17/05/2026
Congratulations all involved organising and all the children and families running
Winchburgh Community Development Trust 👏👏👏
🏃♂️ Winchburgh Fun Run 2026 : What an Incredible Day!🏃♀️
Wow, what a fantastic first event! A massive WELL DONE to all of our amazing participants and winners today. You all brought so much energy, determination, and smiles to the track.
An event like this doesn't just happen, and we have a massive list of incredible people to thank for bringing our community together.
🌟 A Special Thank You to Our Volunteers & Support Teams
We are incredibly grateful to the amazing teams who worked behind the scenes to keep everyone safe, fed, and organized:
A heartfelt, massive thank you goes out to the volunteers from Linlithgow Athletics Club. Your immense help today was absolutely invaluable. From coordinating to keeping everyone safe and motivated, we truly couldn't have done this without your expertise and support!
A huge thank you to our DEO, Leigh Lauder all the volunteers from WCDT who helped us with the event set-up today and worked tirelessly to keep everything running beautifully with the flow.
David Marshall: A huge thank you for being a smashing anchor and keeping the crowd engaged and the event moving perfectly.
Lesley from Parkrun : Thank you for the fantastic warm-up exercises that got everyone ready and raring to go!
St Andrew’s First Aid: Thank you for being a vital part of the event and keeping a watchful eye over all our participants to ensure everyone stayed safe.
Wee Winchburgh Catering & Bothy : A massive thank you for kindly catering the delicious food for all of our hard-working volunteers!
GB Photography : Thank you for helping us capture the magic of the day and taking such fantastic photos of our runners.
Winchburgh Developments Ltd : For allowing us to use the beautiful Auldcathie Park as our venue.
Our Local Young People: A massive shoutout to the youth who stepped up today. Thank you for extending your hands to help hand out medals, distribute goodie bags, and cheer on our runners with so much enthusiasm!
Finally, thanks to the lovely Scottish weather. It was just perfect 😎
🤝 Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors & Supporters
Our local businesses and organisations truly showed up for us today. Please join us in thanking:
BDS Ltd: For sponsoring the cash prizes for all 6 of our winners, helping us set up the sound systems, and being fantastic supporters throughout the day.
Winchburgh Developments Ltd: For allowing us to use the beautiful Auldcathie Park as our venue.
Winchburgh Academy: For crafting the lovely, sustainable wooden medals that our runners are wearing with pride.
Scotmid: For keeping everyone fueled and hydrated by sponsoring the fruit, crisps, and water bottles.
Sainsbury’s (Big Store): For sponsoring the energy bars to keep our runners' stamina up.
King Barbers: For their generous cash donation towards covering the event costs.
Harris & Bo Coffee - Auldcathie Park : For kindly offering a 10% discount to all of today's participants.
📸 Photos & Feedback
Event Photos: Keep your eyes peeled! The event photos will be shared very soon so you can look back on today's highlights.
Your Feedback: As this was our first event, we welcome any suggestions or feedback so we can make it even better next time. Please feel free to email us at [email protected].
❤️ This Is What Community Is All About ❤️
Seeing everyone come together today—from businesses and schools to athletic clubs, local trusts, and the next generation—is exactly what community is about. Thank you to every single person who ran, cheered, helped, or supported.
Here’s to the first of many! 🥇🎉
