Shellharbour parkrun

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Thank you to all the parkrunners, including the 146 finishers and 30 volunteers, who joined us for Shellharbour parkrun event #572. Without you, this event would not have been possible.
Three cheers to the 2 parkrunners who joined a new parkrun milestone club this weekend:
⚫ Katy joined the 100 club
🟢 Bob joined the 300 club.
The first time to parkrun is something to celebrate! It's also the first step towards your first official milestone club membership. Welcome to the 8 parkrunners who took this step this weekend: Anna, Chloe, Harrison, James, Josie, Madeline, Terry and Tom.
Welcome to the 13 parkrunners who joined us at Shellharbour parkrun for the first time: Adam, Alexander, Alyssa, Annaliese, Ben, Craig, Daniel, Kate, Kim, Lyndal, Russell, Tym Lawrence and Zoe.
Shellharbour parkrun is not a race, but it's a great way to challenge yourself. Very well done to the 19 parkrunners who improved their personal best this week: Angela (31:18), Audrey (28:13), Graciela (42:59), Hugo (27:46), Jesse (20:22), Jessica (37:02), Joshua (29:08), Kiara (35:29), Leonie (41:44), Matt (27:52), Micheal (38:30), Rebecca (32:46), Ryan (27:14), Sam (32:35), Skye (39:55), Tash (51:36), Tess (28:01), Tristan (29:46) and Zachary (22:10).
We were pleased to see 9 walking and running groups represented at this event: _, Illawarra Kareelah Orienteers, Kembla Joggers AC, Running Mums Australia, Smurf & Smurfette, Team Veteran, The Adventurers, ULTRA Mediocre Runners of Canberra and Woodstock Runners.
You can find the full results for Shellharbour parkrun event #572 at https://www.parkrun.com.au/shellharbour/results/572/ .
The following parkrunners volunteered to host Shellharbour parkrun this weekend. Our deep thanks to: Alisa, Ava, Bob, Carolyn, Craig, Cruz, Dean, Debby, Gordon, Harper, Harriette, Ian, Ian, Jeff, Julie, Kristen, Margaret, Margaret, Marie, Peter, Phill, Rachelle, Rebecca, Rhian, Richard, Simon, Steve and Vera.
A special welcome to the 2 parkrunners who volunteered for the first time: Emma and Oliver.
If you would like to volunteer at Shellharbour parkrun, please check out our future roster page at https://www.parkrun.com.au/shellharbour/futureroster/ . All of our roles are easy to learn, and we will provide training and support. We would love to have you join us.
Please don't forget to bring a scannable copy of your barcode with you to Shellharbour parkrun if you'd like to have your time recorded. These stripy little tickets are your passport to free, fun, and friendly weekly events all over the world and also carry contact details in case of an emergency. parkrun barcode wristbands also have medical information, which you can take with you wherever you exercise.
Since Shellharbour parkrun started 13,448 brilliant parkrunners have had their barcodes scanned, and a grand total of 103,955 finishers have covered a total distance of 519,775 km, while celebrating 13,015 personal bests. We shall always be grateful to each of our 987 wonderful volunteers for their contributions.
We'll be back next week for another free, fun, and friendly weekly 5km community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you.

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03/09/2026

There’s lots to look forward to this weekend! An extra cheer for the dads at parkrun out on course ahead of Father’s Day💝, also Pacer week is here! 🙌
(We do have a 25min pacer spot free if someone would like to fill that let me know if that’s you). 😅

Bringing plenty of energy and excitement our pacers will be looking over their shoulder to help keep you on track, encouraging you along the way to reach your goal and perhaps nab a new pb, or simply achieving a 5km finish is something to celebrate! 🎉

Join us tomorrow for Shellharbour parkrun #572 at stunning Killalea Regional park where we have a cross country course, hills and ocean views. 🌊
It’s warming up quickly so come prepared with water to help hydrate and perhaps a towel for an ocean dip.

To the wonderful volunteers, thank you! Richard will set you up for the morning event from 7.30am. 👌
If you are keen to help, come have a chat we always appreciate the support in bringing this event to you each week 🙏

If you are a first timer to parkrun, or visiting us, Debbie and Jeff will brief you on course details at 7.45am. 🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️

Just a reminder no dogs allowed.

Don’t forget your barcode. We start at 8am.
🙌🎉🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️😅

03/09/2026

02/09/2026

Hi Awesome Volunteers,
We are aiming for parkrun #572 on Saturday 5 September and we still need volunteers for some vital roles. If you are available and keen to help, please reply to this message. Your help makes events like this possible—thanks in advance. 😊

We need another barcode scanner and a photographer. If you are able to fill one of these positions it will be greatly appreciated.

