Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Rooty Hill 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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Australia
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New South Wales
- 5 kilometres
- Blacktown Football Park
Meeting point: -33.78372, 150.86839. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -33.78372, 150.86839.
The course
Course description
Course consists of flat wide path. Start will be adjacent to the Bung Shelter at the main carpark for Bungarribee park and the warrigal dog run, entry to WSP is at the intersection of Doonside road and Holebeche rd. ). Head along the path which is concrete towards the eastern creek footbridge, where the course path will turn into a hard compacted gravel path for 100 metres. The course will then take a sharp left where a marshal will direct you to head towards the Great Western Highway, where a turn around point and another marshal will directing you to head on back home.
Keep heading back to the intersection of the asphalt and gravel where the marshal will direct you to turn back along the gravel path across the eastern creek bridge to the finish line which is close to the where you started at the Bung shelter Bungarribee park.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Bungarribee Park, Western Sydney Parklands. The course is ran on a mixture of asphalt, concrete and a small section of compacted gravel. 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
Western Sydney parklands has amenities open at the event from 7am, toilets drinking fountains and animal facilities are located at the carpark.
More details
Public transport
Doonside train station is approximately 37 minutes’ walk from the Bungarribee park . Trains run regularly every 20 minutes, Western line from Central, Granville, Parramatta.
On foot
Doonside road walkway, or eastern road from Blacktown football park entry to course track location.
By road
Doonside road is accessible from both the M4 and M7 motorways any of the Great Western Hwy exits , turn off the Great western Hwy onto Doonside road and then turn into the Park which has large signs at the entry and then turn again immediately right into the main carpark and head to the end carpark where the event will be sign posted
Sat NAV instructions, Go to Bungarribee Park or warrigal Dog run.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Harvey Social, Bungarribee Park, Western Sydney Parklands located at the entry to the carpark. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Harvey Social, Bungarribee Park, Western Sydney Parklands located at the entry to the carpark - please come and join us!
Course safety
Rooty Hill 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 Rooty Hill 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 rootyhill@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
- 454
- Events
- 10,985
- Finishers
- 91,786
- Finishes
- 836
- Volunteers
- 13,707
- Personal bests
- 390
- Groups
- 00:34:40
- Average finish time
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