The Curfew Run
The Curfew Run.
Course Record Holder.
Senior men set 2005
Dave Wright
Club Hunter Bog Trotters
Time 6min 33sec.
Senior Woman set 1997
Jeanette Furlin U/T.
Time 7min 52sec.
The First Curfew Run was run on Wednesday 17th July 1996
The Curfew Run is run around the old Elizabethan Town walls of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The Curfew Bell has tolled daily at 8pm since the reign of William the Conqueror.
The Curfew Bell rings continually for13 minutes, this is the challenge for the all the runners 1.2 miles complete circuit of the town walls with the notorious climb up Bank Hill .
The first event was oganised by the then Berwick Borough Tourism officer Jackie Ellis with the help from Berwick Harriers.
The First Winner of the event in 1996 1st Senior man Archie Jankins Time 6min 49sec Morpeth Harriers.
1997 1st senior man Adam Fletcher Time 7min 48sec Berwick Harriers.
1997 1st senior woman Jeanette Furling Time 7min 52sec [Course Record] U/T
1998 1st senior man Adam Fletcher Time 6min 49sec Berwick Harriers.
1998 1st senior woman Ann Wild Time 10min 10sec Norham R.C.
1999 1st junior man Stephen Hughes Time 6min 40sec Berwick Harriers.
1999 1st senior woman Cath Dickson Time 9min 17sec A.C. Eyemouth.
2000 1st senior man Adam Fletcher Time 6min 45sec Berwick Harriers.
2000 1st senior woman Sarah Riseborugh Time 9min 51sec U/T.
2001 1st senior man Tony Robinson Time 6min 40sec Berwick Harriers.
2001 1st senior woman Carrie Armstrong Time 9min 25sec U/T.
2002 1st senior man Adam Fletcher Time 7min 08sec Berwick Harriers.
2002 1st senior woman Kris Thompson Time10min 15sec Wlooer R.C..
2003 1st senior man Adam Fletcher Time 7min 05sec Berwick Harriers.
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2004 1st junior man Hamish Middlemass Time 6min 58sec A.C. Eyemouth.
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2005 1st senior man Dave Wright Time 6min 33sec. [Course Record] Hunter Bog Trotters.
2005 1st senior woman Karen Haldene Time 8min 51sec Gala Harriers.
2006 1st senior man Michael Lea Time 6min 45sec U/T.
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2007 1st senior man Ben Tucker Time 7min 03sec Berwick Harriers.
2007 1st senior woman Ann Hay Time 8min 51sec Dunbar R.C.
2008 1st junior man Andrew Crichton Time 7min 02 sec Dunbar R.C.
2008 1st junior woman Hannah Jones Time 8min 46sec. Gala Harriers.
2009 1st junior man Andrew Crichton Time 6min 45sec. Dunbar R.C.
2009 1st senior woman Sue Weatherburn Time 8min Wolverhampton
