Monday, March 17, 2014
Pre race Press Release
The Biggest Event in the South East takes place on Sunday, with the running of the 30th Hastings Half Marathon. From top international athletes, Sussex athletes in the Sussex Championships, charity and fun runners, the World comes to Hastings on Sunday. Come and watch from many points along the route, and enjoy the entertainment. Please plan your journey if you are visiting or passing through Hastings on Sunday. Either come before 10:00am or wait until 1:30pm But the A21 and Battle Roads are not affected, and you can travel around inside Hastings, as the actual route circumnavigates the Town. Go to web site www.hastings-half.co.uk for more details of route. Trains from London will be delayed due to Busses being used between Robertsbridge and Battle, so it is recommended that the earlier train from London is the best one to arrive in good time for the 10:30am start. It is expected that over 150 charities and needy causes will be represented in The Event. If you need more details for Media purposes, please contact me. Eric Hardwick M.B.E. Race Director, Hastings Half Marathon Organised by The Lions Club of Hastings
30th Hastings Half Marathon on the 23rd March 2014. Also Hosting the Sussex Athletics Half Marathon Championships Enter now at Visit http://www.hastings-half.co.uk/
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
TRAINS FOR HASTINGS HALF MARATHON 2014
We are aware of the current problems on the line from Robertsbridge to
Hastings, and are in discussion with SE Trains about what the situation will
be on race day.
The Charing Cross train leaves at 8:25am and would have been due at West
St. Leonards station for 9:53am. So there is not a lot of time to play with
for the hundreds of entrants for the 10:30am start, if the train is
delayed and busses used.
The Tonbridge train leaves at 8:40am and should arrive for 9:33am, so
there is some leave way here.
We will, in association with SE Trains, advise entrants next week of the
action we are taking to ensure that the runners can arrive in time.
This is the biggest train full of passengers to arrive at Hastings every
year, and has proved very popular as the station is only 600 yards from the
Start/Finish of the event.
Eric Hardwick M.B.E.
Race Director
Hastings Half Marathon
11th March 2014
Eric Hardwick M.B.E.
Race Director
Hastings Half Marathon
11th March 2014
LIONS CLUB OF HASTINGS TO HELP A FILIPPINO SCHOOL AFTER TYPHOON HAIYAN DISASTER
The Lions Club of Hastings
is buying 120 chairs for the San Rafael National High
School in the north of Iloilo
Province in the
Philippines. The school was devastated in the
typhoon and all property destroyed.
Immediately
the disaster
occurred Hastings Lions donated £1,000 to
the fund set
up by Lions International and committed to
donate £1.00 of each entry fee from the
2014 Hastings Half Marathon. Each
pound will go to buying a chair and there should be a surplus to
donate later.
The Hastings
Lions have been connected for a
number of years to a member of the Iloilo Lions Club Ofelia Thom. Ofelia is a hearing technician
who receives many recycled hearing aids from the
Hastings Club for her clinics with the
charity Medical Missions Pacific Rim
Group.
Lion Teresita
G Layson, President of the Lions Club of Iloilo has emailed to say, “Thank you for your gesture of thoughtfulness and generosity. On behalf of the
victims of Typhoon Haiyan we are grateful that you are there
to help”.
7 March 2014
