Event Details

The Oliver Fisher 10k & 5k returns with a brilliant and brand new race offering on Sunday 1st June 2025 and you are cordially invited to register your interest for the next edition of this wonderful race!


Event Overview:
NEW for 2025 - we have the same great race but now, in a new fabulous location! Runners of all abilities will enjoy this course that takes place in the grounds of the gorgeous Milton Creek Country Park. Consisting of 5km loops, you get to enjoy it all twice if you take part in the 10km race. With the start and finish in the shadow of the historic Milton Parish Church, this truly is a course for all to enjoy. 

Course Details:
Starting close to the Milton Parish Church, runners will follow the park paths on a winding route around the park, crossing the historic Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway for a loop under Swale Way, returning back into the park for an out and back section before returning to the finish area. 10km runners do two laps with a small, extra looped section to make up the distance. There is just 56 metres of elevation over the 10km course.

About the Oliver Fisher Special Care Baby Trust:
This wonderful charity supports the Neonatal Unit at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham. Whilst the unit receives its standard funding via the NHS, a s is  right and to be expected, we consider that the charity tops up these funds to push the care provision to a gold standard. A recent purchase included a cutting edge monitor that meant less invasive blood tests needed to be performed on our tiny patients. Over 1200 babies pass through the doors on the Unit in a single year and the charity raises funds not only in order to buy the highly specialised and sophisticated equipment for the care of premature and poorly babies but also their families. We provide resources to make time on the unit more comfortable and well-supported such as supplies for the family rooms and new chairs next to incubators.

The charity, first registered in 1985, got its name from Dr Oliver Fisher who was a pioneering consultant whose work led to the founding of The Special Care Baby Unit as it was at All Saints Hospital. With the hospital then being decommissioned in the 1990's, the Unit moved to its new home with a brand new name, The Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit, in July 1999. The charity works within the unit and the community to raise funds to continue their work and relationship to this day, always with the aim to continually improve care of premature and poorly babies.

Prizes:
Bespoke medal for all finishers.
Trophies for 1st, 2nd & 3rd male & female winners (both distances)
Trophies for age category winners (10k only)