Local Sport Relief events continue today (Sunday)

The three-day national charity fundraiser, which started on Friday (March 23) and finishes today, aims to help people living tough lives in the UK and the world’s poorest countries.
At Bucklebury Farm Park, approximately 200 runners are expected to tale part in a Sport Relief Mile through picturesque countryside, with two races, the first starting at 11.30am and another at 2.30pm, over an optional one/three/six mile route. To enter visit www.sportrelief.com
In Kingsclere this morning, from 11am to 2pm, the Balding family are hosting a fun packed Sport Relief Mile on Watership Down, just outside Kingsclere.
The family, who own Park House stables in Kingsclere, are well known in the world of horse racing, including famous racehorse trainers, Ian Balding and his son, Andrew Balding.
Andrew Balding’s sister, the sports presenter and journalist Clare Balding, is to open the one mile run by being the first competitor to run through ‘starting stalls.’
To register to take part in the run, visit www.sportrelief.com/themile, or register at the event today. Cost £6 per adult, £3 per child, £15 per family of four. Signposts from the village and on the downs.
Also today, a Sport Relief Mile, where participants can walk, jog, hop or skip a mile, starts at 9am from the Hurst Leisure Centre in Baughurst, followed by a three mile and one mile race, with a bouncy castle available for children and refreshments. Register beforehand on the Sports Relief website, www.sportrelief.com, or telephone the leisure centre for more information on 0118 9811611
If you are organising or taking part in a Sport Relief event in Newbury or the surrounding area, please email details/photographs to jane.meredith@newburynews.co.uk
For a round-up/further coverage of local Sport Relief events and photographs see the Thursday March 29 edition of the Newbury Weekly News.