TREES INSTEAD OF TEES! As part of our commitment to reducing the impact of our event on the local environment, Run Balmoral has just donated over £5000 to the River Dee Trust’s #OneMillionTrees campaign.

Run Balmoral’s donation – made on behalf of all our 2025 runners instead of providing event t-shirts – will allow the RDT to continue to work towards their target of planting 1,000,000 trees in the Upper Dee catchment by 2035.

Just after Run Balmoral this April, The River Dee Trust put their 500,000th tree into the ground – well ahead of schedule. Our donation will get them even closer to their target, as it will help them plant around one more hectare of native riverbank trees, including alder, aspen and willow.

Thanks to River Restoration Officer Sam and his colleague Claire, we saw the difference trees can make during our visit to their sites on the Clunie.

As well as providing cooling shade, the trees purchased with Run Balmoral’s donation will help to increase biodiversity, as well as stabilise riverbanks and protect river channels from erosion in times of flood. Our trees will also provide shade over many kilometres of Dee catchment, lowering the water temperature and increasing survival chances for endangered species such as Atlantic salmon and freshwater pearl mussels. The leaf litter they will create will feed aquatic insects, improving food sources for wildlife, too.

This donation will create a legacy for all those who took part in Run Balmoral 2025 for generations to come. Thanks to everyone who took part!

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Run Balmoral is looking for new sponsors for both of its very popular trail races. 👟👟👟

This is a rare opportunity for your company to join many of the region’s leading charities and businesses in supporting a much-loved community running event into its 27th year and beyond.

Both the 6 Mile Trail Race and the 15 Mile Trail Race are fantastic challenges in their own right, as well as essential parts of the John Clark Motor Group Devil of Deeside Challenge, which sees competitors take on both off-road races on the Sunday, as well as the Harbour Energy 5K and Stena Drilling 10K on the Saturday.

Sponsoring one of our trail events would place your company’s name in front of the 5000 runners – from primary-school pupils to international athletes – who take part in Run Balmoral over weekend, as well as the 10,000 spectators who enjoy the event village and the beauty of Balmoral Castle and Estate while waiting for their family and friends to come home.

Outside of race weekend (4 & 5 April 2026), www.runbalmoral.com and our active socials (@runbalmoral) keep runners engaged throughout the year.

All this, combined with first-rate corporate hospitality options provided by the Balmoral Estate and full coverage by professional photo/videographers, gives our family of sponsors a unique platform for brand visibility, team building, community engagement ... and a lot of fun!

The option of sponsoring either or both Sunday races for 2026 is available, as are multi-year sponsorship packages, priced to reflect longer-term commitment to the event.

👉 Other opportunities to support Run Balmoral, including sponsoring the race timing, publications, car parking, medical services and the event village are also now available.

❓Want to know more? Please contact Christine Appel, Run Balmoral Media Manager: christine.appel@runbalmoral.com

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Check out some of the amazing entries we've had for our 2026 Schools' Races t-shirt design competition! Feeling inspired? You've got until Friday to submit yours! 👕🖌👕🖍👕🖊👕✏️
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🖌👕 🏃JUST TWO WEEKS LEFT TO ENTER THE RUN BALMORAL 2026 SCHOOLS' RACES T-SHIRT DESIGN COMPETITION! 🖌👕🏃

A quick reminder of the rules:
• The Run Balmoral schools races t-shirt design competition is open to anyone attending primary or secondary school or home schooling
• Designs can be as imaginative and creative as you like, but must be suitable for both primary and secondary schools pupils to wear
• Designs should be no larger than A4 paper size, but more than one can be submitted
• Artists can use whatever media they like, including digital design programmes
• The prize package includes £50 for the winner, £100 for the school/charity/club of their choice and an entry to Run Balmoral

👉👉 Designs, and any questions, can be sent to info@runbalmoral.com
👉👉 The deadline for submissions is Friday, 4 July 2025.

👇👇 Check out our 2024 winners for inspiration!

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