SPORTS DAY
Sports Day, July 12 th , 1979. One of the highlights of the year at Tulketh was the annual Sports day. Usually, it was held in the second week of July on a Thursday afternoon after lunch. There would be some field events during the run up to the main day like High jump and long jump. I competed in the Long Jump and came second out of the four competitors. One thing I wanted to do is win the last event of the day which normally was the 400 metres mixed relay race for my House – Fylde which this year I was involved and gain some schoolyard credit. I was confident of the other three members of our relay team. The Competitors in the Sports Day was usually the four houses-Bowland, Fylde, Furness and Lonsdale between the years one to four because the fifth year had by then left the school. On the main day it was track events only. The teachers were involved in the organizational part of the events with Mr. Yates (Metalwork), Mr. Smith (Physical Education) and Mr. Reese (Music), wit...