GREAT NORTH RUN 2016
CELEBRITY LIST (correct at 8 September 2016)
Jon Culshaw Impressionist and comedian, running 1010 for the Jon Egging Trust
Nell McAndrew Model, presenter, running for 654 Alzheimer’s Society and Cancer Research UK
Sam Heughan Jamie Fraser in Outlander, running 3500 for Bloodwise
Eden Taylor Draper Belle Dingle in Emmerdale, running 4000 for Bloodwise
Matthew Wolfenden David Metcalfe in Emmerdale, 4500 running for Bloodwise
Tony Audenshaw Bob Hope in Emmerdale 5500
Mark Lewis Jones Stella, Hinterland, Waking the Dead, 6000 running for Bloodwise
Sarah Maxwell Celebrity fitness trainer, running for 31276 The Children’s Society
Nick ‘Peanut’ Baines Keyboardist with Kaiser Chiefs, 10989 running for Run, Rock n Raise for the Graham Wylie Foundation
Ricky Wilson Lead singer of the Kaiser Chiefs, supporting bandmate Peanut for Run, Rock n Raise for the Graham Wylie Foundation
Michael Gray Former Sunderland, Blackburn and 333 England footballer
Kevin Kilbane Former Everton, Sunderland and 800 Ireland footballer
Kevin Davies Former Bolton Wanderers, 36001 Southampton, Chesterfield and England footballer, running for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
Steve Stone Former Nottingham Forest and 600 England footballer and first team coach at Newcastle United
Colin Cooper Former Hartlepool United manager, 888 running for the Finlay Cooper Fund
Barrie McDermott Former player for Leeds Rhinos and 450 Sky Sports pundit
Terry O’Connor Former Rugby League player and Sky 550 Sports pundit
Craig Heap Former Commonwealth Games gold 56859 medallist gymnast and commentator
Rendall Munroe Former European & Commonwealth 850 Super Bantamweight boxer, running for the Bodie Hodges Foundation
Ian Stringer BBC Football Commentator, former 31953 contestant on The Apprentice, running for the Bodie Hodges Foundation
Laura Aikman The Mysti Show, Casualty, Keith 6500 Lemon: The Film, running for Bloodwise
Vicky Elliott Boy Meets Girl, Hebburn, The 909 Kennedys
Matt Kennard Hollyoaks, Doctors, Waterloo Road, 7000 running for Bloodwise
Gruffudd Glynn The Dark World, The Theory of 7500 Everything, Stella, running for Bloodwise
Dyfan Dwyfor Television, film and theatre actor, 8000 running for Bloodwise
Andy Newton Lee Hollyoaks, Doctors, Casualty 950
Henry Spurrier Model, running for Bloodwise 8500
Daniel Casey Midsomer Murders, Coronation 9000 Street, Inspector George Gently, running for Bloodwise
Steven Hartley Silent Witness, Ripper Street, Allies, 9500 running for Bloodwise
Al Petrie Undercover, The Night Manager, 10500 running for Bloodwise
Jennifer Bartram BBC North East presenter 38166
Simon O’Rourke ITV Sports Correspondent 1001
Helen Pearson ITV News Correspondent 1002
Steve Furnell From Steve & Karen’s Breakfast 1500 Show on Metro Radio
Tony Horne Wish, Wire and Tower FM presenter 2222
Terry Deary Author ‘Horrible Histories’, running 2500 for Grace House Children’s Hospice
Gary Damer Some Girls, Hotel Trubble, East is 900 East, running for The Christie