East Park parkrun

Parkrun day tomorrow✅

Firstly a big thank you to everyone who has come forward to help us this week.

Ahead of tomorrow's parkrun, here are just a few things to help everything run a little smoother in the morning :-

⭐️⭐️The first time welcome and full briefing will be at 8:50am with Kieron by the bandstand. Martha will be your Run Director in the morning and will be getting things started promptly at 9:00am.

🟣🙋‍♀️🙋If you’re volunteering with us tomorrow, please aim to arrive at the bandstand by 830/835 at the latest if at all possible. If you are down to help with pre-event setup could you meet us around 8.10am at the main gate where you drive in please. All the info will be in the email we’re sending you shortly.

🙋🙋‍♀️If anyone could spare the time at the end of the run we could always do with help packing the kit away please.

🚗 🚙 Just a note on parking for those of you new to East Park or who haven’t been for a while.
FREE PARKING is available inside the park on either side of the main avenue as you enter off Hickman Avenue.

Please be aware though:-
🔒🔒WE LOCK THE MAIN GATES AT 08:50🔒🔒
as the course crosses the only vehicular access. They’re not opened again until the tailwalker has passed for the 3rd time, normally around 9:45 ish. Pedestrian gates to the park will remain open at all times in accordance with general park opening times.

💨🚗 If you want to get off quickly after your run, or it’s full inside the gates, there is plenty of free on-street parking all around the perimeter of the park. Many thanks in advance with this.

🙏 👮PLEASE NOTE:- The council have renewed some of the yellow lines and signage around the perimeter roads of the park, so please check before you park up and get out to run or volunteer with us.

🚽Toilets in the park will be open around 8:00am (green building in the middle of the park)

🐕Please be mindful that anyone taking part with a dog, it must be kept on a short handheld non-extendable lead.
🚫✋Waist harnesses are now NO LONGER PERMITTED🚫✋
Absolutely no exceptions with this one unfortunately.

🫃🤰We know everyone that is a regular at parkrun knows this but…just a friendly reminder that all children under the age of 11 MUST be within arm’s reach of a parent, guardian or allocated adult of the parents choice at all times during the event. Thank you for your understanding with this.

We have two cafe options for post parkrun refueling.

☕Hickmans Cafe, just across the road from the park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uhCqjPpJeqBMffHW6
They are now open following their refit

☕Reece's Cafe, just 4 mins drive from the park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KeVhK9Tb2bk1D4hS6?g_st=ipc (Show your barcode at Reece's to get 10% off any meal £5 or more)

And finally….but most importantly….

📱⌚️PLEASE NOTE, we can now accept barcodes on your phone and watch as well as wristbands and printed ones…there really is no excuse now.

🏃🏃‍♀️FIRST TIME AT A PARKRUN??🏃🏃‍♀️

If you are thinking of coming to do a parkrun for the very first time tomorrow, and haven’t got a barcode, please visit the following link below to register for your barcode:-

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️REGISTER HERE⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/

Once you’ve gone through the process to sign up, there is an option to print your barcode out, or just screenshot it on your phone, bring either and our scanners will be able to do the rest. You won’t need it at the start of the run, just when you finish. Any questions, speak to the Run Director or any of our other volunteers.

See you in the morning
East Park parkrun core team

*All key roles filled -thank you*
Good morning East Park.

To fill this weeks rota we just need 1 marshal, 1 scanner, 1 timekeeper and a funnel manager ... please comment below if you can help

East Park parkrun
Event number 271…..22nd August 2026

Thank you to everyone that joined us yesterday. Special thanks as always to our 1️⃣9️⃣ fantastic volunteers and this week they were:-

Warren D'ROZARIO • David O'BRIEN • Georgina BRABHAM • Martha CUMMINGS • Rob CARRINGTON • Dave ANNAKIN • Kieron DAWSON • Christine ROWLEY • Peter STEVENS • Lorraine Susan WASSELL • Stephen MARSH • Sarah-Jane STEVENS • Roy PRINCE • Simon HADLEY • Lee WRIGHT • Abigail WRIGHT • Alison FARR • Gaynor HODGETTS • Roy JONES

📣MILESTONES📣

No official milestones but shoutouts to:-

V1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Congratulations to Simon Hadley who completed his 150th volunteer…along with his 150th parkrun. Thank you for all you’ve done for parkrun Simon.

