"..the best new race meet on the NSW running calendar" Sean Williams, Winner 2011 Half marathon. $10,000 total prize money - all profits go to charity

Carcoar Cup Running Festival

Entertainment and Activities
in CARCOAR and NEVILLE on Saturday

CARCOAR CUP RACES on Sunday Morning and the
Awards Presentation at the CARCOAR PICNIC on Sunday Afternoon

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Six months out - a real buzz about already about this year's Carcoar Cup.

7 May 2012 Andrew Baulch, Festival Director

Have a Tilt at Team Toole in 2012
Ever grinning local MP Paul Toole will be bringing Team Toole back this year to defend their title. I dropped into the ABC Central West studios for an interview with livewire Angela Owens and she accepted the challenge for the ABC to put up a team to challenge Team Toole. I issue a challenge to all you businesses, institutions and schools to have a TILT AT TEAM TOOLE!

Has to be a First!
Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon (Vancouver) Event Manager to run in the Carcoar Cup. Kaliegh Forbutt (Blake) says “I am so happy to see a quality half marathon in regional NSW!!” I thought Lulu may be a lady runner with dodgy knees, but apparently it’s a sports clothing label!

American Sisters from New York and San Francisco chose the Carcoar Cup
Stephanie and Jennifer Jurivich have set targets to run a marathon on every continent in the world, and we are thrilled that they have chosen the Carcoar Cup to be their Australian leg. The Cup will be Jennifer’s fifth marathon on five continents and it will be Jennifer’s third.

Great Reception from CSU Half Marathon runners
We handed out brochures over the weekend to all runners at this successful event, and many expressed their enthusiasm for the event and will be coming to run in November. With so many young people keen to run, we will definitely be noting ages in the new U18 Championship, so we will have trophies for the winners and runners up U18, U16, and U14. This means that with this year’s Carcoar Cup for Kids categories of U12, U10, U8 and U6, we will have all the ingredients for a fine family challenge.

Trophies and DVD all in a year’s work
Superb potter Louise Purcell will be starting on the 2012 trophies soon, after the tremendous reception she received for last year’s trophies. This she will accomplish just as soon as she and husband Carl put the finishing touches on Carcoar Cup DVD based on last year’s event.

Accommodation (see Information section) Book early

Australia Day Award for the Carcoar Cup

27 January 2012 Andrew Baulch, Festival Director

The Carcoar Cup has capped off a successful 2011 inaugural running by receiving an Australia day Award as the “Community Event of the Year” for the Blayney Shire. We are very proud of the achievement and are looking forward to putting all we have learned from a successful 2011 into making the first weekend in November 2012 one to really remember.

Preparations for the 2012 Running Festival

There are to be some basic housekeeping improvements that are the result of feedback from runners – a few extra drink stations, better PA, timing system, signposts every kilometre, etc., to build on the basics that we put in place in 2011.

Carcoar Cup U18 Championship

In addition, we plan on running and U18 Championship that will start and finish in Carcoar and be run over about 7kms. A number of teenagers ran very creditably in the Carcoar to Creek Dash over 6kms in 2011 and perform very well in that open event, Josh Farr and Frehiwot Ward to name a couple. We think it fitting that they should have their own event this time around.

Changes for the teams Events

We are leaning towards having the Open teams event (4 runners over the Marathon course) as the mainstay, and doing away with additional categories of last year.

Full results for 2011 are published on the Information page