Left: Rae Barrett (second right), chief executive officer of the National Health Fund, and Donovan Perkins (right), CEO of Pan Caribbean, hand over a 'cheque' valued at $10 million to representatives of the Kingston Public, Cornwall Regional and the University hospitals' renal units. Right: Alan Beckford accepts his cheque of $100,000 from NHF CEO Rae Barrett and Pan Caribbean's CEO Donovan Perkins for winning the Ultimate Sigma Corporate Run Challenge. The money was donated to the charity of his choice. - photos by Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

The 10th staging of the Pan Caribbean Sigma Run took place yesterday with about 85 teams and more than 8,000 persons participating. The goal to raise $10 million was achieved.

These funds have been earmarked for patient care at the renal units of the University Hospital of the West Indies, Cornwall Regional Hospital and the Kingston Public Hospital.

The races begun about 7:00 a.m. in front of the Pan Caribbean building on Knutsford Boulevard. The route was Knutsford Boulevard to Trafalgar Road and on to Waterloo Road, then West Kings House Road and on to Constant Spring Road, from Constant Spring Road to Suthermere Road, then Hope Road, on to Winchester Avenue, Ruthven Road, Half-Way Tree Road and on to Oxford Road, where it culminated at Emancipation Park. After the race, an awards ceremony followed and then an entertainment package.

Elizabeth Mondon, representing the COK Cooperative Credit Union, pulls across the finish line to win the women's title of the Sigma Corporate Run.

It was fun for all as paraplegics join in the race and compete in the wheelchair segment.

And they're off! Runners compete in yesterday's annual fund-raising Sigma Corporate Run, which started at Emancipation Park in New Kingston. The event, supported by over 8,000 persons, raised $10 million for the renal units of the Kingston Public, Cornwall Regional and University hospitals. - photos by Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

Walkers compete in yesterday's event.