WELLS Rotary Club will be holding its third Santa Fun Run again this year on Sunday, December 7.
The event should be another fun occasion for all the family as Christmas approaches. In addition to the run itself, from 10am-2pm there will be stalls in the Market Square selling refreshments, mistletoe, Christmas trees and gifts. There will also be festive music – and guaranteed snow.
For children who cannot wait to see Santa, he will be in his grotto in The Crown in Wells all day from 10.30am.
People who run or walk the 5k or the 2.5k course should look out for the reindeer along the route. All entries get a free Santa hat, although entrants may choose to wear a full Father Christmas outfit or dress up as elves. Medals will be awarded to the first three children and adult race winners; and awards will be given to the winners of the two competitions which Wells Rotary have been running in the city in the previous weeks.
One of these is a colouring competition, in which local school children are sent a picture (drawn by local artist Natasha Lee) to colour in and return. The second competition is the Santa Swan shop window competition which involves hunting for Santa’s Swan in the windows of participating shops in Wells. Some will be easier to spot than others. Entry forms are available from The Crown, the website below, or from any shop displaying a swan.
Runners can enter on the day, or complete a registration form beforehand, by going on to the Wells Rotary website wells.rotary1200.org. There is a £5 entry fee for adults and £2 for children aged 11 years or younger. The run/walk will be led by Santa Stephen at 10am, starting with a warm up at 9.45am. Santa will guide the runners from the market square and around the course with the help of marshals along the way.
Further details can be obtained from the Santa Fun Run website facebook.com/SantaFunRunWellsSomerset. All profits from the day will go to Winston’s Wish, a charity giving hope to grieving children.