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The Highland Cross

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.

Entry to the Highland Cross is by invitation only for 250 teams of 3 (750 persons) of all athletic abilities; walkers, joggers, runners and cyclists.

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Highland Cross 2013 - notes from the Organisers for Competitors (20/05/13)

Liz Munro, the Safety Registrar at Affric, and Calum Munro, the Organising Secretary, have just done a route survey of the Highland Cross foot section. They report that the track is in excellent condition with a fine new bridge immediately before the Youth Hostel! The track east of the Youth Hostel was holding some water but hopefully this will drain before the day if we get a decent dry spell.

On the cycle section there is some rough potholing at the side of the road in the area of the Loch Beinn a' Mheahoin car park but it can be avoided by keeping towards the centreline of the road.

On the bus over to Morvich on the Saturday morning Liz and Calum found themselves sitting beside two Highland Crossers out for a trial crossing of the foot section! They will remain anonymous for the moment but we hope that they had a good practice run. On arrival at the Affric car park on Sunday afternoon Liz and Calum then saw three cyclists setting off as a group - so it must be May as the hills are alive with Highland Crossers in training.

The Highland Cross volunteers and the benefiting charities are all well advanced with their preparations for 22nd June to give you as well a supported crossing as possible.  We hope that your training and fund raising is going well and that you are preparing for a great personal challenge and remember Preparation Prevents Poor Performance - how you prepare will determine how much you enjoy the day!
 

Highland Cross 2013

Highland Cross 2013 will take place on Saturday 22 June 2013.  The organisers confirm that Highland Cross 2013 is now fully subscribed.  The ballots have taken place and unfortunately there were a large number of applicants who were unsuccessful in these ballots.  The situation is regretted but all the organisers can suggest is that potential competitors for Highland Cross 2014 note 2 September 2013 as the date on which entries will open for Highland Cross 2014.

The organisers of the Nairnshire Challenge have asked us to publicise that they have places available for this years event on Sunday 23 June 2013 - see www.nairnshirechallenge.co.uk.

Other events with available places are:

• The Glencalvie Challenge on 11 May 2013 - see www.rotarychallenge.co.uk

• The Trotternish Ridge Challenge on 29 June 2013 - see www.thetrott.org.uk

• Skye's the Limit on 14 September 2013 - see www.highlandhospice.org/skyesthelimit

The charities benefiting from Highland Cross 2013 fundraising are:

• Calman Trust

• Seaforth House

• Puffin Hydrotherapy Pool Biomass Heating Project 

• Lucky2BHere

• CCAST Highland

• Cantraybridge College

Click here to read more about the selected charities.

Highland Cross 2012

The total amount of money raised by competitors for Highland Cross 2012 was £228,122.  This brings the total raised over the 30 years of Highland Cross to over £3,440,000.

On 6th December 2012, the five principal charities received presentations:

• The ARCHIE Foundation received a cheque for £40,000 towards their improvement of the Children’s Ward at Raigmore Hospital.

• Glenurquhart Care Project received a specially adapted minibus to support their community work.

• Highland Hospice received a cheque to fund a vehicle to support their retail operation.

• Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Inverness received a cheque for a specially adapted minibus.

• Special Needs Action Project (SNAP) based in Inverness received a specially adapted minibus to support their work with disabled young people.

At the Presentation, Duncan Chisholm, the renowned fiddler, gave a live performance of his new tune celebrating Highland Cross – the tune is called “Running the Cross” and is on his latest album, “Affric”.

In addition to the assistance given to the five principal charities, over £33,000 is currently being distributed to another 12 charities which made applications for grants from the surplus funds available from this year’s event.  Once again the Organisers wish to thank most sincerely all competitors, sponsors and volunteers who work together to make Highland Cross happen.