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27/11/2023
People living near the route for the Tour of Britain are being set their own cycling challenge – as anticipation grows for the return of the race to East Suffolk on Thursday 7 September. The fifth stage of the international cycle race will start and finish in Felixstowe – wending 119.6 miles through Suffolk and passing…
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The excitement is reaching fever pitch as the Tour of Britain prepares to unveil the official stage route in Suffolk on Friday, June 30th. Motion Mapping, the Ipswich-based creative projection specialists, and Suffolk stage event partners recently embarked on an exhilarating journey across Suffolk to create exclusive footage that will be transformed into captivating social…
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The Salvation Army’s annual football tournament for people who are homeless will kick off this week for the eleventh year. The Partnership Trophy, which is run by the church and charity and it’s subsidiary, The Salvation Army Housing Association (SAHA), will bring together football teams from Lifehouses (hostels), outreach programmes, and SAHA services, all of…
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The Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Holbrook, Ipswich, hosted a cricket festival for young cricketers across the country. Alongside the Suffolk cricket team, 14 teams over two age groups (under 12s and under 11s) took part in the festival, which is a two-week event showcasing the very best in cricketing talent across the country. Former…
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Children’s charity Action Medical Research is encouraging people in Suffolk to sign up for the RIDE Suffolk Sunrise cycle sportive. The event will take place on 15th May 2022, and all routes, ranging from 42 to 102 miles, set out from the historic Framlingham Castle. Participants will ride through the quiet coastal lanes of Suffolk, passing…
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Organisers of Felixstowe Triathlon are celebrating an ‘incredible’ national recognition for the endurance event – in only its first year. Felixstowe Triathlon was named Large Event of the Year at the 2022 HUUB Triathlon England Awards – after already having received the honour for the East Region. The awards were announced on Friday 11 March…
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A charity fun run is set to return to a military base near Woodbridge next month in support of the armed forces community, past and present. The third Honour Run, organised by East Suffolk Council and the Suffolk branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL), will set off from Rock Barracks on Sunday 13th March….
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The Great Run Company have announced that the Great East Run and Great East Swim will not be staged in the future. The Great East Swim has been staged at Alton Water since 2009 while the Great East Run was launched in 2017, starting and finishing in Ipswich. The decision comes after the cancellation of the…
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A TEAM of 65 men and women crawled, ran, jumped and swam their way to securing more than £8,000 for Ormiston Families, at this year’s Whole Hog event in Wantisden. ‘Team Ormiston Families’ battled their way through a series of obstacles over the five-mile course, competing alongside dozens of other business and friendship teams from…
Read More about Mud Run makes over £8k for Suffolk Charity
Over 200 cyclists from around the county and beyond, gathered at Trinity Park near Ipswich yesterday (Sunday 5th September) for the inaugural Ride for Helen Suffolk cycle ride organised by Helen Rollason Cancer Charity raising over £7,000. The event offered cyclists the chance to sign up for either 65 or 35 mile routes through some of the beautiful Suffolk countryside. Social distancing measures were put in…
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