Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 74 runners who took part in the Great North Run for CRY on Sunday 11th September 2016. This was CRY’s biggest team yet!
The atmosphere was brilliant, as it always is at the largest half-marathon in the world! Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah won the race for the third year running!
It was so lovely to meet 49 CRY runners back at the charity marquee. We were very pleased to be able to congratulate so many of our participants in person, and hand out goody bags, snacks and drinks. Barry Holcombe was the first runner back to the marquee with an amazing time of 1 hour 35 minutes and 52 seconds.
Colin Jackson, Olympic silver and gold medallist hurdler, interviewed CRY runners Richard Boyle, Thomas Wilson and James Peacock for the BBC. Richard ran in memory of his friend Sean Farrell, while Thomas and James ran in memory of their friend Graham Harrison. To view the interview please follow this link www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07vd3xq/athletics-2016-great-north-run and go to 3 hours 42 minutes 35 seconds.
Once again, we would like to thank each and every one of our runners for their huge efforts in completing the half marathon and fundraising for CRY. They should all be extremely proud of their wonderful achievement. Their time and valued support are truly appreciated.
We look forward to welcoming new and past CRY runners next year, and hopefully seeing some of 2016’s runners taking part again! The date of next year’s event is Sunday 10th September 2017. If you would like to run for CRY in the 2017 Great North Run please email your interest to events@c-r-y.org.uk.
Becky Allatt; Mollie Armstrong (running in memory of Emily Dunn); Martin Attewell (running in memory of Michael Yorston); Katie Bell (running in memory of Stephen Donovan); Sarah Birch (running in memory of James Phillips); Neil Boreham; Richie Boyle (running in memory of Sean Farrel); Bethany Bradbury (running in memory of Amy Evans); Gabby Broadhurst (running in memory of David Green); Rob Carr (running in memory Lee Turner); Peter and Chris Chamley (running in memory of Alex Reid); Amanda Cooke (running in memory of Ian Watt); Lee Darling (running in memory of Graham Harrison); Richard Dexter (running in memory of Josh Fell); Francesca Dunn (running in memory of Emily Dunn); Steph Egan (running in memory of Allyn McCluskie); Kate Fagleman (running in memory of Stephanie McLean); Stephen Flintoft (running in memory of Paul Michael Scott); Richard Gill (running in memory of Chris Parr); Scott Gourlay (running in memory of David Paul); Stephen Harrison (running in memory of Graham Harrison); John Headlam (running in memory of Graham Harrison); Rachelle Henderson (running in memory of Stephanie McLean); Laura and Nicola Hill (running in memory of Richard Hill); Barry Holcombe (running in memory of Andrew Holcombe); Alice Johnston (running in memory of Stephanie McLean); Chris Kirk; Richard and Kerry Louise Klitzke (running in memory of Nicola Klitzke); Alyson Lancashire (running in memory of Jonathan Morgan); Charlotte Laycock (running in memory of Madeline Siddall); Annie Ledingham; Dan Lewis (running in memory of Laura Hunt); Benjamin Mancey; Eleanor Markendale; Lauren May (running in memory of Alex Reid); Aisling and Aravon McCann (running in memory of Aine McCann); Alan Middlemast (running in memory of Keith Middlemast); Piers Moore (running in memory of Graham Harrison); Kevin and Lesley Nicholas (running in memory of James Michael Nicholas); Jocelyn Payne (running in memory of Robert Worboys); James Peacock (running in memory of Graham Harrison); Heather Pygall; Heather, Jenn and John Reid (running in memory of Alex Reid); Gemma Richardson (running in memory of Alex Reid); Shaun Richmond (running in memory of Sean Farrel); Julie and Steven Roberts (running in memory of Craig Robert Sykes); Joanne Royle (running in memory of James Phillips); Adam Sellers (running in memory of Madeline Siddall); Linda Smith (running in memory of Robert Smith); Andrew and Vikki Smith (running in memory of Oliver Thompson); Elaine Spence (running in memory of Robert Smith); Tracey Stimson (running in memory of Alex Reid); Rosie and Paul Stubbington; Jordan Thompson (running in memory of Robert Daniel Smith); Jessica Tombling; Kerry Walshe (running in memory of Jordan Burndred); Jim Welsh (running in memory of Nicola Klitzke); Stacey Westbrook (running in memory of Mr Basil Westbrook); Tony Wheatman; Thomas Wilson (running in memory of Graham Harrison); Dan Wilson (running in memory of Fiona Russell); Megan Wynne (running in memory of Emily Dunn)
