Brett's BFC Members parkrun review for 15th August 2026
This week 66 registered runners and walkers took part at a record? 21 different events, as many will have been on holiday as well as the usual parkrun tourism.
Rushmoor parkrun
Robert ran here for the 1st time. Our records remain Alex Gannon 22:29 and Becci Knowles 28:29
A total of 668 parkrunners took part.
View full results for Rushmoor parkrun event #516
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
261 212 Robert BROWN Baffins Fitclub 00:27:00
Great Salterns parkrun
A total of 88 parkrunners took part.
Local legend James Baker was 1st over the line in 17:22 just ahead of Geoff Newman and Alison Newman's son Peter.
View full results for Great Salterns parkrun event #247
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
11 11 James MILLHAM Baffins Fitclub 00:20:34
20 18 Neil DYER Baffins Fitclub 00:23:32
25 23 Reuben HANSON Baffins Fitclub 00:24:41
28 25 Craig LUNN Baffins Fitclub 00:24:52
38 30 Geoffrey NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:51
39 31 Gordon SCRUTON Baffins Fitclub 00:27:06
51 16 Olivia SCAMMELL Baffins Fitclub 00:28:58
57 19 Maria TUCKER Baffins Fitclub 00:30:33
63 22 Nikki WRIGHT Baffins Fitclub 00:31:20
64 23 Helen MAYHEAD Baffins Fitclub 00:31:27
68 43 Alex MILLHAM Baffins Fitclub 00:32:23
77 30 Alison NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:37:03
79 32 Lisa TAYLOR Baffins Fitclub 00:38:01
82 33 Tracy STRYDOM Baffins Fitclub 00:38:23
83 50 Clive TUCKER Baffins Fitclub 00:38:24
parkrunner Volunteer roles Group
Kevin AYLWARD
Run Director
Baffins Fitclub
Jo GILHOLM
Timekeeper
Victory AC
Janice WELLSTEAD
Timekeeper
Baffins Fitclub
Terrie BROWN
Finish Tokens
Baffins Fitclub
Paul CLIFT
Barcode Scanning
Kate ENGLISH
Barcode Scanning
Baffins Fitclub
Helen BURCHETT
Marshal
Baffins Fitclub
John BURCHETT
Marshal
Baffins Fitclub
Lynne JOLLEY
Marshal
Janet SAMPSON
Marshal
Baffins Fitclub
Jason SMITH
Event Day Course Check
Marshal
First Timers Welcome
Baffins Fitclub
Charlotte GRIMWOOD
Pre-event Setup
A545RC
Darron JOLLIFFE
Pre-event Setup
Carol SEYMOUR
Tail Walker
Steven BISHOP
Token Sorting
Marshal
Ian GREGORY
Communications Person
No Club Running Club
James SMITH
Report Writer
For 22nd August, when I am the Run Director, we still need at least someone to hand out the Finish Tokens and maybe 1 more marshal, but the roster is looking good. THERE WILL BE CAKE as I was away for my birthday last week.
Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun
A total of 425 parkrunners took part.
Louise Griffin was 7thfemale.
View full results for Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun event #459
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
33 29 Paul GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:22:17
44 7 Louise GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:23:02
124 20 Julie ALLAN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:48
353 227 Gary SEAMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:37:19
Southsea parkrun
A total of 476 parkrunners took part. Not far more than Lakeside!
Yarian Slevin ran a brilliant 7 secPB. Katherine Newell was a Tailwalker. They were joined by parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt who was also in the area last week at Meon Valley. Could he make it a hat-trick at Great Salterns?
View full results for Southsea parkrun event #596
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
27 24 Yarian SLEVIN Baffins Fitclub 00:19:41
63 57 Ian BRISCOE Baffins Fitclub 00:22:27
90 78 Ryan BENDELL Baffins Fitclub 00:23:35
92 80 Michael Rae PJC/BFC 00:23:38
186 152 Harrison RICHARDS Baffins Fitclub 00:26:28
197 159 James YORKE Baffins Fitclub 00:26:47
206 165 Keith CAUNT Baffins Fitclub 00:27:06
260 50 Laura RICHARDSON Baffins Fitclub 00:29:28
274 204 Jon OLSEN Baffins Fitclub 00:29:53
325 227 Stephen HOPES Baffins Fitclub 00:32:00
475 171 Katherine NEWELL Baffins Fitclub 01:03:29
Coldham’s Common parkrun (Cambridge)
Course Description
The course is 5000m long and consists of two laps. It runs around the edge of playing fields and uses two areas, connected through a 5-bar gate. The gate is open! The course is flat and the surface is grass.
Facilities
Toilets are available courtesy of the Abbey Leisure Complex adjacent to the start/finish. They are accessible through its main entrance from the car park, just ask at Reception.
Other facilities include a children’s play area, a BMX park and a refreshment van.
My secret surprise birthday weekend away turned out to be here in Cambridge, with Sally both offspring and Joe's fiancé. I was advise there was a parkrun within 30 mins walk.
