Newy parkrun

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Newy parkrun RUN REPORT Event #687
8th August 2026

This week we welcomed 400 people to run, jog and walk the course on a beautiful blue sky morning.
30 were first timers and 41 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 21 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 20 fabulous volunteers:

Warren HARDY • Jonathan PETERS • Steve ATKINS • Suzanne MCGREGOR • Jo COOPER • Danielle WHITEHEAD • Jody WHITEHEAD • Amy DELL • Bernadette BENNETT • Julie HUGHES • Benji WATTS • Frank KAKKAVOS • Peter STONE • Robbie MARTIN • Alistair SILLAR • Deborah DEWAR • Lincoln DEWAR • Wendy CLEARY • William SMATHERS • Zac PICTON

Thank you for continuing to support our parkrun and keep our roster looking healthy for the next few weeks.

Numbers are still light - there are many locals who have discovered the joys of parkrun touristing and have been at other local parkruns recently. All the better for getting a flat fast PB here at Newy!

17 people completed their first ever parkrun - welcome!! and we hosted 13 first time visitors, who were from Wilson Botanic, Toowoomba and Pakapakanthi.

Congratulations to our milestone achievers today :
J10 Ciara Scurr
25 Timothy Rogers, Will Bird, Mark Ives, Shane Frass, Ailsa Toster
50 Finlay Traill (photo in comments), Scott Cook
100 Lisa Smith

See you next Saturday for another highly recommended Newy parkrun event.

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Join us for parkrun at 8am.

Dear Newy parkrunners,
Please come home!
We've arranged for no rain and dry conditions, a first timers brief at 7:55 and a safety brief and run at 8:00.
See you tomorrow ❤️
Newy Team

If you thought BINGO was hard, try this volunteer BINGO created and shared with us by Ellen.

What do you score in this edition of parkrun BINGO?

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VOLUNTEER UPDATE : Only a few places left for the next 2 weeks. Check out the online volunteer roster here 👇

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Newy parkrun RUN REPORT 1/8/26 Event #686

Where were you? This week we only had 276 parkrunners complete our beautiful, yet wet and muddy in places, course. And you missed the most amazing double rainbow!! And the pot of Gold - another parkrun completed and added to your tally.

Congratulations to everyone who made it out of bed this morning, especially the 6 who completed their first ever parkrun and our 14 first time visitors.

29 new PBs were achieved and 26 different running clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 22 beautifully wrapped up volunteers who made it cheery and a successful morning. THANK YOU. The Name list is in the graphics this morning.

Our event RD this morning reported small numbers but a completely event uneventful which means no slippages or falls or injuries YAH!!

Congratulations to Joel ROBERTS and Jake DEASY on your 50th milestone
And Greg ROACH for reaching 400

Visitors today were from: Cooks River, South Bank, Varsity Lake, Karkarook, Armidale, Taree, St Peters, Castlemaine and Bexley.

Hopefully we'll see more of you next week to emulate our local legend and double GOLD medalist, Rose Davies, and make the home sprint your path to a new PB.