Junior parkrun in Gurranabraher cancelled due to lack of volunteers - Sun 29th Oct 2023

The organisers of the St Mary's Campus 2km junior parkrun in Gurranabraher was cancelled on Sun 29th Oct due to a lack of volunteers. Considering the blue skies and sunshine, it would have been a perfect day for the event.

Considering its central location on the northside of Cork City, this junior parkrun for 4-14 year olds should be getting more volunteers and participants. Last week was it's 25th edition and the long term average is just 17 participants.

I think a big problem with this event is that many of the locals just don't know it exists or what it is.

Suggestion... I presume there must be some Facebook Groups for areas like Gurranabraher, Knocknaheeney, Farranree and Churchfield. If you're in one of those groups, why not put up a post about the St Mary's Junior parkrun and let locals know that it's on. You can link this post if you want.

The basics are...
1) It's for 4-14 year olds
2) It's free
3) It's on every Sunday at 9:30am.

See info below from the organisers..."Get in touch if you want to get added to our volunteer roster: https://www.parkrun.ie/stmaryscampus-juniors/futureroster/ "

Support needed for St Mary's Campus Junior parkrun in Cork City

 

The St Mary's Campus Junior 2km parkrun in Gurranabraher started on the 2nd of April 2023 and the event next Sunday will be its 18th edition.

The numbers for each week are shown above but as you can see, the turnout has been pretty low. In July, just 4 and 7 kids took part on two respective Sundays.

It looked like the event next Sunday the 3rd of Sept would be cancelled due to a lack of volunteers but in the end, they managed to get a team together after an appeal.

Considering that this is the only junior parkrun on the northside of Cork City, it should really be getting much larger numbers. The map below shows what areas are within 2kms of the parkrun and there must be thousands of 4-14 year old's in the catchment area.

I suspect the main reason that the numbers are so low is that people just don't know about it.

If you think your kids might be interested then it's on every Sunday at 9:30am and it's free.

For more info, go to https://www.parkrun.ie/stmaryscampus-juniors/

New junior 2k parkrun in Gurranabraher is up and running...

The new Junior St Mary's Campus 2k parkrun in Gurranabraher on the north side of Cork City got underway on Sunday the 2nd of April 2023 with 49 participants crossing the finish line. This is now the fourth junior parkrun in Cork joining Cobh, Ballincollig & Ballinlough.

As outlined in a previous post, there are plans for new junior parkruns as well in Togher, Dunmanway and Mallow.

As with all parkruns, the organisers of the St Mary's Campus 2k parkrun are looking for volunteers to help out. If you want to help, send a mail to stmaryscampusjuniors AT parkrun DOT com 

Their website is https://www.parkrun.ie/stmaryscampus-juniors/

Some key points...
1) It's called the St Mary’s Campus junior parkrun
2) It is held every Sunday at 9:30am
3) As with all Junior parkruns, it's for 4 to 14 year olds
4) The course is 2kms which is 3-laps of the campus in an anti-clockwise direction.
5) And it is of course free

New 2km Junior parkrun at St Mary's Campus in Cork City starts Sun 2nd April 2023

More good news on the Junior parkrun front! In a previous post, I outlined how a new 2km Junior parkrun in Ballinlough would be starting on Sunday the 26th of March 2023. 

It has just been announced that a new 2km parkrun for Juniors will be starting at St Mary's Campus in Gurranabraher on the north side of Cork City on Sunday the 2nd of April 2023.

This junior parkrun had been scheduled to start back in March of 2020 but then the whole pandemic thing kicked off.

The key points are...

1) It will officially called the St Mary’s Campus junior parkrun

2) It will be held every Sunday at 9:30am

3) As with all Junior parkruns, it's for 4 to 14 year olds

4) The course is 2kms which will be 3-laps of the campus in an anti-clockwise direction. Map below.

5) And it is of course free

If anyone is interested in their children taking part in this event then they can get register and download a barcode.

More information on the new website... https://www.parkrun.ie/stmaryscampus-juniors/