Today we should have been celebrating our second Festival of Running at BARC – entries good, authorities notified, trophies and medals bought, marquee and portable toilets ordered, grass cut, helpers sought, the Race Committees’ work almost done. Instead, tumbleweed blows across the field, birdsong hangs in the wind, a lonely JW attends to this and that […]
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Bungay Festival of Running
Thank you for your patience and understanding in these difficult times. We will start the refund process in the week commencing 13th April and aim to complete all 950 transactions by the end of April. The refund will be subject to a 10% processing fee. Please continue to check our facebook and website for details […]
Guide Running Course
A sight Loss awareness and guide running course is being held on 20 April, 6.30pm to 8.30pm at Bungay High School. Being a guide runner is a very fulfilling role and as we hope to welcome more visually impaired runners to our club, the more qualified guide runners we have the merrier. Contact me if […]
Specialist Festival roles
We have a couple of specialist roles to fill at the BFoR – lead car (perferably team of two) and marathon course set up (team of two). Is anyone able to offer their services please? The lead car is driven at the front of the lead marathon runner and radios updates to race HQ. Under […]
Around and About (2nd February 2020)
Around and about Sushi Challenge Alice Kirk reports: Today Sean Symonds, Karen Gedge, Paul Bird and I ran at the Suffolk Running Centre (formally known as The Great Barrow Challenge) in Barrow. Paul did the half marathon, and Sean, Karen and I the full. The course was a challenging windy, hilly (really hilly it felt) […]
Save the date – Good Friday Junior Event
Junior Inter-Club Running Event at Gorleston Cliffs, Good Friday, 10 April. Lucie Morran and Hilary Ball have taken over from Sue Potter as Race Directors for this event, and they need your help. There will be three categories: U11 2k, U13 3k and U15/17 5k, plus a fun run for under 8s. Races start at […]
BFoR 19th April – Room for more stall holders
We have room for more stall holders at our festival (Sunday, 19 April). If you know of anyone who might be interested, then ask them to contact me in the first instance. We do not charge a fee but accept a donation from their profits The more stall holders that we can have, then the […]
BFoR 19th April – Helping Out
If you’ve not already done so, please pop the above date in your diaries and be ready to help out or provide a helper if you are already running. This is the biggest event in our race calendar and we need an army of helpers to cover all sorts of roles on the day. The […]
DS Active Athletics
The weather stayed dry and sunny for the fourth DS Active session for athletes with Downs Syndrome at BARC. Four athletes participated in running, hurdling, throwing and long jump before finishing with relay races. Thank you to everyone who helped; athletes, coaches and helpers all had a great time. The next session will be Saturday 21 September […]
Fun Junior Summer Training
Fun Junior Summer training. Every Monday 6.30-7.30, £1 per session for 8 years plus. Fun sessions to keep fitness over the summer or come and try Running and Athletics for the first time. Sessions will include any of the following: Running, Jumping, Throwing, Games and lots of fun.