Berwick Springs parkrun

🌧️ Berwick Springs parkrun #613 🌸

It was a wet start to the morning when the alarm went off, but thankfully the rain cleared by 8am, leaving us with a mild and dry Spring morning for parkrun! 🌤️

A huge thank you to our pacers who did an amazing job helping 20 participants achieve a New PB! today! 👏🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Congratulations to everyone who smashed out a New PB!:
🏅 Dylan Willmott – 20:15
🏅 Mark Pemberton – 21:05
🏅 Oliver Andrews – 24:58
🏅 Jason Andrews – 25:01
🏅 Aneeta Mathew – 27:04
🏅 Andy Tran – 27:38
🏅 Sanjana Shankar – 29:23
🏅 Andison Taylor – 30:29
🏅 Kellie Felton – 30:45
🏅 Dinushi Mendis – 30:51
🏅 Louise Storey – 31:55
🏅 Nalika Siegelwin – 31:59
🏅 Rodney Maine – 32:48
🏅 Tiffany Hall – 34:34
🏅 Sanika Gudup – 34:40
🏅 Anthony Franklin – 44:35
🏅 Kelvin Ulloa – 49:22
🏅 Donald Ulloa – 50:50
🏅 Jim Ulloa – 50:51
🏅 Paul Ulloa – 50:54

🥇 First Male: Mohammad Marshall – 17:49
🥇 First Female: Emma Hillman – 23:18

🎉 Milestone congratulations!
A special shout-out to Daniella Zandona on completing her 150th parkrun today! 🎉

A massive thank you to our wonderful volunteers, led by Run Director Paul Curtain. We couldn’t put on parkrun without you!

👏 Paul Curtain – Run Director
⏱️ Gerard Corkeron & Stan Saniga – Timekeepers
📱 Danny Edmunds & Faye Pratt – Barcode Scanning
🎟️ Michele Somers – Finish Tokens
📸 Nirmala Ragulan – Photographer
🚶 Kristy Donath & Amanda Mawer – Tail Walkers
🔍 Gurmukh Rathore – Event Day Course Check
👋 Tanya Craig – First Timers Welcome

And of course, a HUGE thank you to all of our pacers who helped everyone chase down their goals today! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Gregory Bramich, Dan Cassar, Donna Cassar, David Cunningham, Matthew Elliott, Mark F, Lucas Hall, Martin Klusacek, Tanya Lavin, Jennifer Liu, Simon Lock, Belinda Murphy, Andrew Nicholson, Jo Pratt and Shankar Ramadas. 👏

👟 A big thank you also to Athlete’s Foot for joining us today! It was fantastic having everyone test out the latest ASICS Novablast shoes, as well as enjoying the post-run drinks and snacks. Thanks for supporting our parkrun community! 🥤🍎

Well done to all 146 finishers who joined us this morning. Whether you were chasing a PB, pacing a friend, volunteering, walking, running or simply enjoying a Spring morning with the parkrun crew, we hope you had a great time!

See you next Saturday! 💙
TC

🌟 Berwick Springs parkrun #612
Last parkrun of Winter 2026!

What a fantastic way to finish off Winter at Berwick Springs! We had 187 finishers and another wonderful morning of running, walking and community spirit. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

👟 Athlete's Foot + Pacer Week!

A reminder that next week is our Pacer Week! 🎯

And the team from Athlete's Foot will also be back, giving you another chance to test out a new pair of shoes while you take on the course and chase your goal time.

Whether you're looking for a PB, trying a new pace or simply want to enjoy a Saturday morning, come down and get involved! 👟🔥

🏆 First Finishers

Congratulations to our first male and female finishers:

🥇 First Male: Andrew Turner – 18:16
🥇 First Female: Emily Ferguson – 22:48 🎉

🎉 Milestones

A huge congratulations to everyone celebrating a milestone today!

10 parkruns: Kurt Benjamin

25 parkruns: Kane Ferguson

250 parkruns: Rodney Wells

🔥 New PBs!

Congratulations to everyone who achieved a New PB today:

Jackson Brown – 18:46
Blessing Selvaraj – 19:49
Brock Cronin – 19:56
Nathan Burke – 21:12
Emily Ferguson – 22:48
Emma Spiteri – 24:08
Catriona McNeilly – 25:31
Daniel Spiteri – 25:35
Roshwin Roy – 26:33
Nuwan Bentharage – 26:38
Md Islam – 28:05
Andy Tran – 28:57
David Agius – 29:16
Kellie Felton – 31:02
Nalika Siegelwin – 32:18
Ashan Liyanage – 32:25
Amanda Wahid – 32:51
Rodney Maine – 32:59
Jin Yoo – 33:17
Wendy Maggay – 33:21
Kenneth Paglinawan – 33:32
Elly Spiteri – 33:56
Billie Reid – 34:51
Gary Manley – 35:40
Seyansa Weerasinghe – 36:18
Michelle Reid – 37:50
Kerrie Spiteri – 40:42
Elaine Obena – 40:46
Renee Lawrence – 46:48
Raghwendra Mourya – 48:02

What a list! 🔥👏

❤️ Thank you to our amazing volunteers!

As always, parkrun wouldn't happen without our fantastic volunteers. A huge thank you to:

Run Director: Jason Mittra
Timekeepers: Deborah Laughton & Micah Mittra
Finish Tokens: Canis Nugroho
Barcode Scanning: Emma Hillman & Nathan Lynch
Tail Walkers: Monica Boland & Kathy C
Event Day Course Check: Simon Lock
First Timers Welcome: Jemma Taylor & Stacy Taylor-Mellican
Car Park Marshal: Peter Green
Token Sorting: Michele Somers

Thank you all for giving up your Saturday morning to make Berwick Springs parkrun happen! 💙

📣 September Volunteer Call-Out

We are already looking ahead to September and need some more volunteers!

📅 12 September: 2 x Timekeepers
📅 19 September: Finish Tokens & Photographer
📅 26 September: 2 x Timekeepers, Finish Tokens, 2 x Barcode Scanners, Photographer & Tailwalker

If you haven't volunteered before, we'd love to have you join us! No experience is necessary and training is provided. 🙌

🏃‍♀️ Good luck tomorrow!

Finally, all the very best to our Berwick Springs parkrunners taking on the Brighton Fun Run or Sydney Marathon tomorrow! 💪

We hope you have an amazing day, enjoy the experience and smash those goals!

See you all next week for Pacer Week! 🎯👟

Let's kick off Spring with some PBs! 🌸🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
TC