Berwick Cancer Cars
Great North Run Team 2025
Berwick Cancer Cars have had a Great North Run team since 2015 when seven runners, all from Berwick-upon-Tweed, took up the challenge to run the world famous 13.1 mile route in aid of our Cars.
For 2025 we're once again building an exceptional team of fundraisers. As well as our local heroes, we will have runners joining us from all over the UK!
"The friendly and helpful Cancer Cars volunteers enabled my mum to make her hospital appointments on time and relaxed, meaning that we as a family knew our mum is in safe hands. Cancer Cars are not only helping people in our area with cancer, but also their families. Please help me say a big THANK YOU to Cancer Cars."
Susan Howlett, GNR Cancer Cars Team Runner
Sunday 7th September 2025Newcastle - South Shields
BE PART OF OUR AMAZING 2025 GNR TEAM !
Our Great North Run Cancer Cars Runners make a HUGE impact each year. It's our single biggest and most important fundraising event of the year.
We are currently building our 2025 Team. If you would like to register your interest in one of our places please CLICK HERE but also PLEASE, PLEASE try the GNR Ballot too. This way we can build a bigger team as our charity places are limited.
Unlike other charities we do not pass on the £83 fee we pay for each of our Charity places and we do not stipulate a minimum fundraising amount, we just ask that our runners do the very best they can to support us through their amazing fundraising efforts. Every pound raised goes to help those battling cancer in our community to reach their cancer related treatments and appointments using our FREE Cancer Cars transport service for the Berwick & District community.
SO TWO THINGS TO DO IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CHANCE TO BE IN OUR TEAM:
1. CLICK HERE AND LET US KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR TEAM
2. CLICK HERE AND REGISTER FOR THE BALLOT (remember and let us know if you have been successful in the ballot and would like to join the team).
If you are unsuccessful in the general ballot we will then enter your name in our own (limited places) ballot.
Please fill in the form by CLICKING HERE or email us at [email protected] if you would like to be part of our fantastic fundraising running family !! You still have a chance of being in the team!
Should you already have your own place and wish to join our team please email [email protected]
Your 2025 Great North Run Admin Team
Lucy and Martin Grieve
Great North Run Admin and Main Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone (Lucy): 0778 723761
Robert Aitchison
Great North Run Commercial Sponsorship
Email: [email protected]
Andrew Smith (and Dave Dog)
Great North Run Admin
Email: [email protected]
Ann Short
Great North Run Back Office Admin
Email: [email protected]
Meet Our 2024 Berwick Cancer Cars GNR Team
If you already have your own place and would like to run for us please email our 2025 GNR Admin Team : [email protected]
Membership / Ballot Place Runners
Places won and allocated through the GNR ballot or three year membership system.
| Runner's Name | Giving Page |
|---|---|
| Andrew Smith |
Junior and Mini Great North Run
Our little friends taking part in the Mini/Junior Great North Run on Saturday 6th September 2025
| Name | Giving Page |
|---|---|
| Coming Soon |
Charity Place Runners
Team runners on a Berwick Cancer Cars charity place.
| Runner's Name | Giving page |
|---|---|
| Coming Soon |
We will once again be organising our very popular weekly 'social training runs' in 2025, starting in July, 9 weeks before the BIG DAY. We love our get togethers and everyone is welcome to join us whether they are running for us or not !! Our first run will be a short easy fun run around the Berwick Town Walls (ALL our runs are FUN !!) increasing the distance each week by roughly a mile. To give all those legs a rest we break a week before the Great North Run.
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All our runners are given a free, sponsored running top as a thank you and we encourage all our team to wear Berwick Cancer Cars tops during their training runs as it gives our sponsors the support they deserve too. For anyone wanting extra tops we have these are on sale at £15 each and we still have various sizes available. Please make contact with Robert at [email protected]
A Massive 'Thank You' for the support of our "GNR 2024" local businesses for sponsoring our running tops!
Please support them by clicking on their logo to visit them online.
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To give you an idea have a look at our 2024 training runs. The 2025 training runs will be published nearer the time.
