13/06/2026
South Toowoomba parkrun
Event Number 397
13 June 2026
What a sensational morning! The weather finally turned into beautiful blue skies (although a touch windy) at this morning’s Sth Toowoomba parkrun. Thanks to the 310 parkrunners and 22 vollies who joined us this morning. Well done to our 34 participants who scored a parkrun PB!
Welcome to our 2 first timers to parkrun and 13 parkrun tourists, including from Brisbane and Christchurch NZ. We hope you enjoyed our course.
This morning we celebrated Sth Toowoomba’s co-ED Robbie Hawkswell achieve his 500th parkrun and 550th volunteer milestone! Massive congratulations on behalf of the local parkrunning community!!
Joining Robbie were the following parkrunners celebrating their milestones:
Junior 10 parkruns: Mark Wood, Blake Richardson
25 parkruns: Tim Glass, Hanington Agaba
25 volunteers: Dennis Rochford
50 parkruns: Kevin Frazer, Cameron Ledilly, Bryan Flemming
…and the following for their unofficial milestones:
10 volunteers: Jennifer Reeve
150 parkruns: Matthew Bury
You're all awesome!
Thank you vollies
This event would not happen without our fantastic vollies:
Emmanuel Vergara, Mark Leslie, Michael Cash, Brad Morey, Dennis Rochford, Charlie Macfarlane, Paul Maher, John Gillett, Iain Russell, Lorrie Jillett, Jennifer Reeve, Kobie Matthews, Kylie Morey, Scarlette Morey, Katrina Wood, Caroline Buster, Aaron Searston, Brett Ebneter, Mandy Ebneter, Adam Enders, Robbie Hawkswell, Mark Reynolds
As always, please let us know if you would like to volunteer. We have a few spots available over the coming weeks. We have many roles to suit everyone and would love to have you help out.
It’s been a pleasure being your RD for this morning’s festivities and I look forward to parkrunning with you all again when my family return home next year.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
RD Eman
