Vale of Glamorgan residents are being urged to support a special Barry Island-based challenge for Sport Relief 2010.
Part of a three-day Sport Relief Weekend of energy, entertainment and events, the Sainsbury’s Barry Island Mile will be held on Sunday, 21 March, and start from opposite the Dolphin Bar at 11am. You can enter now at www.sportrelief.com
Vale of Glamorgan Council events officer Sarah Jones said: “Everyone is invited to take part – from teeny-tots with their mums and dads to super sprinters up against the clock.
“There’s something for everyone on the big day. And you can do one, three or six miles. Please support the event as the money you raise by getting sponsored will be used to transform lives forever.”
Hundreds of thousands of people across the country will rise to the challenge at the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile – and have a great time too. Money raised through sponsorship will help poor and vulnerable people both in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries.
Since its launch in 2002 more than 1.25 million people have taken part in Sport Relief, helping to raise over £75 million. Sainsbury’s has supported Comic Relief since 1999 and has raised over £43 million to date.
Sport Relief has a unique history of dedicated people doing extraordinary things to rise to the challenge. In 2006 David Walliams completed his astonishing swim across the English Channel and, in 2008, Adrian Chiles and Alan Shearer cycled 335 miles from Newcastle to London. This summer Eddie Izzard set an incredible standard by running an amazing 43 marathons in 51 days around the UK and there’ll be even more amazing celebrity challenges to get the whole nation geared up for the Sport Relief Weekend.
The whole thing kicks off on Friday, 19 March, when everyone gets active, raises cash and has a ball at home, at work or at school; before they settle down to watch a night of top Sport Relief telly on BBC One. Then there’ll be even more BBC radio, online and TV coverage throughout the weekend to keep everyone entertained. Then it’s the big one, the chance for the nation to come together and take part in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 21, March.
For further information on the Barry Island event, please contact 01446 704737.
