Start Time:  7.00 pm

Age Restrictions:  Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

The Stuart Duncan Memorial 5k Run is an out and back course held on a traffic-free tarmac path (Boblingen Way) and is organised to support local charities and good causes in Stuart's memory under the auspices of the "Stuart Duncan Forever Running Fund".   As the family did last year, a contribution will be donated to an ongoing fundraiser for Joscelyne Kerr who attended Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes and is a friend of Margaret Duncan's granddaughter, Kayla.  Joscelyne has one of the world's rarest cancers and her family have pledged to do everything they can to help find a cure.  The 18-year old is believed to be just one of six or seven people in the world with a tumour called an anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma.      Radiotherapy and chemotherapy have not been successful and, while it is hoped that the drugs she is taking will slow the spread of the cancer, there is currently no cure.   Her normally private family has launched a £250,000 fundraiser in the hope of raising enough money for pioneering brain immunotherapy which is not available on the NHS.

A contribution will also be made to the family of local youngster, Jackson Dinsdale.     Jackson is four and a half years old and was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.   He has had eight operations with five of these being shunt revisions in his brain.   He struggles more than most as he has difficulty walking and tires easily.    He is having more investigations currently and the family are awaiting on intimation of a possible future operation as he has been found to have a tethered spinal cord.   This is causing him a lot of nerve pain throughout his body and making him even more fatigued.

However, his family have said, despite all his problems, Jackson is a happy little boy and that the additional physiotherapy that this donation will go towards paying for, is making a real difference to the quality of his life.

Registration is at The Lomond Centre, Woodside Road, Glenrothes KY7 5RA commencing at 6.00pm.   The Centre is five minutes from the start.   There is ample parking and toilets available but changing facilities are not likely to be available.   

All participants will receive a commemorative keyring and the first female and first male runner will each be awarded a Stuart Duncan Memorial Trophy which they will hold for a year.    

Please note terms and conditions of entry:

1. To enter the race, a runner must be:
   1. Eligible to compete under SAL rules and willing to abide by those rules,
   2. Physically fit to run 5 kilometres.
2. Entries for runners under the age of 18 must be made by a parent or legal guardian.
3. All runners participate entirely at their own risk.   The race organisers (Fife AC) and their associates shall not be liable for any accident, injury, loss or damage arising as a consequence of any runner’s participation in the race.
4. Entries are not transferable.
5. Entries may not be deferred to a subsequent year.
6. No refunds will be made except in the event of the organisers deciding to cancel the race.
7. We will require all competitors to accept and comply with any Covid-19 restrictions in force on the date of the race.