was 21st in 21:47. Daniel Mathew posted a course pb of 21:19 in 29th place.

The next day Lucy Tickle was again running, this time at the Mile Fun Run, before the Fairclough 5 Mile race.

On a beautiful course at Stanah Country Park, beside the River Wyre, Lucy finished second in 5:48, with Taylor Holland third in 6:02. Nine-year-old Gracie Scott was ninth in 6:28.

Later in the main Fairclough 5, 15-year-old Jess Jackson ran her first five-mile race and finished 66th in 39:20.