Sport
Preston North End: Weekly round-up: Huddersfield victory and league campaign begins
This week started with a bang for Preston North End fans.The first competitive game of the season against Huddersfield was one which a number of fans weren’t expecting a result from. Many of the fans just wanted to go along and see what the Graham Westley had managed to do with very much his own team over the summer. Huddersfield, who won promotion to the [...]
273 days ago by Jake Oates Share
Prestonian Samantha Murray wins Olympic silver in modern women’s pentathlon
A Prestonian has added Great Britain’s sixty-fifth medal at the Olympics when she struck silver in the Modern Women’s Pentathlon. Samantha Murray, who turns 23 this year, was born in Preston and is now an Olympic medalist. She was ranked 78th in the world back in February but in a blistering turn of form she overturned the favourites to land second spot. She started the [...]
279 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Preston Harriers become athletics champions of the North
Preston Harriers Athletic Club have become champions of the North this week. The club, based at Preston Sports Arena, beat the competition on Sunday 5 August to scoop the the title in Halifax. They finished one point ahead of Hull and Manchester Athletic Clubs to become Northern League Division 1 Champions. Highlights of the final day of action saw Stephanie Row come first in the [...]
282 days ago by Ed Walker Share
In pictures: Dragon boat racers take over Preston Marina for competition
On the marina but with a paddle, the Corporate Games took over the water for a dragon boat race this weekend. Tony Worrall was there to bring you these snaps of all the action as companies battled against each other. The Corporate Games is an annual event held in Preston. It is the world’s largest multi-sport festival with staff from hundreds of businesses and organisations [...]
307 days ago by Ed Walker Share
10,000 turn out in Preston for Olympic torch relay
The people of Preston attended in their thousands this morning to witness the Olympic torch relay make its way through the city. After a tumultuous night in which parts of the city were battered with persistent heavy winds and rain, causing residents in some areas such as Lower Penwortham to evacuate their homes in fear of floods, the arrival of the Olympic torch provided some [...]
329 days ago by Ryan Owen Gibson Share
In pictures: Early start as Olympic torch arrives in Preston
It finally arrived, in a blaze of Olympic glory the torch was welcomed to Preston. Local photographer Bernie Blackburn was up early to capture the scenes as it made its way through the city. While we waited for the torch, Blog Preston’s co-editor Ryan Owen Gibson had written a piece for The Guardian about the torch arriving in Preston. Did you snap any photos? Send [...]
330 days ago by Ed Walker Share