Date set for fun run

THE 31st Carmarthen Mayor's Fun Run will take place on May 7 ofnext year, members of the town council heard.

The 2011 event, sponsored by St Catherine's Walk, proved to be ahuge success and attracted nearly 500 runners and more than 2,000spectators to the town.

It is planned the 2012 event will follow the changed routebrought in this year, which had a new two-lap course for the juniorraces.

Funds raised at the 2012 event will benefit the Cwm Serenoccupational unit, QE High's special needs minibus charity CanolfanElfed, Glangwili's cancer unit and Carmarthen rough sleeping charityNight Light.

The next meeting of the fun run steering group is due to takeplace on January 24.