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Always lovely to feature a junior parkrunner who enjoys volunteering as well as running (to beat his dad)!
Name: Hugh
Age: 14
Home parkrun:Dunedin
Occupation: Student
Number of Runs: 15
Number of times volunteered: 8
Favourite volunteer role: Scanner
I volunteer at parkrun because: I’m working towards a goal of getting a Volunteer 25 t-shirt. I like getting there early and talking to all the people too.
One thing I love about parkrun is: The people we see who we don’t normally see there – you can have a chat and meet new people from other places. And my family does it every week and I like beating my dad.
My most memorable parkrun moment was: Running a parkrun in jandals, football socks and shin pads. I was just going to watch my family run before my football game, but I got carried away and ended up running the whole thing!
Lower Hutt parkrun 319 – 5th May 2018 Saturday 5th May saw the 6th anniversary of parkrun in New Zealand with the celebration of the Lower Hutt parkrun. The following is an abridged version of their excellent run report celebrating the anniversary When I signed up for the role of run reporter for…
Thank you to regional reporter Carolyn Deverson and The Southland Times for this article: Balclutha hosted its first parkrun on Saturday 5th May, with more than 50 people taking part in misty conditions. parkrun is a phenomenon that has become a world-wide success since starting at Bushy Park in London in 2004. People travel to take part…
