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Flemington School Mud Run breaks records

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Ready to go and blissfully unaware of what’s ahead ... starters in the Flemington Mud Run. Photos / Connull Lang

Ready to go and blissfully unaware of what’s ahead ... starters in the Flemington Mud Run. Photos / Connull Lang

The 10th annual Flemington School Mud Run held at Lake Station last weekend broke records, with 749 runners, sliders and wallowers making their way from a clean start to a very dirty finish.

The record breaking run, including raffles and auctions, has raised an estimated $30,000 for Flemington School.

An introduction to what was to come ... the first pond at the Flemington Mud Run.
An introduction to what was to come ... the first pond at the Flemington Mud Run.

It was the event’s 10th anniversary and the cash prizes in the fancy dress categories brought out the stylish and the creative in the mud runners, although it wasn’t long before they all looked alike: muddy.

A couple of participants experience a cold, wet shock.
A couple of participants experience a cold, wet shock.
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The mud run was recently awarded the Community Initiative Award at both the 2023 CHB Sports Awards and the Hawke’s Bay Sports Awards, but on Saturday the Central Ag Contracting Mud Slide was the winner, sending mud-runners on their way with varying degrees of indignity.

The mud slide takes its toll yet again.
The mud slide takes its toll yet again.

Organisers said they were grateful for the support from runners, sponsors and “Hayley and Andy Barrett who allow us to make a muddy mess of their farm every year”.

Hawke’s Bay Today photographer Connull Lang went along, stood well back, and took these photos.

No one wins against the epic Flemington Mud Slide.
No one wins against the epic Flemington Mud Slide.


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