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Details: Created: 02 November 2023

Weald challenge half marathon entries opened today (2 November 2023) . Click here for entry form or click on the tab Weald Challenge form the menu above for further information.

Details: Created: 24 October 2023

Over thirty Uckfield Runners turned up for the photoshoot and presentation on Tuesday evening 24 October for the presented of a cheque for £500.00 to Scott Wishart from Kelly’s Trust, a children’s charity.

Kelly’s Trust was set up to help sick children living in Kent and East Sussex. Assistance is given for respite care, travelling expenses to and from hospital and other special needs. Uckfield Runners were pleased to be able to assist this important local charity.

Details: Created: 13 October 2023

I am pleased to say that Uckfield Runners will be taking over the Weald Challenge and the date for next years event will be 9 June 2024: please put that in your diaries.

We are very grateful to Stuart for allowing us to take over this event and looking forward to running the event ourselves.

We have been involved in this event since its inception 9 years ago providing the marshals each year and have always enjoyed being a part of this great event. Personally I have marshalled (at finish initially then as a sweeper on the Ultra) at every race and have organised the marshals for the last two years. A number of our members have also had the pleasure of running both the Ultra and the Half Marathon.

We will only be putting on the half marathon as numbers have been falling on the ultra run whilst last year the half marathon reached its cap and entries had to be closed. Also including the Ultra would involve a lot more work for Uckfield Runners to take on in the first year. However since we will only be running the half marathon this will allow us to increase the cap on the half marathon to 400 (in 2023 year event entry had to close when entrants reached the then cap of 345).

Other than that I do not expect any major changes, the course will remain the same through the beautiful Sussex countryside but, since we are only putting on the half marathon, the first checkpoint may be a bit earlier. And most importantly the mugs will still be waiting at the finish to be given out to the runners.

We are working closely with Stuart to allow for a smooth transition and will open entries as soon as we can: we do hope to have entries open before the end of October: if you can just bear with us whilst we get our feet under the desk. I will post here as soon as entries open.

Once again a big thank you to Stuart for the allowing us to be a part of this great race in the past to to now take it over going forward. Enjoy your retirement Stuart.

Looking forward to seeing many of you at next years event.

Graham West, Uckfield Runners 'the new' Race Director Weald Challenge.

Details: Created: 16 March 2023

As with last year we need 19 volunteers for the Weald Challenge on 11 June. Please see Graham's email further details.

If you are an Uckfield Runner and are interesting in volunteering detail are on these documents:
Summary
Detailed instructions

To register interest please copy this link Weald Challenge Volunteers - Google Forms to your search bar (sorry cannot get link to work from this website)

Details of Registration so far are on this link Weald Challenge Volunteers (Responses) - Google SheetsThank you

Graham

Details: Created: 27 March 2022

We need 19 volunteers for the Weald Challenge on 12 June. Please see Graham's email for 27 March for further details.

If you are an Uckfield Runner and are interesting in volunteering detail are on these documents:
Summary
Detailed instructions

To register interest please copy this link Weald Challenge Volunteers - Google Forms to your search bar (sorry cannot get link to work from this website)

Details of Registration so far are on this link Weald Challenge Volunteers (Responses) - Google Sheets

Thank you

Graham

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Weald Challenge half marathon entries open

Presentation to Kelly's Trust

Uckfield Runners to take over the Weald Challenge

Weald Challenge 11 June 2023 volunteers

WEALD CHALLENGE VOLUNTEERS 12 JUNE 2022