Brett's BFC Members parkrun review for 14th September 2024

I made it 47 current members ran at 9 different event.

A total of 63 parkrunners took part at Great Salterns parkrun event #143

I was RD for the day when BFC had 1st male and female finishers! Jack Ingleby and Christine McCullough (who not only set a course PB by 31 secs but set a new course Senior Women 30-34 record!). We had 2nd place in the women's with Jo Wilkins and 7th with Louise Griffin.

Paul Ingleby set a course PB by 35 secs and Kevin Aylward ran his fastest since his return from injury.

In the Age-Graded Percentages, Christine was 6th, Jack 7th & John Bucketsofrain 8th.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Jack INGLEBY Baffins Fitclub 00:19:00

5 1 Christine MCCULLOUGH Baffins Fitclub 00:19:43

11 10 Paul INGLEBY Baffins Fitclub 00:23:07

13 12 Gordon SCRUTON Baffins Fitclub 00:23:43

14 2 Jo WILKINS Baffins Fitclub 00:23:51

22 19 Nick LAY Baffins Fitclub 00:25:04

26 22 Robert MARSH Baffins Fitclub 00:25:36

29 23 John BURCHETT Baffins Fitclub 00:26:03

33 27 Paul GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:56

34 7 Louise GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:57

37 29 Clive TUCKER Baffins Fitclub 00:27:38

43 32 Kevin AYLWARD Baffins Fitclub 00:28:08

61 22 Alex YORKE Baffins Fitclub 00:59:41

Thanks to the volunteers

We are very grateful to the volunteers who made this event happen: Julia CATT, Julie JACKSON, Lynne JOLLEY, Darron JOLLIFFE, Nick LAY, Jen LITTLE, David MOORE, Edward MORRIS, Catherine ROSS, Brett RUMFITT, Judy Samantha SCHOLS, Carol SEYMOUR, Alice STONEHAM, Jen STONEHAM, Clive TUCKER, Maria TUCKER, Steven WOOLDRIDGE

Thanks to all the Volunteers especially those that stood in late on from GoodGym Portsmouth.(Jen, Alice and David)

Why not get involved and volunteer?

For this week on 28th we could do with various helpers, including timekeeper, scanner, set-up and marshals.

A total of 520 parkrunners took part at Basingstoke parkrun event #800

Jason debuted here. Ian Briscoe still has our record though at 22:18.

Course Description

The Basingstoke parkrun course uses both grassed areas and tarmac paths. There is one small lap of the football pitches followed by two large laps of the park. There are marshals at key points.

The course starts on the grass in the northwest corner of the football pitch area of the War Memorial Park. It starts with one full clockwise lap of the two football pitches. Then along the northern edge again to the next corner before leaving the football pitch area by veering off to the left and then a sharp left hairpin on the short hill. Then the course goes between the trees and turns right onto the tarmac path going round the lamppost. Before you get to the subway steps turn right, cutting the corner, and head down the hill on the tarmac path through the trees. Go straight on at the bottom and then up the hill with the tennis courts on your right, this is affectionately known as Tennis Court Hill (TCH) and is renowned as a PB breaker. Once at the top, go briefly off the tarmac path to cut the corner and re-join the path going to the left of both play areas. Follow the path clockwise right round the edge of the park, past the bandstand, the aviary and the gate by the council offices. Follow the path round to the right and then straight on through the trees. As you emerge from the trees follow the path straight on, past the small car park on the left and round to the right of the Totally Tennis building. After you have passed the building, turn left onto the grass by the first tree on the right. Follow the markers around the football pitch area and then continue to do another large lap of the park. At the end of this second large lap as you turn onto the grass football pitch area head straight for the middle to finish.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Tom HARDING Unattached 00:17:00

25 1 Laura PETHER Unattached 00:20:25

82 76 Jason SMITH Baffins Fitclub 00:23:14

A total of 390 parkrunners took part at Southsea parkrun event #503

Ian Osborne (Ozzie Ozstalgia) was near his fastest on this course.

Carrie Richardson Haunstrup was also back under 30 mins and getting near her best., Paul Harrison was back after 11 months out with a long illness and it was great to see him returning and at club last week. Faye Michelle Ridgway ran her 3rd PB in a row, this time by 7 secs.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Henry James SAMPSON Unattached 00:18:10

28 1 Natasha PERRY Unattached 00:20:31

57 54 Michael Rae PJC/BFC 00:23:08

74 67 Eric DE GREEF Baffins Fitclub 00:23:55

90 81 Ryan BENDELL Baffins Fitclub 00:24:26

95 9 Laura RICHARDSON Baffins Fitclub 00:24:34

105 92 Ian OSBORNE Baffins Fitclub 00:25:04

129 109 James YORKE Baffins Fitclub 00:25:57

146 123 Keith CAUNT Baffins Fitclub 00:27:01

157 131 Neil GRIFFITHS Baffins Fitclub 00:27:41

166 137 Jon OLSEN Baffins Fitclub 00:28:05

195 33 Carrie HAUNSTRUP Baffins Fitclub 00:29:13

210 41 Laura HYMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:29:50

269 187 Paul HARRISON Baffins Fitclub 00:32:17

283 195 Kam FAN Baffins Fitclub 00:33:04

339 109 Faye RIDGWAY Baffins Fitclub 00:37:07

Katherine Newell was among the volunteers.

