A team of four students from Corsham School are taking part in the St George’s Day 10k run this year to raise money for their trip to a school in Morocco in July.

Year 9 students Sam Herries, 13, from Batheaston, Stephen Wood, 13, from Colerne, Gareth Dinsdale, 14, from Corsham and Lauren Crookalt 14, from Neston, will be walking the Corsham 10k on April 19 with their backpacks, in a bid to raise funds for their trip with another seven students and maths teacher Alistair Cloud.

Sam said: “We are really looking forward to the trip in the summer as it is a once in a lifetime opportunity and isn’t something that we would be able to do on holiday with our families.

“We are taking part in the 10k run to get in practice for the walking we will be doing on the trip.”

The teenagers had to raise £1,500 each to take part in the trip where they will be visiting a school in Marrakesh and helping out by painting one of their walls afterwards they are trekking to the Sahara.

The group of four Year 9s will lead the 10k by starting an hour before the runners at Corsham Football Club.

Corsham Running Club and Corsham Rotary Club, who are organising the event, are expecting more than 500 runners to take part in the event.

This year runners will be encouraged at the 1k and 9k mark by Corsham Wind Band, who will provide uplifting music at the War Memorial.

There will be plenty of parking spaces and refreshments for everybody.

For more information log on to www.corshamrunningclub.co.uk If anybody would like to sponsor the students call the Corsham School on (01249) 713284.