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Sign up for the OX5 Run on Sunday March 10 to help raise funds for the Oxford Children’s Hospital. For more information or to enter click on the graphic above, call 01865 743444 or download and post in our OX5 2013 entry form.pdf
If you or someone else has a special reason for entering then please email our OX5 Reporter Katriona Ormiston

Record-breaking run raises £70,000 for hospital

Oxford Children’s Hospital patient Laura Thompson, front centre, with winners and sponsors from this year’s record-breaking OX5 run. Picture: OX58572 Andrew Walmsley

7:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

A RECORD-BREAKING £70,000 was raised for the Oxford Children’s Hospital at the annual charity OX5 Run this year.

Souvenir pictures of OX5 runners are now on sale

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5:00am Monday 11th March 2013

WE have souvenir pictures of this year's OX5 Run available for sale, with links below to help you find images of you completing this great event.

2013 OX5 Run results: Where did you finish?

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7:00pm Monday 11th March 2013

The recorded results for the 2013 OX5 Run on March 10, 2013

OX5 2013: It's the best yet

OFF AND RUNNING: A fast pace is set at the start of yesterday’s OX5. Men’s winner Les Newell can be seen in a bright green shirt, obscured third from right

9:00am Monday 11th March 2013

BATMAN and Robin were not the only superheroes at the annual OX5 Run yesterday.

OX5 Run: And they're off.....

Raymond Blanc and Hannah England start the race today

11:10am Sunday 10th March 2013

HUNDREDS of runners have started this year's OX5 charity race at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock in aid of the Oxford Children's Hospital.

Mark sheds whiskers for big OX5 event

City councillor Mark Lygo is transformed, thanks to hairdresser Amy Russell

4:40pm Friday 8th March 2013

ONE runner will be chillier than normal when he lines up to start the Oxford Children’s Hospital OX5 run at Blenheim Palace on Sunday.

Linda’s ladies leading the way for hospital

From left, Lisa Warland, Lynne Stracey, Linda Davies and Selina Davies

1:00pm Tuesday 5th March 2013

LINDA Davies watched bricks and mortar being turned into the Oxford Children’s Hospital in 2007.

Raymond's ready for the OX5 again

Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc

6:25pm Friday 1st March 2013

WITH just one week to go, celebrity chef Raymond Blanc is confirmed as the official starter of the OX5 run at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock.

Doctor shows lots of heart in running OX5

Brain surgeon Jay Jayamohan and heart surgeon colleague Kim Rajappan gear up for the event

10:30am Wednesday 27th February 2013

A brain surgeon who starred on TV is swapping surgical gloves and scrubs for trainers to help his patients at the Oxford Children’s Hospital.

OX5 RUN: Twins’ team runs to give thanks for care

Twins Gethin, left, and Iestyn, with, from left, uncle David Keymer, dad Gareth Keymer, grandmother Judith, sister Lilidh and Elise Donnelly

2:00pm Saturday 23rd February 2013

WHEN Gareth and Nic Keymer’s twins were born prematurely, the couple were told to prepare for the worst.

Businesses urged: Help sick children

Staff at Doctors.net.uk who will be taking part in the Ox5 run, from left: Laura Reynolds, Kat Townsend, Gareth Nelson, Laura Knox, Dr Rick Pullinger and Andy Martin                    Picture: OX57433 Damian Halliwell

7:00am Thursday 21st February 2013

WORKERS at businesses across the county are being urged to pull on their running shoes in a bid to raise funds for sick children.

Dad on mission for a 'brilliant' hospital

Alfie Trinder tries on his dad Garry’s running shoes ahead of the OX5    Picture: OX57292 Antony Moore

1:00pm Saturday 16th February 2013

CHICKEN pox is usually an unpleasant but harmless disease.

Run the OX5, says the PM

David Cameron crosses the line in 2009

2:00pm Saturday 9th February 2013

PRIME Minister David Cameron is urging people to sign up for the OX5 Run, on the eve of its one-month countdown.

Do the run for babies like Maisey

Senior staff nurse Rebecca Kendall with one-week-old Maisey Hood                   Picture: OX57108 Antony Moore

1:00pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

A NURSE will mark eight years of caring for hundreds of babies by taking part in the OX5 Run again this year.

Lindsay Gray's novel way of supporting JR with hula hoop

Lindsay Gray

1:00pm Friday 1st February 2013

BORN 12 weeks premature in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Lindsay Gray’s lung collapsed three times and staff had to be on hand for round-the-clock care.

OX5 Run: Parents of three ready to run

READY TO RUN: Nathan and Kay Thomas will be on the starting line for the OX5 Run to say thanks for the treatment their children, Molly, three, Daisy, one, and 10-week-old Emily received at the Oxford Children’s Hospital

1:00pm Wednesday 30th January 2013

A COUPLE whose three daughters have all been treated at the Oxford Children’s Hospital are taking part in the OX5 Run for the third time.

OX5: Mum runs for son with rare disorder

REASON TO RUN: Tracey Lewis, 39, with her boys Joe, five, and behind, 12-year-old Kai, left, and Matthew, 15

1:00pm Saturday 26th January 2013

A WOMAN whose son has a potentially fatal condition will be taking part in the OX5 run to raise awareness about his illness.

Years of fundraising and still going strong

Andrew Baker

5:50pm Thursday 17th January 2013

A MAN who had brain surgery is marking 10 years of fundraising for the hospital which changed his life, by backing the OX5 Run.

School mums go on OX5 Run to help hospital

From left to right, Lucinda Page with her niece Scarlott and daughter Megan, six, Natalie Flannery with daughter Hayley, five, and Sharon Mallinson with daughter Mollie, six

1:20pm Wednesday 9th January 2013

THREE women are running to raise money for the Oxford Children’s Hospital because of the great care their loved ones received.

Children's hospital cared for mother's premature baby

Julia Spargo and Beth

1:00pm Monday 31st December 2012

A MUM whose premature baby was cared for by Oxford’s Children’s Hospital is joining in a charity run to support them.






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