parkrun Report – Saturday 17th September 2016

The first result in this week was that of Rich GWYN, who ran once again at Varsity Fields in Queensland. Rich beat his PB of last week by nineteen seconds, so is obviously not finding acclimatisation a problem. Not overseas, but still a fair distance from Bristol, is the Ganavan Sands parkrun. For the uninitiated, Ganavan is a few miles north of Oban on the west coast of Scotland. Graham Crump visited here on Saturday and was second VM55-59 in a time of 23:27. Also in Scotland, Neil SCHOLES was the second VM50-54 in 19:38. At Kingsway, near Gloucester, Dan SCHOFIELD was first in 18:10, with a sixty-two second PB. Mel MOSS finished in 25:37.

Rob STEWART was the first finisher at Ashton Court in a time of 17:10, with Henry SLY in fourth place in 18:04. Luke ILES was the first JM 11-14 in 20:10. Jack BANNISTER was second in the same Age Category with a forty-seven second PB. His time was 20:32. Tanya CHOWDHURY was the third female and first VW40-44. Marianne BRITTEN was the fourth female and first VW35-39 and Alison ENGLEDEW was the first VW55-59.

At Chipping Sodbury, Alex WHITTAKER was the second finisher and first SM25-29 with a time of 18:09. Isobel MEDCROFT was the first SW18-19. At Pomphrey Hill, Helen NEWBERRY was the first female in a time of 19:54. Nathan MARCHANT had a 13-second PB with a time of 19:13; he was also first JM11-14. Claire SHINE was the first VW45-49 and Ron PAINE was first VM65-69.

It was an excellent morning for Ben and Matthew ROBINSON at Leamington. Ben recorded the fastest time in any parkrun across the world, while Matthew had the second highest Age Grade anywhere. Both Matthew and Ben’s recent runs at Leamington have been dog assisted. Nevertheless these times are very impressive. They are therefore jointly awarded the Performance of the Week.

The Club’s other first finisher was Claire HALLISSEY, who was first female at Tring.

Other tourists, this week included Pete CLARK at Evesham, Stu WILKIE at Tooting Common, Brendon WILSON and Jane COLMAN at Poole, Chris LEWIS and Michelle EDGELL at Exeter Riverside, Matthew KRELLE at Upton Court; and not forgetting Lizzi Elton-Walters now ensconced at her home course at Medina, Isle of Wight, prior to departing for New Zealand.

Saturday’s results for Bristol & West club members are at the following link http://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/clubNum=245&eventdate=2016-09-17