Pontefract parkrun

Pontefract parkrun Pontefract parkrun is a FREE weekly 5km event for runners of all standards, which takes place every Saturday at 9:00am.

Pontefract parkrun is a FREE weekly 5km event for runners and walkers of all standards, taking place every Saturday at 9:00am within parkland at Pontefract Racecourse. It's run on parkland within Pontefract Racecourse.

Pontefract parkrun run report event 710I dislike photos of myself, but this is the only photo this morning, so it will h...
13/06/2026

Pontefract parkrun run report event 710

I dislike photos of myself, but this is the only photo this morning, so it will have to do.

On this momentous weekend, where the 1,000,000th parkrun event will happen we had 417 people who ran, jogged and walked around the Pontefract course. There were 88 Ponte first timers, and 17 choosing Pontefract to do their very first ever parkrun, I hope you enjoyed it, and we see you again soon.

There were 70 recorded new Personal Bests, including one from the first finisher who ran the course in an impressive 15:53, which is an awesome effort and well over twice as fast I as can run it - proving parkrun is for all abilities (could say though I get better value for money😉). Representatives of 53 different clubs took part.

🩶2 juniors Gregory Sutton and Mert Cinar ran their 10th parkrun
❤️Lewis Hayes and Jess Cram ran their 25th
🖤 Colin Grimsey ran his 100th

Arbitrary numbers include
Kelly Gill and Andy Britton running 200 and Kev Waite ran his 400th.

Well done all!

I, and the other RDs, could not carry out the event without volunteers and today I was joined by 21 of them:

Gregory SKELTON • Ian RUTSON • Ian WILKS • Pam GREEN • Helen CRASHLEY • Mel BLACKBURN • Karen FERRIER • Lorraine GELL • Stacey PERKINS • Richard PURCHON • Gemma FARNSWORTH • Bob GILES • Lee PRESTON • Adam FEATHERSTONE • Jane WILLIAMS • Craig BRIGGS • Sarah Jane EVANS • Neal MAY • Anne BANNISTER • Emma WALKER • Ian CARTER

thank you to all of them 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

We had an amazing array of tourists from Wales, Cornwall, Germany and Australia (as well as more local tourists) we hope you enjoyed the friendliest parkrun in Yorkshire.

Don’t forget, we are cancelled on 4 July and on 11 July Greg is hoping for a pacing event.

That said, we still have 2 more events before all of that and Hannah will be in charge next week, with a sparse looking roster at the moment. Let us know via email, messenger, fb, carrier pigeon if you would like to join her. No job is hard and we’ll show you the ropes beforehand.

OK - that’s it from me until some time in August.

Pam 👋🏼

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Pontefract parkrun Results Page.

Pontefract parkrun started on 7th May 2011. Since then 24,573 participants have completed 179,875 parkruns covering a total distance of 899,375 km, including 26,744 new Personal Bests. A total of 1,603 individuals have volunteered 12,733 times.

parkrun Eve - I have most of the roles filled for tomorrow, however I do need a mandatory role filling - marshalling the...
12/06/2026

parkrun Eve - I have most of the roles filled for tomorrow, however I do need a mandatory role filling - marshalling the iconic Ken’s Corner.

Let me know if you can help, otherwise let me know if you have any milestones or other shoutouts you need.

Thanks a 1,000,000!

See you at 9am
Pam

June 6, 2026, Pontefract parkrun event #709 saw 331 participants, including 51 first-timers and 52 achieving personal b...
06/06/2026

June 6, 2026, Pontefract parkrun event #709 saw 331 participants, including 51 first-timers and 52 achieving personal bests, supported by 20 volunteers.

A huge thank you to;
Joanne CONROY • Andy TOWERS • Wendy BOURNER • Marian STANLEY • Andy JACKSON • Pam GREEN • Daniel WILSON • Neil ANSTEE • Dawn ELSWOOD • Helen CRASHLEY • Reyhana LAHER • Richard PURCHON • Bob GILES • John VALENTINE • Frank SHEARD • Alex SMITH • Billy MARSH • Neal MAY • Stuart COOK • Keiran RAYNOR

Apologies for not calling you out this morning (I know I did waffle on!) but we welcomed visitors from Gunnersbury. Lytham St Annes, Barnsley, Lymm Cheshire, Huddersfield Ramsbottom, Nottingham, Lincoln, Sheffield, York, and Northallerton. We hope you enjoyed our friendly event!

Todays milestones
10 people experienced their first EVER parkrun!
Stuart Cook, achieved 50 volunteer credits
Simone Gowthorpe, achieved 50 runs and resident historian and regular first timer briefer Frank Sheard clocked 200 runs, thanks for the chocolates Frank!

A reminder that we are cancelled on the 4th July due to it being Armed Forces day in the park. Then on the 11th July we are back with a bang, and will host a pacing event. Let us know if you can help us with that.

That's all for this week, Pam is at the helm of the good ship Pontefract parkrun next week! Get in touch if you want to be a part of her dream team!

Jo 🥰

EDITED at 21.02pm Friday All roles now filled, anymore volunteers will be a lovely brucie bonus though, so dont be shy. ...
05/06/2026

EDITED at 21.02pm Friday
All roles now filled, anymore volunteers will be a lovely brucie bonus though, so dont be shy. I can also add you on for future weeks.
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Final call for volunteers for tomorrow's event.