Wishing you all the best. 😊

31/08/2026

✨️MILESTONE MONDAY✨️

This past Saturday at Shellharbour parkrun event 571 we celebrated the following milestone...

🖤Wayne M - 100 parkruns🖤
Wayne has completed Shellharbour parkrun 96 times and has also visited Reddall Reserve, Batemans Bay and North Wollongong parkruns.
Wayne snuck through without getting a snap with the milestone cut outs, make sure you get a photo next time you are around Wayne!

We are also celebrating the unofficial milestones of the following Shellharbour parkrunners...

🖤🖤John M - 200 parkruns 🖤🖤
John has completed almost all of them here at home! 198 Shellharbour's and a visit each to Stockton and North Wollongong parkruns.

Congrats to all our Milestone achievers. If you or anyone you know is achieving a milestone here at Shellharbour parkrun, grab a snap with our Milestone cut outs and send them in, we'd love to give them a shoutout at our next Milestone Monday.

29/08/2026

A special unofficial milestone shout out to Bec who ticked over 100 volunteers at Shellharbour parkrun this morning. Bec continues to be integral to all that we do here at Shellharbour and are grateful for her. Bec has volunteered 122 times in total, and has pretty done every role that there is to do! She has RD'd 25 times, given the first timers welcome 26 times, marshalled, parkwalked, paced, timekeeped, handed out finish tokens, pre event setup, tail walked..... and more....... Congrats Bec on reaching the 100 at Shellharbour!!

29/08/2026

Well the people voted and overwhelmingly wanted to listen to Dolly Parton in the finish area today. We may have even seen a few jigs and wiggles as her greatest hits played out loud for you all!! Thank you to all the parkrunners, including the 123 finishers and 21 volunteers, who joined us for Shellharbour parkrun event #571. Without you, this event would not have been possible.

Congrats to Wayne who joined the 100 milestone club and to John for the unoffical 200 club!!

The first time to parkrun is something to celebrate! It's also the first step towards your first official milestone club membership. Welcome to the 7 parkrunners who took this step this weekend: Adam, Callum, Jemma, Kaitlin, Madison, Max and Wendy.

Welcome to the 11 parkrunners who joined us at Shellharbour parkrun for the first time: Elana, Elizabeth, Frances, John, Kristen, Maddison, Max, Peter, Sara, Thomas and Tom.

Shellharbour parkrun is not a race, but it's a great way to challenge yourself. Very well done to the 7 parkrunners who improved their personal best this week: Dale (25:07), Darcy (36:56), Jason (24:02), Jeremy (30:27), Lachlan (27:17), Leonie (42:03) and Zali (41:51). It was great to see th PB bell ringing today :)

You can find the full results for Shellharbour parkrun event #571 at https://www.parkrun.com.au/shellharbour/results/571/ .

Since Shellharbour parkrun started 13,430 brilliant parkrunners have had their barcodes scanned, and a grand total of 103,832 finishers have covered a total distance of 519,160 km, while celebrating 13,008 personal bests. We shall always be grateful to each of our 987 wonderful volunteers for their contributions.

We'll be back next week for another free, fun, and friendly weekly 5km community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you.

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29/08/2026

Thankyou to the following wonderful people who volunteered this morning and ensured your parkrun went like clockwork. A special shout out to Deigh and Karen who joined us from North Gong parkrun and gave our first timers and visitors briefing this morning - love how we all support every parkrun in the region!!

Carolyn, Cruz, Deigh, Delvene, Gaillyn, Gary, Gordon, Ian F and Ian K, Julie, Karen, Kristen, Kylie, Lilian, Marie, Olly, Phill, Rachelle, Bec, Richard and Vera.

If you would like to volunteer at Shellharbour parkrun, please check out our future roster page at https://www.parkrun.com.au/shellharbour/futureroster/ . All of our roles are easy to learn, and we will provide training and support. We would love to have you join us. If you would like to volunteer and would like assistance to begin, all you need to do is ask – we’re here to help you. We can even arrange for another volunteer to assist you when you volunteer in a new role! If you would like to volunteer for any event that you may be free, then please email [email protected] to ask about volunteering! If you are unsure of what volunteer roles are available, please check here http://www.parkrun.com.au/shellharbour/futureroster/
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“parkrun’s continued success correlates directly with the continued support of its volunteers each week … have you volunteered at your local parkrun yet?” - anon.