The Run Tsunami Run 5K Walk and Run will be bigger and better next year.
That is the promise of organisers of the annual event, as last Sunday’s race saw the biggest turn out, with over 450 skaters, walkers and runners.
Children, adults, the elderly and disabled converged on the Worthing Fire Station for the official start of the race, under the starting orders of Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams.
Following the count down from five, the group skated, walked and ran along the tsunami route, which took them up Rendezvous Hill, along Rendezvous Gardens, Golf Club Road, Dayrells Road, Browne’s Gap, and then along Worthing Main Road before making their way back to the finish line just outside the fire station.
By the end of the race, there were winners in all three categories – skaters, walkers and runners.
David Small and Paula Kelly were the first male and female skaters to cross the finish line, followed by Lee Cumberbatch and Yvette Bourne, in second place; and Jason Rampersad and Sariya Coppin in third place.
For the runners, it was Joshua Hunte and Katielynn Parker, who captured the first place prize; while Oein Josiah and Keisha Squires, earned second place in the male and female category, and Shemel Maynard and Jane Evelyn finished third.
Meanwhile, the first place prize in the walkers’ category went to Dudley Harewood and Charmaine Belgrave; second place to Anderson Maughn and Donna Blackman and third place to Terry Forde and Angela Jackson.
Special prizes were also given to the oldest female walker, 80-year-old Annelise Lampersdoerfer, and oldest male Eric Clarke competing in the event.
The event formed part of activities to mark Coastal Hazard and Earthquake Smart Month under the theme: All Aboard with Coastal Resilience.
It was organised by the Technical Standing Committee on Coastal Hazards, chaired by the Department of Emergency Management and the Coastal Zone Management Unit.