2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Jason Hewitt who completed his 200th parkrun

1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Louisa Kingsbury completed her 150th parkrun

J1️⃣0️⃣ Michael Kantaro Early and Finsley Anslow both completing their junior 10 milestone for completing 10 parkruns.

Well done all

Until next week…

Course checked... we have a couple of puddles 😳... i had to google search what they were 😜
We are good to go.
See you all shortly...

Parkrun day tomorrow✅ and it’s the 22nd, so it’s a tutu day 😃

Firstly a big thank you to everyone who has come forward to help this week 🙌🙌🙌
we still have space for a funnel manager, to make sure all of our finishers stay in the correct finishing order, message below or come and find us at the bandstand in the morning.

Ahead of tomorrow's parkrun, here are just a few things to help everything run a little smoother in the morning :-

⭐️⭐️The first time welcome and full briefing will be at 8:50am with Kieron by the bandstand. Roy will be your Run Director in the morning and will be getting things started promptly at 9:00am.

🟣🙋‍♀️🙋If you’re volunteering with us tomorrow, please aim to arrive at the bandstand by 830/835 at the latest if at all possible. If you are down to help with pre-event setup could you meet us around 8.10am at the main gate where you drive in please. All the info will be in the email we’re sending you shortly.

🙋🙋‍♀️If anyone could spare the time at the end of the run we could always do with help packing the kit away please.

🚗 🚙 Just a note on parking for those of you new to East Park or who haven’t been for a while.
FREE PARKING is available inside the park on either side of the main avenue as you enter off Hickman Avenue.

Please be aware though:-
🔒🔒WE LOCK THE MAIN GATES AT 08:50🔒🔒
as the course crosses the only vehicular access. They’re not opened again until the tailwalker has passed for the 3rd time, normally around 9:45 ish. Pedestrian gates to the park will remain open at all times in accordance with general park opening times.

💨🚗 If you want to get off quickly after your run, or it’s full inside the gates, there is plenty of free on-street parking all around the perimeter of the park. Many thanks in advance with this.

🙏 👮PLEASE NOTE:- The council have renewed some of the yellow lines and signage around the perimeter roads of the park, so please check before you park up and get out to run or volunteer with us.

🚽Toilets in the park will be open around 8:00am (green building in the middle of the park)

🐕Please be mindful that anyone taking part with a dog, it must be kept on a short handheld non-extendable lead.
🚫✋Waist harnesses are now NO LONGER PERMITTED🚫✋
Absolutely no exceptions with this one unfortunately.

🫃🤰We know everyone that is a regular at parkrun knows this but…just a friendly reminder that all children under the age of 11 MUST be within arm’s reach of a parent, guardian or allocated adult of the parents choice at all times during the event. Thank you for your understanding with this.

We have two cafe options for post parkrun refueling.

☕Hickmans Cafe, just across the road from the park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uhCqjPpJeqBMffHW6
They are now open following their refit

☕Reece's Cafe, just 4 mins drive from the park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KeVhK9Tb2bk1D4hS6?g_st=ipc (Show your barcode at Reece's to get 10% off any meal £5 or more)

And finally….but most importantly….

📱⌚️PLEASE NOTE, we can now accept barcodes on your phone and watch as well as wristbands and printed ones…there really is no excuse now.

🏃🏃‍♀️FIRST TIME AT A PARKRUN??🏃🏃‍♀️
If you are thinking of coming to do a parkrun for the very first time tomorrow, and haven’t got a barcode, please visit the following link below to register for your barcode:-

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️REGISTER HERE⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/

Once you’ve gone through the process to sign up, there is an option to print your barcode out, or just screenshot it on your phone, bring either and our scanners will be able to do the rest. You won’t need it at the start of the run, just when you finish. Any questions, speak to the Run Director or any of our other volunteers.

See you in the morning
East Park parkrun core team

Just a funnel manager and a marshal or two needed for a full rota.
Please let us know if you can help.

As it’s the 22nd on Saturday, please join all the volunteers (well, at least join in with Martha 😂) in taking part in your favourite tutu.

Good afternoon parkrunners,

We only need a few volunteers for a full rota this week, please let us know if can help.

We need someone to hand out tokens, a funnel manager, a couple of marshals.

Thanks to all everyone who has already stepped forward to help.

