A very valued member of the Invercargill parkrun team Sandra and her husband Neil make rather a special team, thank you both so much for your valuable help and enthusiasm for parkrun! Name: Sandra Brownridge Age: 60 Home parkrun: Invercargill Occupation: Retired due to Sickness Number of Runs: 5 Number of times volunteered:…
Many thanks to Stuart who is obviously a very accomplished volunteer, a Run Director and another example of the wealth of wonderful volunteers around the country at parkrun! Name: Stuart Daniel Age: 47 Home parkrun: Porirua (but originally from Ireland) Occupation: IT Consultant Number of Runs: 155 Number of times volunteered: 113…
A lovely couple from Porirua parkrun are featured this week, many thanks for your great support Steve and Amanda! Name: Steve Macdonald Amanda Macdonald Age: 42 35 Home parkrun: Porirua Porirua Occupation: System Administrator at Salvation Army Coordinator Number of Runs: 7 Porirua 11 total 38 Number of times volunteered: 17 6 Favourite volunteer role:…
Introducing another parkrun stalwart who hails from lovely Cambridge! Name: Doug Jenkins Age: Old-ish Home parkrun: Cambridge NZ Occupation: Educator Number of Runs: Not many Number of times volunteered: 30 something Favourite volunteer role: Any of them, with the exception of tail walker. I like to leave that to the walkers…
parkrun attracts amazing volunteers and Tanya is yet another example by sharing her talents and giving back to the community with such enthusiasm. Thanks Tanya! Name: Tanya Seletkoff Age: 22 Home parkrun: Pegasus Occupation: Sales & Marketing/Photographer Number of Runs: 0 Number of times volunteered: 6 Favourite volunteer role: Photographer…
Many thanks to Lynne for her time she graciously gives to parkrun and congratulations as well for completing her 50th parkrun last week, well done that’s amazing and all run at Dunedin! Name: Lynne Kerr Age: 53 Home parkrun: Dunedin Occupation: Part time artist and volunteer worker Number of Runs: 42 Number of times…
Laurie is possibly our most vocal volunteer and greets humans and dogs alike with much enthusiasm and cheer! She’s infectiously good humored even when getting over an injury and a joy to be around. Thank you Laurie for all your help – Cornwall parkrun team. Name: Laurie Wilson Age: 54 Home parkrun: Cornwall Park…
Here we have another lovely ‘volunteer couple’ from Palmerston North parkrun which is only 7 events old, but has certainly become part of the community and continues to grow from strength to strength! Name: Margaret & John Stuart Age: 75 & 79 Home parkrun: Palmerston North Occupation: Retired Number of Runs: Three Number of…
Celebrating all the volunteers of parkrun is very important, but sometimes we forget the Event and Run Directors, who do a lot of extra admin once parkrun is all over for another morning. Many thanks to all the Event/Run directors for their parkrun purpose and dedication behind the scenes! Name: Brian Prescott Age: 53…
Geoff McMillan has put Pegasus on the map, well the parkrun map! It’s a beautiful spot for a run and Geoff is certainly a wonderful ambassador for parkrun. Name: Geoff McMillan Age: 57 yrs Home parkrun: Pegasus Occupation: Sales Manager Number of Runs: 77 Number of times volunteered: 66 times…
