YOUNG people in a dales town spent an enjoyable bank holiday afternoon partaking in sports and a fancy dress contest.

Middleham Sports and Fancy Dress day is an annual event whose origins date back well over a hundred years.

The afternoon sees young people competing against each other on the town’s sport’s field. The races included, flat, sack, beanbag, three legged, and egg and spoon races for both boys and girls.

With plenty of prizes up for grabs; there was no shortage of entrants. The Queens’ Jubilee Cup team obstacle race, was won by Kyle Rabjohn, Cameron Smith, Oliver Hammond, and Aidan Simpson.

After meeting up at the school the evening saw the fancy dress procession wind its way through the town ending up in the Market Square. Then a disco hosted by DJ Wilko was accompanied by games of tilt the bucket and a surf simulator.

The overall winners of fancy dress, themed The Wizard of Oz were Anna and Letia O'Gorman, Danielle Reader, Megan Beswick and Cindy the pony. Summer Lappin-Smith dressed appropriately as summer won under 4s, in the 7-5 years Holly Roper was first as Miss Wobble and in 11 to adults, Megan Walsh, as the injured jockeys fund was top.

The event has been organised by Becky Lappin for three years. She said: “The sports day went really well, once again thanks to all the children and their families who supported us.”