Thanks

Many thanks to Josephine Johnson from Brandon Country Park parkrun for this week’s report

“When your non-parkrun, non-running buddy of 8 years, Vicky, moves to Wolverhampton, joins a running club and gets into parkrun. As an obsessed tourist that never tried to turn her to join the ‘cult’, there is only one thing to do! Attend a local parkrun with her as she has learnt about parkrun alphabet and she wants an E. I chuckled when we bumped into fellow Cassabeteer (6 full parkrun alphabets!!) Brian Walkling and shared breakfast talk at Reece’s about WIs, volunteer alphabets and Compass challenges. All too much for the newbie, but some of you reading this will totally empathise.

Well, what can I say about East Park apart from I totally love it! The First Timers (and main brief) was done by Kieron a professional at working the crowd and achieving his 250th run that day! Amazing delivery and great bants with the locals from West Brom 😊 The only other milestone of the day was Deborah hitting her purple shirt of 25! Well done to both of you. We look forward to seeing you flaunting those new shirts.

There was a staggering 53 tourist, must be a compass or postcode thing (YKIYK lol) and even though only 1 got a shout out, we actually had 7 newbies joining the parkrun family today! WELCOME! We hope to see you next week.

It’s not a race, but I have to say WELL DONE to Sosan, Tom, Bradley, Rob, Jack, Amari, Graham, Lee, Danielle, Natinael, Tylor, Colin and Jayme for your amazing PB! The best project you can ever work on is yourself! Keep them coming.

However, the heroes of the day are the Volunteers! Seriously, YOUR parkrun would not happen if it was not for Abigail WRIGHT, Alison FARR, Alison JONES, Denise CUMMINGS, Helen TINSELL-JONES, Kieron DAWSON, Lee WRIGHT, Lorraine Susan WASSELL, Mark BEECH, Martha CUMMINGS, Michelle MARNEY, Paul NOLAN, Rob CARRINGTON, Roy JONES. Roy PRINCE, Ruth BENZIMRA, Stephen MARSH, Tim ROWE. Vicky ROWE and Warren D'ROZARIO. Please do consider giving up your run credit to support a key volunteer role or sharing the love with a volunteer role that allows you to run too. Trust me the pay is good and you’ll never regret giving back, plus there is a whole different line of merch too, win win right? Just talk to the core team on you next visit or email [email protected] and get involved.

I must end this waffle by saying as a tourist yeah seen it all, but truly!!!!! I loved East Park. Great community atmosphere, great parkrun ethos and call me silly, I loved that the park’s path was a mile loop, it’s the simples that get me.

Until the next one EAST PARK! All the best. Love me x”

East Park parkrun
Event number 270….15th August 2026

Thankfully much cooler than of late for our 270th event this morning. We do have a report, but just a couple of shoutouts before we get that.

The biggest thank you to our 2️⃣2️⃣ hi-viz heroes who made the event possible and this week they were:-

Ruth BENZIMRA • Paul NOLAN • Josephine JOHNSON • Warren D'ROZARIO • Mark BEECH • Martha CUMMINGS • Brian WALKLING • Alison JONES • Rob CARRINGTON • Michelle MARNEY • Tim ROWE • Kieron DAWSON • Lorraine Susan WASSELL • Stephen MARSH • Helen TINSELL-JONES • Denise CUMMINGS • Roy PRINCE • Vicky ROWE • Lee WRIGHT • Abigail WRIGHT • Alison FARR • Roy JONES

📣MILESTONES📣
2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣We celebrated one of our own this morning, as core team volunteer and the giver of the best parkrun briefing around, Kieron, celebrated his 250th parkrun. This is alongside the 194 times he’s also volunteered here delivering a whopping 187 of our 270 briefings. Thank you for all you do here Kieron, a pleasure to celebrate your 250th run with you and the family.

2️⃣5️⃣ Deborah Grove completed her 25th parkrun.

While not an official milestone (yet!!) shoutout to Richard Smith who completed his 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th

Well done all.

Almost a THIRD of our participants were first timers to our event. Great to see all the tourists and people doing their very first event.

Photos on the link below

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HMHH1pLUkyj9WYwi9

Thanks to Martha & Michelle for those

Note:- If it was your first parkrun today and you accidentally took home finish token 63, we could do with it next week please…a good excuse to return😁

Have a great week everyone, same time, same place next Saturday.

Cheers - Tim

Gorgeous morning for parkrun, the parakeets are out and about, you may get to hear them as you run through the wooded area or even spot them if you're lucky