Bega Fun Run Course

PLEASE NOTE: Course routes subject to change.

All of the courses follow a scenic route showcasing the beautiful Bega Valley and in particular the town of Bega.

The courses are essentially looped courses with a return during part of the course.

Runners must keep to right track at all times, ensuring they do not cross traffic cone or barrier lines and comply with course marshall directions.

All events start at the Bega Recreation Ground on the Bega Street side and will finish inside the Rec Ground in front of the grandstand.  The startline will be placed on the road and runners will move West along Bega Street.

The kids dash will then turn left and then left onto Poplar Avenue and will go along Kisses Lagoon.  Just after the Lagoon runners go left, past the netball courts and cross Bega Street to the Bega Athletics Field and follow the path around the athletics field and past Bega Valley Public School.  When you reach Auckland Street you will go right up the hill going past the front of the Public School and the Bega Museum.  Turn Right into Bega Street and proceed down the hill to the Rec Ground.  Enter the Rec Ground through the large double gates do a 2/3 lap of the ground and over the finish line.

The 5km and 10km will turn left and then right and go around Valley Fields following the concrete path.  Once the path returns to Poplar Avenue runners will go right along the edge of Kisses Lagoon.  Just after the Lagoon runners go left, past the netball courts and cross Bega Street to the Bega Athletics Field and follow the path around the athletics field and past Bega Valley Public School.  Once you reach Auckland Street you turn left and follow the road down to the Bega River Reserve, turn right onto Bridge Street.  The 5km people will reach a turnaround point about 500m along this road.  They will return, go left at Auckland Street and continue up the hill to the intersection.  Here they will turn right and head into the Bega Recreation Ground from Bega Street.

The 10km runners will continue towards the Old Bega Racecourse and follow the track around the racecourse and out to Tarraganda Lane.  Turn left and go over the Tarraganda Bridge and the Bega River – after the bridge will be a turnaround point.  Run back down Tarraganda Lane and follow the road back and over the Bega River Anabranch and around to the right and then right again along the path along East Street.  This road heads back to Bridge Street and then you will go left and run the length of Bridge Street, turn left onto Auckland Street and continue up the hill going past the front of the Public School and the Bega Museum.  Turn Right into Bega Street and proceed down the hill to the Rec Ground.  Enter the Rec Ground through the large double gates do a 2/3 lap of the ground and over the finish line.

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