Stoke Gifford Park Run decision

[mybike]

The paths are already there, and available to everyone.

But not if there is a crowd on an organised run.

 

[Wafer]

Applying for a grant would be accepting there is a charge to pay. I would be surprised if the parish council are acting legally, tbh.

And also what happens when at some point in the future the Parish Council (I feel it's worth highlighting it's a parish, far too much confusion over different councils as it is) decides it's going to stop the grant....

If they are willing to pay by means of a grant anyway, why do they need someone to sign for it on behalf of parkrun?

 

[Wafer]

Beaten by summerdays!

 

[srw]

But not if there is a crowd on an organised run.

300 people on a path take up remarkably little room. I've done the Wycombe Rye run a couple of times. There's a section where the front runners and back runners are on the same section of path, going in opposite directions, for about 5 minutes. There's still room for both groups to get around the very small number of other people who are out and about at 9:30 on a Saturday morning. That's a path which would be rejected as a one-way cycle path for being too narrow to overtake sensibly.

 

[User482]

But not if there is a crowd on an organised run.

My personal experience is that there's no problem sharing the paths.

 

[Wafer]

But not if there is a crowd on an organised run.

Having played cricket on a council owned field for 20 years, the charge is for preparation of the field for the sport. Not a charge for using the space. In that case it's been the district council though.

 

[Stephenite]

If a football team wanted to play regular matches with other teams in the park I'm pretty certain the council would want some control over where they played. Providing a pitch is a nice easy way to do that. Where's the difference between that and organised runs by a large number of people?

Do you mean teams that are affiliated to the FA (and follow the rules, and pay their dues), or teams comprised of between 5 and twenty lads meeting up on a saturday afternoon during the summer?

 

[MiK1138]

pretty sure the local traders will lose out, 300 runners prety sure a few of them will buy water for their run locally, then maybe hit a local cafe for some after race refreshments,

 

[DaveReading]

I think you'd find that if a football team wanted to have regular matches in the park the council might well have something to say about it.

You've just made that up. Haven't you?

You mean he didn't think that, he's just claiming that he did?

 

[Stephenite]

You mean he didn't think that, he's just claiming that he did?

Hadn't spotted the disclaimer

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I wonder who those eejits are so I can tell them what I think of them?


Parish Councillors
Andy Maxwell

Anne Addison

Brian Allinson

Christopher Wright

David Pembury

David Slade

Ernest Brown (Parish Council Chairman)

Keith Cranney

Mike Brown

Patsy Coleman

Sam Scott

Trevor Jones

Contact details have been removed.

 

[srw]

@deptfordmarmoset - the decision was 5-4 IIRC, so 4 of them aren't eejits, and we don't know which ones. The nice people at Parkrun are, rightly, taking the moral high-ground and asking people not to contact the councillors directly, because they want an amicable solution.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

@deptfordmarmoset - the decision was 5-4 IIRC, so 4 of them aren't eejits, and we don't know which ones. The nice people at Parkrun are, rightly, taking the moral high-ground and asking people not to contact the councillors directly, because they want an amicable solution.

Fair enough.

''5 of you are complete and utter numpties who have done untold damage to your community. 4 of you deserve respect for voting against rampant numptihood.''

 

[Wafer]

I heard 2 abstained, not sure what that makes them...
But yes, agree on the contact thing. I do wonder what a few well worded FOIs could unearth though....

 

[Piemaster]

Always 2 sides to every story and I can almost see the councils point of view here, at the end if the day the council have duty of care for runners using their park ( it will be the council that gets sued if a runner falls down a hole in the park, as it's their facility that park run are using) likewise the footballers have to pay to use the pitches. If you were running a marathon or entering a sportive or audax you would be expected to contribute to the cost, as per any large group event. If you want to run for free you can do so on your own or in a group of less than 300 as per cycling.

What does that have to do with Parkrun? None of that only applies for the very short period PR are having an event, the responsibilities will apply to all park users all the time the park is in use.