The Rotary Club of Reading’s 9th Santa Run.
Reading
Santa Run 2022
Six hundred
hardy souls braved the misty Sunday morning of December 9 with temperatures
below zero to take part in The Rotary Club of Reading’s 9th Santa
Run.
The venue
was new – no longer through the streets of the town centre - but on the
magnificent campus of the University of Reading.
A dinosaur waits
patiently to get its entry number
Rotarians Eydis Björndottir and Vicky Metcalfe discuss the finer
points of organising the event
Pro-Vice Chancellor
Professor Elizabeth McCrum started both races and pronounced herself very happy
with the event. She wants to come again next year! (Hope it’s not as cold.)
Warming up
The IK Race gets
underway
And the winners were:
- 1st Female Runner 5K Race - Emily Bryce
- 2nd Female Runner 5K Race - Katsiaryna Chapman
- 3rd Female Runner 5K Race - Toni McQueen
- 1st Male Runner 5K Race - Oliver Scott
- 2nd Male Runner 5K Race - Anthony Keeble
- 3rd Male Runner 5K Race - Dan Bufton
- 1st Girl Runner 1K Race - Georgia Ferguson
- 2nd Girl Runner 1K Race - Mollie-Grace Williams
- 3rd Girl Runner 1K Race - Aaliyah Ellul
- 1st Boy Runner 1K Race - Jamie Palmer
- 2nd Boy Runner 1K Race - Bobby Jones
- 3rd Boy Runner 1K Race - Toby Collier Keeble
Thanks to the
participants and to so many Rotarians (some from other local clubs), members’
partners and other friends for organising a successful event at a new and
different venue without the professional help that we have previously enjoyed.
It will be a while before we know how much money the Santa Run raised but it
will certainly be significant.
A huge thank you to the University for their
splendid co-operation and especially to Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Elizabeth
McCrum, who cheerfully endured a very
cold morning to start the races—and then volunteered to come back next year!
A good few
of the Club’s members deserve praise and thanks but especially: Eydis Björndottir, Tim Metcalfe and Vicky
Metcalfe.
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