Race Weekend set for January 19 and 20, 2013

Tue, Jun 26th 2012, 10:59 AM

With the 2013 Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend seven months away, and many locals already training for next year's event, the organizers are reminding the public that registration is now open for the January 19 and 20, 2013 event. Early registration ends July 31, and persons may register online or in person at either the Baillou Hill Road or East Shirley Street office of Sunshine Insurance (Agents & Brokers) Limited.
Brian Moodie, president of Sunshine Insurance, lead sponsor for the Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend, said that his company is pleased that Bahamians and residents have embraced this event as a healthy lifestyle activity and as an opportunity to support the local charities that benefit from race weekend, namely the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, the Cancer Society of The Bahamas, The Bahamas Breast Cancer Initiative, Sister Sister Breast Cancer Support Group and the Cancer Association of Grand Bahama. Each of these charities received $10,000 from the 2012 race weekend.
Both the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® and the Marathon Bahamas courses will remain the same, allowing our visitors to experience and enjoy The Bahamas' sun, sand and sea. The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® will begin on Church Street, in front of St. Matthew's Anglican Church, and end at the Atlantis Resort, adjacent to the tennis courts. Marathon Bahamas will start at Junkanoo Beach on Long Wharf and end at Arawak Cay. These courses have been referred to, by international participants, as "the most scenic race courses in the world", and just into its fourth year, the Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend can already boast of repeat local and international participants. To date the numbers are tracking 45 percent ahead of last year's registration at this point.
On February 14, 2010, the first Marathon Bahamas was held, and since then, the event has attracted participants from about 20 countries including the United States, Canada, Poland and other countries in Europe, Africa, South America and the Caribbean.

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