Bobmore Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 1JE
Telephone - 01628 483 752
Company Registration No.07690054

Marlow’s Santa Fun Run

“Sir, will you do Santa’s Fun Run with us?”

An innocent enough question, but not one that it’s easy to say No to! To be honest, the prospect of dressing up in a ridiculous outfit to run around Marlow on a cold December Sunday morning did not seem attractive, until my cunning brain conjured the idea that if I was doing it, I wouldn’t be the only elderly idiot. And so the team was born! Great Marlow Santas (the best name we could come up with) developed into a team of 25, comprised of teachers, support staff, Sixth Formers and family members raising money in the memory of Kyrece Francis who died in July. The training was bearable, the costume was hot but the community spirit at the start and around the course was amazing. Top inspiration was the Head Girl, Antonia Miles, who ran the morning after her 18th birthday celebrations! The low point was watching my two Deputy Heads run off, one calling out “Leave him, he’s too slow!” What price loyalty?

In the end, as with most of these events, I wouldn’t have missed it for anything. So, thank you, Max Roberts, for asking in the first place.

Linton Nash


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