When Scalby fair week has begun
Tuesday night* is family fun!
A Treasure Hunt has been arranged,
For £2, clues can be exchanged.
The Plough is where the challenge starts,
And from 6pm you can depart.
The village is where the answers are,
Which means no need to walk too far!
We really hope to see you there.
And in the meantime – please like and share!
*Tuesday, 13 June
Monday, 12 June, 4.30 – 5.00pm, at Baron’s Fitness at Scarborough Rugby Club.
Spider-Man Yoga is a great way for children aged 4-9 to have fun and get fit and flexible.
Spidey will guide you through superhero yoga to help you get stronger, more flexible and improve your balance.
Parents and guardians are welcome to join in or just watch from the sidelines.
This is a Free event provided by Barons Fitness and will last around half an hour.
We pairing up with Scalby Tennis Club who are putting on a tennis afternoon.
Due to court maintenance courts 1 and 2 are not available so this will be an afternoon for Juniors over 5 years old only on courts 3 and 4.
Play will take place between 2.30 – 4.30 pm on Sunday, 11 June 2023.
The club will supply balls, rackets (if required) and refreshments.
Running the afternoon will be LTA level 3 tennis coach, Jake Rawlinson. He will be focussing on racket skills, hand/eye co-ordination, fitness, fun games, match play and rallying skills.
There is no need to book; if you can say if you are coming on our Scalby Fair Facebook page, we will look forward to seeing you on the day.
This post was amended on 1 June 2023 to reflect that only courts for Juniors would now be available on the day.
Despite the indifferent weather forecast there was a big demand to enter this year’s Scalby Walk on Easter Monday. So much so that Walk organiser Michael Whiteley, interviewed on the BBC York breakfast show at 7.30am on the day, was asking that day entries turn up early as there we only 35 places left. These were snapped up quickly so we had a record attendance this year of 250 walkers – up 89 on last year’s record attendance. Around 20 walkers who were not able to get numbers still completed the Walk with friends and family. (report continues below Gallery)
Walk Gallery (please click on any image to view as a slide show)
The Walk has so many elements. We are still true to the tradition of it being a proper walking event with trophies for the fastest walkers in many categories. We also have many fancy dress walkers, and we have a third element who do not get dressed up but want to walk in their own time with friends and family and just enjoy our beautiful villages and their lovely pubs.
The new route this year that avoided two difficult road crossings and the narrow paths on the A165 coastal road. Instead we used the Cinder Track from the Station Lane in Cloughton to Field Lane in Burniston and from the coastal road at Burniston Garden Centre to Lancaster Way in Scalby. Scarborough is a dog friendly area and we wanted the encourage dogs to join us on the walk. We had 35 dogs entered who had free treats and water available at each pub.
The walkers set off, a little later than planned, at 10.42am in dry weather from The Plough in great spirits. The weather held until around 1.20pm when it did rain quite heavily for about half an hour. We kept on timekeeping up to 2.00pm when 153 walkers had completed the walk. The weather will have encouraged some walkers to stay longer in the pubs.
The trophies were awarded at around 2.30pm in the Plough.
Scalby Walk 2023: official results
The Fancy Dress individual prize was won by Scary Rabbit and The Group prize was won by Cat in the Hat – Things. The best dressed dog prize went to an 80’s dog – in a luminous jumper!
The Prize Draw prizes were great this year and we want to thank the many local businesses that were so generous in donating prizes.
A big thank you to the all the pubs for hosting the walk. The Plough in Scalby, The 3 Jolly Sailors in Burniston, The Red Lion in Cloughton, The Blacksmiths Arms in Cloughton and The Oak Wheel in Burniston. They open early and put on extra staff to get everybody served quickly with their drinks.
A big thank you to the Scalby Fair members who helped on the day: Tom Gillon, Nicky Grunwell, Dominic Grunwell, Catherine Stephenson, Tony Stephenson, Jamie Wallis, John White, Richard Grunwell, Nigel Sheppard, Iain Johnson, Peter Calow, Geoff Dove and Yvonne Gibbs. And huge thanks our friends and family who also helped on the day: Lol Whiteley, Joanne Gillon, Marion Sheppard, Barbara Johnston, Colin Bayes, Lesley Bayes, and Michelle and Zoe from SPARKS. Big thanks to David Henderson who set up the online entry forms so successfully and Nigel Sheppard who collated all the data that really simplified the entries on the day.
Our charity this year was SPARKs and we are pleased to announce that we have raised well over £2,000 to support the work this fantastic local charity.
Thank you to everyone who supported the 2023 Scalby Walk in so many ways.
The Scalby Fair Run is always a popular event at the beginning of Scalby Fair Week on Sunday 16th June and starts at 11.15am. We would like to thank Baron’s Gym for sponsoring our run once again this year.
It is open to anyone aged 14 years and over. It starts outside the Nag’s Head, Scalby at 11.15am. This is a multi-terrain course consisting of 2 x 2.5km laps of the course. . The course map is below and can be viewed or downloaded.
Please use the booking form for Adult (aged 18+) and for Junior (aged 14 – 17) entry. Please read the important information for each category of entry.
Registration for the runs is open on the day from 9.30am at The Nag’s Head, 35 High Street YO13 0PT.
Why not stay after your race and enjoy some food and drink at the Nag’s Head/Arthur’s, the Plough or the Yew Tree Cafe and Bistro?
