It’s that time of year again already!! We started Rose Road getting ready for their Christmas fair and were very busy elves packing gift bags from Santa. We got them packed very quickly and then had to do some rearranging to make sure there were the right mix of goodies in the final bags. We then had enough time to sort through the Christmas decorations and remove any broken ones and untangle the Christmas lights! And finally we sorted through items to be sold at Winchester Christmas markets by the fundraising team. As always we had lots of fun and are excited for the festivities next month when we will be back to support at the Christmas fair.

Four early bird (6:45am!!!!!!) GoodGymers met up at Saints on Sunday morning to volunteer with the RunThrough crew for their Southampton 10km race.

It was lovely to see Claire and Phillip back at GG and Claire bought Leon along to volunteer with us. Thankyou for joining us Leon! (1 up) They were all sent off on the course to marshal.

At the Race Village Sarah and Wilson were on the desk handing out race numbers - which got a bit hairy as runners were still turning up after the race had started. Sarah then went on to hand out treats at the finish line and somehow managed to do crowd control at the same time while Wilson handed out the water.

We went 2up at the finish line as fellow GG'er Lauren came running across the finish line! Well done Lauren!

Three Intrepid Good Gymers: Abby, Steph and Phillip ran along to help out at Southampton's 'Race For Life' 10K, 5kK, 3kK and Children's Pretty Muddy 3K and Adults Pretty Muddy 5K. Lots of fun and frolics and loads of happy, sweaty and smiling runners and walkers enjoying the course on a bright sunny day on Southampton Common. All three were out on the course for the first three races helping guide sometimes inexperienced runners and of course a real range of ages walking round the course. We had people on crutches and walking sticks battling their way around with determination to finish. Lovely to see both children and adults enjoying the second half of the day tackling lots of hilarious Pretty Muddy obstacles with great enthusiasm. There were tears of laughter and plenty of water thrown around by family and friends. A fantastic task and for a good cause.