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MANEA MA TTERS
MANEA MATTERS
HEROES

MANEA VIRTUAL 5k

This year has brought many of us to a grinding
halt and forced many of us to adapt or cancel
plans for 2020. Not wanting to be ground to
a Covid-19 halt, the Manea Gala 5k started
to think of a way to keep people running and
promote a positive mind and active body at a
difficult time.
An idea was pitched
to the organisers
by Andrea Crellin,
a runner from the MANEA COMMUNITY
village, to plan a virtual
event. After some PRIMARY SCHOOL
quick organisation and
planning, the Virtual The staff have been busy:
Manea 5k - Race the • Devising home learning plans
Tractor was thrown together. A 5k run or walk,
anytime, anywhere, any pace. • Teaching in school to Key Worker children
• Plans for returning children, which focus on
Three tractor times were set for the runners to well-being
beat over the weekend of the 26th-28th June.
• Providing entertaining childcare
After completion of their 5k and submitting • Redesigning the curriculum
proof (many of which came with a great photo)
every participant received a fantastic medal • Delivering lunches, letters and reports
made in Manea by Bullmans bits & bobs.
The event turned out to be a huge success with
a steady stream of runners from the village as
welL as runners from other parts of the country
and as far afield as Australia, Vietnam and the
U.S.
The combined effort raised the sum of £800 for
Addenbrooke’s Liver Transplant Association, a
charity chosen by co-organiser Steve Tarsitano.
The organisers hope the event will raise the • Managing and looking after preschool children
profile of the Manea Gala 5k and see another
great turn out from our supportive community • Spending hours on the phone supporting the
in the future. Ben Fox most vulnerable

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