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Scalby Fair Easter Monday Walk 2024

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Since 1959 the annual Scalby Walk has been raising money for local charities. What started out as a local bet has become a regular feature on the Scalby calendar every Easter Monday (except 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid 19 pandemic).

2024 is the 63rd Scalby Walk and will be held on Monday, 1st April 2024. Our competitive walkers will start at 10am. There will be a fancy dress parade at 10.10am and then the fun walkers can start any time from 10.30am.

The rules are simple:

Starting off at the Plough Inn, Scalby, at staggered start times from 10am, each entrant must complete a 6 mile route by walking only – that means no running!

Last year the route was changed to avoid two busy and potentially dangerous road crossings. The journey from The Blacksmiths Arms now makes use of the old Whitby to Scarborough railway line (called the Cinder Track).

Download and save or print the schematic route map (kindly produced by pocketpubguides.co.uk).

Scalby Walk route map (PDF, 441k) Download

Download and save or print the route map (made with OS Maps):

Scalby Walk route map 2023 (PDF, 673k) Download

Download and unzip a GPX file of the route (to upload to your favourite mapping app).

ScalbyWalk2023.gpx_(zipped GPX, 3k) Download

See the route on OS Maps.

See the route on Komoot. (Note: Komoot adds a few of its own idiosyncratic waypoints on the route.)

A half pint (lager, bitter, squash or tap water) must be drunk in each of the pubs en route (your drink is included in the entrance fee), in the following order:

o The Three Jolly Sailors, Burniston

o The Red Lion, Cloughton

o The Blacksmiths Arms, Cloughton

o The Oak Wheel, Burniston

Under 18 entrants do not have to finish their drinks.

Trophies will be awarded for fastest resident walker (male, female & oldest) and the fastest non-resident walker (male and female), but disqualification looms if you don’t drink the half pints at each stop, or if you are caught running! Prize giving is at 2.30pm. Drinks will be available at the Plough from 9am (alcoholic ones from 10am) and food will be available from 12 noon to 3pm.

We welcome fancy dress and there are many prizes for the best fancy dress entrants. You can choose whether you want to go for a fast time or just enjoy a lovely walk.

Dogs are welcome. They need to be kept under control on a short lead. There a free dog treats at each pub and dogs can take part in the fancy dress and win a prize.

Our 2024 Charities

This year we are supporting two local charities that are also helping stage our walk that has broken all past records for attendance in 2022 and then again in 2023 when we sold out.

Newby and Scalby Library and Information Centre (charity no. 1168611) is run by volunteers working in partnership with North Yorkshire Council. Open for five days a week, Newby and Scalby Library and its garden are free and accessible to all. A modern community asset, the library is at the heart of the local area, providing a wide range of on-site and digital services and a number of group activities. There are many resources, such as books to borrow or buy, daily newspapers, magazines and computers, all available within the safe, warm and welcoming space of the library.

Scarborough Mates is a friendly group of people, who meet up to try out new activities, exchange ideas and chat over a cuppa, offering a warm welcome to those who come and join them.

Their goal is to reduce social isolation and build a stronger community while sharing their skills to help others learn new ones Activities lead by skilled members include DIY, woodwork, art, metal work, ceramics, 3D printing, board games, Mah Jong, and railway modelling.

Sponsorship

Scalby Walk Sponsorship Form 2024 Download

Registration and Entry Fees

Walk Registration

Scalby Fair Photography Competition 2024 Now Open for Entries !!

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2023’s winner: Alan Pickard “Winter Light. Scarborough Lighthouse”

With grateful thanks to Mike Padgham and the St. Cecilia’s Care Group for sponsoring this event

Prizes will be an engraved trophy presented on Scalby Fair Day 2024, together with cash prizes as follows: £50 for first prize, £25 for second prize, £15 for third prize and £25 for best youth entry (under 16 years of age on the date of judging). In addition there will be a prize of £25 for the best Scalby-themed photograph. 

You can compete for the Cathcart-Anderson Challenge Trophy and a number of cash prizes.

This year’s theme is “Scalby and Scarborough’s Living World. If it walks, swims, flies or crawls…………”.

Submission deadline is 9.00am on Monday, 20 May 2024.

All winning photographs will be on display in Scalby prior to and until Scalby Fair Day on 22 June 2024, when the trophy and prizes will be awarded.

