Recently three firefighters ran the Soweto Marathon in full gear, all in memory of their fallen comrades that had lost their lives in the tragic Johannesburg building fire. With the recent fires in the Western Cape and California I am sure that we are all hyper aware of the devastation caused. On Saturday the…
Ilze Lopes had a double stroke, 5 weeks ago she could not move, walk or even see. She completed her parkrun with the help of Grant Lopes, who held her upright in trying times, but she walked by herself most of the way, and completed her parkrun at Somerset West. Ilze was wheelchair-bound just…
This newsletter’s volunteer heroine is Madz Loots. Madz is married to Jacques and has three children. She has run 159 parkruns and has volunteered in numerous roles over 150 times. She was originally a Kimberley parkrunner and Kimberley is her home run. Now she is one of our most energetic and enthusiastic ambassadors working…
On Saturday 3 November 2018 I was again remembered why I love doing parkrun, and especially at Botanical Garden, Pretoria. During the 2nd lap at the bottom of “Separation hill” (my nickname for the 2nd steep hill – it separates the boys from the men and the girls from the women!), I assisted Oom Ben up the hill….
Fish Hoek parkrun started less than five years ago. Horst Schiffer was one of the inaugural runners. It was also his first parkrun. Incredibly, he has reached his 250 milestone within five years, the first Fish Hoek parkrunner to do so. Since our start, there have been 253 runs at Fish Hoek (and 258 parkrun…
Rebecca Larkan is one of our junior parkunners aged 11 years. She started parkrun in March 2017, one month later she started volunteering, sorting tokens after parkrun. Since then she has volunteered an amazing 35 occasions, Marshalling, Barcode Scanning, Funnel Manager, Tail Walker, Token Sorting and general runner. She is a very happy, bright young lady who always has…
Meet Bev le Sueur, she is Wellington parkrun’s plogging queen. Bev is fairly new to parkrun. It only took her only 3 weeks to realise that she would also like to volunteer and give back to the community. The first time she volunteered she chose the role of tail walker. She decided to bring a…
Luan has Aspergers Syndrome (a developmental disorder affecting his ability to effectively socialise and communicate), and after I joined parkrun, he came only to watch, as he found the large amount of people too terrifying for him to participate. But the Wellington parkrun volunteer team soon became a familiar family for him and when I did…
My husband, Clive, and I were in Poznan in July to support our son at the U23 World Rowing Championships. Another rowing mom who joined us at parkrun was Wendy Daffern from Rondebosch parkrun. So on 28th July, I joined 215 parkrunners and did my 92nd parkrun in Poznan, and Wendy did her 2nd. (Clive is not…
The Midvaal Fire Brigade have embraced Midvaal parkrun with their members participating in the event as part of their exercise routine in full gear on a regular basis. The Fire Brigade has been an inspiration for many kids looking up to their heroes! One of the runners, Martin has posted amazing times of 30 minutes…
