14Mar/26

International / Virtual churchrunner mob match (Feb 2026)

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Well we had 224 volunteers & runners at parkruns all over the country, and beyond – Finland and South Africa as our internationals I believe.

We did cover rather a lot of other venues;


Abbey Park parkrun, Aberystwyth parkrun, Andover, Arrow Valley, ARU Writtle, Ashford, Ashton Court, Banstead Woods parkrun, Bedford parkrun, Beecraigs Country park, Belton House parkun, Birchall Playing Fields parkun, Blackpool, Bolton House, Brixworth Country, Bockwell, Bromley parkrun, Brook Leys,Brueton parkrun, Burgess, Bushy parkrun, Cannock Chase, Cardiff parkrun, Cassiobury parkrun, Castle Park, Central parkrun Plymouth, Cheltenham parkrun, Chevin Forest, Christchurch Park, Cirencester, Clair, Clevendon Salthouse Fields parkrun, Coldhams Commen, Cosmeton Lakes, Dewsbury, Dulwich parkrun, Durham parkrun, Eastville, Edgbaston Reservoir, Endcliffe, Exmouth, Felixstowe, Finsbury parkrun, Five Arches parkrun, Frickley Country Fulham Palace parkrun, Gnoll, Graves parkrun, Great Yarmouth North Beach, Green Point, Hackworth, Hanley parkrun, Harcourt Hill, Haughmond Hill, Highcliffe Beach, Highwoods, Hillsborough Forest parkrun, Hillsborough, Hoblingwell, Hoedspruit, Holyrood parkrun, Holme Pierrpont, Holywell King George V Playing Fields, Ingrebourne Hill parkrun, Jersey, Leamington parkrun, Lee-on-the solent, Lister Park parkrun Bradford, Lloyd, Long Eaton, Lowestoft, Lydiard parkrun, Maidstone River Park parkrun, Malling Rec, Markeaton, Market Harborough, Malborough Common, Middleton Woods parkrun, Millfield parkrun, Mole Valley parkrun, Morden parkrun, Morecombe Prom, Newborough Forest parkrun, Oriam, Ormskirk parkrun, Oxford, Peckham Rye, Penistone, Poole parkrun, Preston parkrun, Queen Elizabeth, Queens (Glasgow), Reigate Priory parkrun, Rother Valley parkrun, Rothwell parkrun, Roundshaw Downs parkrun, Rushmoor,  Seven Fields parkrun, Sewerby parkrun, Sharpham Estate, Shrewsbury, Sloughbottom, Southampton, Southport, Southwick Country, Squerryes Winery, St Helens, Stewart (Middlesborough), Stormont, Startford upon Avon, Stretford parkrun, Sutcliffe parkrun, Teignmouth Promenade, Thames Path Woolwich, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Thorp Perrow, Tilgate, Tokoinranta, Tonbridge, University Parks parkrun, Wakefield Fields parkrun, Wakehurst parkrun,  Walsall Arboretum parkrun, Weymouth, Whitely, Whitstable, Wilmslow, Wimbledon Common, Woking, Wolverhampton, Woodley parkrun, Woodhouse Moor, and York parkrun.

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03Nov/25

Lloyd Inter-Church Mob Match (Oct 2025)

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Once again we had a warm welcome at Lloyd, and we were ahead of the mud this year, which was a bonus! Thanks to Selsdon Baptist Church for hosting us. We were mentioned in the run briefing, and certainly our presence was being discussed after at the café – so a good witness. Lots of new visitors to Lloyd amongst us, and even the odd PB.

I will apologise for the delay in doing the report – holiday plans interfered!

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19May/25

Morden Inter-Church Mob Match (May 2025)

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So firstly thanks for such a lovely welcome, possibly the best we have ever had – and we have had some nice ones before! They are very keen on us coming back next year, so maybe we will.

So I think the Churches involved were Berry Lane Methodist, Good Shepherd, Chiltern Church Runners, Grace Church Dulwich, Selsdon Baptist Church, Holy Trinity Wallington, Croydon Jubilee Church, Refresh Church, St Patrick’s Tigers, Croydon Vineyard Church, Epsom Vineyard Church (thanks for coming to join us at short notice), The Salvation Army and Springfield Church. 

So 13 churches in all with 64 runners between them – a very nice turn out.

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26Oct/24

Lloyd Inter-Church Mob Match (Oct 2024)

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So another gentle run at Lloyd Park, and another year done. 55 runners for 11 Churches completed, and at least a couple more started but needed to pull out – thanks for trying folks. A slightly late reminder email to club captains on my part may not have helped with numbers! Also a little reminder that if you are not listed against your church club, and have alternatively not sent us an email saying you can be named against a church then we can’t list you in our results – GDPR I’m afraid.

We covered positions 2 to 277 and made up nearly 20% of the field.

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23Jul/23

Roundshaw Mob Match (Jul 2023)

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by Emily James

William Wordsworth once wrote:


I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.


I’m not sure Wordsworth was thinking of a sky quite like the one we had above Roundshaw Downs on Saturday, but at least at the mob match we were not lonely. With a hundred and sixty-one parkrunners including forty-eight churchrunners, and twenty-two volunteers including two non-running churchrunner volunteers, we had quite a crowd descend on the
course (albeit not Wordsworth’s crowd of daffodils). Nor were we wandering, with several new PBs and some very close competition for the podium spots.

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