Barnsley parkrun Event number 117 4th May 2013

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It's a Record!

We had a record number of finishers last Saturday - 124! Hopefully as the summer goes on, and word spreads, we'll be beating that record again soon.

Sweatshop monthly prize winner: May 2013

We're delighted to announce that Barry Brenton was the May recipient of our monthly prize, generously supported by Sweatshop.
Barry's prize is a free pair of running shoes fitted out at his local Sweatshop store. Barry's been a regular parkrunner since March 2012 and has knocked over 6 minutes off his Barnsley parkrun time from when he started. We hope his new shoes will help keep the progress going, or at least make the training sessions a little easier.

Friends of Locke Park

It was suggested that we could have a family fun/sports day, to raise monies for Friends of Locke Park and Tower project. Alan, our Event Director, has been given a date of 22nd June. Any suggestions gladly welcome. The Friends Group will be attending parkrun 18th May so we can perhaps discuss then. Over to you guys, any ideas? Get your thinking caps on.

The Race

Men's placings:

Damian KILPIN (SM35-39) of Penistone Footpath Runners AC, was first over the line in 18:55 - third time in 14 appearances.
Howard DARWIN (VM45-49) of Rotherham Harriers & AC, was second over the line in 19:32.
Andrew SAQLADI (VM40-44) of Worthing & District Harriers, was third over the line in 19:38 - Was first to finish once before.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Ian NEVILLE (Unattached) 1174 pts.
John MOSS (Barnsley Harriers) 997 pts.
David CRAWSHAW (Unattached) 987 pts.

Women's placings:

Sarah BRADLEY (SW20-24) (Unattached) was first (17th overall) over the line in 22:23 - first time in 10 appearances.
Zoe TOLMAN (SW30-34) of Barnsley AC, was second (20th overall) over the line in 22:58 - Was first to finish once before.
Stephanie ROBERTS (SW25-29) (Unattached) was third (31st overall) over the line in 25:00.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Vicky LEVITT (Barnsley Harriers) 1128 pts.
Vikki SKIPPER (Barnsley Harriers) 1093 pts.
Catherine Suzanne THOMPSON (Unattached) 995 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Martin BOOTH (VM50-54) was graded 73.54 % for the time 20:13 (5th overall).
Howard DARWIN (VM45-49) was graded 73.12 % for the time 19:32 (second overall).
James FRYERS (JM14) was graded 71.90 % for the time 23:40 (23rd overall).

This week there were 124 runners, of whom 19 were first timers and 27 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 9 different athletics clubs took part.

Barnsley parkrun started on 22nd January 2011, and since then 1,246 different runners, including participants from 93 athletics clubs, have completed 8,628 runs covering a total distance of 43,140 km, and there have been 2,112 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Julie BRISCOE who ran in a time of 18:07 on 21st July 2012 (event number 76).
The Men's course record is held by Ian KIMPTON who ran in a time of 15:56 on 22nd January 2011 (event number 1).
The Age Grade course record is held by Julie BUCKLEY who recorded a 93.04 % run (19:24) on 30th July 2011 (event number 28).

 

Barnsley parkrun – Event number 115 – 20th April 2013

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I was away this weekend do a bit of a jog round London so didn't get to Barnsley parkrun but I hope everyone had a great parkrun here's the race report.

Race Report

This week there were 120 runners, of whom 15 were first timers and 36 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 8 different athletics clubs took part.

Men's placings:

Harry MOORE (JM15-19) of Barnsley AC, was first over the line in 18:07 - second time in 4 appearances.
Paul DODD (SM30-34) of Barnsley Harriers, was second over the line in 18:50.
An unknown runner was third. (Don't forget your barcode!)

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Ian NEVILLE (Unattached) 990 pts.
David CRAWSHAW (Unattached) 987 pts.
John MOSS (Barnsley Harriers) 841 pts.

