Manx Harriers are delighted to welcome Manx Telecom as the new headline sponsor for the Parish Walk. Having previously been involved in supporting the timing and results service Manx Telecom is the ideal company to take over as the main sponsor for the event. Raymond Cox the race director said " We have made good friends with the people at Manx Telecom over the past 5 years and they bring a excellent level of technological expertise to the organisation. We look forward to bringing  an even better Parish Walk in 2012 and over the next three years we will enhance the "Parish experience" for both competitors and spectators alike."

As part of their title sponsorship, Manx Telecom will be continuing to provide the electronic timing. Introduced in 2007, the service provides online timing and text messaging to two of each walker's nominated supporters and is unequalled in any athletic event worldwide. You can read more on the information page.

Isle of Man Tourism are supporting the Manx Telecom Parish Walk in 2012, as they have done for several years, by providing assistance with many of the infrastructure requirements such as road signage, crowd barriers and toilets.  visitisleofman.com

SPORTident provide the timing equipment and the software and technical support. They were chosen ahead of other timing suppliers because of their track record in providing bespoke solutions.  You can read more on the information page.

Manx Harriers are the largest athletics club on the Isle of Man and are based at the National Sports Centre in Douglas.  A sub committee of the club organise the Manx Telecom Parish Walk and hundreds of their members, as well as many very valuable volunteers from other clubs and outside the sport, assist with the organisation.  Any surplus from the Parish Walk budget is applied to the running costs of the club.

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The Parish Walk Organising Committee

RAYMOND COX

ELIZABETH CORRAN

KAREN KNEALE

ALLAN CALLOW

KEVIN WALMSLEY

MARTIN LAMBDEN

WINSTON LIU

DEBBIE SURGEON

GEOFF WALMSLEY

More help required

The increased participation levels, additional health and safety requirements and efforts to continually improve the event require more and more people to help. Can you help? You can do as much as you like from spending twenty minutes at one of the early marshaling points to joining some of the team who spend weeks helping the committee.

Please contact the following:

Raymond Cox (race director)

Elizabeth Corran (race secretary)

Winston Liu (chief marshal)

The Isle of Man Civil Defence

The Isle of Man Civil Defence joined the Parish Walk organisation in 2008. You can read about their role here

WEBSITE

Colebourn TV have been supporting the Manx Telecom Parish Walk since 2008 and provide computers and large TV screens to allow spectators at the finish to follow the progress of the walkers using the Manx Telecom results service.

Feeding Stations

Several local companies provide resources and manpower for the feeding stations along the course. In 2012 the following companies will be sponsoring the feeding stations:

Robinsons

Barclays Private Bank

3 FM

Shoprite

MannVend

KPMG

Paragon

Hamblin

Woodenspoon

Hospice

Green Mann Water

Rushen Round Table

Finally, one of the unique features of the event is the number of individuals who provide refreshments free of charge from their houses along the course.

Other sponsors and supporters

The intention is to try and acknowledge the role of as many people as possible who contribute to the Manx Telecom Parish Walk.  As many lists of helpers and sponsors as possible will be published here when made available.