Supporting our local sporting community.

We are very proud to have sponsored the Sure Guernsey Marathon since 2022 bringing runners and athletes of all abilities together. We're passionate about our community and look forward to using technology to make the next race even better. 

Keeping better pace

In 2023 we introduced even more tech to the marathon, making it the most technologically-enabled marathon the island has ever seen. Connectivity and timekeeping technology enhances the race for competitors, organisers and spectators - all supported by our network.

The most tech-enabled marathon

The runners benefit from technology that improves the accuracy of their race times including a timing decoder, mats on the roads and chips in their bibs.

These work together - using our 4G mobile network - to upload times and places to a live online portal. Mats are at the start, halfway mark, South Esplanade and the finish line. As part of the legacy of our sponsorship, the equipment is being used by Guernsey Athletics for the  rest of the racing year.

An event for everyone 

We love how sport connects people and the Guernsey Marathon is an event for the whole community to enjoy. For people that couldn't watch around the race course, we provided a live stream of the leading runners and the finishing line. 

We also got involved - Sure volunteers helped the organisers make everything run smoothly and some of our team loved running in the relay and two of our staff completed the full marathon.

Olympian Lee Merrien gives his marathon running tips: