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Clover Point parkrun, Clover Point, Victoria, BC (2026)

09/19/2026

Clover Point parkrun event 394
September 19, 2026

Wow - what a morning! Another beautiful late summer morning brought out the crowds, as we welcomed a new record of 202 participants - our first 200+ event - to Clover Point this morning.

We welcomed 18 first time parkrunners, and 18 more completing our course for the first time, including tourists from the UK, Scotland, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Toronto, Calgary, Miami and across BC. Whew! What's more, we celebrated two big milestones with two of our regulars - Giselle completed her 100th, and Chris Wille completed his 250th! Big congratulations to both of you.

That calm air must have helped a lot, because we also want to congratulate our 32 participants who achieved new PBs. It sure didn't hold down first finishers Dan Wall and Claire Babiuk, who completed the course in 17:00 and 18:23, respectively. Well done to all of you!

Lastly, a big round of applause for our tremendous volunteer team Amanda HILL, Bill HRICK, Brian CONNON, Camille TITTLEY, Daisy HORGAN, Ed MACDONALD, Helen BELL, Jennifer CARTWRIGHT, Karen SEYFFARTH, Marc MOLGAT, May FINSTAD, Phillip ANDREW, Sean MITCHELL, Tony ROTHERAM and Yuki OTSUBO. If you're interested in volunteering at an upcoming event, just drop us a line and let us know when you can help and what (if anything) you'd like to do, and we can get you organized. Open volunteer positions for upcoming events can be found on our website and in the parkrun app.

That's it for now, gang - make sure you get outside and enjoy this fantastic late summer sunshine!

09/12/2026

Clover Point parkrun #393
September 12, 2026

Edit - thanks to volunteer Gillian for photos; we were all too busy enjoying the beautiful late summer morning and the fantastic Slowcoast Coffee to spend time taking pictures. Big congratulations to our 169 finishers, including an incredible 18 of you completing your very first parkruns, and a further 21 who completed our course for the first time, including tourists from the UK, Spain, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and across Canada. Welcome!

28 of you achieved new personal bests - well done. Congratulations also go out to our first finishers, first timer Jacob Sanders in 17:46 and local legend Katie Bennett in 21:01. Well done to both of you. We'd also like to offer a huge congratulations to our two milestoners - Laura Lanchbery completed her 100th (and looked fantastic in the cape!) and John Meijer completed his 25th. Congratulations to both of you!

https://www.parkrun.ca/cloverpoint/results/2026-09-12/

Lastly, but certainly not least - a big round of applause for our wonderful volunteer team Amanda HILL, Camille TITTLEY, Chris WILLE, Doreen GATT, Ed MACDONALD, Gillian MAYFIELD, Jeannette HERNANDEZ, Jennifer CARTWRIGHT, Karen SEYFFARTH, Karen SMALLWOOD, Leo PHAM, Marc MOLGAT, Mike RODGERS, Mona MCCLELLAND, Qi FANG, Sean MITCHELL, Wendy DAVIES and Yuki OTSUBO. Special thanks to Gillian, who deftly negotiated a leave from her regular post at Skipton parkrun to join us today. We'll see about that trade, Gillian!

If you'd like to volunteer at an upcoming event, give us a shout and let us know what you're interested in doing. It's that easy!

That's all for now, gang - but keep your eyes and ears peeled for some big event milestones coming up shortly; but don't worry, it's nothing (too) scary! Otherwise, make sure you get outside and take advantage of this great late summer weather. Until next week!

09/06/2026

Clover Point parkrun #392
September 5th, 2026

Event report courtesy of parkrun tourist Nick Wake this week - thanks for joining us, Nick!

“Keep your eyes on the ocean and you may get to see some Orcas”.

Well, that goes straight into number one in the list of sentences that you never thought you would hear from a parkrun Run Director! But this is Clover Point, Vancouver Island on a beautiful, calm September Saturday morning and as Ed, this morning’s Master of Ceremonies observed, there’s always a chance here.

Sadly, it was not to be, but that certainly did not detract from a wonderful morning, attended by 192 runners from as far afield as Oregon, Sydney, Germany and of course, multiple locations in the UK, including Jules and I from Tring, Hertfordshire.

The setting is truly spectacular. Whilst I’ve been lucky enough to do a parkrun alongside water (Inch Beach, Talkin Tarn and more recently the Okanagan Rail Trail spring to mind), this is the first time, I’ve started one with water on three sides. Plenty of free parking, public toilets (or washrooms as they call them over here) and a water fountain mean that Clover Point ticks all the parkrun essentials, prior to getting the legs moving.

We were there early enough to help Leo and the other friendly volunteers (Canadians are truly the most warm-hearted people) with a bit of set up and after the first timer’s briefing it was left to Ed to deliver a wonderful welcome, before setting us off for the 392nd Clover Point parkrun. The course is an out and back (with a few twists and turns), with the Pacific Ocean on your left for the first 2.5k and then on your right on the way home. There are a few undulations, but a lovely downhill stretch to the finish, where Ed was there to cheer every runner and walker over the line.

Many congratulations to Peter Dukes on being the first to make it home in a new PB of 18.14 and an incredible age grade of 80.9%. Whatever this guy has for breakfast, I want some of it!

Ciaran Walsh of Windle Valley Runners in the UK was the first tourist home. He loved it so much he ran back up the hill to come home again with other members of the WVR crew!

