06-07-2025
Battery Park junior parkrun attracts 25 young runners to 188th event
NINE runners set new personal bests at the latest Battery Park junior parkrun.
Twenty-five young runners and 15 volunteers participated in the 188th running of the event.
(Image: Supplied) Rory, Maisie, and Freya joined the run for the first time.
Drue, Faye, James, Rudi, Ivor, Evan, Noah, Skye, and Harris all achieved new personal bests (PBs).
(Image: Supplied) Drue, a visiting runner, was the first to finish with a new PB of 8 minutes 2 seconds.
James was the second boy to finish with a PB of 8 minutes 35 seconds, followed by Rudi, who also achieved a PB, completing the course in 9 minutes 13 seconds.
(Image: Supplied) Faye was the first girl to finish with a new PB of 8 minutes 33 seconds, followed by Amber and Leah, finishing in 10 minutes 30 seconds and 10 minutes 59 seconds, respectively.
The successful event was made possible by 15 volunteers, and more volunteers are needed for the coming weeks.
(Image: Supplied) They are grateful to all the volunteers who helped, who include Aidan Canning, Gillian Clark, Kevin Clark, Lesley Clark, Graham Crawford, Lesley Dick, Tracey Howe, Bryan Lamb, Lorna Maclean, Erin Mceleny, Irene Mcintosh, Marjorie Morrison, Judy Ormond, Kirsty Ormond, Susanne Stetz.
The organisers are looking for more volunteers, and anyone interested should email batteryparkjuniors@ for more information.
