More than 2,850 entrants ensured this year’s JCB Mud Run was the most successful ever, raising exactly £55,018 for the NSPCC. Watched by 5,000 spectators, this year’s record field attracted entrants from afar afield as Ireland, Norfolk, Devon, Essex, Yorkshire and Surrey, slithered and clambered over more than 35 obstacles on land near JCB HQ at Rocester.
A cheque for £55,018 was handed over to the NSPCC during the event by George Bamford, son of JCB chairman Lord Bamford. The proceeds will be used at Carole House in Newcastle-under-Lyme, the charity’s service centre which was set up after JCB and its employees completed a £2 million fundraising campaign. Among the runners this year were the well-known adventurers, twins Ross and Hugo Turner, also known as ‘The Turner Twins’ and Commonwealth Games rowing silver medallist Nikki Spencer.
