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The <strong>Champion</strong> • Wednesday 28 November 2012<br />
Rudolph<br />
is on the<br />
run... for<br />
charity<br />
DOZENS of runners helped to raise<br />
hundreds of pounds for charity at a<br />
festively–themed fundraising event in<br />
Ormskirk last weekend.<br />
The Rudolph Run, held last Sunday<br />
(November 25), saw scores of contestants<br />
don <strong>Christmas</strong>–themed fancy dress<br />
costumes for the event at Edge Hill’s<br />
Sporting Edge athletics facility on St Helens<br />
Road, with the Lancashire Defibrillator<br />
Campaign, West Lancashire’s scout groups<br />
among the North West Air Ambulance<br />
among the charities which benefited.<br />
Sue Murrin–Bailey, one of the event’s<br />
organisers, said: “It went really well, and<br />
although the weather on Sunday morning<br />
might have put a few people off we still had<br />
more than 140 runners taking part on the<br />
day, helping to raise a lot of money for a<br />
number of good causes.<br />
“One of the highlights for me was seeing<br />
members of all the emergency services, with<br />
the exception of the air ambulance, in<br />
uniform with all of their vehicles, for a<br />
special race. It helped to show just how<br />
important their role is, and how they work<br />
together. I think everyone who took part in<br />
the day not only raised a lot of money, but<br />
had a lot of fun too.”<br />
Among the highlights of the event was a<br />
special race which saw representatives from<br />
different branches of the emergency<br />
services taking part, with the police first on<br />
the scene to rescue a collapsed reindeer at<br />
the finish line.<br />
Phil Jones, Fire Station Manager for<br />
Pitch project<br />
is underway<br />
WORK is underway on laying ‘high quality’<br />
all–weather pitches at Edge Hill University as<br />
the first phase of a £15 million project to build<br />
new sports facilities nears completion.<br />
Part of the “state–of–the–art complex” will<br />
be completed in time for <strong>Christmas</strong> for<br />
students, staff and the community to enjoy.<br />
The all–weather sports facilities together<br />
with additional grassing on the land beyond<br />
the University’s leisure centre are costing £9m<br />
and will include 3D surfaces, multi–courts,<br />
hockey and football pitches. The site will also<br />
benefit from floodlighting.<br />
Vice–chancellor John Cater said: “Good pitch<br />
construction requires solid foundations, good<br />
drainage and quality materials, which is why<br />
we have chosen a highly reputable local<br />
company to carry out the project.<br />
“J Mallinson in Ormskirk are renowned for<br />
their high profile work at stadiums such as the<br />
City of Manchester Stadium, Goodison Park<br />
and Old Trafford as well as training facilities<br />
for Liverpool FC at Melwood.<br />
“The end result will see the creation of the<br />
eastern campus and will provide space for new<br />
student learning and recreational facilities for<br />
many years to come, making it a campus that<br />
truly matches, in both quality and scale, the<br />
best in the UK.”<br />
Facilities will include running tracks, soccer,<br />
rugby and athletics fields, netball and tennis<br />
courts and a trim trail with exercise stations. In<br />
time, a single–storey building will<br />
accommodate an eight–court sports hall with<br />
viewing gallery for basketball, netball,<br />
badminton, five–a–side football and general<br />
sports use, a 25–metre swimming pool, a<br />
100–station fitness suite, aerobics studio,<br />
health suite with sauna and steam rooms, a<br />
café and lounge area.<br />
The outdoor sports complex will be<br />
completed next year, ready for the 2013/14<br />
intake and community use from next Autumn.<br />
Ormskirk and Skelmersdale, said: “Today<br />
was a bit of competitive fun with our front<br />
line emergency service partners. It also<br />
reflected our inter agency approach to<br />
emergency incidents and emphasised in a<br />
fun way, the vital requirement for a<br />
defibrillator at the scene of an emergency”.<br />
A number of runners also took part to raise<br />
money for their own charities on the day,<br />
helping to boost the amount generated for<br />
good causes.<br />
Edward McCarthy, who took part to help<br />
raise funds for West Lancs Positive Living,<br />
said: “The Reindeer Run was really good<br />
fun, we have took part over the last few<br />
years and raised funds for good causes in<br />
West Lancashire but also highlighted the<br />
work that the various charities, including<br />
ourselves do.” Plans are underway for<br />
another event next year.<br />
W<br />
Teams from the emergency services who took part in Sunday s Rudolph Run 2012 at<br />
Sporting Edge.<br />
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