A Massive Thanks to Martin James
Last Saturday, 11th May, saw Martin James perform the Run Director role for the last time. Most of you will know Martin as he has been ever present at Doncaster parkrun since we started back in...
View Article6 years and still going strong!
With 1 day to go before our 6th birthday celebrations we thought it would be a good time to look back over the last 6 years. Since 28th September 2013 we have had 7,336 people take part in our parkrun,...
View ArticleChristmas Day Parkrun
Can you believe that it is just 77 sleeps until Christmas Day? Doncaster will once again be holding a Christmas Day parkrun event at Sandall Park in addition to the usual events on Saturday 21st and...
View ArticleEvent 323 : Saturday 30th November 2019 : The Frozen One!
No rain forecast for this Saturday and on arriving at Sandall Park at 8am it was a stunningly beautiful morning, cold, frosty and brilliant sunshine, so what could possibly go wrong!!The heavy rain of...
View ArticleAn amazingly generous gift
On Christmas Day, whilst the parkrun was taking place a gentleman came up to one of our volunteers and handed them an envelope asking if they could pass it on to the Run Director that day, Jodi. This...
View ArticleSandall Park, our home but so much more…
You may not be aware but 2019 was the 80th anniversary of the park opening, just before the outbreak of the Second World War. There is no doubt that there would have been a park keeper then, but...
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