Spinnaker parkrun

5 September 2026 – Event 6: This week 163 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 41 were first timers and 40 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 10 different clubs took part.

⭐️ Milestone Celebrations ⭐️
Logan Walton - 25 parkruns
Peter Sharpe - 100 parkruns
Julie Shanahan - 200 parkruns
Scott Taylor - 400 parkruns

⏱️ The full results and a complete event history can be found at https://www.parkrun.com.au/spinnaker/results/6

👏 A huge thank you to the amazing Toolooa State High School Junior Leaders for taking over the volunteer roles today! Maggie McMahon, Max Darcy, Charlotte Steel, Abigail Henry, Anaisha Sharma, Evie Dyason, Kya Jill Power, Katrina Johnston, Zara Johnston, Jacqui Murchie, Brendan Eckhold, Mikayla Neilsen

📣 We need a few more volunteers for the next event (12 September 2026), if you can help with any of the following roles, please reach out.

Marshal (x4)

Volunteering is a great way to be part of parkrun. If you’d like to help in future weeks, please check the volunteer roster or send us a message.
https://www.parkrun.com.au/spinnaker/futureroster/

Spinnaker parkrun is ready to go, a beautiful morning for a run, jog, walk or volunteer!

Come and join us…
6.45am First Timer’s Welcome
6.50am Briefing
7am Event start

📣 We’re growing the Spinnaker parkrun Event Team!

Spinnaker parkrun is organised entirely by volunteers, and while we already have a fantastic group of Run Directors and regular volunteers who make Saturday mornings happen, there’s also a little bit of work that goes on behind the scenes each week.

At the moment, much of that work is shared between a very small number of people, so we’d love to grow our Core Event Team and spread the load a little more.

We’re looking for 2–4 people who are regular members of our Spinnaker parkrun community and would be interested in getting a little more involved in helping us keep the event running smoothly.

This could include things like:
• Helping coordinate our weekly volunteer roster
• Assisting with communications and social media
• General event administration
• Helping with some of the little jobs that happen behind the scenes

We’re not looking for someone to take all of this on! The idea is to build a small team so these jobs can be shared and no one person has to carry too much of the workload.

You don’t need to be available every Saturday, and you certainly don’t need to give up running or walking parkrun every week. We want to build something flexible that works around everyone.

If you love being part of Spinnaker parkrun and think you might enjoy being a little more involved, we’d love to hear from you.

Have a chat with Brendan or Jacqui on Saturday, or send us a message.

This sounds like a fun day out! Reach out to Gladstone Road Runners if you’re available this weekend ⛵️🏃🏃‍♀️

29 August 2026 – Event 5: This week 180 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 48 were first timers and 56 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 8 different clubs took part.

⭐️ Milestone Celebrations ⭐️
Emma Windsor - 10 volunteers
Sophie Mcgregor - 10 volunteers
Sophie Mcgregor - 10 parkruns
Ebony Clark - 25 parkruns
Raylene Keenan - 25 parkruns
Rhys Whalan - 50 parkruns

⏱️ The full results and a complete event history can be found at: https://www.parkrun.com.au/spinnaker/results/5

👏 A massive thank you to the wonderful young people from Gladstone State High School for taking over the volunteer roles today! Sheryl Hipathite, Rory Shannon, Tim Shannon, Ishlyn Kaur, Emily Devney, Kavitharani Visvathanathan, Isabella Fredericks, Nicholas James, Ashley Slizankiewicz, Ashtyn Brookes, Tia Wirihana, Ella Wright, Hartley Ellis, Hannah Baker, Saxon Murray, Lucy Robertson, Emma Windsor, Greg Hage, Brendan Eckhold, Jacqui Murchie, Shirin Baker, Sophie McGregor, Addison West

📣 Toolooa State High School Junior Leaders will be taking over the volunteer roles at our next event (5 September 2026), a big thanks to the team for getting involved and supporting our parkrun community.

🎽 Volunteering is a great way to be part of parkrun. If you’d like to help in future weeks, please check the volunteer roster or send us a message.
https://www.parkrun.com.au/spinnaker/futureroster/

22 August 2026 – Event 4: This week 161 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 56 were first timers and 48 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 11 different clubs took part.

⭐️ Milestone Celebrations ⭐️
Meagan Wade – 150 Finishes
Debbie Williams – 250 Finishes

⏱️ The full results and a complete event history can be found at: https://www.parkrun.com.au/spinnaker/results/4

📸 No photos this week sorry!

👏 A big thank you to this week’s high vis heros! Kerry Retort, Jill Rohde, Geoffrey Rohde, Brendan Eckhold, Pamela Cragg, Chelsea Elvery, Sherri Sanders, Michelle Proctor, Sandra Suter, Rosalind Bambrick, Debra Brandon, Richard Goddard, Judith Koenig, Greg Hage, Jacqui Murchie, Jodie Little, Michael Read, Natasha Read, Kerryn Scrivener

📣 Gladstone State High School will be taking over all the volunteer roles at our next event (29 August 2026), thanks team! See you Saturday!

🎽 Volunteering is a great way to be part of parkrun. If you’d like to help in future weeks, please check the volunteer roster or send us a message.
https://www.parkrun.com.au/spinnaker/futureroster/

A gorgeous morning for a run, jog, walk, volunteer at Spinnaker parkrun.

Come and join us…
6.45am First Timer’s Welcome
6.50am Briefing
7am Event start