Deal Half Marathon 2024

DEAL HALF MARATHON 18TH FEBRUARY 2024

Well after a dyer forecast, the sun came out and we had pretty much perrfect running conditions!  Many thanks to all the helpers, marshals, sponsors, Margate Ambulance Corps, Kev Daly for the commentary, Raynet for the excellent communication system and Betteshanger Park for hosting us and to Liam from Sport Systems for doing such an excellent job with the entries, timing ahd results.

Well done to our winners, Tom Bean in 1:16:36 and Florence Papougnot, in a new course record of 1:23:35.  Our age group winners were Nasradine Haroun, Tom Bean, George Major, Gary Barnes, and David Paramor.  For the females, Florence Papougnot, Vicky Scott, Linnaea Stockall, and Marie Watson.

The team prizes went to Folkestone Running Club for the women and Thanet Road Runners for the men.  Many thanks to Podplus Sports Shop and Injury Clinic for sponsoring our prizes.

The junior race was fast to say the least, won by Edward Owen in 5 mins 25 seconds, not bad for an 11-12 year old!  A brilliant run for second was Thai Rose in 5:44, and third place was Raphael Munro.  The age group winners were Edward Owen, Leo Sargood, Savannah Hunt, Macy Godden, Gabriel Munro, and Tia Rose.

Here is the link to the results for the Half Marathon  and here for the Junior race.

This year we have raised £783 for research into Pancreatic Cancer.  Deal Tri Club have donated £2 for every Deal Half Marathon entrant to enter a raffle for 2 prizes of 2 box tickets each to see Michael Mcintyre at the O2 on Friday 5th April!  Our winners are Ben Hunt and Dai Jones!   This total includes £76 donated at the point of entry, £40 on our Enthuse site, and £127 from tickets sold on the day.  Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and contributed to our final total.  Click on the logo below to go to the Pancreatic Cancer Action website.

The Woodland Trust

We have also raised £48 for the Woodland Trust as a result of those runners who chose not to receive a coaster or a medal.

Any queries please contact Jill Cliff on runnerbeano@hotmail.com or Liam on liam.burke@sportsystems.co.uk

MANY THANKS TO OUR 2024 DEAL HALF SPONSORS