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Sweatshop Prize January


 

After consultations with Tracey I can now confirm that the first winner of the Albert parkrun Sweatshop Prize for 2012 is...........Julia Rodwell. Congradulations Julia well done.

 

 


 



Fri 02/03/2012

 
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Event 192 - 28/01/12


 

 


Good evening everybody,

Well back from returning daughter number 1 to York and a bit of retail therapy, here is todays report on this mornings going on!!!!

Another great run at Albert parkrun today with Team New York at the helm. Fantastic volunteers as always even if they were missing one vital piece of high visability piece of equipment!!!! Yes my fault took them home last week to wash, they smell lovely now in the corner of my dining room!!! I will remember them next week.

A few of you did great auditions for the new programme "Running on Ice" the judges final selection will be available in a few weeks. Well done guys and girls for completing the run safely and having a fun time.

Couple of things before the run report:

Somebody ran through the finish line today, the volunteers thought he hadn't done 5K, he had, he took a tag but no time was given. Louise and I thought we had sorted it but we have had a few emails regarding times. I have reprocessed the results again which I hope are right. If there are any problems please email in and I will try to correct them.

I haven't got the notes so to people who completed their 10, 50 or 100 runs today, many congratualtions.

There are still some tickets left for our Valentines party on Saturday 11th February, tickets only £2.50 each and can be purchased from Tracey.

Well done Chris on completing your I Run programme, that group seems to be growing and growing. The atmosphere you guys have is amazing and long may it continue. Well done to Roseanne and Louise for all their hard work.

Happy 3rd Birthday to Donovan, have a great day and hope you got some fantastic presents!!!!

On to todays run report:

Women's placings:
Erin PEARSON (SW25-29) of New Marske Harriers AC, was first (33

Albert parkrun Event number 192
28th January 2012

Men's placings:
Luke T BRYANT (SM25-29) of Claremont Road Runners, was first in 18:01 - first win in second appearance.
David AINSLEY (VM40-44) of North York Moors Athletic Club, was second in 18:31 - 3 previous wins.
Simon GREENWELL (SM35-39) of Esk Valley Fell Club, was third in 18:40.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Paul CHRISTON (North York Moors Athletic Club) 6776 pts.
David AINSLEY (North York Moors Athletic Club) 6691 pts.
Brian FIELDING (North York Moors Athletic Club) 6226 pts.

rd overall) in 21:03 - 9th win in 42nd appearance.
Sharon GAYTER (VW45-49) of North York Moors Athletic Club, was second (42nd overall) in 21:39 - 29 previous wins.
Elizabeth WALTERS (SW25-29) (Unattached) was third (59th overall) in 23:24.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Pauline FERRIER (Unattached) 5983 pts.
Jessica TYERMAN (Unattached) 5587 pts.
Heather PEARSON (North East Veterans AC) 5515 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Shirley Rose GIBSON (VW65-69) was graded 84.82 % for the time 24:16 (70th overall).
James Duncan CHISHOLM (VM60-64) was graded 78.21 % for the time 20:30 (26th overall).
Bill FERGUSON (VM60-64) was graded 77.33 % for the time 21:06 (35th overall).

This week there were 277 runners, of whom 14 were first timers and 24 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 18 different athletics clubs took part.

Albert parkrun started on 31st May 2008, and since then 3,464 different runners, including participants from 146 athletics clubs, have completed 31,995 runs covering a total distance of 159,975 km, and there have been 7,025 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Stacey Louise SMITH who ran in a time of 16:38 on 8th January 2011 (event number 137).
The Men's course record is held by Matthew HYNES who ran in a time of 14:52 on 11th June 2011 (event number 159).
The Age Grade course record is held by Jane WATERHOUSE who recorded a 92.53 % run (20:19) on 19th March 2011 (event number 147).

Think thats it for now. Have a great weekend and hopefully tomorrow we will be celebrating a Boro win over Sunderland.

