The rain held off and the athletes had pretty good conditions for the final fixture in this years YDL Lower Age Group at Stockport. For a number of the athletes involved, this year has been their first year in competition and whilst hard at times for those who are...
It is said that nothing stands still which is as true about athletics as it is of any other factor of life. Without enthusiastic youngsters being encouraged and supported to have a go, by schools, parents, coaches and team managers – and – looking to...
Alison Leonard is a Blackburn Harrier who has reached a point in her athletic career where she is in a position to challenge for a place at the Olympics. She already has an impressive list of achievements. Alison had been working towards qualification for Rio and it...
2016 European Championships British Champion and Record Holder – Sophie Hitchon – was mixing it with some of the best Hammer Throwers in the world at the European Championships in Amsterdam. Showing great consistency in her Throws, Sophie posted...
A pretty awful day greeted the athletes at Lancaster for the latest fixture in this years Mid Lancs League with a really strong wind which meant running into a brick wall on the back straight and some of the Throws events also going into the wind. Not withstanding,...
There was a surprise for the athletes at Training on Tuesday night when they turned up. Present at track side was Olympic 10k Silver Medalist Liz McColgan-Nuttall and former Olympian and National Cross Country Champion John Nuttall who when visiting friends who are...