Meet @TweedStreet - Wednesday for 6.00pm for 6.30pm Start (last 2 runs 30 mins earlier)
In the weeks building up to the big day we organise a run every Wednesday. Starting from our new home in Tweed Street we build up the miles every week. These runs are 'fun' and are designed to let you meet your fellow charity runners and help those who are starting from scratch. You go at your own pace and there is never any pressure. You are welcome to use our facilities to leave your belongings or to get changed. Parking is restricted so you are better to park in Castlegate Car Park or Castlegate itself.
Some of our amazing volunteers will also be there on the night making sure you have some refreshments.
We welcome everyone so even if you are not running for The Berwick & District Cancer Support Group you are welcome to join us. Kids are very welcome too so please bring them along.
This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow runners and to give each other support. Year after year we have runner who end up regretting not coming along so please try if you are able.
Week 1 - 1.68 miles - 17th July 2024
6pm for 6.30pm Start
Leave Tweed Street HQ onto Castlegate, Bankhill, back up onto the walls and 'Castlegate'. Continue 'clockwise' around the walls, up Bankhill, left onto Castlegate and back into Tweed Street HQ.
Week 2 - 3.25 miles - 24th July 2024
6pm for 6.30pm Start
Leave Tweed Street HQ onto Castlegate, Bankhill, back up onto the walls and 'Castlegate'. Continue 'clockwise' around the walls, down Kipper Hill, along Pier Road, along to the end of the pier and back to Kipper Hill, continue clockwise round the walls, up Bankhill, left onto Castlegate, and back to HQ tweed Street.
Week 3 - 4.35 miles - 31st July 2024
6pm for 6.30pm Start
Turn right when leaving Tweed Street, past railway station, cross road to Northumberland Ave, past Berwick Middle School, continue clockwise round the perimeter of the Golf Course, along to end of pier and back, Pier Road to Kipper Hill, continue clockwise round the walls, across Old Bridge, round Westend via Blakewell Road, then on to Ord Drive, across New Bridge, up Bankhill, Castlegate and back to HQ.
Week 4 - 6.15 miles - 7th August 2024
6pm for 6.30pm Start
Route 4
Week 5 - 7.62 miles - 14th August 2024
6pm for 6.30pm Start
Turn left out of Tweed Street, down Castlegate, Bankhill, across New Bridge, along Ord Drive, passed Tesco, East Ord. Up East Ord green and back road to Etal Road, Springhill Lane down towards Ports Centre, Billendean to Spittal Point. Continue along the prom until the 'Cliffs End' running up the small path to the Car Park before the new houses at 'Sand Banks'. Spittal Main Street, Dock Road, Union Brae, New Bridge and home to Tweed Street HQ.
Week 6 - 9.41 miles - 21st August 2024
5.30pm for 6pm Start
New route because of Old Bridge Closure.
Week 7 - 10.73 miles - 28th August 2024
5.30pm for 6pm Start
New Route because of Old Bridge Closure.
Our Great North Runs from Previous Years
Week 9 Training GNR 2023
Miles: Approx 3.3 Route: Play “follow the leader” to the Lighthouse via the coast path and back through the town centre and enjoy an easy, chatty “team together” jog!
Meet our 2023 junior Great North Run heroes!
On Saturday 9th September, five little heroes will be making their way to Newcastle to take part in this year’s Junior & Mini Great North Run event in aid of…
Week 8 Training GNR 2023
Miles: Approx 9.2 Route: Leave Tweed Street, Castlegate, up onto The Walls, The Stanx, right after Berwick Bowling Club towards the sea, eadge of the Golf Course to Pier Field,…
Week 7 Training GNR 2023
Miles: Approx 8.5 Route: Leave Tweed Street, Castlegate, New Bridge, Northumberland Road and all the way to Scremerston, left after Scremerston Church and down to Sea House (Cocklawburn), left along…
Week 6 Training GNR 2023
Miles: Approx 7 Route: Leave Tweed Street, Castlegate, New Bridge, Ord Drive, Rotary Way, past Garden Centre, East Ord Village Hill, back road to Etal Road, right up to Springhill…
Week 5 Training GNR 2023
Miles: Approx 6 Route: Leave Tweed Street, Castlegate, along Walkergate, past the Stanx, Golf Club, towards the Holiday Camp entrance heading to Jingler Bridge, up Magdalene Drive towards the old…
Week 4 Training GNR 2023
Miles: Approx 5 Route: Leave Tweed Street, down Castlegate to Golden Square, over The New Bridge, up Northumberland Road to The Sports Centre Roundabout, left down to Spittal Point Car…
Week 3 Training GNR 2023
Miles: Approx 3.5 Route: Leave Tweed Street, along Walkergate, past The Barracks, around The Stanks, up Golf Ball Alley, left past Berwick Middle School, Castle Terrace, at the top of…
Week 2 Training GNR 2023
Route: Leave Tweed Street, Castlegate, up onto the Walls clockwise, up Bankhill, Castlegate and back to HQ @TweedStreet.
