Parish Walk

Originally, walkers had to touch the door of each of the seventeen parish churches, which are all still visited but nowadays electronic timing chips are worn.

It was not until 1913 that the event took its current form when the Parish Walking Match was organised by the Isle of Man Times and the Manx Sporting Club.

It is believed that[weasel words] the Parish Walk may be the largest annual fundraising event in the island.

From the start line of the athletics track, competitors must complete one lap of the 400 metre track before leaving through the Marathon gates, negotiating the TT Access Road before doubling back to the first of the Parish Churches (Braddan), proceeding in the following order; The finishing line is on Douglas promenade by the War Memorial at the bottom of Broadway.

[1] Manx Telecom had provided the on-line timing systems for previous years but the 2012 event was their first as title sponsors.

The Parish Walk is organised by Manx Harriers, the largest Athletics club in the Isle of Man.

In 2016 the overall team winners were Organ Donation Isle of Man (Richard Gerrard 1st, David Walker 2nd, James Quirk 15th, Paul Clark 113th).

The 2018 ladies winners were 4SW, made up of Jessica Kitchin , Nikki Taylor , Thenral Anand and Sharon Blackley.