- On-line registration opens 3 FebThe 10th Anniversary Great Midlands Fun Run will be officially launched....
- On-line Fundraise with Virgin Money GivingExclusive On-line Fundraising new for 2012
- 1000 extra places in 20127000 places up for grabs in 2012
- New 10th Anniversary logosTwo 10th Anniversary logos to be used
- More Entertainment in 2012Stilt walkers, face painters & balloon sculptors...
- Stacey snaps up £500 Cookes voucher£500 for Burntwood Fun Runner
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Wed, 18 Jan 2012
On-line registration opens 3 Feb
On-line registration will open via this web page at midday on Friday, 3 February.
Postal applications will be accepted from Thursday, 9 February
when the application form will be published in the Walsall
Advertiser, Tamworth Herald and Lichfield Mercury.
The entry form will also appear in the Sutton Coldfield Observer
and Great Barr Observer on Friday, 10 February.
You can also register in person at Our Place Community Hub,
Farthing Lane, Sutton Coldfield on Saturday, 11 February - 10am
-2.30pm and there after Monday - Friday [10am - 4pm].
Registration will close when either 7000 places have been filled
or Saturday, 31 March, whichever arrives first.
Entry fees for 2012:
Adults £17
Juniors £10 [14 & under on Sunday 10 June]
Dogs £5
Fri, 30 Dec 2011
On-line Fundraise with Virgin Money Giving
A major new initiative for 2012 will be see the introduction of
dedicated on-line fundraising.
A partnership agreement has been reached with Virgin Money Giving
to provide all Great Midlands Fun Run entrants' with the
opportunity to use an exclusive on-line fundraising resource.
Event Director, Tracey Spare enthused: "I'm thrilled that we have
been able agre a package with Virgin Money Giving to offer this new
initiative for 2012.
"This is probably the most significant new initiative since the
event was launched in 2003.
Fri, 30 Dec 2011
1000 extra places in 2012
A new single use timing chip will enable an extra 1000 places to be made available for the 2012 Great Midlands Fun Run.
Tracey Spare, Fun Run Event Director explained: "As the Fun Run
is not a race, the timing mechanism was only ever introduced on
safety grounds to monitor and control the start assembly areas.
Naturally everyone, whether walking, jogging or running was
provided with an acurate course time as an added benefit.
"Everyone had to be stopped twice at the finish area - to be
presented with their Cookes Furniture Commemorative Medal and then
to retrieve the plastic timing chip as they had to be returned for
use at other events.
"The introduction of this new mechanism means that we only have to
stop entrants' at the finish line once before they move through to
the water and sponges. This should create more space at the finish
and therefore greater capacity to allow more people to enter.
