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Run Barns Green is back on 26th September
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additional volunteers get involved. n Sunday 26th September, These include sports clubs – tennis, Horsham MP, Jeremy Quin cricket, rugby football, stoolball and will start this year’s Run hockey, the local scouts, cubs, Barns Green which is made up of brownies, youth club, church and two races, a Half Marathon starting playgroup. These groups and many at 10am and a 10k race which starts others each take on an area of at 10.20am. The 2021 races will be responsibility – running water stations, the 39th anniversary of the half marathon race which began back in helping with catering, marshalling, car 1982. This will be the 6th anniversary parking, security and de-tagging and of the first running of the 10k race looking after all the runners as they Sponsored by which began in 2016. This year’s finish the races. The Barns Green official charity for the event is once Players provide event commentators again St Catherine’s Hospice and to keep everyone informed about what Official charity the main sponsor is Architectural is going on. Each organisation Plants from Pulborough. receives a donation which helps them Every possible precaution has been to pay bills, buy new equipment and taken this year to enable the races to generally improve their offering. go ahead given all the problems caused by the Last year’s races were cancelled because of the pandemic. Of course the situation will be monitored pandemic but in 2019 just over 2000 runners very closely and the race committee is registered for the two races which using guidance from government as follow routes on closed roads through well as Sport England and other the lanes of Barns Green, Itchingfield, Christ’s Hospital and close to running bodies to help maintain the safety and wellbeing of officials, Southwater through some of the most scenic countryside in West Sussex. helpers, competitors and spectators. Commenting on the return of Run The race also goes through the magnificent grounds of Christ’s Barns Green, Chairman Vernon Jennings, said, “We are delighted that Hospital School. What could be more uplifting for the runners? There is we are able to go ahead with this year’s races. There has been a huge plenty of free car parking and there is chip timing for each runner in both amount of work done by the committee members who are all volunteers in races and they also receive medals on completion of the races. There are order to get the races back on again after last year’s interruption. We are also pacemakers running who will help runners to achieve their target finish thrilled that Jeremy Quin has agreed to be involved. It is always a great boost time. Registrations for the race are open on the Run to us to have the support of our local MP.” Run Barns Green is organised entirely by Barns Green website: runbarnsgreen.org.uk. For further information contact Nigel Currie (see below). volunteers and relies completely on the loyalty and commitment of the committee who work tirelessly to Nigel Currie Run Barns Green Committee maintain and improve the standards of the races each year. On race weekend a small army of (01403) 730777, 07774 229305
Photos of 2019 event by Simon Gale
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