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Official SITC T-shirts (Protected Logo - permission required to reproduce) NOW AVAILABLE @£7.50 each (4 for £20 plus £5 for UK postage and packing) sizes available are Medium, Large and Extra Large (some shrinkage after hot wash possible)
Orders by email to > info@sikhsinthecity.org
Please make cheques payable to ‘SIKHS IN ENGLAND’ and post to:
SITC
c/o 47 Wellesley Road
Ilford
Essex IG1 4JX
SITC T-Shirts (shown above) will be worn all over the world by club members during their trips abroad to races and issued to all runners who take part in SITC organised races in the UK during 2013 until stocks last.
New batch of 300 expected to be ordered by end of March 2013 - due to increase in costs, new supporters will be asked for £125 each to have their contributions acknowledged.
(Current Supporter Policy -Supporters (shown above) will each receive three T-shirts for free, one of each size)
New T-Shirt design shown below was approved at the AGM meeting on the 13th Jan 2012, members of the public had also voted for their favourite design
Just gone .......
5 May 2013 – Sikhs In The City races
13th Sikhs In The City Marathon
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Runner |
Finishing time (h:m:s) |
Comments |
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Ghanaya Singh Talewar |
4:48:25 |
His 2nd fasted time on course |
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Harmander Singh |
5:22:36 |
On 34th Wedding Anniversary |
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Nirmal Singh Lotay |
1:22:19 (see below) |
Pulled out and do 10km instead |
Sikhs In The City 22km
|
Runner |
Finishing time (h:m:s) |
Comments |
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David Bell |
1:41:48 |
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Monique Doig |
1:49:55 |
Female course record |
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Satwinder Singh |
2:02:35 |
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Baldev Singh |
2:03:39 |
64 year old |
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Michelle Murphy |
2:27:41 |
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Sikhs In The City 10km
|
Runner |
Finishing time (h:m:s) |
Comments |
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Dharmesh Tailor |
0:58:25 |
Paced Ghanaya Singh |
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Lakvinder Singh |
1:05:30 |
Recovering from injury |
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Sandy Jobanputra |
1:09:07 |
Recovering from injury |
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Sukhjinder Singh |
1:15:45 |
Estimated finishing time |
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Manjit Singh |
1:18:46 |
Walked the course |
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Nirmal Singh |
1:22:19 |
Recovering from injury |
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Major Iqbal Singh |
1:25:43 |
First run for five months |
Many thanks to Kamal Kaur Palray, Balraj Singh Lotay and Rabbi Larry for their excellent contribution in volunteering \ns managing the races.
Thanks also to Major Iqbal Singh for his generous donation of refreshments and Ghanaya Singh for collecting, setting up and transporting all technical equipment for the races and officially starting the marathon on time (at 7:00am)
21 April – Virgin London Marathon
Gee Sagoo, Jaspreet Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, Raj Padam and Harmander Singh completed the London Marathon
Our prayers go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings, Sikhs In The City runners will be wearing black arm bands in the London Marathon to show our support for Boston.
14 April – Tessa Sanderson 10km/Half Marathon
Several members of Team SITC completed the Half and 10k distances, results will be posted on the Results tab
24 March Brentwood Half Marathon
Satwinder Singh and Harmander Singh completed the race, their results will be posted on the Results tab
3 March – Roding Valley Half Marathon
Manjit Singh ran 1 hour 33 mins.
Satwinder Singh ran 2 hours 1 min.
Harry Singh ran 2 hour 2 mins.
Ghanaya Singh ran 2 hours 7 mins.
Harmander Singh ran 2 hours 7 mins.
Gary Singh ran 2 hours 11 mins.
Lakvinder Singh ran 2 hours 15 mins.
Jaspreet Kaur ran 2 hours 25 mins.
Manpreet Kaur ran 2 hours 26 mins.
Gurmit Kaur ran 3 hours 9 mins.
3 March – Silverstone Half Marathon
Gurpreet (Gee) Sagoo ran 1 hour 53 mins.
Dharmesh Tailor ran 1 hour 58 mins.
Raj Padam ran 2 hours 4 mins.
Vijay Tailor ran 2 hours 11 mins.
Bharat Tailor ran 2 hours 40 mins.
24 February – Hong Kong Marathon
Fauja Singh ran his last competitive race – 10km in 1 hour 32 minutes (clock time) before retiring.
Nachhatar Kaur-Singh (Mami Ji), Raj Shinhmar and Michelle Murphy ran the half marathon in 3 hours 32 mins, 2 hours 28 mins and 2 hours 11 minutes respectively.
Nirmal Singh, Lakvinder Singh and Harmander Singh completed the full marathon in 6 hours 1 min, 5 hours 22 mins and 4 hours 53 mins respectively.
3 February – Watford Marathon
Three members of SITC completed the race – results shown on appropriate tab.
4-6 January – SITC Akhand Marathon
Members of SITC ran in a relay format for 48 hours and completed a total of 511 miles.
WANTED -Female runners and Corporate Sponsorship
SITC has represented the UK in races across the globe, including Luxembourg, Lisbon, Lahore, Edinburgh, Paris, Amsterdam, Mauritius, Berlin, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Toronto Waterfront and Frankfurt.
SITC already has male and female runners from Christian, Hindu, Jain, Muslim and Sikh faiths but is keen to have more runners from other faiths -particularly female runners who are able to travel abroad with the team.
SITC has an inter-faith women's relay team which is in need of more Muslim members - the standard required is under 70 minutes for 10km or under two and half hours for a half marathon - minimum age is 18.
Corporate Sponsorship
SITC is seeking corporate sponsorship -we are looking for about £9,000/year in total. This could be made up of £2,000 each for the Annual Sikh Relay Marathon Race and the Akhand Marathon, £1,000 each for the three quarterly 10km/half and full marathons. Exclusive sponsorship of up to 500 club T-shirts are also offered at £2,000 to individual sponsors
Planned 2013 races : (SITC races start at 8:30am unless stated otherwise)
4-6 January – SITC Akhand Marathon
3 February – Watford Marathon
24 February – Hong Kong Marathon
3 March – Roding Valley Half Marathon
24 March - Brentwood Half Marathon
14 April – Tessa Sanderson 10km/Half Marathon
21 April – Virgin London Marathon
5 May – SITC Relay Marathon
26 May – Edinburgh Marathon
8 June – Luxembourg Marathon
21 July - Milton Keynes Relay Marathon
25 August – SITC 10km, Half & Full Marathon
2 September – Glasgow Half Marathon
8 September - Run to The Beat
15 September – Great North Run
29 September – Ealing Half Marathon
6 October - Bournemouth Full/Half Marathon
13 October – ScotiaBank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
27 October – Frankfurt Marathon
24 November – Norwich Half Marathon
15 December -SITC Team Marathon