Women's placings:

Megan JENKINSON (JW15-19) of kingstone Runners Barnsley, was first (26th overall) over the line in 23:11 - 12th time in 64 appearances.
Kaeti Anne MACKENZIE (VW35-39) of Barnsley AC, was second (31st overall) over the line in 23:56 - Has been first to finish on 8 previous occassions.
Joanne BIRKINSHAW (VW45-49) of Barnsley Harriers, was third (34th overall) over the line in 24:07.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Vicky LEVITT (Barnsley Harriers) 1034 pts.
Vikki SKIPPER (Barnsley Harriers) 1015 pts.
Catherine Suzanne THOMPSON (Unattached) 850 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Stephen STOREY (VM55-59) was graded 79.69 % for the time 19:27 (6th overall).
Kevin NEILL (VM55-59) was graded 77.22 % for the time 20:25 (11th overall).
Harry MOORE (JM15-19) was graded 76.82 % for the time 18:07 (first overall).

Barnsley parkrun started on 22nd January 2011, and since then 1,212 different runners, including participants from 92 athletics clubs, have completed 8,393 runs covering a total distance of 41,965 km, and there have been 2,057 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Julie BRISCOE who ran in a time of 18:07 on 21st July 2012 (event number 76).
The Men's course record is held by Ian KIMPTON who ran in a time of 15:56 on 22nd January 2011 (event number 1).
The Age Grade course record is held by Julie BUCKLEY who recorded a 93.04 % run (19:24) on 30th July 2011 (event number 28).

Virgin London Marathon

If you took part in the London Marathon don't forget to bring your medal and/or t-shirt this Saturday, we'd like to get a photo of all the Barnsley parkrunners that took part.
See you on Saturday
Chris

 

Monthly Social/Visit from Sweatshop

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This Saturday is our monthly social so don't forget to bring some money for a coffee afterwards and:
Sweatshop, the number one running retailer in the UK and proud sponsors of parkrun, have some test shoes (with loads of life left), including some of the top brands, latest styles, that they are looking to clear through on at bargain prices from £25.
Some have only been worn once or twice for short runs and are in near perfect condition!
They will be visiting Barnsley parkrun as a one off, THIS SATURDAY, but this event will be CASH ONLY and products are sold as seen and cannot be returned or exchanged in store.
So if it's time for some new shoes you could pick up a bargain. See you tomorrow morning at Locke Park (Chris)

 

Barnsley parkrun – Event number 109 – 9th March 2013

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The cafe

The cafe's been doing toast and tea/coffee for £1 for the last couple of weeks and will be adding porridge, fruit and tea/coffee for £2 this week. This is a great move forward for us all so please, let's support them as they wouldn't normally open during the Winter on a Saturday and are opening up just for us. So why not stay and have a cuppa and some breakfast after your run.

Don't forget your barcode #dfyb

It was easy in the old days when there were only a few people running round Locke Park but as the numbers grow it becomes more difficult to add runners to the results if they don't have a barcode so, as you'll have seen in the recent parkrun newsletter, "No barcode, no time". It's easy to get multiple copies just follow the link on the weekly newsletter that drops into your inbox print them off and distribute them amongst your bags, coats, glovebox etc. And if you do forget your barcode and run anyway please don't forget to take a token and get it scanned as your time will have been recorded on the stopwatch when you cross the finish line. You won't get a time recorded against your name but it does make the results so much easier to process when tokens match up with times.
Which leads me into...

...don't forget to keep left on the last lap

Recently we've had a few runners crossing the line to the right of the finish which is causing difficulties for us with the stop watch as we don't always know that you have finished, we had an example this week when someone ran behind the timekeeper got a finish token but we hadn't stopped the clock for them. We sorted it out but it takes time when we'd rather be having toast and a coffee. So in future unless you cross the line properly the clock won't be stopped and you won't get a token until you have crossed the line. So don't forget AT THE END OF THE 3RD LAP KEEP LEFT!

We really try and keep rules to a minimum but these little things really do help us with processing the results

This week's results

Men's placings:
Darren MIDDLETON (SM30-34) of Leeds City AC, was first over the line in 16:28 - second time in 2 appearances.
Rhian HASTEY (SM25-29) of Rotherham Harriers & AC, was second over the line in 17:00 - Has been first to finish on 3 previous occassions.
Luke FIELD (SM35-39) (Unattached) was third over the line in 18:02 - Has been first to finish on 2 previous occassions.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Derrick BALDWIN (Barnsley Harriers) 538 pts.
Tim MORGAN (Unattached) 522 pts.
David CRAWSHAW (Unattached) 513 pts.