Week 1 Training GNR 2023
Miles: Approx 1.6 Route: Leave Tweed Street, Castlegate, up onto the Walls clockwise, up Bankhill, Castlegate and back to HQ @TweedStreet.
Our 2022 Training Runs
Week 7
Everybody Welcome !! Join us on our seventh Berwick Cancer Cars Team Get Together Fun Run of 2022. Start Time 6.30pm for our Team Photo and run ! Tonight’s route…
Week 6
Wednesday 17th August 6.30pm Route overview : Parade – Town Walls (clockwise) – Old Bridge – up towards Asda for a team pic with the Cars – Springhill Lane –…
Week 5
Mixed terrain of grass and pavement, which took us from the Barracks through the Cow Gate, past Berwick Bowling Club to the sea, left up to the Haven Holiday Park…
Week 4
Wed 3rd August 2022, 7.30pm “To The Prom” (and a real rain soaking!!) Everybody Welcome !! Join us on our fourth Berwick Cancer Cars Team Get Together Fun Run of…
Week 3
Wednesday 27th July 2022, 7.30pm “The walls, the Tweed and an old castle” Everybody Welcome !! Join us on our third Berwick Cancer Cars Team Get Together Fun Run of…
Week 2
Wednesday 20th July 2022 Everybody Welcome !! Join us on our second Cancer Cars Team Fun Run of 2022. Meet outside The Barracks on the Parade green Route : “To The…
Week 1
Wednesday 13th July 2022 Everybody Welcome !! Join us on our first Cancer Cars Team Fun Run of 2022. Meet outside The Barracks on the Parade green Route : “Once…
2023
The Great North Run is our single biggest fundraising event of the year. For 2023 our team was made up of 5 wee junior runners who took part in the Junior & Mini Great North Run on Saturday 9th September, and a huge team of 55 senior runners who took part in the Great North Run (the "World's Biggest Half Marathon") on Sunday 10th September. We are mighty proud of every one of our 60 strong team of runners. All absolute heroes 
Out total for 2023 stands at over £32,000!!!!
2022
Our 30th Year Anniversary Team was our biggest team yet!! Our INCREDIBLE team of 64 fundraising runners raised over £32,000.
2021
Congratulations to our Great North Run 2021 (40th Birthday) Runners!! After the disappointment of 2020 we were delighted the 40th Anniversary Celebrations went ahead and our amazing team of 53 fundraising runners raised over £32,000.
Read our article in the Northumberland Gazette.
2021 Junior Runners - Jake & Jude
Team GNR Training Runners 2021
Some of our 2021 Runners on their way to GNR40
2020
Covid-19 - The Great North Run was cancelled and our runners had to hang up their running shoes until 2021 !!
2019
2019
2018
In 2018 we managed an amazing 41 runners in The Great North Run and The Junior Great North Run raising over £20,000! We also starred in the opening credits of the BBC coverage.
Our 2018 Junior Team Runners
2018 Team Runners - Training Session
2018 Team Runners - Training Session
2017
It is difficult to get entries for the run as it is so popular but for the 2017 run we managed to have 39 participants and raised the magnificent sum of £14,000. This money allowed us to replace one of cars and name him 'Miles' in recognition of all the miles ran by our incredible Berwick Cancer Cars GNR Team Runners.
2016
2015
2015 was the year of our inaugural Great North Run Team. Seven Berwickers got together and ran in aid of Berwick Cancer Cars.
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A Massive 'Thank You' for the support of our "GNR 2024" local businesses for sponsoring our running tops!
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