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Welcome to the website of Blackpool Wyre and Fylde Athletic Club. The club was first formed on 1st September 2006 when two of Lancashire’s leading athletics clubs, Blackpool & Fylde AC and North Fylde AC joined together. The club caters for all age groups and athletic disciplines from 7 years upwards. All standards are covered from beginners to international level. BWFAC is committed to the Safeguarding and Welfare of all of its members and has agreed to adopt the UKA Athletics Welfare Procedure. 

BWFAC Membership details, please click here 

Recent Club Records

Congratulations to Nevaeh Fenton for breaking the U13 Discus Club record with a distance of 20.88m at Carlisle on 13th April 2024

Congratulations to Joel Elphick for further improving his U20 men 60mH record with a time of 8.04i on 11th February 2024

Congratulations to Oliver Nunn for improving his U17 men 60m record with a time of 7.15i on 13th January 2024

Congratulations to Joel Elphick for improving his U20 men 60m record with a time of 7.08i on 13th January 2024

Congratulations to Olivia Sellars for establishing a brand new Under 20 Women’s Club Record on the EIS Sheffield indoor track for the 1000m with a time of 3.09.45i on 25th November 2023

Full details of all records on the Track & Field Club Records Page

The Smart Run by Humotion app offers the option to record and display all the relevant parameters of linear sprints, assisted by sensors in the smartphone. To do this, the smartphone simply needs to be placed in a running belt on the athlete’s lower back, and the app will measure all the data.

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This is one of the track sensors used for timing. It is hidden now the track surface has been laid.

Track Refurbishment

The photographs below show some of the progress from old to new.

The track has now had its top coat applied and it will now take a few days for the red surface to cure / harden.

The line marking team are due to start work on 29th April and will take up to 14 days (weather permitting) to complete this work.

Work is now progressing. The old track surface has now been removed. The base has been levelled and the base layer has been partially laid. Long and Triple Jump troughs are in place and the old hammer circle has been filled in.

The new base layer (black) on the sub base. The white tape is covering the drainage channel.
New triple jump troughs with blanking boards in place.
The light areas are where the track has been levelled up.
The old hammer circle has now been removed and filled in.
Breaking out the old hammer circle.

Further progress with more of the top surface now removed. Great care has to be taken not to damage the asphalt base layer. Once the old surface has been removed, the base layer will be surveyed to make sure it is level and in good condition.

The rubber will be recycled and used for loose flooring in equestrian centres.

The new track surface will be a Polytan surface.

** David Wood Photograph by Marcia Rutter **