… and was a sell out… AGAIN!

A huge thank you to all of you – our amazing 2024 Shelford Fun Runners!
We had a brilliant day and we hope you did too!

This was our biggest Shelford Fun Run to date, with 436 finishers, and despite rising event costs, you helped us to raise an amazing £4,000 for our two charities!

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We were delighted to welcome returning runners George & Jasmine Christmas who took back their titles of first male and female u18!  

George taking the double, as he also came in overall first place, swiftly followed by commonwealth athlete Georgina Schwiening, taking overall second place, as well as first female runner!

1st overall & 1st male u18: George Christmas: 15:55.1
2nd overall & 1st female: Georgina Schwiening 16:03.8
1st female u18: Jasmine Christmas: 17:42.3
1st male u11: Jack Scott: 19:00.8
1st female u11: Lelaini Collier: 25:35.0

Click the button for the full results on Webscorer.

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Before the 5k set off, Cllr Peter Fane, Chair of South Cambs District Council, kindly joined us to officially open the #ShelfordWheelzone – the mini skatepark that our previous Shelford Fun Run events have helped to bring to fruitition! And while he was here, Peter helped Tony from M-Power Fitness get our runners warmed up and ready for action!

This year we had an official photographer!  
Tim Chapman’s photographs are available to download FREE from the Sublime Timing website. 
(Unfortunately we can’t guarantee that everyone was captured as the photographer had to move positions a number of times to capture the essence of the day) 

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And More…

Great Shelford Parish Council’s additional ‘fun day’ elements (tasty food, bouncy castles and a duck race!) and the Power2Inspire Super Sensory 1k slotted in brilliantly, enhancing the family friendly festival vibe, and we hope to be able bring something similar next year!

Speaking of next year… please watch this space for date announcement… hopefully coming soon!

Thank You!

…to EVERYONE involved in the day. 

Many thanks to Cara Coffee for opening and donating proceeds from that morning.  

And a massive THANK YOU to all our amazing volunteers who help set up and marshal the course and to our wonderful sponsors who cover the costs of putting on an official closed roads race – we couldn’t do this without you all!

2024 Sponsors

Gold:

Returning as our GOLD sponsor, Bidwells are a leading property consultancy at the forefront of two of the most dynamic real estate markets in the UK: the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and the emerging field of Natural Capital.  Say hello to them at the 3k water station and collect your medal from their stand at the finish line!

Silver:

Bronze:

Course Certificate: 17301

Run Events Licence Number: 27980

Sunday 29 Sept 2024!

If you haven’t already signed up for the Shelford Fun Run 5k race and family friendly fun run/walk – don’t delay it’s only 2 weeks away!  

We can’t take new entries on the day so you need to sign up in advance. The sign up system will close on Friday 27th (if not before if we sell out like we did in 2023 & 24!)

The fast and flat #ShelfordFunRun is a measured 5k course on closed roads through the villages of Great and Little Shelford in Cambridgeshire. 

The UKA registered 5k race and 5k fun run & walk are both chip timed and will set off in separate waves on the same course.

For serious runners it’s a great chance to register your personal best.

For beginners and family groups the event is perfect for jogging or walking at your own pace, enjoying the beautiful villages car free and savouring the atmosphere.

If you have signed up, look out for an email from our registration & chip timing partner Sublime Timing a few days before the event.

This year we have more capacity in the 5k than ever before, so with support from Great Shelford Parish Council, you will find more activities and refreshments in the race village too! From bouncy castles to a duck race on the river, as well as the…

…by inclusive sport champions, Power2Inspire.  The inclusive Super Sensory 1k (SS1k) will run parallel with the 5k, as a separate circuit of five ‘sense stations’ around the rec. Fun for all ages and abilities, this will be free to enter, but to help with numbers planning please visit Power 2 Inpsire to register for this separately.

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Charity Beneficiaries

Your entry fees will be split equally between our fabulous local co-host charities. To mark your achievement, it’s also super easy to set up your own fundraising page to help raise additional much needed funds in sponsorship for either, or both, of our charities.

Great Shelford Playscape
Working alongside Great Shelford Parish Council to support continued improvements around Great Shelford Recreation Ground to create an inclusive and inspiring place for all.
SHELFORD PLAYSCAPE CAF DONATE

CamRARE (Cambridge Rare Disease Network)
Supporting their Unique Feet Community Group for children with rare conditions and their families in Cambridgshire and the Eastern region.
CamRARE JUST GIVING

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Thank You SFR 5k Sponsors!

We would not be able to put on this wonderful event without our amazing Sponsors so please show them some love!

Entry for the Shelford Fun Run 5k and 5k Race is now OPEN!

To avoid a few other local events and to give everyone a little bit more time to get organised after the summer holidays (not least our organising committee!), we have moved to the last weekend in September.  

Hopefully this will also mean we won’t have such meltingly hot temperatures to contend with as we did in 2023!

Early bird pricing!

We are delighted to be able to offer early bird ticket pricing this year until the end of school term – so don’t miss out on a bargain before you head off on your summer holiday! 

We are delighted to announce that entry for Shelford Fun Run is NOW OPEN!

As usual we will not be taking on the day entries so please register in advance. The run is chip timed and has a staggered start to allow those participating in the 5k race to get away before the 5k fun runners.

