On Air The Afternoon Show Alex Brindley | 3:00pm - 5:30pm

Athletics: St Johns Fell Race to kick off 2023 athletics schedule

Popular race to get underway this afternoon (1 January)

A packed athletics schedule for 2023 gets underway today.

The St Johns Fell Race will see those involved take on a 5km course which starts and finishes at Peel St Johns Cricket Club.

Sign-on for the event will take place at St Johns Football Club on the day between 12.15pm and 1.15pm.

It starts at 1.30pm and athletics correspondent, Dave Griffiths, says it's a good outing for both competitive and social runners.

He says it'll kick-off a busy month in athletics locally, including one big competition to keep an eye on in a few weeks:

More from Isle of Man Sport