Rotary event Best Foot Forward holds it's presentations in Wolverhamton's Mayors Parlour.

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00:00So we're here with Richard Hurrell in the Mayor's Parlour. Aren't we honoured Richard?

00:04We are honoured. The Mayor present, yes.

00:06And best foot forward, it's been a good year hasn't it, the last event again?

00:11Yes, we've had a very successful year. Record number of laps, record number of participants.

00:17We even had the weather on our side and we've raised lots of money for good causes.

00:22Fantastic. And date's set for next year already?

00:25Yes, date's set for next year, Saturday, the 27th of June, Aldersley Stadium at 8 o'clock in the morning.

00:31Great stuff. And it's always about getting that word out, isn't it? Letting people know about it.

00:35We were chatting to the man who got the most laps, I think 51 miles equivalent, and he said,

00:41oh, I didn't realise about it, but he's got it down for next year, he's definitely coming back.

00:45People who get involved, they have a great time and they often return, don't they?

00:50They certainly do. We have lots of repeat runners and we get to know them quite well after five or six years of competing every year.

00:57And some of them do extraordinary numbers of laps.

01:00Well, I know there's a bit of competition between him and the First Lady, they're both going to be competing next year.

01:06They're coming back next year, she had to go off earlier for a barbecue, so she was only able to compete 160 laps.

01:13Yeah, well, she's definitely got her eyes set on that marker.

01:17Right, thanks ever so much, Richard.

01:18This group actually, not only just meets and gets involved, they insist they have to put on a public paid performance.

01:41Right, this year, they've just selected their play and we're doing Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

01:50I'm very privileged now to take on the role as chairman.

01:54Peter Williams, as many of you will know, for the Rotary, has been involved for just on 40 years.

02:04And I'm very proud to be involved now through my volunteering, along with many others in the local area,

02:14to try and help promote better understanding and knowledge of the MS sufferers that we know are all around the community,

02:28but not as many as we would like to actually come and take part in the therapies that we offer at the MS Centre.

02:35And this check will go a long, long way to helping us push that forward for the years to come.

02:45Who have we got here? What's your names?

02:47Jamie Bird.

02:48Jamie Bird and...

02:49Sharon Nesson.

02:50So you've kind of got special little honours with this Best Foot Forward.

02:54So you, Sharon, what's your accolade?

02:57The Rotary.

02:58I came first lady.

03:01First lady, yeah.

03:01I did 160 laps.

03:03Is it the first time you've done the event?

03:05Yeah, I just turned up on the day.

03:06Yeah?

03:07That's not a bad achievement, is it then?

03:10And what about you, sir?

03:11You've got...

03:13204 laps.

03:14How many miles is that quite to?

03:1551 mile.

03:17Were you...

03:18When you went there that day, were you thinking you could get anywhere near that?

03:22I mean...

03:22No, I was just going to do marathon distance.

03:24Yeah.

03:25To start with, and I just kept going and going and going, yeah.

03:28So have you worked out?

03:2951 miles, that's like...

03:31Nearly two marathons.

03:32It's Manchester or something, isn't it?

03:32Yeah, it's a fair distance.

03:34Yeah, yeah.

03:35Have you had a good day, though, guys, yeah?

03:37Yeah.

03:37Have a fantastic day.

03:38Think you'll be back there again for next year?

03:40Yeah.

03:40Well, last year, I did it last year, but that was the first time I ever heard about it.

03:43Otherwise, I would have done it before, because I'm a Wolverhampton man.

03:46Yeah.

03:47Thanks, Bill.

03:48Well, yeah, you'll be an annual fixture now.

03:50So, have you got extra pressure, though, is it?

03:51Now you've got, you know, 204 to beat, you know what I mean?

03:55He's got pressure, because I'm after him next year.

03:56Oh, yeah?

03:57Right, cool.

03:58Now I know.

03:59Now I know.

03:59Yeah, now you know.

04:00You locked up on the day, so now you know, mate.

04:02There's some advantages, though, because I've had a knee replacement a few months before.

04:05Well, hang on.

04:06No, hang on.

04:07You've got a bionic knee, so that's cheating.

04:13I'm 60 years old.

04:14I'll be 61 next year.

04:15How old are you?

04:1657.

04:17Well, there you go, then.

04:18There you go.

04:20You and your bionic knee.

04:22Hey, take that.

04:23Take that.

04:23She's 61.

04:24I'm a pensioner.

04:26Well done, guys.

04:27Great achievement for both of you.

04:29Well done.

04:30What was the overall outcome of the event?

04:33This year's patron charity pot amounted to £16,000.

04:38Other charities using Best Foot Forward this year to boost their own funds have raised £13,405 per record.

04:46The 11th staging of Best Foot Forward in 2025 has produced £27,203.

04:57As Mike has already indicated, this lifts the total raised since 2013 to £234,025,

05:07so a substantial sum in those 11 years that we've been running this.

05:10This has largely been shared by organisations in and around our city.

05:16All of this has been done simply by people being prepared to give it their time to going round and round in circles.

05:23It is clear that Best Foot Forward has become a major vehicle for raising funds to support charities within our city.

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