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14th January 2012
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Organisation for the 2012 10km and 4km run has begun in earnest!
The date for this years run is Sunday 29th April 2012.
The start time will be slightly earlier - 10.30 am for the 10km runners and 10.40 am for the 4km runners.
Links to the application forms are now on the site.
We are fortunate this year to be holding the run at the same time as the Underwood, Bagthorpe and Brinsley Scarecrow Festival. Why not make it a family day out and have a walk after the run to see the fantastic scarecrows that have been produced by the villagers. There is a competition too! Food will be available to purchase at St Michael's Church in Underwood.
Well what a glorious day we had for our 25th Underwood Run.
Mr Roger Hull (ex-headteacher of Underwood Primary school) started our 4km Fun Run. This was particularly special as he was the founding organiser of the run 25 years ago!
We were also honoured to have Councillor Gail Turner start our 10km race this year - she did a great job!
There was a fantastic turnout - particularly for the 4km Fun Run which had 138 runners! The atmosphere was amazing and we really had a great day.
Congratulations go to all of our runners who really could have done with the weather being a little cooler! Huge thanks to everyone who helped out - we couldn't have done it without you!
Looking forward to seeing you next year! The run will be around the same time - we will set the official date in the Autumn when we know the dates of other big races held in April.
Thanks again and please, if you have feedback, please let us know! Review our run on the Runners' World website, leave your comments in our Guest Book on this site or leave us some feedback on our Facebook site.
7th April 2011
Almost race day! For anybody coming by car on the day, please remember that there will be no parking along Main Road due to road closure.
All numbers are available to pick up on the day. Leave yourself enough time to do this! Run number pick up closes at 10.45 am.
If you are planning on entering on the day please remember that late entry closes at 10.30am to give the timekeepers enough time to register and add runners to the database before the beginning of the race.
We will not be publishing race results other than category winners during the run. Results will be published online later on in the day.
Finally - see you Sunday - the weather forecast is looking good!
4th April 2011
Not long to go now!
We are in the news! The Eastwood Advertiser will have a small article on the run on page 5 this week! Check it out if you have the chance. East Midlands Today are also hoping to send a team to cover the run on Sunday - make sure you look your best!
If you haven't already got your application there is still time to save money! Remember it is more expensive to register on the day due to the difficulties of transferring information to our database when registering runners.
Please, if you are intending to run (and the long range forecast is perfect for runners!), please take the time to apply early. It really does help the organisers.
Looking forward to a good turnout, some PB times and a jolly good BBQ!
16th March 2011
Have you seen our YouTube video? It is on our welcome page or linked to our Facebook page! Enjoy.
Less than four weeks to go! Get those applications forms in! For those people who are wanting to raise money through Just Giving please be aware that we have had some problems with setting up our pages there this year due to bank changes. This will be sorted shortly.
Our new logo to celebrate the 25th year of the Underwood Run was designed by Lois from Underwood Primary School. The school council felt it really captured the mood of the day and we agree! Well done Lois.
26th January 2011
Race date has been confirmed as Sunday 10th April 2011. Application forms are online now.
£3000 was raised last year with £1000 going to our National Charity - Action Duchenne and the remainder being split between numerous local charities and Underwood Primary School.
Thanks to everyone for their support.
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Due to the 'volcanic ash cloud' we were a few key people down today - this did cause us some problems, so thank you to everyone who gave extra time to support us at very short notice.
Thanks to everyone who turned up - there was a fantastic atmosphere and we raised a lot of money for our charities. Final figures will be available in a few weeks once all the sponsorship money is in.
Full results will be published as soon as possible. We are having some problems uploading onto the website. Please be patient and they will be posted as soon as possible.
Next year the races will be started with a klaxon - we have no idea what happened to ours!
27 March 2010 Underwood School has now closed for the Easter Break so please note that any entries recieved during the School holidays will not be processed until School reopens on 12 April 2010. Your application will still be processed and your information pack and race number will be posted to you that week.
Action Duchenne (our main Charity) have supplied t-shirts for the 10km runners to wear, so please pick up your t-shirt on the morning of the race!
21st March 2010 Only a few weeks to go and we are gearing up for a fabulous day. Please make sure you have downloaded your application form and applied for a run number as early as possible. It will cost considerably more per person to run if you enter on the day.
Don't forget, if you want to get free run entry, just go to the Just Giving website and search for Underwood Run. Set up an online sponsor page, raise £25 or more and your run entry will be refunded.
Thanks for your support - together we can make a difference.
4th March 2010 We are now live on the Just Giving website. This is such an easy way to raise money for our charities. If you go to http://www.justgiving.co.uk and search for Underwood Run in the charities search box, you will be able to set up your own page! If you raise £25 or more using this facility then your run entry will be free. Just bring proof of what you have raised to the run and your race fee will be refunded.
Our charity split this year will be: one third of all money raised will go to our chosen national charity Action Duchenne, one third will be split between several local charities (including youth groups, playgroups, Cadets, Explorers, Beavers, Rainbows, children's football and cricket clubs and any other groups who apply for support and one third will go to Underwood CofE Primary school who organise and support the run.
Please help us to raise money for our charities - they need our support.
19th January 2010 New entry forms for 2010 are now live online. There are some new updates and ways to raise money to support our chosen charities and save money yourself! This year we will be raising money for Action Duchenne http://www.actionduchenne.org in addition to our many local charities.
We are also on Facebook. Updates/news/discussions will be taking place on the Underwood 10Km Challenge Run page. Become a fan to keep up to date!
9 October 2009
Planning is well underway for the 2010 Underwood 10km Challenge!! The date for this event is 18 April 2010 at Underwood C. of E. Primary School.
The categories for prize winners will be as follows:
10 km Challenge: 1st overall male and female 1st 16-34 yr old 1st 35-50 yr old 1st 50+
Fun Run: 1st Overall male and female 1st U12 boy and girl 1st over-12 male and female 1st Family to cross the line together
Thank you to everyone who made the run yesterday a great success!! Even the sun came out for us!
Photograph kindly supplied by Pixpro
We had an excellent turn out of runners for both the 10km and the fun run.
Thank you to Sam Hynd (Para Olympic gold medallist) who attended on the day and gave the prize winners their trophies.
Please visit the Pixpro website http://www.pixpro.co.uk to look at and order your photos. The three photographers who were there have taken some great shots of the runners in the 10km, Fun Run and the Field race. Their website is well worth a visit!
Thank you again to all our sponsors, without whom the event would not have been able to take place.
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