Competition Rules of Entry:

  1. You can enter your photograph as an attachment via email to photocomp@scalbyfair.org.uk in the format of a JPEG between 1-15MB in size.  Photographs in landscape orientation only please (photographs submitted in portrait orientation will not be eligible to be awarded prizes but may receive a commendation). Please add the words ‘Scalby Fair Photo Competition’ in the email subject. You should ensure that all photographs are entered along with the first name, surname, age entry category, photograph caption and location, and email address and contact details of the entrant. You may enter a maximum of two photographs (colour or black and white), but only one per email please. Hard copies will not be accepted. No personal identifiers of the photographer should be visible on the submitted photographs.
  2. The theme for this year’s competition is ‘Scalby and Scarborough’s Living World’.
  3. This is an open competition for all photographers with no cost for entry, with adult and youth prizes. The competition is not open to members of the Scalby Fair Committee or their families. 
  4. Prizes will be an engraved trophy presented on Scalby Fair Day 2024,, together with cash prizes as follows. £50 for first prize, £25 for second prize, £15 for third prize and £25 for best youth entry (under 16 years of age on the date of judging). In addition there will be a prize of £25 for the best Scalby-themed photograph. 
  5. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. 
  6. If you enter the competition your photograph may be published on the Scalby Fair website, and may be used for publicity for the village of Scalby. Winning photographs will be displayed during Scalby Fair week. Scalby Fair may produce a calendar using submitted photographs and by entering the competition you give us permission to use your photo in such a calendar. All surpluses from the sale of such a calendar will be distributed to the nominated charities of Scalby Fair. By entering you assent to the rules of the competition.
  7. All entries must be received by 9.00am on Monday, 20th May 2024.
  8. Winners will be notified and their names published on the Scalby Fair website.
  9. By submitting your photograph for entry into the competition you will retain your copyright and also hereby grant to us royalty free, non-assignable, worldwide, non-exclusive licence to use the picture for all time. Your moral rights will be respected. You will be credited if your submitted photograph is published.
  10. Scalby Fair may produce a calendar (A4 landscape) for 2024 showing the winning entries and highly commended entries, as the editors see fit. You give us permission to use your photograph in such a way. Any personal details you wish eg your name, email and website/instagram etc address will be published. Publication of the calendar will depend on the number of pre-orders taken so it is not guaranteed. All surpluses from the sale of the calendar will be given to Scalby Fair nominated charities.
  11. You warrant that any photographs you submit are your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights in such images. Entrants confirm that their entry is not defamatory and does not infringe any UK laws. Scalby Fair will not be responsible for any claims or complaints for violation of rights or for damages from any parties related to it. The entrant agrees to indemnify and hold Scalby Fair harmless in such cases.
  12. Any other commercial opportunities that arise following the publication of the submitted photograph will be notified to the photographer who will be free to negotiate terms independent of the competition. You will be free to decline any commercial use licences, this will not affect your chances of winning. 
  13. All personal data submitted with the photographs will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and you are hereby consenting to us processing all personal data for the purpose of this competition. 
  14. Photographers must seek the permission of any people featured in a photograph (or the permission of guardians for photographs of minors) or events/properties (including vehicles) before submitting your entry, to ensure GDPR compliance. By submitting an entry Scalby Fair will assume such permissions are in place. 
The 2022 First Prize Winner receiving her trophy and cash

Scalby Fair Helps the Community.

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Donations to Local Groups

Scalby Fair is run for the enjoyment and benefit of the local community and is not primarily a fundraising organisation. However we are delighted when we are able to share any excess funds and make donations to local organisations. In 2023 we were pleased to make donations totalling in excess of £1,200, to such diverse groups as Newby and Scalby Library, Newby and Scalby Primary School, The Sweet Pea Fund (helping the volunteers who keep the public toilets on Scalby High Street clean and open), St Laurence’s flower fund, the Samaritans, the YMCA and, as a thanks for their performances at the Fair, The Hatton School of Dance and the Irish Dancers. Additionally food not used for our catering on Fair Day was donated to Open Arms at  Eastfield

Additionally the sum of £2,700 was raised at the Scalby Walk on Easter Monday specifically for the Sparks Project.

Merry Christmas from all at Scalby Fair

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As the Festive Season approaches, our committee chair Mike Shingler would like to thank the volunteers and supporters who have worked so hard to make all of the Scalby Fair activities so successful in 2023.

Everybody’s efforts are so appreciated and we look forward to a great 2024.