Celebrating Freds 87th Birthday | The Charters Towers parkrun
By Xander Townsend
Excerpt from Issue 030 of Sumpton’s Gold Rush Gazette
The Charters Towers parkrun was established on the 2nd of April 2022 after 2 years of advocating and planning by local Jilly Singleton. With Jilly’s dedication to the event, locals are now able to enjoy and participate in the world-renowned event. parkrun is a free, inclusive, volunteer-led event that originated in London UK in October 2004 and now has over 6 million participants in multiple countries. The parkrun were also able to obtain funding from the Charters Towers Regional Council to assist in starting-up the event…