A new outdoor cycle speedway has opened at Queen Anne High School in Fife.

Work on the track, which is the third cycle speedway facility in Scotland, got underway in March 2016.

Features of the project included feasibility studies, consultations and technical drawings.

The scheme was delivered through a working partnership between the Council's Locality team, the Education Directorate, the School Board, the Parent Teacher Association and the project funders.

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The school's principal teacher of guidance, Craig Masson, said: "Around three years ago Active Schools co-ordinator Andrew Baird and I started exploring funding streams to build a dedicated track. In July 2013 we secured half of the funding we needed with a £25,000 grant from the sportscotland Active Places fund.

"Later that year, in partnership with the Parent Teacher Association at Queen Anne High School, we secured the rest of the funding from Fife Environment Trust and Carnegie Dunfermline Trust."

Cllr Mark Hood added: "This is a great achievement. It's the first track in the UK within school grounds and only the third track in Scotland, alongside Cathkin Park in Glasgow and Redbraes Park in Edinburgh."

(LM/MH)