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Monday, 2 August 2010

Great week for athletics

What a great week it has been for athletics. It has been like the old days with photos from the European Championships in Barcelona adorning the back pages of the newspapers and the gold winning performances in the headlines on all the media.

There were lots of positive comments about the atmosphere and depth of upcoming performances too just a week ago from the Manx Championships. And these comments are echoed by Manx Harriers (and Island Games) team manager Anthony Brand on the forum where he reports on the performances of his club in the Northern League.

In fact the week has been even better than the old days with a record number of medals in Barcelona.

Meanwhile the local action has been back on the fells as Nigel Armstrong won the second race in a row on North Barrule. The entry for this race was up on previous years but the headlines have been fewer. I was not able to attend any of the three fell races in July and there seem to have been far fewer photographers going to events since we entered the busy period of the year for fixtures.

Hopefully there will be a few more photos around next week when there is No Rest for the Wicked.

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