Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Rooi Point Farm parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
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South Africa
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KwaZulu-Natal
- 5 kilometres
- Rooi Point Farm
Meeting point: -27.79113, 29.96478. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -27.79113, 29.96478.
The course
Course description
The course starts about 25m in from the entrance gate to the Rooi Point Farm at the end of Jooste Road. It proceeds down a graded farm road for about 600m to the silver corner post of a maize field. An arrow indicates a left turn down a slight grassy slope to an arrow pointing right at a contour. The course then runs alongside a contour, on the left, on a grassy surface, to a concertina farm gate (1 km). This will be opened prior to the start. The course then turns right and follows the fence line, alongside the maize field, for about 1.1 km, on a grassy surface, to the corner of the field. At the corner, the course turns left and follows the fence line alongside the railway line for about 500m to the municipal fence. This is also a grassy surface. The surface then changes to a road with grass and beach like sand on it. Here, the course turns left passing the 3 km board on route to the corner of the maize field. This road is about 1.5 km long. The course then turns left and runs alongside the maize field for about 200m, to an arrow indicating a left turn. It then runs towards an Eskom pylon along vehicle tracks to an arrow indicating a right turn to the concertina farm gate.(4 km). From the gate, the course is the reverse of the first kilometre run from the start. This will end the course at the start line (5 km).
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Rooi Point Farm, Newcastle. The course is run on a mixture of grass and trail paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Dependent on availability, marshals will be at key sections of the course, or signs will be in place.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to enjoy the event.
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users. Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking may be limited so try to arrive early.
Facilities
There are 2 toilets available in the café building. Outside the café there are slides, swings and a Jumble Gym complex for the enjoyment of the children.
More details
Public transport
N/A
On foot
N/A
By road
- Drive along the N11 outer-ring road, around Newcastle, to the Madadeni turn off.
- The co-ordinates are, 27.779184 S, 29.957754 E.
- If driving from the Johannesburg direction, turn left at the Madadeni turn off.
- If driving from the Ladysmith direction, turn right at the Madadeni turn off.
- About 200m from the Madadeni turn off, turn right onto Jooste Road, (27.779176 S, 29.959958 E) and drive about 1 km to the parking area outside Snips Bird Park. (27.790773 S, 29.964832 E).
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Snips Bird Park, 37 Jooster Road, Airport Industrial, Newcastle. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Snips Bird Park, 37 Jooster Road, Airport Industrial, Newcastle - please come and join us!
Course safety
Rooi Point Farm parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:
- Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
- Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
- Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
- We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
- Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
- Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
- Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
- If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
- If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
- It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
- You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
- parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Rooi Point Farm parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.
For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email rooipointfarm@parkrun.com to help.
Safeguarding
parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.
To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.
Event stats
- 172
- Events
- 1,689
- Finishers
- 14,438
- Finishes
- 167
- Volunteers
- 1,874
- Personal bests
- 49
- Groups
- 00:44:42
- Average finish time
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