Still need someone on tokens and a funnel manager.

Any help would be appreciated 👏

⛅️Happy Thursday parkrun peeps! This is a quick post to say, as always, volunteers are still required for our event this...
04/06/2026

⛅️Happy Thursday parkrun peeps!

This is a quick post to say, as always, volunteers are still required for our event this week. Mainly token hander outerers and a funnel manager.

🌳Please also flag to us if you are celebrating any milestones this week.

See you all Saturday 🥰

Event #708 ~ 30th May 2026Wow what a morning! It was a record setting morning at pontefract parkrun today. We had the p...
30/05/2026

Event #708 ~ 30th May 2026

Wow what a morning! It was a record setting morning at pontefract parkrun today. We had the pleasure of seeing Darcy Holt set the assisted wheelchair record with her mum Jessica! It was so good to see you!

We also saw 375 people who participated today, 85 were first timers and 32 recorded new Personal Bests. Well done all.

Milestones

🟣 25th Tom Chidlow
🟣 25th Thomas Mills

Unofficial milestones

Gail Wrangles 300th
Andy Jackson 350th

Rosemary Ellis 300th Volunteer

A huge thankyou to the 26 volunteers who were amazing today 👏

Nick BELL • Sheleen LAWLER • L T-YAU • Rosemary ELLIS • Ian WILKS • Pam GREEN • Andy EVANS • Marie EVANS • Darren MAXWELL • Mel BLACKBURN • Peter COLLIER • Isabel BATLEY • Noah SUGGITT • Scott WOODTHORPE • Richard PURCHON • Gemma FARNSWORTH • John VALENTINE • Lee PRESTON • Craig BRIGGS • James MOORE • Jonathan BANNISTER • Andrew TOOKEY • Stuart COOK • Ann SOWDEN • Katie GREEN • Luella BRIGGS

Handing over to Jo who is RD next week, if you can volunteer or would like a shout out drop us a message through the normal channels.

Thanks
Gem

Mid week plea! That part of the week is here again. After a few weeks of very buoyant rosters this week sadly has quite ...
27/05/2026

Mid week plea!

That part of the week is here again. After a few weeks of very buoyant rosters this week sadly has quite a few vacant spots! 😕

1 x token support
1 x tail walker

These are the minimum I need for Saturday any extra and I’ll be jumping with joy ⭐️

If you have a milestone this weekend or visiting and would like a shout out please let me know either reply on here, message or email!

See you all Saturday
Gem

This week's run report comes to you courtesy of Deborah Hunter from Age UK Wakefield District.What an amazing morning! T...
23/05/2026

This week's run report comes to you courtesy of Deborah Hunter from Age UK Wakefield District.

What an amazing morning! The sun was shining, the baby birds were playing and 371 people came along to run, jog and walk the 5K route around the racecourse.

As a regular at Pontefract parkrun, today I was there as part of team Age UK Wakefield District to volunteer. Providing support to the wonderful folk who donate their time each week to enable this event to go ahead.

As a local charity supporting people over 50yrs, we appreciate the value of not only joining in the exercise Parkrun offers, but also the power of volunteering and the feel good factor of a morning in the park with so many amazing people.

Today we were thanked as people ran by and even approached by one first timer to personally thank us and say how much he had enjoyed the course. We loved seeing the “Thank you Marshal” T-shirts! If you haven’t volunteered at Parkrun yet, I’d really recommend it and just once a year would really help.

I can’t write this report without mentioning the ducklings, goslings and cygnets! The duck pond is awash with new life and provides a great distraction for that last lap.

I want to say a big well done to everyone who took part today, being a marshal gives you a unique perspective of the people going by, from the speedy front runners, to the people powering on even though it’s hard (and hot today). I’d like to give a special mention to the young boy who fell on the gravel but didn’t give up and finished in style and the little girl who made my day with her sign and yells of “Run Daddy Run”

Finally, thank you to all the Hi Vis heroes, whether that’s once a year or every week, we appreciate you all.

It's a lovely sunny, warm Friday and the roster is full. A massive thank you to everyone who has stepped forward to help...
22/05/2026

It's a lovely sunny, warm Friday and the roster is full. A massive thank you to everyone who has stepped forward to help.
While we've got your attention we'd like to make you aware of a new campaign from WY police.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1Gk3T8C4kv/
They would like your opinions and knowledge on running in the local area. If it improves the situation for just 1 runner it's worth it, so give it a read and 5 mins of your time to fill it in.
Thank you
Pontefract parkrun

20/05/2026

Well a very pleasant looking roster for this weekend with some big help from the guys and girls at age UK Wakefield stepping in to cover the bulk of our roles. There are just a couple of remaining opportunities. We need 1* timekeeper and 1* finish token hander outerer, there's even a spot for event day course check if any of the early starters fancies it, although RD Greg will happily get his steps in early doors if this one isn't filled.
Come on get involved, the weather is looking like it's going to be better and the glow of volunteering suits a bank holiday beer garden vibe for sure!

Greg

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