YOUNG athletes from a city school are celebrating winning a county athletics competition – even though they were at first told they had finished second.

Students from Eggbuckland Community College were representing the Sir John Hunt School Sport Partnership, at the Devon County Indoor Athletics finals held at the Torbay Leisure Centre.

The finals got off to the perfect start for Eggbuckland when their girls won the obstacle relay.

Eggbuckland's boys' team followed this up by matching the girls' result in the obstacle relay.

Jenna Bierton and Lucy Hooper continued the impressive start during the two-lap sprint, where they came third and sixth respectively.

In the field events, Paul Manuel won the standing long jump. The speed bounce saw Jenna Bierton winning and Lucy Hooper coming second.

In the vertical jump Marnie Dimmick came third.