New this year, our inclusive sporting friends at Power2Inspire will also be bringing a  Super Sensory 1km to the rec!  It will be a free optional separate circuit which you can complete instead of, or after, the 5k. To help us estimate numbers please tick the box in the 5k sign up if you wish to complete the SS1k, or if you wish take part in the SS1k only, please pop over and register directly with  Power2Inspire.

In training? Don’t forget to share your training pictures to inspire others on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter with the hashtags #ShelfordSelfie and #ShelfordFunRun.

Changes to this years Charity Beneficiaries

This year, proceeds from the Fun Run will be spit equally between:

SHELFORD PLAYSCAPE
Supporting the completion of the #ShelfordWheelscape phase of the Great Shelford Recreation Ground masterplan.

CAMBRIDGE RARE DISEASE NETWORK (CamRARE)
Supporting their Unique Feet Community Group for children with rare conditions and their families in Cambridgshire and the Eastern region.

Volunteer

If you don’t fancy running but would like to get involved we’d love to hear from anyone able to volunteer on the day to help set up / marshal or clear down, please email funrun@shelfordplayscape.org

And of course we’d love to welcome spectators to cheer on our runners – there will be ice cream!

Sponsors

We would not be able to deliver this wonderful event without our amazing sponsors so show them some love!

Meet the sponsors HERE

We can’t wait to see you at the start line!

The Shelford Fun Run Team

We were delighted to raise £5000 at the 2022 Shelford Fun Run to go towards the Shelford Wheelscape project!

We were rather blown away by sibling duo, George and Jasmine Christmas (numbers 92 & 93 pictured in the centre of the photo), who stormed home as first male and female, and at just 15 and 12 years old respectively – we were clearly witnessing the stars of the future! 

Full results for 2022 and previous years can be found on the Results page.

Make sure to save the date for this years 5k in your diary: Sunday 10th September 2023

New Partnership

For 2023 we are very excited to be partnering with Cambridge Rare Disease Network (CamRARE)!

CamRARE are a local charity supporting families affected by rare diseases and uniting patients, advocates and experts to address the challenges they face.

Not only will this spread the organisational load for our committees, but it will also raise funds and awareness for our joint goals of community building and inclusivity.

Online booking for this years Shelford Fun Run 5k is now OPEN!

10:30am Sunday 11th September 2022

Please note that we will not be taking on the day entries so it is essential to register in advance. Don’t delay as last year was a sellout!

Now that our fabulous inclusive Playscape has been built (next to the start and finishing straight) this year the funds raised by the Shelford Fun Run will be going towards the next phase of the Playscape masterplan… the Shelford Wheelscape!

In training? Don’t forget to share your training pictures to inspire others on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter with the hashtags #ShelfordSelfie and #ShelfordFunRun.

We couldn’t run this event without the generous support of our sponsors, and therefore huge thanks go to Bidwells,  AngliEar Hearing & Tinnitus Solutions, Level Up Gym Shelford,   Wrenbridge Land, Wrenbridge Sport, Pills Sorted, Gymbos,  Day Accountants and Zara

If you are able to volunteer on the day to help set up / marshal or clear down, please email funrun@shelfordplayscape.org.

We can’t wait to see you at the start line!
The Shelford Fun Run Team

We were delighted to return with the Shelford Fun Run live event again this year, and were over the moon to have sold out our 350 places before the weekend!  Looking out of the window as I post this at the rain bucketing down, it seems we also had amazing luck with the weather!

As our route is a fast and flat certified 5k on closed roads, it appeals to a fabulous range of participants, from elite runners looking for a new personal best, to families with pre-schoolers and this year we had someone running on their 80th birthday!

Due to the chip timing we are able to have a staggered start, to give elite runners plenty of room to get off the mark, and this year to help enable greater distancing between participants.

The winners results were:

Darren Matthews  (Male Adult): 16:32.9

Charlie Minnette (Male u18): 18:23.0

Sally Knight (Female Adult): 21:01.8

Kate Russell (Female u18): 22:22.8

Sophie Christmas (Female u11): 23:40.3

Joseph Button (Male u11): 24:20.9

For the full list of RESULTS – CLICK HERE

 

A team of fabulous volunteers have worked hard all year to bring this wonderful event to life and we were joined by dozens more on the day to help set-up and marshal.  Thank you all for your support, it was an absolute joy to see the community out again giving it their all!

We also want to give a huge thank you to our fabulous sponsors including the marvellous Bidwells team who returned as our generous main sponsor and for providing volunteers on the day, and to AngliEar, Davies Solicitors, David Reed Homes, Day Accountants, Gymbos, Relief Chiropractic and Zara whose generous support means that all proceeds can go to Shelford Playscape!

It was great to be able to see the newly emerging Playscape alongside the start and finish funnel which previous fun run events have helped to finance.  This year the funds are going towards the next phase of the Great Shelford Playscape project – a new wheelscape (a hard landscaped skating/scooting area).  For more information about these and other projects around the rec head over to Shelford Playscape’s website.

Thanks also go to Waitrose for donating fruit and Tesco for donating the water, Noel Young Wines and Scotsdales Garden Centre for donating the winners prizes and to Cambridge City FC for providing marshals on the day as well as fielding Lily the Panda on the run!

And of course, not forgetting all the supporters, cheerers, coffee drinkers and ice cream eaters!

For more photos of the day, pop over to the event ALBUM our Facebook Page.

Hope to see you all again next year….. watch this space for details!