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!
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