SimplyHealth Great North Run

Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 38 runners who took part in the Great North Run for CRY on Sunday 11th September

It was a brilliant day, with good running conditions with the weather being sunny and warm. The finish was back in it’s usual position in South Shields, and people were excited to experience the Great North Run the way it has been for numerous years prior. The slight change in location to the Charity Village was a welcome addition, with nothing but positive opinions from supporters about how easy it was to navigate.

It was lovely to meet and congratulate the 21 CRY runners who came to visit us at the charity marquee and hand them a CRY medal along with some much needed refreshments. This year, thanks to the kind massage therapists Lucy Gray, Emma Coleman and Dan Morley for donating their time and skills, we were able to offer CRY runners a much needed massage, which seemed to go down very well with those that came to see us. We would like to thank all of the CRY runners’ supporters for coming along and cheering on the CRY team along with volunteers: David Jewell, Ashleigh and David Collie for their kind help on the day. I know that all of your cheering would have helped the runners get across the line to complete the run.

Once again, thank you to each and every one of our runners for their fantastic efforts in completing this event and fundraising so generously for CRY. They should all be extremely proud of their wonderful achievement.

The runners in Team CRY:

Gareth Bailey (in memory of Meghan Adams), Jody Barford (in memory of Linda Barford), Ben Lilley (in memory of Meghan Adams), David Mason (in memory of Chris Edwards), Alex Oakes (in memory of Jake Dean), Kallum Findley (in memory of Gavin Findley), David Evans (in memory of Gavin Findley), Jamie Sullivan (in memory of Sean Farrell), Karen Scott (in memory of Jamie Loncaster), Matthew Cole, Dean Hatton (in memory of Leon Ashley Manners), Nicola Bairstow, Robyn Ferguson, Robyn Watson (in memory of Charlotte Orwin), Sarah Crocket (in memory of Evan Thomas), Sebastian Luker (in memory of Emily Dunn), Megan Wynne (in memory of Emily Dunn), Scott Smith (in memory of Nicholas Thomas), Thomas Wilson (in memory of Graham Harrison), Johny Pickup (in memory of John Chapelhow), Elliot Milburn (in memory of Tim Perry), Hannah Fitzpatrick, Sarah Capes, Maggie Fearby, Chris James (in memory of Craig Sykes), Martin Harrison (in memory of Graham Harrison), Beth Bradbury (in memory of Amy Evans), Robert Bass (in memory of Kevin Paterson) Alice Surgy (in memory of Dom Newton), Steve Flintoft (in memory of Mike Scott), Becky White (in memory of John Chapelhow), Dan Wilson (in memory of Fiona Russell), Phillip Nathan, Joanna Lewis (in memory of Tim Douglas), Andrew Dearsley (in memory of Nina Horndorf-Dearsley), Barry Holcombe and Owen Nicks.

If you would like to run for CRY in the 2023 Great North Run on Sunday 10th September, please visit: www.c-r-y.org.uk/great-north-run