Pictured left to right: Carolyn Tymchuk (CCFS treasurer), Sarah Savage (Fred’s wife), Meaghan Cursons (CCFS), John Gower (CCFS director), Leslie Dargie (CVRR event director), Joyce Slaney (CVRR treasurer), Dougal Browne with Sam Browne (UROC).

Runners ran for the Cumberland Forest

A big thank you goes out to all of the good people who registered for, and donated to, the Fred Bigelow Memorial 100K Challenge which took place in November.

  • Feb. 23, 2021 12:00 a.m.

A big thank you goes out to all of the good people who registered for, and donated to, the Fred Bigelow Memorial 100K Challenge which took place in November.

As a result, the Comox Valley Road Runners (CVRR) were able to present cheques totalling over $7,000 to Fred’s two favourite charities: the Cumberland Community Forest Society (CCFS) and the United Riders of Cumberland (UROC).

In December, the cheques were handed over in the middle of the Cumberland Forest on a trail maintained by UROC.

Fred passed away Sept. 1, 2020. He was a Wing Commander at CFB Comox, CEO of the Comox Valley Airport Commission, and an avid runner.

READ: BGen (Ret’d) Frederick George Bigelow

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