Darlington parkrun

That was event number 633

Felt a little bit Autumnal in the park this morning - the 'ber months are coming people!!

This week 441 of you jogged and walked the course
We had visitors from (amongst other places) Kent, London and Perth this morning - thank you for joining us - it was great to see you..

55 if you were first timers
72 (BLIMEY THAT'S A LOT) recorded a shiny new PB.

The event was made possible by 26 volunteers - please say a huge thanks to this crew:

John BRANT • Harbhag SINGH • Nachhatar SINGH • Gillian HARRIS • Rob DENT • Trevor MCDERMOT • Linda MCDERMOT • Anne HUTCHINSON • Phil RUTTER • Margaret DENT • Lisa BOWERBANK • Philippa RAYNER • James ATKINSON • James CALLAGHAN • Keith WILSON • Lin GOSSAGE • Lisa BUCKLEY • Mike WHELAN • Margaret WATERSON • Alistair HENRY • Scott THORNBERRY • Heather BARRON • Berni GIBSON • Sandie TENWICK • Peter SINGLETON • Lord METALLICA

Please rememebr to only cross the finish line on the left when you have completed three laps.
Please stay in order until you have a token

Just also to let everyone know that Ian B is absolutely top banana - he and I (and mainly Robert A) walked some of the course and Ian went home feeling much better. Thank you to every single person (and there were a lot of you) that caught me or called me. Says a lot about how Ian is held by all of us.
Have an amazing week and take care of yourselves and of each other.

Until next time....

P x

Pacers 🦺

As we have a full roster for Saturday, if anyone would like to pace please leave your parkrun number and pace time below

24 - Carys Samuel
25 - Dave Jones
27 - Mike Edwards
29 - Rob Stewart
30 - Paul Dunn
38 - Belinda Affet

Happy Monday!

We have a few roles left to fill this week - please let us know if you can volunteer.

We are also pleased to say we have Melanie volunteering with us as sign language support for our briefing. If you, or anyone you know could benefit from this, please come along this week

This week 371 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 74 were first timers and 35 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 36 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 37 volunteers:

Ian BARNES • Rob GILLHAM • Sally SINGLETON • Kate HAMMOND • Harbhag SINGH • Nachhatar SINGH • Gillian HARRIS • Rob DENT • Patricia Anne BOOTH • Joanne Michelle OUTTERSIDE • Trevor MCDERMOT • Linda MCDERMOT • Gavin WHITE • Catherine ANDERSON • Ashley WINSPER • Rachel BOWES • Margaret DENT • Mel MURRAY • Amarsing THAPA • Paula WORTHINGTON • Richie HAWKINS • Laura WEBSTER • Carmelita COCO • Irene BLAY • Lisa BUCKLEY • Mike WHELAN • Debra DIEGAN • Ian STOTHARD • Berni GIBSON • Sandie TENWICK • Gina SZABO • Anne JOYCE • Peter SINGLETON • Romy ROSS • James STUART • Lord METALLICA • Roy MACK

We had some special guests from F3 , and their chosen leader Chris wrote us a lovely report of their experience in Darlington parkrun.

Thank you everyone who participated on our event number 629.

This week 445 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 84 were first timers and 55 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 41 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 31 volunteers:

John BRANT • Carys SAMUEL • David MCDONALD • Rob GILLHAM • Kate HAMMOND • Nachhatar SINGH • Lisa BINKS • Gillian HARRIS • Rob DENT • Patricia Anne BOOTH • Joanne Michelle OUTTERSIDE • Rachel GIRARD • Trevor MCDERMOT • Linda MCDERMOT • Phil RUTTER • Margaret DENT • Sharon HARDING • Stephen PATTERSON • Andy WALKER • Lisa BUCKLEY • Mike WHELAN • Derek LAWSON • Margaret WATERSON • Debra DIEGAN • Heather BARRON • Sandie TENWICK • Marian CHIOVEANU • Gina SZABO • James ATKINSON • Peter SINGLETON • Margaret BLACKBURN

Special thank for the volunteers for all the hard work !

Gina

Our volunteer roster is looking healthy for this Saturday. But... we could do with another one or two barcode scanners. Could that be you?

We still have slots available throughout the summer holidays, so please do check those diaries and let us know if you could help during August and beyond!

Just comment below or email [email protected]

UPDATE: Thanks to the legends in the comments, we are now officially good to go for Saturday - thank you so much, everyone!

HOWEVER, we always appreciate any offers of help, not only over the summer holidays when it's stretched, but every week - so please check your diaries and keep your offers of volunteering help coming!

Check out the volunteer roster page on our website to see where there are gaps over the coming weeks - https://www.parkrun.org.uk/darlingtonsouthpark/futureroster/

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We know it's the start of the summer holidays and people are here, there and everywhere. We get it. But if you can help, please comment below with your preferred role and parkrun ID (barcode number). Or send us an email at [email protected]

All roles are super easy and full training is available.

Tagging our and some of Darlington's wonderful running groups, in the hope you can all spread the word and help us keep your parkrun volunteer roster ticking over all summer long!

Darlington Harriers & Athletics Club | Quakers Running Club | Up & Running Darlington | Darlo Runners | Sole Sisters

Thank you

Early call for volunteers for this coming Saturday (18 July). We need:

🌳 4 or 5 Barcode Scanners
🌳 A Funnel Manager
🌳 A Finish Tokens hander outer
🌳 2 or 3 more Marshals

Thank you all so much for volunteering last minute for tomorrow. We are pleased to say that we have plenty of volunteers for us to go ahead safely.

I have seen some emails from some people who arent sure what to do with some volunteer roles. We will be putting some posts out to explain our volunteer roles in the next few weeks.
Please feel free to come down and see what we do ☺️

See you all tomorrow

Good morning all!
We are still needing lots of volunteers for tomorrow.
We will be making a call this afternoon if we need to cancel.
We need the following volunteers please:

- 4 marshals
- 2 barcode scanners
- 1 funnel manager

Please leave a message or email if you can help 🙏
We will notify everyone by 3pm if we need to cancel.
Thanks in advance!