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Emunah not bowled over by marathon places rollover
'There was effectively a glut as many Jewish charities had carried over places and the pool of potential runners within our community is limited.'
April 28, 2017 14:32
'There was effectively a glut as many Jewish charities had carried over places and the pool of potential runners within our community is limited.'
April 28, 2017 14:32When last year’s marathon fell on the second day of Pesach, a number of Jewish charities decided not to field runners, missing out on the revenue from sponsorship. Race organisers promised that unused places could be “rolled over” to the 2017 marathon, as is allowed when charities do not fully take up their annual allocation.
But affected charities say they have been unable to fill the extra spots because of the difficulty in finding additional participants.
At British Emunah, director Deborah Nathan noted that “carrying over places is fine in principle. But being able to fill double the number is very hard. There was effectively a glut as many Jewish charities had carried over places and the pool of potential runners within our community is limited.
“We hope that by rolling these places forward in future years, we will eventually be able to use them all and recoup the funds we would expect to raise. We are already actively looking for runners to take part in the 2018 London Marathon.”
