Episode 4 - Matt Shields
2016-01-26
HostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers talk volunteers and roving reporter Tony O’Connell (aka TOC) gets news on the ground at Churchill parkrun’s launch. We take the adventure to the Northern Hemisphere where we interview parkrun Ireland’s Country Manager Matt Shields, and we’re joined by Naked Runner Dave Robbo to discuss all things Region of Runners.
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Roving Adventurer report (TOC at Churchill parkrun launch)
Scott crosses to roving reporter Tony O'Connell, who files two on-the-ground interviews from the Churchill parkrun launch in Gippsland: Jo McCarthy (Balyang run director, 144 runs / 34 courses / 41 volunteer stints, parkrun tourism and New Zealand travel) and Heather, Churchill's other co-Event Director (community motivation, the ~160-strong launch crowd, her 'lolly lady' reputation). Scott closes the segment at [00:13:21] with an open call for listener contributions — 'as long as you've got a phone, a smartphone with a voice memo app on it... send it to show at parkrunadventurers.com' — which reads as the roving-reporter pipeline still being actively recruited for.
Social landscape round-up (social media + anniversaries)
Co-host-led wrap of listener posts across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter — Kelly Underwood's orange-themed Bibra Lake first-anniversary group photo, '_PK' who ran his first-ever parkrun at Mount Barker, and Dadathlonblog who wore orange at Phillip Island — rolling straight into a club-anniversary rundown (Tamborine Mountain and Cooks River, the latter with an apron theme). Not given a fixed on-air title; the framing used is 'having a look around the social landscape this weekend'.