Win Airline Tickets, Four Night Stay In Mexico
The 38th Annual Fairmont to Fairmont Race will be held on Sunday, January 11, 2015, and the main draw prize is a four night stay at a Fairmont hotel Mexico with round-trip JetBlue tickets.
The race takes runners on a 7.2 mile course between the Fairmont Southampton and Fairmont Hamilton Princess and is considered the beginning of the running year, attracting competitors from across the globe.
It is a great final warm-up for International Race Weekend, starting on Friday, January 16, 2015. The Fairmont to Fairmont Race also includes a competitive walking category, a 3-member team relay, and a Junior 3K race.
Sangeeta Wagh [MAAC], Sandra Benevides [The Fairmont Southampton], Sarah Dunstan [Development Director, The Family Centre], Allison Tucker [The Fairmont Southampton], Shelley Meszoly [Regional Director of Sales & Marketing, Fairmont Hotels, Bermuda] after Fairmont to Fairmont Race 2014.
The Fairmont to Fairmont Race will take the competitors from the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel, along Front Street, East Broadway, The Lane, Harbour Road, Burnt House Hill, Middle Road and up The Fairmont Southampton Driveway before finishing at The Fairmont Southampton’s Private Beach Club.
2014 saw Harry Mulenga and Ashley Estwanik win the adult male and female categories respectively, while the junior winners were: Tommy Marshall and Jade Johnson [8-10]; Jayden Ming and Mikaela Outerbridge [11-12]; and Akim Johnston and Lynsey Palmer [13-15].
Relay teams Montpelier Re and Team Froud/Stone/Rahr captured the male and female relay honors, while Paget Pacers won the mixed relay race. Sinclair Smith was the winner of the competitive walking category, introduced for the first time in 2014.
In 2015, the main draw prize is a four night stay at The Fairmont Mayakoba, Mexico with round-trip JetBlue tickets. There are prizes for the top male & female finishers of the Junior 3K in the following age brackets: 8-10; 11-12; and 13-15. The Fairmont to Fairmont Relay Race will award prizes for the top finishers in the male, female, and mixed categories.
The adult Fairmont to Fairmont Running Race has prizes for the top male and female finishers in the following categories: 16-29 [open]; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60 & over; and 70 & over. The first male and female walkers will win prizes, as well as the first tourists, and the winning Fairmont employees. A variety of great spot prizes will also be awarded.
A look at last year’s Fairmont to Fairmont Race
The Fairmont to Fairmont Race is organized by the Mid Atlantic Athletic Club [MAAC] and sanctioned by the Bermuda National Athletics Association. First run in 1978 as the Princess to Princess, the race was MAAC’s first organized event.
Now named Fairmont to Fairmont Race, it is the longest-running sponsored road race event in Bermuda. In 2014, $4,170 was donated to The Family Centre from MAAC and Fairmont from race proceeds. A portion of the 2015 entry fee will be donated to The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust.
