HIGHLAND CROSS
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The Highland Cross is a 50-mile duathlon (20 miles on foot, 30 miles on bike) traversing the spectacular Scottish Highlands coast to coast, west to east from Kintail through Glen Affric and Strathglass to Beauly.
Highland Cross exists to raise money for causes that benefit the people of Highland, disadvantaged by disability, ill health or social need.
Entry to the Highland Cross is by invitation only for 265 teams of 3 (795 persons) of all athletic abilities; walkers, joggers, runners and cyclists. Teams must pledge to raise a minimum of £500 in sponsorship for the charities nominated by Highland Cross. Charities interested in becoming beneficiaries from Highland Cross should consult the "Charities" page and fully examine the funding conditions before applying. |
The Highland Cross
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Highland Cross 2019 – 22 June The application deadline has now passed and balloting has been completed as the event was heavily oversubscribed this year. There were over 150 applicants (over 50 teams) who were unsuccessful in getting a team in this year’s event. All successful/unsuccessful teams have been notified on 15 February 2019. Please see our updated FAQs for more information. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Highland Cross 2018
Highland Cross breaks the £5 million barrier with another fantastic fundraising year – 11th record in the last 13 years! The record figure raised in 2017 from Highland Cross participants was £280,346 but this has been surpassed by Highland Cross 2018 competitors raising an incredible total of £307,566! This now means that Highland Cross has raised over £5 million over the 36 years of the event.
On 22 November 2018, the 5 principal charities received presentations:
In addition to the primary causes, the participants’ success will also allow some smaller grants totalling over £145,000 to be distributed to charities across Highland over the next month. The Organisers would once again like to thank competitors, sponsors and volunteers for their continued support of Highland Cross.
Highland Cross 2019
The list to receive application forms for Highland Cross 2019 is now CLOSED
From the replies received from 2018 competitors, unsuccessful applications from previous years and new applications, we are again oversubscribed. We have received a large number of e-mails requesting that their names be added to the list to receive an application form at the end of January and we already have well over 380 requests for the 265 teams available. If everyone returns their completed forms, we will again be involved in balloting.
The Organisers apologise to anyone who wished to add their name to the list but can only suggest that if they are interested in Highland Cross 2020, they mark 2nd September 2019 in their diary as the date to register for an entry for 2020.
Highland Cross on Facebook
Highland Cross now has a Facebook page - www.facebook.com/thehighlandcross
It is full of news about the event, important dates for the 2019 event, information about the folk who make it happen and the charities we support and who support us. There are a lot of comments about the event being posted. The comment below was left by Nigel MacGillivary one of this year’s participants – he really grasps what the Cross is all about!
"...truly is a unique community event from the coffee stall at the start to the post race buffet and everything before, in between and after."
Highland Cross 2018 Highland Cross 2018 took place on Saturday 23 June. The full list of individual results can be found here.
Photography Photography from Highland Cross 2018 is available here:
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Highland Cross have signed up with JustGiving and Virgin Money Giving to enable competitors to set up their own sponsorship page. To make a donation or to create your own page to raise money click here to visit our JustGiving page or click here to visit our Virgin Money Giving page. |
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