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21 weeks to go - new air route to Isle of Man announced!
With just under five months to go until the 2020 Isle of Man Easter Festival of Running, a new air route between the UK and the Isle of Man has been announced.
Flybe, soon to become Virgin Connect, are launching a route between London Southend and the Isle of Man starting in March 2020, and flights are now for sale via the Flybe website.
If you know runners in the south of England who you think would be interested please share this link.
Flights are also available via Belfast, Bristol, Liverpool and Gatwick (Easyjet), Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester (Flybe) and Dublin (Aer Lingus).
Flybe announces 2020 flights from IOM - London Southend
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FlyBe, which will soon be ‘Virgin Connect’ has announced flights from the Island to London Southend - starting from March next year.23 weeks to go – entries are open!!
Entries are now open for the 58th Isle of Man Easter Festival of Running! The Festival takes place on the 10th, 11th and 12th April 2020 and consists of the usual three races – 10k road race in Port Erin on Friday evening, Peel Hill races on Saturday afternoon and 5k road races in Douglas on Sunday morning.
A link to the entry system is at easterfestival.info/how-to-enter/
As ever we hope to welcome competitors from far and wide. A huge traditional element of the Festival is its popularity with visiting University teams. We would be delighted to welcome back all the regular groups and it would be great to see some new ones.
We have not seen Glasgow University for a couple of years and we would love to see them back. If they and any other potential visiting teams need and help or advice on organising a trip to the Festival, please get in touch through this group or via the Festival email address easterfestival@manx.net
There will be regular news and updates on this page in the weeks and months ahead – please stay tuned!
Isle of Man Easter Festival of Running
easterfestival.info
The Isle of Man Easter Festival of Running is a series of three races; a 10k, a 5k and a Hill Run.We had a number of prizes/cheques that were not claimed at the presentation. We will be sending these out in the post over the weekend.
What a great day in Peel. Was that the warmest Easter Saturday ever? Hopefully everyone has now made it safely back to Douglas.
A few bits of info about our day tomorrow.
Morning:
We have the 5k races on Douglas Promenade. Start times are:
Women - 10.30
Men - 11.15
Race registration is open from 09.30 at the Cruise Desk in the Sea Terminal.
Don't forget to bring your number again - replacements will be charged at £5
After the races conclude there will be an informal social at the Outback with some chip butties being served.
Evening:
This is the big one!!
Doors open at 19.00, we will aim to start the presentation just after 19.30
Admission is strictly by ticket only. Unfortunately, due to a very unsavoury incident in 2016, we have had to introduce a number of measures to prevent any re-occurance. All tickets are named and are for that person's personal use only. ID is required. Anyone who passes their ticket on to someone else may be blacklisted for future events.
We want everyone to have a fantastic time but please remember to drink responsibly.
Hopefully everyone enjoyed the great atmosphere in Port Erin last night. Today we move into Peel for the famous Hill Race.
A few things to help the day run as smoothly as possible:
- Bring your race number from last night. All replacements are charged at £5.
- Provided that you have already entered the hill race or have entered the full Festival you do not need to re-register.
- Those who have not collected their number yet or wish to enter on the day can do so at Race Registration. This will be in the House of Mannanan from 13.00 until 30 minutes before the start of each race.
- Start times are men - 14.15, women - 15.05
- For those who have booked transport, coaches leave from outside the Villa Marina at 12.45.
- There will be a presentation to the first three in each race and some refreshments will be served courtesy of the Creek Inn at the conclusion of the women's race.
Have a great day, it looks like it will be a warm one!!
PS Here is a link to the results page:
my1.raceresult.com/94302/results?lang=en
my.race|result : : Isle of Man Easter Festival of Running, 19/04/2019-21/04/2019
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Isle of Man Easter Festival of Running, 19/04/2019-21/04/2019, Douglas