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| Click here for a copy of the entry form
for the 2005 event. Fill in the tear off strip and send it with your
payment and a self addressed envelope to:
The Race Registrar, 7 St. Martin's Close, Fangfoss, York. YO41 5RA. |
Entry form |
| Click here to find out who has entered so far and what their previous times have been. | Not yet available |
There is a two mile fun which will take place while the half marathon runners are running their course. Entry for the fun run costs £1 and will be taken on the day at the Race Directors tent adjacent to the finish funnel.
The start and finish for the fun run are the same same as those used for the half marathon. The fun run will start at 10.10am.
The fun run course is entirely on the road.
All fun run competitors will receive a medal. No prizes are awarded for the fun run.
Hotels, Inns and B & B
| The Fleece Inn, Bishop Wilton | 01759 368251 | 1 mile from the venue |
| The Feathers Hotel, Pocklington | 01759 303155 | 4 miles from the venue |
| The Yorkway Hotel, Pocklington | 01759 303071 | 5 miles from the venue |
| Beckside Cottage, 8 Main Street, Bishop Wilton | 01759 368617 | 1 mile from venue |
Camping and Caravans
| Mr J Earnshaw's, Bishop Wilton | 01759 368383 | adjacent to the venue |
| Fangfoss Old Station Caravan Park | 01759 380491 | 6 miles from the venue |
| The Yorkway Hotel, Pocklington | 01759 303071 | 5 miles from the venue |
| The National Railway Museum | 15 miles from the venue |
| Jorvik Viking Centre | 14 miles from the venue |
| York Minster | 15 miles from the venue |
| Castle Howard | 15 miles from the venue |
| Bridlington | 20 miles from the venue |
The Bishop Wilton Show and Craft Fair is a traditional country show. The show has many attractions, including a craft fair, show jumping, refreshment tents, live music and children's sports and entertainments.
This year we have chosen to support the Candlelighters Trust again. All entrants will receive a sponsorship form and we ask that runners consider raising money for this charity.
Candlelighters is a Yorkshire based charity
dedicated to helping support children with cancer or serious blood disorders and
their families, whilst at the same time promoting research into childhood
cancer.
Each year some 150 children and teenagers in Yorkshire are referred to the
Specialist Unit at St. James's University Hospital in Leeds. The news that a
child has cancer is devastating and distressing to the child and their family.
From the time of diagnosis families have to readjust and learn to cope with a
life of many uncertainties and disruptions.
Candlelighter's aim is to find a cure for childhood cancer. For this to happen,
money is needed for research. Whilst enormous progress has been made since the
charity was formed in 1971, it will be years before cures are found for all
forms of cancer and leukaemia. Research funded by Candlelighters at St. James's
Hospital in Leeds contributes to national and international knowledge and
understanding of how cancer develops and behaves. The more research is done, the
faster the cures and possibly the causes, will be found.
In the meantime, Candlelighters continue to raise much needed funds to improve
the facilities for children being treated at the Unit in Leeds; to purchase the
latest medical equipment for the ward, outpatients clinic and bone marrow
transplant unit; toys, books, games and videos which make the children's time in
hospital more pleasant; to encourage support groups for parents, siblings and
teenagers and to provide holiday breaks away from the stresses of hospital
routine in their holiday homes on the East Coast.
Candlelighters may be contacted at:
Candlelighters Office
Children's Day Hospital
St.James's University Hospital
Beckett Street,
Leeds LS9 7TF
Tel: 0113 247 0372
Fax: 0113 247 0248