Beachside Dash

The Beachside Dash is the St George & Sutherland Medical Research Foundation's annual fun run at Dolls Point, on the Botany Bay foreshore in Sydney's south. The 2027 edition is on Sunday 12 September, with a half marathon, 10km, 5km, a 2km dash and a 2km Corporate Cup for workplace teams.

The half marathon

The 21.1km was added in 2026 and ran for the first time on 13 September 2026. It starts at Dolls Point, crosses the Captain Cook Bridge and turns at Shark Park before heading back, joining the St George area and the Sutherland Shire on one course. Rory Darkins won the inaugural race in 1:11:06, and Olympian Eloise Wellings was first woman home in 1:20:44. The organiser describes the half as a certified course.

Race day

In 2026 the half started at 6:30am, the 10km at 7:30am, the 5km at 9:00am, the Corporate Cup at 9:45am and the 2km at 10:20am; expect a similar order in 2027. Every race is professionally timed, every finisher gets a medal and there are cash prizes at the front. Entry fees and fundraising go to medical research through the SSMRF.

The foreshore course is flat and exposed, so bring sun protection. The race base is Depena Reserve on Russell Avenue, Dolls Point.

It's so good to be able to find a bit of fitness, a bit of fun with a very important cause. I think just getting people together and getting outdoors, getting in nature, going for a run, like all these things that help with our mental health. But it was also so important to raise these much-needed funds for medical research in the St George Sutherland Shire area, because the funds go towards some really incredible medical projects which make such a difference to everyone.

Kal Glanznig, Ambassador

Absolutely fantastic. It was so fun, really good fun, Fast and speedy. The cross section of people that get involved from the all the school kids right through to those, you know, runners that are really professional Olympians here.

Georges River Council, winners of the 2025 Beachside Dash Corporate Cup