Calling all OBs and parents, join us for The Russell!
The Russell, named after the famous Blundellian and West Country clergyman John ‘Jack’ Russell, was first run back in 1877. The race was created a year after the first English National Cross Country Championships and was named after Jack, who was a famous sporting parson and talented pugilist with a passion for rural sports and dog breeding. The Russell is now in its 143rd year at Blundell’s.
The Russell even went ahead during the Second World War, when there was a shortage of shoes in 1945, but had to be split over two days! The Russell has become a rite of passage for Blundellians and is one event that every Old Blundellian can remember vividly – for better or worse!
Event contact: EJ McEwan / ej.mcewan@blundells.org