Huge congratulations to the 23 participants who set new personal bests for the course – it was lovely to hear that bell ringing! Also, a special mention for Becca Reid, Melodie Ball, Gaja Revay, Judith Flaig, Ava Vanderbeek, Johannes Kleikamp, John Volsteed and Andrew Thomson who completed their first parkruns. As Ed said, welcome to your new Saturday morning addiction! High fives to Russell Cook and Leo Pham on completing their 50 run milestones.

None of this could have happened without the enthusiastic support of Ed and his team: Brian, Camille, Robin, John, Giselle, Rick, Drew, Daisy, Tony, Karen, Leo, Brian, Bobby, Sean and Amanda. You guys rock J.

Nick Wake

09/06/2026

Is anyone missing a jacket? We had this black, red and white jacket left behind a couple of weeks ago.

Send us a DM if it belongs to you or someone you know.

08/29/2026

Clover Point parkrun #391
August 29, 2026

And we're back! After a short triathlon induced hiatus, it was great to spend Saturday morning down at Clover Point with 168 of our closest friends and a bunch of fantastic volunteers. 😉

We were pleased to welcome 8 first time parkrunners and 26 course first timers, including tourists from the UK, Australia, across Canada and the US. Welcome! Furthermore, our speedy gang achieved 19 PBs, led by first finishers Patrick Roddy and Rachel Soares in 15:43 (missing the course record by 15sec!) and 19:40, respectively. Surprisingly nobody hit a milestone today, but we are getting close to a few big ones...👀

Our pal was snapping away at the finish line - we've included a few here, but there are more (lots more) at the link below. Feel free to download and share, but please credit Joe when you do.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/N52ZBX9c6opXMKex7

Lastly, big thanks to our amazing volunteer team Alana TAYLOR, Amanda HILL, Bob WRIGHT, Callum ROBERTSON, Camille TITTLEY, Drew STOTESBURY, Ed MACDONALD, Ellen MARSH, Elly GAGNON, Giselle URBAN, Jeannette HERNANDEZ, John MEIJER, Joseph CAMILLERI, Karen SEYFFARTH, Karen SMALLWOOD, Leo PHAM, Marc MOLGAT, Mary WILSON, Michael SHACK, Sean MITCHELL and Tony ROTHERAM. We are always looking for more enthusiastic volunteers, so if you'd like to help us out at an upcoming event, please drop us a message or send us an email and we'll get you signed up. It's that easy!

That's about it for now, get outside and enjoy the rest of this beautiful summer!

08/17/2026

Good morning friends,

Hopefully you have all heard the news by now, but a friendly reminder that we will be cancelled this week as victoriatrinationals are taking over Clover Point all weekend.

It’s a great opportunity to check out our island neighbours Shawnigan Hills parkrun Beban parkrun or Courtenay Airpark parkrun- or if you are staying in town, come check out the racing and take part in the free family 5k at 1:00pm on Saturday.

We’ll be back on the 29th, ready for a belated 🇨🇦 10th anniversary. See you then!

08/11/2026

2026 Tour de Victoria - August 15, 2026

Friendly reminder that the 2026 Tour de Victoria is coming up this Saturday, and with it comes road closures and parking restrictions along Dallas Road.

We will be open for business as usual, but will be prompt in packing up to make sure we are out in good time. If you plan to linger in the park much past 10:00, we might suggest parking in Cook Street village and walking down to the start, or better yet ride your bike!

Weather is looking great and it should be another fun event. Best wishes to the organizers and all participants!

08/08/2026

Clover Point parkrun #389
August 8, 2026

A slightly overcast summer day brought out a great crowd, as 182 enthusiastic participants completed parkrun today. We welcomed 11 new parkrunners and a further 25 completing our course for the first time, including tourists from the UK, Australia, and all across Canada. Thanks for coming!

The calm overcast skies certainly led to some speedy times, as a healthy 21 participants recorded new PBs. First finishers were the speedy Paul Blazey (well named, sir) and Elani Bykowski in 17:37 and 20:25, respectively. Furthermore, a hearty congratulations to Mark Miele for completing his 50th parkrun milestone, and to Amir Heydari, Nathaniel Moreau and Justin Aylward for completing their 25th! Well done to all of you.

Our favourite Maltese Canadian photographer was roaming the finish area taking photos - you can find them at the album link below. Feel free to share, but please tag Joe. Thank you!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/jT1qne6hmgnBmeZZ6

Last but most certainly not least, a big thank you to our wonderful volunteer team Amanda HILL, Anne SHACK, Brian CONNON, Ed MACDONALD, Huaping ZHU, Jeannette HERNANDEZ, Joseph CAMILLERI, Karen SEYFFARTH, Katie BENNETT, Leo PHAM, Marc MOLGAT, Michael SHACK, Mike LAGADYN, Min CHEN, Mona MCCLELLAND, Natalia SEAL and Sean MITCHELL. Parkrun would literally not go on without you! If you'd like to volunteer at an upcoming parkrun, please reach out to us via email or DM and we can get you signed up - it's that simple.

That's it for now, gang - make sure to get outside and enjoy this fantastic weather. And remember that we will not be holding a parkrun on Aug 22nd (the Saturday after next) due to the Triathlon Canada event at Clover Point that weekend. Until next week!

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