After the nice success of final 12 months’s occasion the Tassal Group have come on board for a second 12 months to sponsor the Airlie Seashore Marathon Competition in 2022.

Tassal Group produce premium high quality Australian tiger prawns beneath the Tropic Co model proper right here in The Whitsundays and are a significant employer in our area.

The Athletics North Queensland Marathon Championships is the function race of the Airlie Seashore Marathon Competition. The 2021 marathon discipline was the largest up to now and much more athletes are anticipated this 12 months.

This system for the 2022 pageant follows final 12 months’s profitable format and can cater for all ages from 4 years outdated and up. It options races over 1 mile, 1km, 2km, 5km, 10km, 21.1km and 42.2km.

The Occasion Supervisor and President of the Whitsunday Operating Membership, Tim McQuoid-Mason stated entries for this 12 months opened on 1 January and with the assist of Tassal Group and the opposite sponsors we count on a terrific end up in July.

The pageant will begin on Saturday 16 July with the Airlie Seashore Foreshore Magic Mile to be run at 4:00pm. There may be prize cash for the quickest female and male and ribbons awarded within the 6 to 9 and 10 to fifteen 12 months age teams.

Sunday 17 July would be the busy day with the marathon, half marathon, 10km, 5km, and youngsters 2 and 1km races to be run beginning with the marathon at 6:00am.

The primary three locations within the marathon and half marathon will all obtain prize cash with their trophies.

The successful college with essentially the most participation will obtain a donation to go in the direction of sports activities gear.

The charity of selection for this 12 months’s pageant is the Ronald McDonald Home Charities, North Australia.

Tourism Whitsundays Chief Govt Officer, Rick Hamilton believes the Airlie Seashore Marathon Competition is held in the perfect vacation spot on the planet.

“The place else are you able to get pleasure from a marathon with 74 island wonders to admire, bordered by the Nice Barrier Reef whereas profiting from the tropical resort city of Airlie Seashore?

“It’s time to place in your trainers as a result of this isn’t an occasion to be missed,” Mr Hamilton stated.

Extra details about the occasion may be discovered on the pageant web site at www.runairlie.com.au or you possibly can comply with it on Fb, Instagram and Twitter.