Bassingham Bash 5 Mile Road Race

The Bassingham Bash is a fast, flat 5-mile road race, held on quiet rural roads which provides great PB potential over a classic distance. The event is an integral part of the annual Bassingham Village Show which has many displays and attractions including food and drink outlets. Bring your family and friends. Free entry. All welcome.This year is the 22nd annual staging of the race, which routinely provides some of the fastest times every year in the UK over 5 miles. Popular with experienced and new runners alike it seeks to provide good competition across all age groups! It is billed as a development event and therefore provides a seperate prize category for under 23 runners as well as the usual senior and masters categories.The course records-Jordan Skelly, Lincoln Wellington AC, 23.29.7 August 2023 Sophie Wallis, Lincoln Wellington AC 25:56.6 August 2024There are over £750 of cash prizes for first three male/female senior and the first three U23 male/female. Cash bonus if the course records are broken.Veteran age category prizes male/female V40, V50, V60.Local athlete prizes.Minimum age for entry is 15 years on the day of the race.All funds from the event are used to directly support Newark and Lincolnshire area athlete development projects. In previous years this has included, training sessions, facilities hire, physiological testing support, travel expenses, and assistance with sport scholarships.The race is run under UKA rules. Licence number #TBCBassingham is 10 minutes east of the A1 accessed from the A46 between Newark and Lincoln. Race day info will be sent out in the week before the event.Recent Results2025 https://totalracetiming.co.uk/raceresults/6152024 https://totalracetiming.co.uk/raceresults/5192023 https://totalracetiming.co.uk/raceresults/4502022 https://totalracetiming.co.uk/raceresults/3682021 https://results.raceroster.com/v2/en-US/results/eec6qhx427m3n6se/results?page=12020 https://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=408106&event=5M&venue=Bassingham&date=26-Sep-202019 https://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=312292&event=5M&venue=Bassingham&date=31-Aug-19&pagenum=1Supported by Sports Clinical https://www.sportsclinical.co.uk