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Fun Run wins Lions PR award

June 9th, 2010

Knowle and Dorridge Lions Club were astonished to be nominated and win the £1,000 award for public relations this year. Unbeknown to the Lions our District Governor Lion Femi Onabolu nominated the Knowle Fun Run as the event which raises the profile ...

Paying in your sponsorship

May 28th, 2010

It seems some runners are having difficulty paying their sponsorship into our CAF bank account via HSBC. This should not be a problem, but you may want to spell out it is a Charities Aid Foundation bank account when you quote ...

Unsung hero

May 25th, 2010

Many runners will have read of the driver of the school coach who died last Tuesday following a tragic accident on the Warwick Road in Hatton. Few will know that Dave Franklin drove the lead timing car in the Knowle Fun Run ...

Oldest and youngest finish

May 24th, 2010

Whilst we were focussing on our oldest runner Maragaret Ann Smith aged 73 who finished on Sunday in under an hour, we missed the real story. Triplets, Josh, Nick & Calum, our youngest Junior runners (DOB 24/08/2000) all finished the 2 laps in less ...

Read the write-ups, see their photos

May 17th, 2010

The Birmingham Mail The Solihull News The Silhillian

Congratulations to all our runners

May 16th, 2010

The provisional results are now online See photos of the day online Congratulations If you completed our Fun Run today we hope you enjoyed it and the event overall, and are not aching too much. Please feel free to send us your photos and feedback Whether ...

Your photos

May 13th, 2010

We want your photos of the day. Please email them to us together with your feedback You may also like to send them to the Sihillian, our local webnews site

IMPORTANT INFO for ALL RUNNERS

May 11th, 2010

Welcome to our Pre-Fun Run newsletter which was emailed to all entrants, it contains IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL RUNNERS – PLEASE READ IT ALL Please forward this on to all runners entered from your email address Arrival There is no parking available at the ...

Final Team News

May 11th, 2010

We have a total of 100 teams this year Watch out for the Help for Heroes team which is made up of people in the TA or regular army, they are planning on doing it as a Combat Fitness Test so will be ...

Douglas says – Turn up and cheer

May 8th, 2010

‘Come along to Arden school or line the roads closed to traffic around Knowle and cheer on the 2,000 runners in this year’s Knowle Fun Run this Sunday,’ say Douglas, the brand new mascot for one of the beneficiary charities fly2help, ...

fly2help photo competition

May 8th, 2010

Bring your camera along to next Sunday’s Fun Run and bag yourself a prize in our charities photo competition fly2help will be bringing along their brand new mascot Douglas and are looking for budding photographers to send them images they take of ...

And the winner is . . .

May 3rd, 2010

I hate to deter anyone from entering but 7 of last year’s winners are seeking to retain their trophies, whilst 3 more are with us again moving up Welcome back: 1st Local Home - Toby Spencer aiming to beat 28:40 1st Adult Female – Amanda Oleary ...

Leo spotted in Retirement

April 29th, 2010

Leo our old Running Lion has been spotted in retirement He is now fronting a 10k run in Buckinghamshire, organised by the Winslow Lions. Its not too much for him to organise with only 200 runners! If you fancy a 10k run in ...

3 weeks to go

April 25th, 2010

Yes, there are just 21 days to get fit before this year’s Run. By now you should be able to jog at least 3 miles, if you are going to be able to run the 5 miles on the day That also ...

Scouts challenge Juniors & Secondary teams

April 15th, 2010

Dorridge Scout group are challenging all-comers for the Junior and Secondary trophies at next month’s 5 mile Knowle Fun Run. With over three quarters of the places taken for this year’s event on Sunday 16th May, the Lions have challenged schools and ...

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