Medway Sport
Medway Park, Mill Road, Gillingham. Kent ME7 1HF
Medway Park, Mill Road, Gillingham. Kent ME7 1HF
The Medway Mile returns for 2023 to Medway Park, Gillingham.
We’re taking the Medway Mile to different locations across Medway over the next few years to make sure as many local communities as possible can enjoy the fun of one of the biggest community sporting events in Medway. This year’s event will remain in Gillingham, and take place in and around Medway Park on Friday, 21 July.
The event will have all the free family fun you’ve come to expect at the Medway Mile - free sports activities showcasing local sports, children's races on the Medway Park athletics track, food and entertainment and a mass participation mile.
This year’s new route mass mile route will take place on Brompton Road and the Medway Park athletics track.
The competitive adult race this year, we are linking in with Medway and Maidstone Athletics Club to stage a series of showpiece Mile races on the Medway Park track.
The Medway Mile is being supported by A Better Medway as part of their wider health campaigns and by Child-Friendly Medway, who are our sponsors of children's fun run medals.
Time |
Schedule |
5pm |
Event Opens |
5pm - 6.30pm | New aquatic taster activities from 5pm to 6.30pm in Medway Park swimming pool – must be prebooked |
5.15pm |
Children's Fun Races, sponsored by Child-Friendly Medway with a medal for every junior participant |
6.00pm |
The Official Mascot Race, watch the mascots compete for glory |
6.15pm |
Medway Run Groups Mile (invitational) |
6.30pm |
Club Track Races (Invitational), in partnership with Medway & Maidstone Athletics Club |
7.15pm |
Join Medway Sport for the Mass Warm Up |
7.45pm |
The Medway Mile 2023 |
9pm |
Event Closes |
Club partners so far.... providing fun taster sessions for all the family to participate
Medway and Maidstone Athletics Club, KLS Active balance bikes, Kent Crusaders Basketball, Prince Arthur Boccia and Bowling, Hollywood Bowl bowling, Olympia Boxing, MCDA Allstars cheerleading, Caterpillar Dance School, Anchorian's Football Club, Medway Park Judo Club, Tornadoes Korfball Club, Black Lion Swimming Club, Nemes Diving and Water Sports club, Highgate Diving Club, Gillingham Anchorian's Hockey Club, Kyushin Ryu Ju Jitsu, Medway Rugby Club, Rebel Runners, Great Lines parkrun team, Wheelchair rugby league, Medway Artistic Swimming Club, Invicta Dynamic's women's ice hockey team, Invicta Junior Ice Hockey team, Medway Youth Service
Extra Activities favourites included.......
Medway Sport fitness and gym team, Facepainting, Medway Sport Inflatable and Toddler zone and Rock Climbing Wall.
Entertainment
Ice Cheerleading, St Marks Gospel Choir, Gillingham and Chatham Salvation army band, Movement is Medicine
Catering Partners for the event.......
Tesco, Cafe4U, Pasta Rasta, Rustic Oven pizza, HQ Jerk Shack, Scoff and Sip Ice Cream.
Photographic support (including those on this website)
Credit Rachel Evans @Good Evans Photography
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