SiEntries is now accepting entries for the 2020 GUCR 145 Birmingham – London, KACR 145 London – Bristol and LLCR 130 Liverpool – Leeds. Supported (with own crew): £60, Unsupported (tended by organisers): £90. Includes booking fee. £2 levy if unattached. Please click the appropriate link below to enter. Follow the instructions there. Notes: 1.
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The 2019 August Bank Holiday was officially the hottest on record. Despite the extreme heat, Alex Whearity, the hot favourite for the Men’s Canalslam Title with two wins already in the bag, stuck to his “no-sitting” plan, to claim a new series record, as well as his third win. Not to be outdone on a
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The dates are set for the 2020 GUCR 145 Birmingham – London (26th Edition), KACR 145 Bristol – London (4th Edition) and LLCR 130 Liverpool – Leeds (7th Edition) Grand Union Canal 145 mile Race Birmingham – London 0600 Saturday 23rd May 2020 (Spring bank holiday weekend) Pre-registration to enter the GUCR draw for places
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Alex Whearity has crossed the Finish line at Little Venice in a time of 25 hours and 8 minutes and becomes the fourth fastest finisher in the 25 year history of the GUCR. Official results can be found here and the updated Hall of Fame here. 97 Starters. 52 Finishers. Unfortunately, the following had to
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Starting 06:00 Saturday 25th May you can see details of Retirements and Finishers on our new Live Results section. Below also shows updates of all goings-on in the form of a race-log for the duration until the last canalrunner arrives in Little Venice. [canalrace-event-log event_id=31]
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To celebrate the 25th running of the Birmingham to London Canal Race, we are holding a party! The venue is the Eagle and Ball pub in Birmingham; the date Saturday 27th April; the time 1300 to 2300 hours. We are hiring, and will have sole use of, the entire three floors of the pub. It
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Thanks go to Baz Taylor, Mark & Nikola Coutts, Simon Prytherch, Lucy Longrigg, Glyn Raymen, Dick & Jan Kearn, Maisy and Cathy for their assistance at the draw this evening. Below is the provisional list of runners for the 25th Grand Union Canal Race allocated from the 239 entries received. Paul Adams Natalie Aird Paul
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SiEntries is now accepting entries for the 2019 GUCR 145 Birmingham – London 25th Anniversary Edition, KACR 145 Bristol – London 3rd Edition and LLCR 130 Liverpool – Leeds 6th Edition. [Updated 27th September] KACR and LLCR entries will be immediate i.e. completed as soon as payment is made on SiEntries. GUCR pre-registrations will take
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Nine runners completed all three Canalrace events to complete the \’Canalslam\’. Stu Wilkie takes the 2018 title and Fiona becomes the first ever female finisher. Below shows individual finish times for the GUCR 145, KACR 145 and LLCR 130 as well as the accumulated total time. 1 Stu Wilkie 30:44, 32:37, 23:08, Total 86h 29m
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The dates are set for the 2019 GUCR 145 Birmingham – London 25th Anniversary Edition, KACR 145 Bristol – London 3rd Edition and LLCR 130 Liverpool – Leeds 6th Edition 2019 Grand Union Canal 145 mile Canal Race (GUCR 145) Birmingham – London, 0600 Sat 25th May (Spring bank holiday weekend) ENTRIES OPEN To compete,
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