See you next week

Tracey xx



Sat 01/28/2012

 
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Committee Meeting 21/01/12


 

 


Good Afternoon Again,

Today saw the first meeting of the Albert parkrun Committee and the following people attended:

Tracey Quinn, Alan Guy, Louise Campbell, Louise Shaw, Craig Lightfoot, Michael Larkin, Karen Larkin, Allison Rolfe, Alyson Hogarth, Alan Iceton, Sally Harris, Susan Bolland and Peter Quinn.

There were a number of items discussed and agreed:

There will be a washing rota for the high visibilty waistcoats that the volunteers wear. There will be a monthly rota organised. Tracey Quinn was first on the rota (Lucky me!!)

We felt with the amount of money being raised that we needed a bank account for the safe keeping of the Charity money until we distribute it to the Charities chosen. Louise Campbell and Allison Rolfe volunteered to open the account and keep records, with Sally Harris and Alan Iceton being secondary signatures if required.

The main talking point was the Social events and the Charities that we were going to support.

The following events are in the process of being organised:

Easter

Albert parkrun Birthday event

Summer/Olympic Event

Halloween

Christmas

It was decided to support 3 local charities this year, these being

Teesside Hospice

Zoe's Place

The Charlotte Wren Forget Me Not Fund

The committe decided to bank money raised until the end of the year and the money would be distributed equally between the charities, with Albert parkrun taking a small proportion to go towards equipment needed. We would set a date and invite representatives from the charities to attend the run and have the cheques presented to them.

We hope you all agree with our decisions to help these worthwhile local causes. If you have any comments please do not hesitate to contact us on albertparkrun@gmail.com or approach Alan or myself.

Keep on running, volunteering and enjoying yourself at Albert parkrun.

Tracey and Alan

Joint Event Directors

Albertparkrun.



Sat 01/21/2012

 
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EVENT 191 - 21/01/12


 

 


Good Afternoon Everybody

Well another great time was had at Albert parkrun this morning with Team London at the helm. Thankyou to all the volunteers this morning, you are a great bunch of people without whom the event could not take place.

On the subject of volunteers, can I just say a massive thankyou to people who are volunteering, there has been a massive increase in people trying the various jobs out so thankyou very very much.

Sincere apologies to Neil Lawson this morning as I forgot to mention that it was his 100th parkrun today SO VERY WELL DONE NEIL AND MY APOLOGIES AGAIN!!!

Other people celebrating achievements today were Chris Rumsey completing his 50th run, Craig "The Clown" Lightfoot celebrating his 100th run and Karen "The Banana" Larkin also celebrating her 100th run. Very well done to you all.

Couple of items before the run report:

There are a number of tags missing, can you please ensure you give the tag to the Opicon scanner volunteers or you place them on the tag board. Could you please check your pockets and bags to see if you have any lurking about. Many thanks.

There are a few items of lost property in the white box, could you please check them regularly if you are missing any of your items of clothing.

We are having a social event on the 11th February 2012 in aid of Andy Fishers "Blokeonabike" Charity Challenge from the "Hill to the Bill". Tickets are £2.50 each and can be bought from Lily Grace Quinn. Any raffle prizes will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.

Finally, just to confirm that there will be a 2nd parkrun beginning in Middlesbrough hopefully sometime in June 2012 to be held at Stewart's Park. Obviously it is still in the organsation process but the Event Director will be Sharon Caddell. This will be a totally seperate parkrun from Albert parkrun with its own team of organisers. There will be NO change to the Albert parkrun format. I wish Sharon luck with her new venture.

So onto today's report:

Albert parkrun -Event number 191
21st January 2012

Men's placings:
An unknown runner was first.
Christopher RUMSEY (SM25-29) of Middlesbrough & Cleveland Harriers, was second in 16:56.
Chris WINTER (SM30-34) (Unattached) was third in 17:26.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Paul CHRISTON (North York Moors Athletic Club) 6585 pts.
David AINSLEY (North York Moors Athletic Club) 6492 pts.
Brian FIELDING (North York Moors Athletic Club) 6037 pts.

