Sidmouth Running Club Treasurer Tim Clay handed over a cheque for £250 to Christie Burton from the South-West Coast Path Association from the proceeds raised from the Sidmouth Celebrates weekend of events.
Donations of £100 to the RNLI via Axe Yacht Club and £100 to Exmouth Beach rescue for the use of their premises were also distributed.
Three Mighty Green Juniors took part in the Beer Blazer event on Sunday organised by Beer Primary School PTFA. Amelia Womersley-Westlake and Dominic Hall ran in the fun run.
Ameila, age 7, said it was her hardest ever run to date will hills, fields and uneven ground but enjoyed it. Dom finished in 6th place; but as fellow MG John Dunsford lined up to take part in the 5k race, Dom made a last-minute decision to run in that event too.
Junior helper Grahame Womersley-Westlake ran with him, which was a bit of a shock having already run from Sidmouth to Beer! Both Juniors finished strongly over the line with John finishing 3rd male in 31:51 and Dom who overtook at least 10 others on the way finished in 41:05.
Cheryl Boulton set out for the Weston Super Half marathon; her fourth time of running the event. Club secretary Cheryl set off with the two-hour pacer running at nine-minute miles for the first seven miles before answering a call of nature which meant she lost sight of the pacer.
The next six miles were more challenging running on her own, especially as the sun came out, which didn’t help. Cheryl’s husband Bruce cheered her on from the seafront before the final sprint down the pier to the finish line where Cheryl was delighted to get a PB 2:04:43, knocking a whole five minutes off last year’s time!
Neville Hylton was spotted at the Copenhagen Marathon by Jason Blount, who always joins the club runs when he is visiting Sidmouth - what are the chances of that among the 10,233 runners that took part!
Neville enjoyed the completely flat route, which took him through the different parts of the city, the green Osterbro, the multicultural Norrebro and the hip Vesterbro. Finishing in 4:19:33, the Mighty Green said it was a great way to explore the city’s best highlights and impressive architecture.
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