Posted by Perth Kilt Run on Friday, June 14, 2013,
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Posted by Perth Kilt Run on Sunday, June 9, 2013,
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Scottish rugby legend, Tony Stanger, knows how to meet a challenge as the player responsible for one of the country’s most celebrated sporting highlights. Stanger posed for pictures at this week’s Perth and Kinross Coach Development event with a suitably impressed Perth Kilt Run mascot who will lead the city’s attempt to secure the kilt race world record on 10th August.
Stanger, who now focuses on developing future Scottish champions as Talent Manager for the Scottish Institute of Sport... Continue reading ...
Posted by Perth Kilt Run on Saturday, June 8, 2013,
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Posted by Perth Kilt Run on Saturday, June 1, 2013,
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Run 4 It – Scotland’s specialist chain of running shops – is again supporting the nation’s world record kilt race attempt as a principal sponsor of the Perth Kilt Run on Saturday, 10th August 2013. To mark this announcement, Run 4 It is donating a pair of running shoes (up to the value of £100) to one lucky runner drawn from those who sign up for the event before 1st July.
As one of the main sponsors of last year’s inaugural Kilt Run event, Run 4 It made a valuable contribution to ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Perth Kilt Run on Monday, May 27, 2013,
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Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Thursday, May 16, 2013,
A new mysterious figure has emerged from the early morning mists on Perth’s North Inch … a kilted mascot with a mission but without a name.
Limbering up at the site of this year’s race, the kilted colossus was greeted by Provost, Liz Grant, and four of Perth and Kinross’ young Ultimate Sports Leaders for his first training run ahead of the Perth Kilt Run on Saturday, 10th August.
As this year’s shorter off road 5k event is now open to children, aged 5 upwards, as well as a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Sunday, May 5, 2013,
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St Johnstone FC is supporting this year's Perth Kilt Run world record attempt by making a call to fans to take part to raise funds for its youth development programme. Kicking off the call, Saints Chairman, Steve Brown, was joined by the Club's striking legend, Roddy Grant, as well as current stars Gregory Tade, Murray Davidson and Chris Millar - sporting kilts in the Club's tartan - with Provost Liz Grant also 'on the ball'.  St Johnstone Chairman, Steve Brown, said "We're always keen to suppor... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Friday, March 15, 2013,
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Perth will once again attempt to break the world record for most runners in Kilts when the Perth Kilt Run returns on Saturday 10 August 2013.
The event will once again take place in and around the beautiful North Inch parklands in the heart of the city.
This year the event is open to all ages and will be a shorter distance of 5k making it more accessible for a much wider group. We hope to significantly surpass last year's numbers of just under... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Wednesday, May 30, 2012,
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Perth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations are
drawing near, and on Saturday 2nd June 2012 the Fair
City will be alive with music, colour
and fun for all the family to mark Her Majesty The Queen's 60 years on the
throne, at the largest Jubilee celebration in Scotland, in the country's newest
city.
The
day begins at 11am with the 1000 Pipers Parade, a spectacle not to be missed.
Over 1100 musicians from 12 countries around the world will parade and perform
through Perth City Centre. The pipers, dru... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Monday, May 28, 2012,
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 Preparations are now well underway for one of Scotland’s
biggest Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in Perth this Saturday. Bunting is
up, the stage is set and the kilts are being collected en masse for the World
Record Attempt Perth Kilt Run.
But there’s one kilted celebrity that will really be making
heads turn at this Saturday’s tartan spectacle as Scotty MacLoo makes his event
debut, thanks to major sponsor, and local Perth company, Scotloo.
Scotty Macloo has already attract... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Tuesday, May 22, 2012,
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A local
group from Live Active Leisure has just signed up to join The Perth Kilt Run
challenge and the race is on for other groups to follow in their footsteps, as the
registration deadline for this World Record attempt is looming.
Live Active
Leisure staff from Perth Leisure Pool, Bell’s Sports Centre and Strathearn
Community Campus will be donning their kilts in June and joining in the Kilt Run
in a bid to help beat the world record.
Debbie
Scott, Live Active Leisure’s operations Mana... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Monday, May 21, 2012,
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Polly Murray, the first Scottish woman to summit
Mount Everest, has said Scots must set their sights high if they are to break
and retain the record for the World’s Largest Kilt Run on Saturday 2nd
June.
The Perth Kilt Run, organised by Perth &
Kinross Council as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, takes
place in only 3 weeks but numbers still have a long way to climb, and the
Everest adventurer is calling on fellow countrymen to come together to reach
for the top.