A total of 417 parkrunners took part. (about 100 more than usual due to Brooks having a Try-on event and giving tickets to Cambridge Utd's match.
View full results for Coldham’s Common parkrun event #335
I was please to come 8th in the Age Grades.
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
59 51 Brett RUMFITT Baffins Fitclub 00:22:15
Hartlepool parkrun
A total of 302 parkrunners took part.
View full results for Hartlepool parkrun event #570
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
287 167 Robert BILTON Baffins Fitclub 00:42:43
Stadtpark parkrun, Graz, Austria.
Route description
The course consists of three laps in the city park, starting and finishing in the former traffic training area. The route runs predominantly on paved paths, with a short section across the Passamtswiese meadow on a gravel path.
A total of 35 parkrunners took part and Paul Osborne was 4th, (2nd in Age Grades) Libby Osborne 3rd female.
View full results for Stadtpark parkrun, Graz event #144
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
4 4 Paul OSBORNE Baffins Fitclub 00:19:41
15 3 Libby OSBORNE Baffins Fitclub 00:26:54
Meon Valley Trail parkrun, Wickham
A total of 270 parkrunners took part.
Shelley Locke ran a course PB (28 secs)
View full results for Meon Valley Trail parkrun, Wickham event #72
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
106 23 Shelley LOCKE Baffins Fitclub 00:28:27
137 100 Nigel SO Baffins Fitclub 00:30:09
235 101 Kitty LI Baffins Fitclub 00:41:09
Birkenhead parkrun
A total of 821 parkrunners took part.
View full results for Birkenhead parkrun event #486
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
343 80 Emily SPENCER Baffins Fitclub 00:28:38
Fareham parkrun
A total of 245 parkrunners took part.
View full results for Fareham parkrun event #483
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
19 19 Alex GANNON Baffins Fitclub 00:23:03
80 69 Sonny LOCKE Baffins Fitclub 00:28:11
Queen Elizabeth parkrun
A total of 187 parkrunners took part.
Jack was 1st and Paul also in the top 10. Both ran course PBs, by 10 secs and 1:21 respectively. They were also 2nd and 5th in the Age Grades behind another local legend, Julian Manning.
View full results for Queen Elizabeth parkrun event #633
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
1 1 Jack INGLEBY Baffins Fitclub 00:17:32
9 9 Paul INGLEBY Baffins Fitclub 00:21:14
52 42 Steve CROSS Baffins Fitclub 00:26:55
Ae Forest parkrun
A total of 101 parkrunners took part.
Kevin Rowsell is our 1st runner here in this intriguingly named event near Dumfries.
Course Description
The course is flat on a mixture of hard path and trail with occasional trip hazards. It’s an “out”, do two anticlockwise laps, then it’s back alongside the river to the finish. The start and finish are both close to the Naze car park.
View full results for Ae Forest parkrun event #4
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
25 19 Kevin ROWSELL Baffins Fitclub 00:24:42
Lee-on-the-Solent parkrun
A total of 567 parkrunners took part.
View full results for Lee-on-the-Solent parkrun event #525
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
537 296 Robert TURNER-DIAMOND Baffins Fitclub 00:45:12
Itchen Valley Country parkrun
A total of 318 parkrunners took part.
View full results for Itchen Valley Country parkrun event #268
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
134 26 Rebecca KNOWLES Baffins Fitclub 00:29:26
Crystal Palace parkrun
A total of 422 parkrunners took part.
View full results for Crystal Palace parkrun event #727
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
226 49 Mahjooba RAHJO Baffins Fitclub 00:29:15
Whitley Bay parkrun
Course Description
This is a two lap course containing a few short inclines. The course begins and ends on a large tarmac ‘helipad’ close to the War Memorial/Links bus stops facing the Spanish City Dome and immediately in front of Eastbourne House Care Home.
The course follows the public footpath around the war memorial, and then follows the path closest to the sea along to the skate park. At the approach to the skate park, participants will bear right dropping onto the lower prom, where you head towards the lighthouse. Participants then proceed along the lower prom at the end of the prom they travel up a short incline and continue towards the Briar Dene pub. When participants reach the main road they turn left (directed by a marshal) and continue adjacent to the main road until turning left again. Here they hit the 'double dip' following the path down towards the prom but immediately turning left and up a short, sharp incline. Participants then follow the path along the Links, over the Rendezvous Cafe and back towards the skate park. At the skate park they turn left and take the middle path (marshalled) towards the war memorial. Before getting to the war memorial they take the second path left to rejoin the sea wall path. They then repeat the full lap. On the final lap they pass the skate park and use the path back towards the helipad to complete their parkrun in the funnel on the left hand side.
A total of 655 parkrunners took part.
Ian is our 1st runner here on the coast just north of the Tyne.
View full results for Whitley Bay parkrun event #592
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
378 243 Ian OSBORNE Baffins Fitclub 00:29:49
Netley Abbey parkrun
A total of 273 parkrunners took part.
Course Description
The course will be mainly flat, fast and on tarmac, compacted gravel paths and grass.
Start at the green pin, follow the gravel path south east past the front of the Chapel.
