Family friendly | Sports | Outdoor
The Durrell Challenge 2023
The eagerly anticipated Durrell Challenge is back for 2023! The Challenge will consist of three different races; a live 13k, a virtual 13k and the brand-new for 2023, family-friendly 2.6k. It will also include a tort-ally’ terrific Tortoise and Hare theme to ‘shell-abrate' Tortoise Takeover, which is coming to Jersey on 1 July 2023.
- Seasonal opening
- Booking needed
Price: £10.40 - £26.20
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Kindly sponsored by Butterfield and organised in partnership with 3D Events, the event will take place on Sunday 14 May. Runners of all abilities are encouraged to take part and help raise vital funds for the charity’s work saving the world’s most precious wildlife around the world. Choose to take part in the 13k live race, starting at Victoria Park and finishing at Jersey Zoo, or the 13k virtual race for those outside of Jersey. We also have a new family-friendly 2.6k course, which will start and finish at Jersey Zoo.
Registration is now open - please visit durrell.org/events for more information and to sign up.
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May
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