The Clashduv junior parkrun in Togher is planning to restart again in November of 2025 and they are looking for volunteers.
Junior parkruns are free 2km runs for 4-14 year olds and are held every Sunday morning at 9:30am at a multitude of locations throughout the country.
If you can help out then you can find the contact information here... https://www.parkrun.ie/clashduv-juniors/
Back in February, the team behind the Clashduv junior parkrun in Togher announced that their event was cancelled until further notice.
The good news is that it is expected to restart on Sunday 23rd March 2025!
They are always looking for more volunteers so if you'd like to help out in any way then you can contact them on their site... https://www.parkrun.ie/clashduv-juniors/
The team behind the Clashduv junior parkrun in Togher have announced that their event is cancelled until further notice.
This free 2km event for 4-14 year olds started back at the end of August 2023 and there have been 58 editions so far. Considering it's been running for about 18 months, you might expect something like 75 but even accounting for holidays, a number have had to be cancelled in the past due to a lack of volunteers.
The chart above shows the numbers for each event since it started. The average number taking part is 34 and the numbers have been low of late.
While the numbers above are for the number of children taking part, we can imply that if there are fewer parents attending then there is probably a smaller pool of potential volunteers to help out.
If you'd like to help out in any way then you can contact them on their site... https://www.parkrun.ie/clashduv-juniors/
Back in January of 2023, I had a post up about the proposed new junior parkrun in Clashduv park in Togher for 4-14 year olds. The provisional start date is the 30th of July but I'm told that the most likely start date is at the end of August when everyone is back from holidays.
Update 26th July: The Clashduv junior parkrun will now start on Sunday 27th August 2023.
More info about the parkruns in Co Cork HERE
As the poster says, there is a group trying to get a free 2km Junior parkrun up and running in Clashduv Park in Togher in Cork City. Just like the normal 5k parkruns for adults that take place every Saturday at 9:30am, the Junior 2k parkruns take place at 9:30am on Sundays.
As of January 2023, there are two Junior parkruns in Cork... one in Ballincollig Regional Park and one in Cobh. There really should be way way more.
One of the criteria for junior parkruns is that the children must be within sight of race stewards at all times. A flat grassland like Clashduv Park is ideal for this. Looking at the map below, it looks like two or three loops of the park might be required to get the 2k distance.
If you want to help get this 2k parkrun up and running in Togher than email john DOT kissane AT parkrun DOT com.
