Berwick Waters parkrun

04/11/2026

Celebrating 7 years of Community ⭐️❤️🎉

Come and join the party this Saturday and don’t forget to wear your Orange, Lemon & Lime 🍊🍋🍋‍🟩

03/11/2026

We are getting excited to celebrate our 7th birthday this Saturday and it will be an extra celebration for Hsien Chiam as she celebrates her 100th volunteer day and 300th parkrun milestone!

Hsien as at our very first event in 2019 and this will be her 96th at Berwick Waters. She has participated at 30 different locations including 87 times at Wilson Botanic and a trip to the original at Bushy Park, UK.

She has undertaken 12 different volunteer activities in her 99 vollie days and on Saturday she will bringing in the field as our Tail Walker to celebrate her achievement. Hsien is very dedicated to parkrun and is great at making newcomers and tourists feel included. Congratulations on your milestone and we look forward to celebrating with you on Saturday!

02/11/2026

As our 7th birthday approaches here is a sample of just all the wonderful outfits we’ve seen at Berwick Waters parkrun over the years. From Christmas, Easter, Halloween and St Patrick’s Day though to Diwali, Lunar New Year, Footy Fun and all of our milestone parties- one thing is for sure: We sure love a theme event here!

Our theme for Saturday is Lemon, Lime and Orange- so get your colours ready or be even more creative. We can’t wait to see you all on Saturday 🍋🍋‍🟩🍊🎉🎉🎉

02/11/2026

Flashback to our very first official event at Berwick Waters parkrun- Event 1- 9/11/2019. This Saturday we will celebrate 7 awesome years! Check out some familiar faces who have been here since the beginning. Remember to start planning your Orange, Lemon and Lime outfits for an great party this Saturday 🍊🍋‍🟩🍋🎉🎉🎉

31/10/2026

30/10/2026

Berwick Waters parkrun Event 296- Halloween 🎃 👻💀

What a scene everyone was greeted with today with the special effects and set up thanks to Craig, Caitlyn, Tilly and Teddy! Making the most of a Saturday Halloween that won’t come round again for a decade. Also thank you to Karen ad Catherine for providing all the sweet treats so no tricks needed to be played!

A huge well done to the magnificent costumes and the extra effort it took to complete the course in- a special mention to Dave our Tailwalker navigating the windy course in an inflatable 😂

Today saw 162 finishers, made possible by 17 volunteers. Big thank you to:

Gautam PANDEY- Run Director
Louis LEITCH- Timekeeper
Shaun CLOSE- Barcode Scanning
Dihein FERNANDO- Barcode Scanning
Catherine GRBIC- Photographer
Jade SARGENT- Finish Tokens
Shubham PANDEY- Marshal
Karen WOO- Marshal
Lauren BROWN- Tail Walker
Dave NEWTON- Tail Walker
Shadab KHAN- Event Day Course Check
Craig HOYUNE- Pre-event Setup
Matilda HOYUNE- Pre-event Setup
Teddy HOYUNE- Pre-event Setup
Shivam PANDEY- First Timers Welcome
Caitlyn PURTELL- Pre-event Setup
Shobha SINGH- Equipment Storage and Delivery

Milestones 🎉
Mel Jones- 100 parkruns ⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a legend 💀

Reminder-
Please do not park across resident driveways, even partially. We had a complaint this morning and it puts the event in jeopardy. You may also get a ticket or get towed.

Next Week- Come and Celebrate our 7th Birthday 🎁 The theme is Orange, Lemon and Lime so wear these colours or get even more creative if you dare! It will be lots of fun and a great way to celebrate our wonderful community. Hope to see you there!

Enjoy your weekend and stay safe.

27/10/2026

Updated- Tailwalker sorted but parkwalker positions available for anyone that wants to!

We have the Tailwalker position available for this Saturday’s Halloween parkrun! Please let us know if you would like to bring in the field of all the weird and wonderful characters that will be haunting the course 🎃👻💀

24/10/2026

Berwick Waters parkrun Event 295 🌼

Congratulations to the 133 finishers who walked, jogged and ran the 5km course today. The event was made possible by our awesome volunteers- A big thank you to:
Catherine GRBIC- Run Director
Louis LEITCH- Timekeeper
Craig DODSWORTH- Barcode Scanning
Dihein FERNANDO- Finish Tokens
Caitlyn PURTELL- Barcode Scanning
Craig HOYUNE- Photographer
Matilda HOYUNE- Token Sorting
Brad CARTER- Tail Walker
Brendan CARTER- Tail Walker
Hsien CHIAM- Event Day Course Check
Kate SARGENT- Equipment Storage and Delivery

Unbelievably there were no official milestones today but we look forward to celebrating our 7th birthday in 2 weeks with the theme of Lemon, Lime and Orange 🍊🍋‍🟩🍋

Before that is the all important business of Halloween next week! This is always a great event for our Berwick Waters community and with Saturday being the actual Halloween we look forward to our best yet. Don’t forget to wear your costumes- all themes encouraged- and we’ll have lots of sweet treats for everyone.

Thank you for another great morning, have a great weekend and see you next Saturday 🎃👻💀🤩😎