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Paralympic hero Shelly Woods to get home honour medal

1:15pm Monday 22nd September 2008

Paralympic hero Shelly Woods has come home with two well deserved medals from Beijing and now Blackpool Council is set to add to her haul by striking a special civic medal in her honour.

Medal miss for Blackpool paralympic hero

11:04am Wednesday 17th September 2008

Blackpool paralympic hero Shelly Woods narrowly failed to secure her third medal of the games finishing an agonising fourth in the marathon.

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Second silver for Blackpool athlete Shelly

1:39pm Tuesday 16th September 2008

Blackpool athlete Shelly Woods claimed her second medal of the Paralympics this afternoon.

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Blackpool athlete Shelly prepares for next race

3:51pm Monday 15th September 2008

Shelly Woods will go for her second medal of the Paralympics when she competes in tomorrow’s 1,500metres final.

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ParalympicsGB pledges support for Blackpool athlete

3:32pm Thursday 11th September 2008

Following the protest around the women’s T54 5000m race in Beijing which saw Blackpool athlete, Shelly Woods, forced to hand back her silver medal, ParalympicsGB have pledged to ensure her interests are protected.

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Fylde star runs at Bedford International Stadium

4:04pm Wednesday 10th September 2008

Lytham's middle distance ace, Jono Prowse, and multi-eventer, Nia Rutter were Blackpool Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club's star performers at the British Athletics League 10 in 100 Plate Final at the Bedford International Stadium, last weekend.

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Paralympian Shelly to hand back silver medal

9:11am Tuesday 9th September 2008

Blackpool paralympian Shelly Woods has been forced to hand back her silver medal after a day of high drama in Bejing.

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Blackpool's Shelly scoops silver in Paralympics

1:54pm Monday 8th September 2008

Blackpool athlete Shelly Woods has won a silver medal in her first race of the Beijing Paralympics.

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Podium position for Fylde athletes

10:26am Wednesday 27th August 2008

Ten Blackpool Wyre and Fylde athletes were chosen to represent the North of England in the Inter-Counties track and field championships, last weekend, with all ten achieving a podium position at the Costello Stadium in Hull.

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Athletes qualify for league final

5:11pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Blackpool Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club's senior track and field squad qualified for the Northern League Final at Sports City Manchester next month with an outstanding performance at the Stanley Park Arena, last weekend.

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Club extends lead with home win at Stanley Park

1:24pm Thursday 7th August 2008

Blackpool Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club extended their lead at the top of the North of England track and field league with a convincing win on home soil at Stanley Park last weekend.

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'Stunning' show from BWFAC athletes

2:38pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Blackpool Wyre and Fylde senior athletes produced a stunning performance in the British Athletetics League Semi-Final at the Stanley Park Arena, last weekend.

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Fylde athletes hold strong

4:50pm Thursday 17th July 2008

Carl Myerscough, the club's British shot putt record holder, who lives at Knott End, Over Wyre, reaffirmed his standing as the country's No1 shot putter at the Aviva National Championships and Olympic Selection Trials at Birmingham, last weekend.

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Athletes consolidate top league position

10:18am Wednesday 9th July 2008

Blackpool Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club consolidated their lead at the top of the North of England League Division 2 in the third match of the season at Spring Hall, Halifax, last weekend.

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Blackpool Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club hold Northern League top position

10:38am Monday 16th June 2008

Blackpool Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club maintained their position at the top of the Northern League Division 2WC with another storming performance at Cleckheaton, last weekend.

Clean sweep for young athletes

11:10am Wednesday 11th June 2008

Antony Ford,the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club's international distance runner, was the only senior athlete in action on the track, last weekend Antony, who is in strict training for the Olympic Trials next month, took on the cream of the country's distance runners in the BMC Nike Grand Prix at Sports City Manchester.

Winning women in weekend fixture

12:00pm Friday 6th June 2008

Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde AC ladies romped home easy winners in the latest fixture of the Mid Lancs track and field league match at Hyndburn at the weekend.

Sprint queen Laura wins 100m crown

3:14pm Wednesday 28th May 2008

The club's sprint queen, Laura Davies of Kirkham, was the toast of Scotland, at the weekend, when she took the 100 metres crown at the Scottish Athletics East and West District Closed Senior Championships, at the Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, in a winning time of 12.36 secs.

Big medals win for Blackpool athletes

7:41pm Friday 16th May 2008

Blackpool athletes amassed an amazing 79 medals during the Lancashire track and field championships at Stanley Park last weekend comprising 25 gold,29 silver and 25 bronze.