Hospice 2 Hospice half marathon 2025 is a sell-out

Now a firm favourite in Jersey’s race calendar, the Hospice 2 Hospice Half Marathon took place on Sunday 23 March 2025 with record numbers of runners taking part to raise funds for Jersey Hospice Care, many of them achieving personal bests in the miserable weather.

More than 1000 runners – a combination of individuals, 2 person and 4 person relays – took to the roads between Jersey Hospice Care’s St Ouen’s shop and the Hospice itself on Mont Cochon.

The overall winner was once again, Josh Brien, with a time of 1:13:37*, taking more than two minutes off last year’s winning time, beating his own Hospice 2 Hospice half marathon record.

The first female in was also last year’s winner, Jessica Troy, with a time of 1:25:09, also beating her time by just over two minutes.

For the first time, an individual 10km race was added to the race day with the winners being, Dan Garrido (41:32) and Michelle Noel (53:48).

First place winners in each of the half marathon categories were:

• Male (17-39) Rahul Kini (1:13:52)
• Female (17-39) Rebecca Tinnelly (1:25:45)
• Male (40-49) James Manners (1:14:05)
• Female (40-49) Lisa De Ste Croix (1:33:39)
• Male (50-59) Avelino De Jesus (1:20:46)
• Female (50-59) Melissa Messervy (1:41:05)
• Male (60-69) Phil Ahier (1:18:49)
• Female (60-69) Maggie Kellas (2:04:00)
• Male 70+ Charles Le Feuvre (1:38:15)
• Female 70+ Sue Le Ruez (1:54:23)
• 2 person relay Tri-Rrells (1:36:15)
• 4 person relay Andium Hares (1:40:47)
  
  

Loraine Fulton, Race Director, said: “I’m extremely proud and overwhelmed with the support for our event! A huge thanks to everyone who helped make it such a great race day - from our runners for taking part and their incredible fundraising, their friends and family who helped spur them on, and our wonderful volunteers and colleagues at Hospice who did everything from baking cakes for the finish, to being road marshals keeping our runners safe! A special shout out goes to Rock N Road Run Co for supporting our race packs, to Jersey Water for supplying a water dispenser at the end, to Rock n Road Runners who expertly managed one of our water stations and helped keep smiles on the runners faces and most of all to our sponsors EY who make it all possible. It’s been great to hear about everyone’s achievements and reasons for running for Jersey Hospice Care. A fantastic day all round.”

Francis Malaspina, a Partner at EY in Jersey, added: "“Congratulations to everyone who took part in this year’s event. Whether you participated, volunteered your time to help on the day, or came along to cheer your loved ones across the finish line, you all contributed to making this year’s event a record-breaker.

“Seeing the event grow each year and witnessing runners take on this personal challenge to raise money for such a vital charity in our local community is always so humbling and inspiring. This year, the bar has been pushed even higher, with over 1,000 runners signing up, which is truly incredible. A massive thank you goes to the team at Jersey Hospice for yet again putting together such a fantastic event and bringing the local community together to raise funds for such a worthwhile and vital cause.”

First, second and third place winners are invited to the prize giving taking place at the King Centre, Jersey Hospice Care, Mont Cochon at 6pm on Wednesday 26 March.

For the full list of results visit krono:sports - Entry System & Race Timing Solutions - Hospice 2 Hospice Half Marathon

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*All timings given are based on the Chip Time

Timing system explanation

Finish Time (Gun TIme):
The time from when the race officially starts (when the gun goes off) to when the runner crosses the finish line.

Chip Time (Net Time):
The time from when the runner actually crosses the start line to when they cross the finish line, recorded by their timing chip, picked up the runner crossing the pads at the start and finish.
 

About Jersey Hospice Care  

Jersey Hospice Care is the island’s only hospice – providing specialist palliative care for people with life-limiting conditions. Services include the Specialist Palliative Care Team – who support people at home, in hospital, and care homes, an In-Patient Unit providing a home away from home, educational programmes, complementary therapy, emotional, spiritual and faith support, and community bereavement services. Jersey Hospice Care is an independent charity, providing all its services without a charge to patients. It costs £16,500 a day to run its services – funded mainly by the generosity of islanders. This comes in the form of fundraising, donations, and sales in our two charity shops, as well as through the outstanding work of the army of dedicated volunteers who give their time and skills to keep the hospice running. 

Website: http://www.jerseyhospicecare.com/

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