Wanstead Flats parkrun

A total of 276 parkrunners took part Wanstead Flats parkrun event #639

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Dhrupadh YERRAKALVA Unattached 00:17:56

11 11 Jon SULLIVAN Baffins Fitclub 00:19:33

17 1 Kelly CLARK Unattached 00:20:20

A total of 151 parkrunners took part at Wormwood Scrubs parkrun event #612

Paul Osborne (5th place) and Libby Osborne debuted here in West London within site of the famous prison. 23:13 was our fastest before (it was my record on soggy grass that day but Paul smashed it)

Course Description

The course is a 2 and a bit lapper entirely on grass and open scrubland. From the start, the route heads towards the prison and then runs parallel to its walls before turning left onto the middle section of the park. From here it goes past the copse of trees before turning left and passing them on the opposite side, heading to the north boundary. This is followed by a hairpin before turning left up an incline and past the adventure playground before a further left to the start. On the third time past the Linford Christie Stadium, it's a right turn to the finish line.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Tyler BOWCAMBE Unattached 00:18:10

7 5 Paul OSBORNE Baffins Fitclub 00:19:43

9 1 Rosie VALLANCE Unattached 00:20:32

86 21 Elizabeth OSBORNE Baffins Fitclub 00:28:56

A total of 185 parkrunners took part at Hartlepool parkrun event #470

Billy equalled his 2nd best here and his fastest anywhere since Southsea on 25th January 2020.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Michael JONES Unattached 00:17:55

7 1 Lakprapa WOOD Unattached 00:19:18

173 97 Robert BILTON Baffins Fitclub 00:39:47

A total of 231 parkrunners took part at Penrhyn parkrun event #389

Helen Mayhead debuted here and is now our fastest on this course at Penrhyn Castle, Bangor.

Course Description

The route involves 2 big loops and then 2 small loops. The course is mostly flat with some small undulating slopes.

The course starts outside the castle gates where you will follow the path to the left of the castle, keeping the sea on your left hand side. The path continues behind the castle where you will be guided at a cross roads to continue round further with a small incline to another path junction. The run will continue north facing where you will meet the Penrhyn park entry gates and tarmac road to then curl right and then continue towards the castle gates (start point). The small loop will then steer right of the castle gates up towards the grassy hills then down a slope to greet the junction that you came to on your first big loop. The finishing line is finishing is just beyond the 19th Century neo-norman castle gates.

One of the most beautiful and picturesque runs of North Wales

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Joseph MATTHEWS Unattached 00:18:41

2 1 Anna DRINKWATER Unattached 00:19:18

202 78 Helen MAYHEAD Baffins Fitclub 00:37:27

A total of 458 parkrunners took part at Lee-on-the-Solent parkrun event #421

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Thomas EVANS Unattached 00:16:38

9 1 Katie SLATER Unattached 00:18:30

423 237 Robert TURNER-DIAMOND Baffins Fitclub 00:45:13

A total of 323 parkrunners took part at Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun event #360

Richard Walker ran for the 1st time here and Geoff Newman was near his PB, in fact his 2nd fastest of 137 parkruns. Liam John Bradshaw was also fast, his 2nd best here and 5th fastest of his 108 runs.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 Julian MANNING Unattached 00:17:34

19 1 Kayleigh GYLES Unattached 00:21:16

24 22 Richard WALKER Baffins Fitclub 00:21:44

65 56 Geoffrey NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:24:27

69 60 Liam BRADSHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:24:37

248 91 Brenda BRADSHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:35:01

277 114 Alison NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:37:29

279 165 Chris MATHEWS Baffins Fitclub 00:37:31

322 140 Sharon HEALY Baffins Fitclub 00:58:41

A total of 256 parkrunners took part at Fareham parkrun event #379

Ian ran a 1:02 PB. Our top time is still held by Louise Griffin at 20:51

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓

1 1 James PAGE Unattached 00:19:18

25 1 Jennifer JENKS Unattached 00:22:32

30 28 Ian BRISCOE Baffins Fitclub 00:22:56

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