At the end of the path, follow the path to the left (heading NE), up the hill and then enter Bluebell Wood (shown with the blue pin). Take a left onto the road back to the railway station and then take another left onto the road back towards the Chapel Field.
Follow the service road to the NE of the Chapel Field entering the field via a gap in the fencing.
Follow the NE edge of the field until the second tree after the Chapel and then head west across the field back to the start area.
That's the first lap. Repeat this for laps 2 and 3. At the end of the 3rd lap, rather than head back to the start area, enter the finish funnel (shown with a red pin).
9th place and a 1:59 PB for Graeme Stewarton a course a few of us are heading to on 5th September. He was already our course record holder.
View full results for Netley Abbey parkrun event #702
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
9 8 Graeme STEWART Baffins Fitclub 00:19:40
Newtown parkrun (Mid-Wales)
A total of 206 parkrunners took part.
Course Description
Out and back course consisting of two laps. It is all path along a scenic route along the River Severn , With the start and finish being at the Hafan Y Afon building at the top of back lane car park.
View full results for Newtown parkrun event #370
Ian Saynor is our 1st runner here.
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
34 28 Ian SAYNOR Baffins Fitclub 00:23:37
Woolacombe Dunes parkrun
A total of 430 parkrunners took part at one of the hardest, if not THE hardest courses in the UK.
Course Description
One continuous lap on a mixture of stone tracks, sand dunes and beach. This unique parkrun takes in stunning views of Woolacombe bay and beyond. It is an excellent opportunity to run amongst rich and diverse wildlife and habitats. Held on National Trust land within the North Devon AONB.
The route is mostly on sand and includes dune descent, ascent as well as long stretches on what can be sometimes soft sand. Therefore, it may not be suitable for all types of buggy. Please contact the team in advance for further advice on the course.
Our fastest is Gordon Scruton with 25:17
View full results for Woolacombe Dunes parkrun event #337
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
38 34 Ethan HAUNSTRUP Baffins Fitclub 00:26:23
134 116 Isaac HAUNSTRUP Baffins Fitclub 00:32:12
231 43 Carrie HAUNSTRUP Baffins Fitclub 00:36:34
Dudley parkrun
A total of 281 parkrunners took part.
Course Description (not as picturesque as the previous one I'm sure)
The course starts with two laps of the athletics track, after which you will follow the signs and marshal’s out of the stadium and onto the park where you will run through the Green gym equipment and out towards the canal towpath. After following the path running alongside the astro turf football pitch you will continue straight, taking the path up onto the canal.
Once at the top of the path you will be directed right by a Marshall and run along the Stourbridge canal for three quarters of a mile, taking in the industrial factories to the left and right before turning right onto Foots Hole grassland, where you will run for just over 1 mile over varying trail and gravel paths as well running across the old freight railway.
Once through Foots Hole Grassland you will be back on the Stourbridge canal where you will be directed left by a Marshall back onto the left hand track which takes you back alongside the astro Turf and back into the stadium.
The course will finish with two laps of the track, with finishing runners filtered to the right hand side of the track after the final 100m sprint finish!
Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
Due to some narrow gated sections the course may not be suitable for single buggies and we are not able to allow double width buggies - please contact the team in advance for further advice on the course.
View full results for Dudley parkrun event #385
Sam Winton is our 1st here.
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
260 171 Samuel WINTON Baffins Fitclub 00:48:26
Llanfoist Crossing parkrun (nr Abergavenny)
Course Description
Llanfoist Crossing is a primarily out-and-back tarmac course with the addition of a lap of a small grass field halfway around. It starts approx 200 metres up the cycle path from Llanfoist Crossing car park.
Although the course is 80% on tarmac, trail shoes are advised due to the field section - especially in winter/wetter weather. Participants with buggies are advised to email us beforehand to check the suitability of the course as it can get muddy and accumulate a fair amount of leaf litter.
Please note that the surface on the crossing path and field section is uneven in places. Please be vigilant.
A total of 153 parkrunners took part.
View full results for Llanfoist Crossing parkrun event #39
Robert Marsh is our 1st runner here.
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
56 53 Robert MARSH Baffins Fitclub 00:25:33
Salisbury parkrun
A total of 488 parkrunners took part.
On a good day for the Lockes, Hattie Locke was 2nd. Nearly beat my record (21:39) but the female record is hers (was Becci Knowles 25:41)
Course Description
Starting by the parkour and basketball court, the spine path crosses over the bridge and straight down to the river. A sharp right along River Walk leads to the children's play park. All the way round the play park and follow the main path up to the College Roundabout corner. Follow the path towards the toilet block and right turn to head alongside the skate park. Over Bollard Bridge and continue along the river path with the river to your left until you reach the point that you first joined River Walk.
Complete 4 laps then turn right back up the spine path to where you first started where the finish will be clearly seen.
View full results for Salisbury parkrun event #506
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Time ↓
52 2 Hattie LOCKE Baffins Fitclub 00:22:30
As ever, I apologise for any errors or omissions. A copy of this review will be on our website.