Women's placings:
th overall) in 20:03 - third win in 6th appearance.
Sally BUCKWORTH (VW40-44) (Unattached) was second (44th overall) in 21:40.
Rebecca PALMER (JW14) of Middlesbrough AC, was third (55th overall) in 22:01.

 

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Pauline FERRIER (Unattached) 5799 pts.
Jessica TYERMAN (Unattached) 5393 pts.
Heather PEARSON (North East Veterans AC) 5340 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Philippa STONE (JW14) was graded 79.63 % for the time 20:03 (25th overall).
Bill FERGUSON (VM60-64) was graded 78.32 % for the time 20:50 (33rd overall).
Charlie RACE (JM14) was graded 77.20 % for the time 18:47 (9th overall).

This week there were 329 runners, of whom 26 were first timers and 56 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 17 different athletics clubs took part.

Albert parkrun started on 31st May 2008, and since then 3,450 different runners, including participants from 145 athletics clubs, have completed 31,718 runs covering a total distance of 158,590 km, and there have been 7,001 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Stacey Louise SMITH who ran in a time of 16:38 on 8th January 2011 (event number 137).
The Men's course record is held by Matthew HYNES who ran in a time of 14:52 on 11th June 2011 (event number 159).
The Age Grade course record is held by Jane WATERHOUSE who recorded a 92.53 % run (20:19) on 19th March 2011 (event number 147).

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Albert parkrun Results Page.

 

 

Well thats it for today, apart from there will be another important news annoucement following this, could you please ensure you read it and send any comments you may have to albertparkrun@gmail.com.

Have a great week.

Tracey xx

 



Sat 01/21/2012

 
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Albert parkrunners on Tour


 

 


 

Good afternoon everybody, I can now complete a report from Albert parkrunners on tour as my fingers have now thawed out.

We set off bright and early from Albert Park gates at 7.30am this morning for our trip to York parkruns first event. Finding the racecourse was very easy and the ladies were quite happy when they even found a toilet to use!! Albeit the gents but at that point they weren't bothered!!!!

On arrival at York parkrun the temperature was -5 yes -5, and the particpants walked to the start which is on the opposite side of the racecourse to the finish. The views of the racecourse and the mist looked beautiful and were a photographers dream. Instructions were given and welcomes and the run got underway about 09.05am.

The course is one and a half laps of the racecourse, which everyone agreed was very flat and is obviously going to be a very fast run !! Waiting on the sidelines was very chilly but I got chatting to the Event Director Helen and Tom from parkrun who were both amazed at the numbers who had turned up. 216 finishers which was fantastic for a debut event and Tom seems to think it is the highest for a first time event in the parkruns history which is great.

There were a few PB's for Albert parkrunners on Tour and they are listed below:

First home from the Boro was Vinny Mullen in a great time of 18.44 which is a new PB!!!

Iain Gordon Hall 19.16

John Gray 19.31

Barry Dunne 19.46

Luke Elliott 20.55

Allison Rolfe 22.02 - PB

Martin Pearson 22.02

Neil Lawson 22.38

Jack Daniels 22.56

Andy Fisher 23.28

Paul Fallows 24.31

David Appleyard 24.59

Pauline Johnson 27.27 - PB

June Fisher 27.53

Alyson Hogarth 28.12 - PB

Heather Pearson 28.29

Steven King 29.14 - PB

Alice Quinn 29.36

Kassim Ali 29.36 - PB

Margaret Myers 31.10 - PB

Mark Grace 31.12

Catherine Boult 35.45 - PB

Lucy Aithwaite 35.46

Lily Quinn 36.58

Erin Johnson Caddell 36.58

Deirdre Forth 40.33 - PB

Gordon Peacock 45.25

Some cracking PB's today people very well done!!! I only wish I could have joined in. The morning was rounded off with a lovely hot coffee and snack at Starbucks at MacArthur Glen Retail Outlet.

I will just finish off by saying that I think we are really lucky to have the fantastic facilities at AlbertPark. UP THE BORO!!!!

See you next week, when Team London are at the helm.

Have a great week

Tracey xx



Sat 01/14/2012

 
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