Welcome to the Inaugural Dargavel 5KM road race bought to you by Dargavel and Bishopton Run Club.

Dargavel and Bishopton Run Club is a newly established run club within Dargavel and Bishopton, founded by two local business owners who came together uniting their passion for community and individual progression. The club was immediately welcomed by the fantastic running community within the villages and has already gone from strength to strength within its first few months. The club also operates a couch to 5k programme bringing non runners through the 9 week course before integrating them into the run club and the structured coached sessions, providing a supportive pathway throughout. The goal of the club is to provide a legacy for the villages to help people become active and be part of a newly thriving community.

• The event-

The race will begin at 10am on Sunday 25th April 2027

Registration will open at 08:10 within the assembly hall of Dargavel Primary school

Post race prize giving will begin at 11:10 inside the assembly hall.

The event HQ will have Male and Female toilets available for use. There will be a warm up area available on the school MUGA.

The area will be closed from 12pm.

• The route

The flat fast route will start within the grounds of Dargavel Primary School before heading out around the perimieter of, and then entering, the newly established Central Park. There will be an exit of the park on the first lap onto a quiet residential street before re-entering the park after approx 200 metres. Heading back towards the school, the route then begins its second loop, this time heading back the same way as lap 1 (with no exit of the park on the 2nd lap)  before taking in the whole length of the park before finishing back within the school grounds.

Perfect for first timers to follow an easy, signed and marshalled 2 loop course,and also for the speedy runners to post fast times.

The race will be licenced by Scottish Athletics (licence pending awaiting course mesaurement certificate).

Each runner will receive a medal upon completion of the event which will be designed by one of the children at Dargavel Primary School or Bishopton Primary school. The winner of the design competition will also be invited to be our race starter.

• Prize categories-

Overall Male and Female 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Age group 1st Place Male and Female, v40, v50, v60, v70+

If an age group winner places as overall 1st 2nd or 3rd Male or Female, the subsequent person within the age category will be awarded the age group prize. 

The first place trophies for overall Male and Female race winner will be sponsored by local business' within Renfrewshire and will be presented by a representative of the sponsor.

The race will have a limit of 300 entries, and as costs start as soon as we open entries there will be a no refund policy in place and no deferrals. No transfers of race bibs will be permitted, anyone found to be swapping bibs will incur a disqualifcation for the runner and no registered time.

Scottish Athletics members will receive the obligatory £3 discount on their entry and submission of SA Membership number. All Membership numbers will be cross referenced and verified, if a mistake has been made in the sign up process, we will contact the individual to confirm their legitimate number. If a false number has been entered the remaining balance (£3) will need to be paid before a race number is allocated. If there is a refusal to pay the remaining balance the entrant will not be granted a race number and will not be able to participate in the race, and no refunds will be tendered.