Caribbean News Now!

About Us Contact Us

Countries/Territories

Jump to your country or territory of interest

Advertise with us

Reach our daily visitors from around the Caribbean and throughout the world. Click here for rates and placements.

Contribute

Submit news and opinion for publication

Subscribe

Click here to receive our daily regional news headlines by email.

Archives

Click here to browse our extensive archives going back to 2004

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here.

Climate Change Watch

The Caribbean is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels brought about by global warming. Read the latest news and information here...

Travel


RSS Feeds


Follow Caribbean News Now on Twitter
Connect with Caribbean News Now on Linkedin



Other News


News from the Caribbean:


Back To Today's News

Montserrat 2012 Volcano Half Marathon cancelled
Published on September 18, 2012 Email To Friend    Print Version

By Nerissa Golden

BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) -- The Montserrat Running Club has announced the cancellation of this year’s Volcano Half Marathon, scheduled for December 1, 2012.

In a statement released on the weekend, the club said, “In spite of the best efforts of the Club, the Volcano Half Marathon has been unable to attract sufficient sponsorship and interested runners from both on island and overseas to justify this year’s race.”

Tom Regan, of the Montserrat Running Club said: “This is a disappointing decision, and one that the Club has not taken lightly. In spite of our efforts to publicise the race, the number of runners who have expressed interest is too few to justify staging the Half Marathon. We have also had a significant reduction in our sponsorship level, and would not be able to put on the race to the same high standard as previous years. We have had to take an early decision to cancel, as we would not want people to start their training regimes.”

The Montserrat Running Club said it will continue to organise road and fun run races over the next six months, which they hope to get as many people interested as possible, both on and off island.

This would have been the fourth instalment of the race, which has seen participants from around the Caribbean and the world.

More details on the Volcano Half Marathon can be found on www.volcanorunner.com
 
Reads: 2184





Click here to receive daily news headlines from Caribbean News Now!



Back...

Comments:

No comments on this topic yet. Be the first one to submit a comment.

Back...

Send us your comments!  

Send us your comments on this article. All fields are required.

For your contribution to reach us, you must (a) provide a valid e-mail address and (b) click on the validation link that will be sent to the e-mail address you provide.  If the address is not valid or you don't click on the validation link, it will be a waste of your time typing your submission because we will never see it!

Your Name:

Your Email:

(Validation required)

Comments:
Enter Code


Other Headlines:


Regional Sports:

Opinion

Letters