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The 5th annual TCR FM TAMWORTH 10km was won by Stephen Long of Notts AC in 34:33 and in an exciting finish second place Simon Birch of Hinckley Running Club was close behind in 34:39 with Neil O’Hanlon just behind in third in 34:45. Continue reading →
The TCR FM Tamworth 10k was voted 4th best 10k in the UK by Runners World in 2013 as it’s scenic but mainly flat 5k loop course takes in some of the town’s best scenery with its start and finish set in the popular Castle Grounds leisure facility with its gardens, sports amenities, walkways and cafe.
The TCR FM Tamworth 10k Oct 2015 will start and finish in the beautiful grounds surrounding Tamworth Castle and will wind its way through the grounds and out into the town, then follow a canal section in Fazeley, before returning to the Castle Grounds.
The first Running Form 1 Mile meeting saw nearly 20 athletes participating on a cold early Autumn evening on the track at the Shobnall Leisure complex in Burton on Trent.
RESULTS:
Sub 7 minute Mile
1st Tim Neville 5:14:98 2nd Ian Hewitt 5:19:21 3rd Richard Evans 5:22:54
7-9 minute Mile
1st Mark Deakin 6:48:97 2nd Jo Melville 6:59:03 3rd Melanie Deakin 7:08:80
9 minute + Mile
1st Mark Gardner 9:03:04 2nd Karli Gardner 9:11:04
KP Events once again helped international IT company Wipro work with its UK partner this year Npower to stage the UK legs of their SPIRIT OF WIPRO runs which take place on the same day globally, this year on SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20th and in 2015 these were held simultaneously in Leeds and Solihull with hundreds of employees with their friends and family turning up to enjoy the festival atmosphere in the late summer sunshine.
KP Events director Paul Griffin summed up the success at both events: “We have worked with WIPRO now since 2013 and each year the UK events grow and grow, everyone is so enthusiastic and we have children as young as four taking part, we have face painters, bouncy castles as well as refreshments laid on for all participants and the atmosphere is just so unique, we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and we look forward to having a 3rd event in 2016 in London”.
Pictures show the start at Leeds Spirit of WIPRO with the 3 male winners of the 5k.
The people of Burntwood turned out in their hundreds to welcome the first ever BURNTWOOD WAKES PUSH KART DERBY in the town to celebrate the return of the Burntwood Wakes Festival in 2015.
An array of multi-coloured multi-faceted karts skilfully designed and manufactured by people from Burntwood Lions, Speedway Motorcycles, Burntwood Leisure Centre, InLife Web design and a host of local individuals. They turned Sankeys Corner into a Kart Track from midday with spectators lining the Cannock Road four or more deep in places to encourage the kart pushers, pullers and drivers to more and more effort and the thrills and spills excitement as the timetable of sprints head to heads, time trials and slalom runs unfolded in the bright afternoon sunshine.
Chris and Craig Danby from Burntwood and the founders of TEAM DANBY their brainchild robot design business now famous for their exploits on the global Robot Wars circuit were present as Technical consultants and they were involved in the prize giving and judging along with Cllr Pamela Stokes Chair of Burntwood Town Council.
The winning teams and categories were as follows;
Best in Show: Team Minions
Best Crash: Team Inspire
Speed Demons: Fat Boy Jim
Best Overall Kart: Fat Boy Jim
Second Best Overall: Burntwood Lions
Third Best Overall: Wolf Pack
Fourth Best Overall: InLife
Kevin Wilson of organisers KP Events was delighted with the outcome; “Whenever you organise a new event you are always nervous as to how things will turn out but today things conspired; good weather, great enthusiastic teams, big crowd, phenomenal atmosphere to make it a truly brilliant event for Burntwood and we’ll be back bigger and better next year!!!”
Cllr Pamela Stoke Chair of Burntwood Town Council was also thrilled with how the event went; “I was delighted with the first Push Kart Derby at Sankey’s Corner as part of this year Burntwood Wakes Festival. It was wonderful to see so many people turn out to enjoy this event, which included its fair share of thrills and spills!” She added “I’d like to thank KP Events for organising this event, and I’m pleased that everything went well”
Judge Craig Danby and the feared Tanto robot at the 2014 Robot Wars World Championships
CATEGORIES
Junior teams, schools and child based teams/youth groups scouts etc.
Individual family and friend based teams “shedheads”
Corporate teams, any companies who want to enter or rather teams representing a company.
PRIZES Various to include:
Best dressed push kart
Best technical design soap box
Fastest push kart
Best team
THE RULES
Teams can consist of any number of people BUT in the race element there has to be the nominated driver and 3 push/pullers maximum.
The push kart must have steering.
The push kart must have brakes.
The push kart must be no bigger than but may be smaller than 2m long by 1.5m wide and 1.2m tall.
Any cover/body must be firmly attached to the push kart and considered to be safe on inspection.
The push kart should be made strong enough to withstand several runs of the designated course.
The push kart must have 4 wheels.
Drivers must remain seated at all times during the event and seats must be securely attached to the push kart.
The minimum driver age is 14 years old.
All push karts will be subjected to scrutiny for suitability and safety to take part, before being given a competition entry number. The competition will be based on a time trial event, you will race down the course a set number of times and the team with the lowest combined time will win.
All drivers must wear helmets and be fully covered (long sleeves and full length trousers) to be allowed to run the course.
UPDATE 27th July 2015 – PUSH KART DERBY NEARS…
It’s nearly time for the Burntwood Wakes Push Derby and the team from Burntwood Leisure Centre and Speedway Motorcycles are hard at it welding, bending and hearing bits of metal to form their wondrous creation (see photo below). There’s ttill time to get your team involved, so come on kart builders everywhere.
Our friends at Running Form the specialist runners’ shop in Burton on Trent (www.running-form.co.uk) are offering £5 off the “Nathan Light Spur”, a nifty little gadget that clips onto the back of your running shoes providing a strobe light effect to improve your safety running at night. The Light Spur is super lightweight so you don’t feel a thing, it is IPX3 weather-resistant with multi-settings of the strobing super bright LED.
