Press Release - Edinburgh Marathon - 1/7/08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

              Edinburgh Marathon announce Title Sponsor

The Edinburgh Marathon have today announced that Albert Bartlett have 
signed a title sponsorship agreement with the North Berwick based company.  
From now on the event will be known as the 'Albert Bartlett Edinburgh 
Marathon'.   

Albert Bartlett & Sons Ltd is Britain's leading grower and packer of root 
vegetables. Founded in Coatbridge in 1948 the Bartlett family has been in 
the business for 60 years, they are fiercely committed to natural farming 
with minimum interference, hence their slogan "Naturally Grown, Naturally 
Tasty". 
 
Geoff Sims of the Edinburgh Marathon said:
"We are delighted to have Albert Bartlett as the title sponsor of the 
marathon. Edinburgh Marathon Ltd and Albert Bartlett will work together to 
continue to give Edinburgh a top class marathon".  

Geoff Sims went on to say: "Albert Bartlett have a nationwide reputation 
for quality and their commitment to providing high quality, naturally grown 
produce for a healthier life style makes them an ideal sponsor for such a 
great sporting / charity event as the Edinburgh Marathon.

Today, the third generation of the Bartlett family runs what is arguably 
Britain's biggest vegetable supplier. Every week a fleet of trucks leave 
their loading bays to supply the nation with one in six of its fresh 
potatoes, carrots, onions and parsnips.

John Hicks from Albert Bartlett said: 
"We are committed to promoting healthy living both in terms of a healthy 
diet and physical activity.  We believe that our partnership with the 
Edinburgh Marathon will provide another great platform to deliver this 
message and are delighted to be supporting the event."

Albert Bartlett is already involved with athletics in Scotland and has 
supplemented their 'Healthy Living' activity by supporting Scottish athlete 
Joanne Finch with a bursary. The 17 year old 800m runner Finch has been 
earmarked as a talent of the future by double Olympic champion Kelly 
Holmes.

Edinburgh Marathon Ltd also has a strong commitment to Scottish and UK 
charities.  Last year runners raised an outstanding £2 million for charity. 
This year we have set an ambitious target of raising £2.5 million for the 
100+ charities affiliated to the marathon.  

If you have not yet entered the marathon you have until 15th January to 
enter the ballot. Charity entries are available until 2nd May 2008. To 
enter visit www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk 

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