THERE are few things better than a day at the races, especially when pancakes enter the equation.

Shrove Tuesday was extra special for pupils of Wolborough CofE School who took to the Market Square in Newton Abbot for some pancake racing.

From 10.30am pupils formed up in a marching column, two abreast, and departed from the school, heading toward the mock race ground in the centre of the town.

Drawn up in chalk, the race track was a simple one - froom one end of market square to the other; there, two flips of the pancake, and back again, rinse and repeat until each member of the team was completed the run.

Representing their respective teams: Exe, Teign, Plym and Dart, pupils took to their marks in age ascending order to battle it out for the sweet taste of victory; encouraged all the while by family who flanked them on all sides plus friends and intrigued passersby.

Last up to the plate were the teachers who, dressed down in appropriately themed pancake costumes, competed against some of the older pupils.