Andy McAllister

Athletics correspondent

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Relay boys are pride of Pendle

Pendle Athletic Club’s outstanding crop of U13 boys came up trumps again on Saturday when they won the North West Road Relay Championships at Sefton Park in Liverpool.

Pendle member lands bronze with fine Beijing effort

Anna Anderson has won a bronze medal at the ITU Aquathon World Championships in Beijing, while in the Triathlon World Championships staged three days later she narrowly missed her second medal of the tournament, finishing fourth after the chain slipped off her bike.

Youngsters enjoy success at Stanley Park

YOUNG athletes from two of our local clubs, Hyndburn AC and Blackburn Harriers, were at Stanley Park in Blackpool for the Quadkids competition which was staged exclusively for athletes under the age of 11.

Harriers’ final tribute to ‘inspirational’ Mike

MEMBERS of Chorley Harriers were due to turn out at last night’s Harrock Hill Fell Race in a final tribute to blind athlete Mike Ogle, who collapsed and died of heart failure at the Burnsall Classic Fell Race on Saturday while competing in the Harriers’ club championship grand prix.

Harriers to host selection event

BLACKBURN Harriers have pulled off a major coup by securing the Great Britain Team Selection Races for the 2011 World Mountain Running Championships.

A Turkish delight for Wilkinson

VICTORIA Wilkinson has won the women’s Great Britain Team Selection Race for the European Mountain Running Championships to earn automatic selection for the trip to Bursa in Turkey on July 9.