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:
Philippa STONE (JW14) of Middlesbrough AC, was first (25th 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