Kanti N Soma (pictured centre, above) is a regular volunteer at Rose parkrun, Lenasia, having volunteered on 52 different occasions, and has completed the 5km course some 40 times. Uthmaan Abed, a young parkrunner at Rose parkrun, interviewed Kanti to find out more about his running journey. What is your favourite volunteering role? Marshal. My…
Sterkfontein parkrun has an incredible team of core volunteers. Each one has an exceptional story. Deryn Venski is one such individual. Deryn was involved in a motorcycle accident in May 2018 where his right leg was shattered. He spent months in hospital undergoing operations and rehabilitation to regain some use of his leg. Deryn’s…
Natasha Makkan is a regular volunteer at Rose parkrun, Lenasia. She has completed 37 parkruns and volunteered on 52 separate occasions. Natasha tells us more about how volunteering at parkrun has helped in other areas of her life: I started off as a runner at the second event at Rose parkrun, Lenasia, in 2018. My…
Name: Theopetra Nokubonga Mashaba Age: 23 Home parkrun: Nkomazi Occupation: Peer Counsellor Number of runs: 23 Number of times volunteered: 18 How has parkrun changed your running? parkrun changed my way of viewing things when it comes to running. Now I am training hard to reach the target I have set for myself….
Jason Huntley, Event Director at Shongweni parkrun, recently volunteered for the 250th time at parkrun and has seen a huge growth in the popularity of parkrun since he first joined. Jason shares his story with us: I started my parkrun journey in 2013, I had never heard the word “parkrun ” before, nor did I…
On Saturday, 14 September 2019, Torrin Theron achieved 300 volunteer credits, performing a total of 428 tasks! Torrin started her parkrun journey at Root 44 where she was Event Director from 2013. She then supported the Western Cape as Regional Ambassador from 2015 – 2018 before stepping down to further her studies. She is now…
Meet Amy Berry from Rietvlei parkrun. Amy started her first parkrun on 8th February 2014 at Rietvlei parkun and has since completed 214 parkruns. She has also volunteered 171 times! Her first volunteer role was in mid 2014 and her volunteer role has now taken on an almost full time job. She started doing results…
On 20th July 2019, Langebaan parkrun welcomed little Bentley Langford Kuhn, (at only 15 days old) son of David & Sheree Kuhn. Sheree and David have been diligently volunteering and doing their parkrun walks throughout the pregnancy, and the Langebaan parkrun family were pleased with his safe arrival on 5th July 2019. Mom and…
Marie Eyre was born with Spina Bifida, is wheelchair bound and cannot drive. I met her through church and she offered to help when she heard Pongola parkrun was short of volunteers. The first time Marie volunteered, I introduced her to a timekeeper, Andre Steyn, who took her under his wing and quickly taught her perfect…
Regular volunteer, Sylvia Bester from Constantia Greenbelt parkrun, is a true inspiration. Sylvia has volunteered 28 times, but what makes her story unique, is that Sylvia was diagnosed with breast cancer towards the end of 2018 and began aggressive ‘red devil’ chemotherapy in January 2019. Despite the awful side effects of the treatment,…
