The uphill area of the city will be filled with festive cheer and Santa outfits next month for the 2019 Lincoln Santa Fun Run & Walk, but the event is looking for more entrants and a main sponsor.
As previously reported, the 14th Lincoln Santa Fun Run, which is due to take place from 11.30am on Sunday, December 15, will have a new route.
Entries are currently coming in steadily, with the 1,000 mark fast approaching. The event has room for 2,500 participants and there is still plenty time to enter.
The entry fee is £12 (children under five and dogs are free) and this includes a Santa suit and finishing medal.
Peter Harrold from the Rotary Club of Colonia told The Lincolnite: “The numbers were down last year, partly because of another Christmas commercial event that was then cancelled, but we are confident the numbers will go back up this year.
“It is a fantastic atmosphere, a run or walk, and it is open to anybody. Christmas starts there and it feels very festive. It is a great community event and a great fundraiser for charity.”
The new route
Due to extensive building work taking place around Lincoln Cathedral it has not been possible to include Minster Yard in the 2019 route.
The route will once again take place in the uphill area of the city with a grand finish in Castle Square. The two lap course will start in The Westgate and runners can choose to complete just the first lap (2.6km) or continue on a further 2km for lap two.
The 2019 route – Lap 1.
The second lap starts at Westgate near the water tower before participants will turn left onto Union Road. The rest of the route is as follows:
A left turn onto Drury Lane will follow before running into and through Castle Square and into the Bailgate
Turn right into Eastgate, turn left at The Lincoln Hotel into Northgate and bear left on Northgate leading into Church Lane
Turn left into Newport towards Newport Arch, through Newport Arch into the Bailgate
Turn right into Westgate, turn left into Union Road, turn left into Drury Lane running into Castle Square
Lap 1 runners finish in Castle Square
For Lap 2 run through Castle Square into the Bailgate and repeat Lap 1 finishing in Castle Square
Lincoln Santa Fun Run 2019 – Lap 2.
Any businesses interested in becoming the main sponsor should contact Peter Harrold on 07770 406883 or via email at [email protected]
Peter added: “The event will definitely go ahead and we are looking for a main sponsor. It will make a difference to how much is raised for charity. The main sponsor will have the event named after them, and their name on banners and posters, and they can also enter a team.”
The event will raise money for around 12 different local charities, including Umbrellas, St Barnabas Hospice and St Andrews Hospice.
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Lockdown restrictions will be partially lifted for Christmas, allowing up to three households to meet in an ‘exclusive bubble’.
The plans are yet to be officially confirmed by government, however, according to major outlets including BBC News and Sky News, it will mean that in the five day period between December 23-27:
Three households will be able to form an exclusive “bubble” and meet indoors
Travel restrictions will be also be lifted
Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove on Tuesday afternoon chaired a meeting with the first ministers of the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to agree the plans.
It is understood there will be some minor changes to the initial plans for each of the nations.
Travel restrictions are also set to be lifted during the same period and some overnight stays will be allowed.
In a briefing on Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “I can’t say that Christmas will be normal this year, but in a period of adversity, time spent with loved ones is even more precious for people of all faiths and we all want some kind of Christmas — we need it.
“But what we don’t want is to throw caution to the winds and allow the virus to flare up again, forcing us all back into lockdown in January.
“This virus is not going to grant a Christmas truce. It doesn’t know Christmas and families will need to make a careful judgement about the risks.”
There have been 209 new coronavirus cases and 24 COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Tuesday.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 118 new cases in Lincolnshire, 51 in North Lincolnshire and 40 in North East Lincolnshire.
It also registered 16 deaths in Lincolnshire, four in North Lincolnshire and four in North East Lincolnshire.
These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
NHS England reported nine local hospital deaths on Tuesday. Five were at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and four were at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. This takes the total number of hospital deaths in the county to 477.
On Tuesday, national cases increased by 11,299 to 1,538,794, while deaths rose by 608 to 55,838.
Lincolnshire COVID-19 deaths up to November 24.
Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus cases at the University of Lincoln has more than halved this week. It currently has 61 coronavirus cases — 58 students and three staff.
The man in charge of care homes in Lincolnshire said extra precautions are still needed for visitors, besides twice-weekly rapid testing, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined in his winter plan on Monday.
In national news, new figures show weekly COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales are at the highest level since May.
The transport secretary announced that international visitors will be able to reduce their quarantine time by more than half from December 15, provided they purchase a COVID-19 test after five days.
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire for Tuesday, November 24
24,047 cases (up 209)
14,783 in Lincolnshire (up 118)
4,412 in North Lincolnshire (up 51)
4,852 in North East Lincolnshire (up 40)
745 deaths (up 24)
485 from Lincolnshire (up 16)
133 from North Lincolnshire (up four)
127 from North East Lincolnshire (up four)
of which 477 hospital deaths (up nine)
251 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up five)
9 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
216 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up four)
1,538,794 UK cases, 55,838 deaths
DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update. postcode data includes deaths not in healthcare facilities or in hospitals outside authority boundaries.
Geordie comedian Sarah Millican will perform at four Lincolnshire venues next year as part of her new UK tour Bobby Dazzler.
Sarah, who is married to fellow comedian Gary Delaney and has appeared on various TV panel shows, will visit Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Skegness between July and October 2021.
Tickets will be available for general sale from 10am on Friday, November 27 – see more details here.
However, anyone on Sarah’s mailing list will have access to book at 10am on Wednesday, November 26. The first 5,000 tickets that get sold to mailing list members will have no booking fee.
Tickets are priced at £27.50 before any venue charges. The booking fee will only be £1.50 per ticket.
Lincolnshire shows
The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe – July 16 and 17
Grimsby Auditorium – August 21
Embassy Theatre, Skegness – September 1
The Engine Shed, Lincoln – October 27 and 31
As well as the UK and Ireland leg of the tour, Sarah is working on booking some international dates in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America.
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