22nd August 2012

BRIDPORT: Runners urged to join Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Trickey Warren Trek challenge

BRIDPORT residents are being urged to put on their running shoes in support of Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.

The charity emergency service is calling for runners to sign up for the its fourth annual Trickey Warren Trek on September 23rd.

The run coincides with the start of National Air Ambulance Week, which runs from September 24th to 30th.

The trek is held at Trickey Warren Farm, Culmhead, a former World War II fighter airfield on the Blackdown Hills.

It offers an individual and team 4km and 10km route, together with a 2km ‘fun run’ for families and youngsters.

Both the longer runs are only open to non-running club members.

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Fundraising Manager, Tina Viksna, said, “This really is an event for everyone.

“It’s for those that take their running quite seriously, an opportunity for friends and work colleagues to get a team together and very much a family event as children of any age can take part in the 2k fun run.

“We have to raise £4,000 per day to keep on saving lives without receiving any direct Government or National Lottery funding, and we can only do so with public support and events like the Trickey Warren Trek.”

In 2011, hundreds of runners put their best foot forward in support of the life-saving charity and it is expected that this year’s event will also be well attended.

Prior to the event, entrance fees are affiliated (£10), unaffiliated (£12), team entries (£48 per team of four) and the 2km fun run only costs £3.

To register online, visit www.ds airambulance.org.uk or call 01823 669604. Alternatively, email twt@ dsairambulance.org.uk

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has attended more than 8,850 emergencies since its launch in March 2000, saving many lives and aiding recovery with the speed at which casualties have been taken to hospital.

During the first half of 2012 the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance attended 283 incidents – 123 of which were in Dorset.