Record numbers highlighted the 2025 edition of the Darrel Chapman Fun Run on Sunday.

Over 1,100 runners, walkers, joggers, shufflers, pram pushers and pooches all took to the streets of Lismore on Sunday morning to raise funds and awareness for the beloved local charity Our Kids as they took part in the 4km, 10km and 21km events across a number of categories.

The morning was a great success, with several impressive performances across the three distances.

Jacob Dwane took out the overall win in the 10km run with a time of 36:04mins, from Richard Mason (36:29) and Luke Saltmarsh (37:06).

Tony Curtis was the fastest Male Masters with a time of 38:30, followed closely behind by his daughter, the fastest female, Amber Curtis in a time of 43:40.

Beth Lawler finished in second place with a time of 43:54 and Kristin Hilton with 44:03, with just 23 seconds separating the top three finishers.

The 21km race was taken out by Peter King in a time of 1:17:46, ahead of Andy Beswick (1:18:27) and Thomas Ryan with 1:21:44.

The first female in the 21km race was Larissa Whitton in 1:32:57, from Samantha Nicolls (1:35:20) and Chloe Russell (1:39:34) in third.

The 4km event saw a large number of children cross the line before an adult could catch them in the dash to the Lismore Turf Club and back to the CBD.

Our Kids is a local charity that raises much-needed funds to purchase lifesaving equipment for our local hospitals.

This year, Our Kids will put the funds towards purchasing a GlideScope CORE System for Byron Central Hospital’s Emergency Department – a vital airway visualisation system offering high-definition image quality for intubation.

The event is named after Darrel Chapman, a distinguished academic and sporting legend, who lost his own personal battle with cancer in October 1992.

Having been both a keen sports person and respected sports administrator, Darrel was a much-loved and highly regarded member of the Australian sporting community. Schooled at St. John's College, Woodlawn, Darrel played Rugby League for Australia and captained South Sydney before becoming NSW Assistant Director of Sport. He also established the highly successful program in Human Movement Science and Sport Management at Southern Cross University. 

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The Darrel Chapman Fun Run honours a great man who championed disabilities to be part of mainstream sport.