Twenty-one teams completed the round the Island Race The Sun relay event on Saturday sponsored by Mannmade Group. Teams of up to 10 runners took part with the aim of completing a clockwise lap of the Island’s Raad ny Foillan 98-mile coastal footpath between sunrise and sunset starting and finishing on Peel Promenade. Mark Eastham, Adventure Events Fundraising Co-ordinator for The Children’s Centre, said: “We would like to thank all the participants involved as well as the sponsor of the event, Mannmade Group, for helping to make this event such a big success” A team from Northern AC won the scratch and handicap race titles completing the 98-mile route in 12h 43m 11s. At Laxey - the half way point - Microgaming were managing to hold on to their lead over Northern AC, but this was soon to change with Nikki Boyde running for Northern AC putting in a blistering performance completing the 7.6 mile leg between Laxey and Douglas in a time of 58m 35s, which catapulted Northern AC into the lead which they managed to retain until the finish. The handicap race was based on predicted times supplied by each of the competitors and this information was used to determine start times. The race began with the first wave of runners starting at 5.17am on Peel Promenade for the first leg which was an 11.45 mile run along the coastal path to The Cronk. The other legs were as follows: Leg 2 - The Cronk to Point of Ayre (10.55miles); Leg 3 - Point of Ayre to Maughold (10.48miles); Leg 4 - Maughold to Laxey (8.98miles); Leg 5 - Laxey to Douglas (7.61miles); Leg 6 - Douglas to Port Grenaugh (10.73miles); Leg 7 - Port Grenaugh to Chapel Bay PSM (10.8miles); Leg 8 - Chapel Bay to Port Erin (7.81miles); Leg 9 - Port Erin to Niarbyl (8.31miles); Leg 10 - Niarbyl to Peel (5.61miles). Mark Eastham, Fundraising Co-ordinator for The Children’s Centre, said the event - now in its fourth year - was a big success and had raised around ?8,000 this year. He thanked all the teams which took part and raised sponsorship which will go to support vulnerable children and young people in the Isle of Man through The Children’s Centre’s Mobex project. For more details about Race The Sun - and maps of the route - go to www.thechildrenscentre.org.im RESULTS Actual Times 1 - Northern AC 12h 43m 11s; 2 - PDMS - 13h 24m 53s; 3 - MannMade Group 13h 51m 41s; 4 - KPMG 14h 13m 41s; 5 - Chris Kirk & Team 14h 24m 45s; 6 - Barclays 14h 30m 26s; 7 - Search & Select 14h 32m 11s; 8 - Microgaming 14h 37m 11s; 9 - Fairbairn Private Bank 14h 41m; 10 - Friends Provident International 14h 57m 04s; 11 - NSC 15h 00m 58s; 12 - AXA 15h 20m 54s; 13 - Fairbairn Private Bank 15h 23m; 14 - The Children's Centre 15h 26m 35s; 15 - Ra's Runners 15h 30m 26s; 16 - SMP Partners 15h 32m 07s; 17 - PWC 15h 34m 52s; 18 - Pokerstars 15h 47m 04s; 19 - Manx Telecom 15h 49m 36s; 20 - QE2 School 16h 12m 34s; 21 - Motorvation - 16h 31m 38s; 22 - Quinn Legal 15h 35m 31s; DNF - Carrefour. RESULTS Handicap 1 - Northern AC 14h 28m 14s; 2 - Microgaming 15h 09m 28s; 3 - KPMG 15h 28m 43s; 4 - Search & Select 15h 32m 12s; 5 - Fairbairn Private Bank 15h 40m; 6 - The Children's Centre 15h 58m 54s; 7 - Ra's Runners 16h 02m 49s; 8 - PDMS 16h 04m 55s; 9 - MannMade Group 16h 06m 43s; 10 - PWC 16h 07m 16s; 11 - Quinn Legal 16h 07m 58s; 12 - Chris Kirk & Team 16h 09m 50s; 13 - SMP Partners 16h 17m 23s; 14 - Pokerstars 16h 19m 24s; 15 - Barclays 16h 19m 29s; 16 - Friends Provident International 16h 20m 06s; 17 - Manx Telecom 16h 34m 50s; 18 - QE2 School 16h 45m; 19 - NSC 16h 52m; 20 - Motorvation 17h 04m; 21 - AXA 17h 16m; DNF - Carrefour - ENDS -