In the absence of any milestones this week, there was still much to celebrate at Castlemaine Parkrun #346 with many personal best times recorded, a number of visitors from near and far, and a large group of first timers to welcome.
It is also worth noting that, of the114 participants this week, there were 10 recorded as ‘unknown’, which means that they didn’t have a barcode to enable their time to be recorded. Getting a barcode is a simple task achieved by logging onto the parkrun.com.au webpage and selecting the ‘register’ tab. It is free and you only need to register once regardless of how many different events you visit and whether you walk, jog or run. Your unique barcode can be uploaded to your phone or printed out, or you can order a number of different products such as wristbands, and key ring tags so you will always have your barcode with you for scanning at the end of the event.
Castlemaine Parkrun welcomed visitors from Queensland, Melbourne, Port Macquarie, Sale and Campaspe this week, and it was one of these visitors who took out line honours – congratulations Patrick Kelly, whose home parkrun is New Farm in Brisbane.
There were also eight first time parkrunners, so we extend a warm welcome to Ryan Hale, Freya James, Shomari Rosalska, Kate Smallacombe, Desma Talamo, Claire Thomas, Noel Thomas and Leigh Kinsman, we look forward to seeing you all again next week!
Ten amazing people recorded personal best times, which is what parkrun is all about – challenging yourself at your own pace. We are pleased to acknowledge Reece Hodge (21:59), Aaron Schmidt (22:58), Trent McGregor (24:50), Kate Freston (25:07), Alice Taylor (25:13), Lucan McGauran (25:36), Rohan Singh (25:55), Luca Say (26:05), George Stevens (29:08) and Dhi Singh (33:07) for their new PBs.
Many thanks to the volunteers who keep this show on the road. This week, the cheerful volunteer
team consisted of the following people: Ronder Clayton (77), Michael Constable (47), Bessie Faircloth (18), Geoff Faircloth (52), Henry Faircloth (6), Jane Harding (87), Karina Taylor (82) and Robin Murdoch (47). The number in brackets is not their age, but the number of times each have volunteered at parkrun. Remember volunteering is open to anyone, just go to
https://www.parkrun.com.au/castlemaine/volunteer/ to take your turn, learn some new skills and have some fun.
Castlemaine Parkrun organisers look forward to seeing you on Saturday morning in the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens playground/bbq shelter at 8am.