“Neve... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Monday, May 21, 2012,
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 The fabulous people at The Famous Grouse have put a bottle of the whisky up for grabs to one lucky Kilt Runner (Over 18 Only) who signs up before midnight on Wednesday 23rd May. All you need to do to be in the running for the 70cl bottle of The Famous Grouse is to submit your kilt run entry. So what are you waiting for? Poop poop poop poop poopy de dooo dee doopy do! Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Monday, May 14, 2012,
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Scotsman Mark Beaumont, the fastest man to cycle around the globe, has confirmed he will lead the national charge on Saturday 2nd June to set a new world record for the World’s Largest Kilt Run.
The Perth Kilt Run, organised by Perth & Kinross Council as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, is growing in numbers but Scots have only 3 weeks left to get behind the calling to claim back the world record for running in their own national dress.
Mark Beaumont had issued a call to a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Monday, May 14, 2012,
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Perth's upcoming Diamond Jubilee Day Celebrations are set to offer fun for all ages to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's 60 years on the throne, including performances by some of the top young talent from across the local area. On Saturday 2nd June 2012, the Fair City will host The Big Jubilee Lunch between noon and 4pm on the North Inch. Why not come along with your family and enjoy an afternoon of picnics, performances and parades, all in a lovely green space in the heart of Perth?
If picni... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Wednesday, May 2, 2012,
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 Top Scottish comedian and presenter Fred MacAulay added his support to Perth Kilt Run this week, calling for Scots to get behind the nation’s forthcoming world record attempt.
The 8km kilt run hosted in Perth on 2 June aims to break the world record for the most people running in kilts. With the record currently held by Perth, Canada, Scotland aims to bring the title home to the land of the tartan by smashing the current Guinness World Record of 1,089 people.
Although work commitments in... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Friday, April 20, 2012,
Young people from around Perth and Kinross who are taking part in the Ultimate Sport Leaders (USL) programme are also set to play a significant part in the upcoming Perth Kilt Run on Saturday 2nd June 2012 as part of the city's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
The USL initiative is being delivered by the Sports Development team in Perth & Kinross Council to promote positive youth and volunteering through sport. The programme forms part of the London 2012 Olympic Inspire Mark programme for Pert... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Friday, April 20, 2012,
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The Famous Grouse is getting behind a Diamond Jubilee record-breaking attempt by sponsoring Perth Kilt Run which is aiming to get 2,000 runners together on Saturday 2nd June all dressed in kilts and competing in a run through the scenic and newly crowned City of Perth.
The world record for the most kilted runners competing in an eight kilometre run is currently held by Perth’s twin town of Perth, Ontario in Canada, who set the original record of 1,089 and has challenged Perth Scotland to b...
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Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Thursday, March 29, 2012,
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Perthshire Rugby Football Club, or the Perthshire Eagles as they are locally known, have issued a challenge to rival Scottish rugby teams to join them in an attempt to hold the World’s Largest Kilt Run in the city of Perth this June
Gathering together at their most recent training session on the North Inch in Perth, the club pledged their participation to run in the event and have called on other rugby clubs across Scotland to get involved in the 5 mile fun run too.
Steven Bonthrone of Perth... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Wednesday, March 21, 2012,
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 Scotsman Mark Beaumont, the fastest man to cycle around the globe, is putting his world record breaking muscles behind the Perth & Kinross Council’s record breaking attempt to hold the World’s Largest Kilt Run this June.
In a call to action issued on social networking site Twitter last week, Mark asked his 12,500 followers if they fancied “breaking a World Record whilst running in your kilt?! Get involved the @theKiltRun in Perth on June 2nd. We need 2000 kilted runners!”
He later com... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Tuesday, March 20, 2012,
An attempt to break the official Guinness world record for the 'Largest Ever Kilt Race' is to be held in Perth as part of this summer's local Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
It is hoped that around 2,000 entrants dressed in kilts and decked in tartan will take part in the fun run, beating the world record currently held by Perth's twin town in Ontario, Canada.
That record was set when 1,089 participants took part in the Perth Kilt Run in Ontario on 26 June 2010.
Local people are now being urged to... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Tuesday, March 20, 2012,
With Scotland’s attempt to beat the World Record for the most people running in kilts just 3 months away, Perth Kilt Run’s partner charities have linked up with event organiser Steve Bonthrone to enable as many people as possible to train for the 8km fun run.
Starting on Saturday 17 March, personal trainer Steve will lead Saturday morning training sessions for beginner runners on Perth’s North Inch (10am-11am) until Perth Kilt Run race day on Saturday 2 June 2012.
Sessions are £5 on a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Tuesday, February 7, 2012,
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Did you see us on STV News at Six last night? If not, please follow the link here to see us. We're about 16mins in The kilt hire facility is now working through our online registration so get your order in now! Continue reading ...
Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Monday, February 6, 2012,
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Posted by Steven Bonthrone on Monday, February 6, 2012,
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We are delighted to announce that the entries for Perth Kilt Run 2012 is now open! Please follow the links from the home page to get your entry in. Please note that our kilt hire facility will be available from later today Continue reading ...
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