AT the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile in Bere Alston 123 local people turned out in force to support the charity event. 

Milers of all ages were sponsored to run, walk or jog 1, 3 or 6 miles around the recreation field and the Bere Peninsula. 

The day was a huge success with friends, families and work mates all joining together to go the extra mile for Sport Relief 2014.

The distances were broken down into 20 running the six mile, 30 the three mile and 73 taking part in the one mile course.  Children as young as two jogged, walked, or were carried on shoulders or waved from buggies as they made their way around the windy course. 

Thankfully the weather remained dry which encouraged a bumper number of entries on the day.  Many of the one milers wore fancy dress and raised sponsorship on top of their entry fee.  More than £600 was taken on the day with £200 raised from refreshments and a cake raffle — this amount will be added to the 65 entrants that registered on-line plus any sponsorship and the club will know their overall total later in the year.

Dotty King, the event organiser, said: 'It was an amazing day! Watching the community come together to support such a great cause was brilliant! We feel so proud knowing that the money raised here today will help people living really tough lives right here in Devon, the UK and across the world.'

All over the UK, people of all ages came together to run, swim or cycle at over 1,000 Sainsbury's Sport Relief Games events across the length and breadth of the country over the Sport Relief weekend. 

Bere Alston Trekkers (Bats) would like to say a huge thank you to each and every person who has donated money or given their time to fundraise and especially those who took part in the Bere Alston event, the great team of Bats who helped on the day and the community for their support.