Women's placings:
Stephanie BURNS (SW20-24) of Rotherham Harriers & AC, was first (5th overall) over the line in 18:40 - first appearance.
Lesley LEGGETT (VW50-54) of Denby Dale Travellers, was second (15th overall) over the line in 21:21 - Has been first to finish on 13 previous occassions.
Kaeti Anne MACKENZIE (VW35-39) of Barnsley AC, was third (26th overall) over the line in 24:03 - Has been first to finish on 8 previous occassions.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Vicky LEVITT (Barnsley Harriers) 567 pts.
Lesley HARPER (Unattached) 558 pts.
Vikki SKIPPER (Barnsley Harriers) 513 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Lesley LEGGETT (VW50-54) was graded 82.59 % for the time 21:21 (15th overall).
Stephanie BURNS (SW20-24) was graded 79.29 % for the time 18:40 (5th overall).
Darren MIDDLETON (SM30-34) was graded 78.95 % for the time 16:28 (first overall).

This week there were 113 runners, of whom 14 were first timers and 21 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 14 different athletics clubs took part.

If anyone is interested in getting involved with volunteering or would like to know how the timing works just email the BarnsleyOffice@parkrun.com or come and a have a chat before or after the parkrun we'll be glad to reveal all
See you all on Saturday
Chris

 

Barnsley parkrun – Event number 107 – 23rd February 2013

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It's a Record!

Originally we thought we had 121 athletes at parkrun on Saturday but when the results were processed it totted up to 122! Brilliant. It's great to see new people coming along to experience the wonder that is Barnsley parkrun.

Race Report

Men's placings:

Glynn PARDY (SM35-39) (Unattached) was first over the line in 18:23 - first appearance.
Damian KILPIN (SM35-39) of Penistone Footpath Runners AC, was second over the line in 18:26 - Has been first to finish on 2 previous occassions.
Paul DODD (SM30-34) of Barnsley Harriers, was third over the line in 19:06.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:

Derrick BALDWIN (Barnsley Harriers) 357 pts.
Tim MORGAN (Unattached) 345 pts.
John DOWNING (kingstone Runners Barnsley) 335 pts.

Women's placings:

Julia JOHNSON (VW50-54) of Holmfirth Harriers AC, was first (20th overall) over the line in 21:24 - first time in 3 appearances.
Emily DODD (SW30-34) of Barnsley Harriers, was second (40th overall) over the line in 24:46 - Was first to finish once before.
Rachel FOX (SW25-29) (Unattached) was third (45th overall) over the line in 24:50.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:

Vicky LEVITT (Barnsley Harriers) 378 pts.
Lesley HARPER (Unattached) 374 pts.
Norma WRIGHT (Unattached) 370 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:

Julia JOHNSON (VW50-54) was graded 78.35 % for the time 21:24 (20th overall).
Mark LAW (VM45-49) was graded 74.64 % for the time 19:27 (6th overall).
Kevin NEILL (VM55-59) was graded 74.62 % for the time 20:57 (13th overall).

This week there were 122 runners, of whom 13 were first timers and 27 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 15 different athletics clubs took part.

Barnsley parkrun started on 22nd January 2011, and since then 1,116 different runners, including participants from 88 athletics clubs, have completed 7,590 runs covering a total distance of 37,950 km, and there have been 1,893 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Julie BRISCOE who ran in a time of 18:07 on 21st July 2012 (event number 76).
The Men's course record is held by Ian KIMPTON who ran in a time of 15:56 on 22nd January 2011 (event number 1).
The Age Grade course record is held by Julie BUCKLEY who recorded a 93.04 % run (19:24) on 30th July 2011 (event number 28).

Course Record

The men's course record has been held since the first ever event back in January 2011. Will no one ever beat it? Do you know someone fast? Bring them along to have a go as it's about time our course record went.

Coffee and Toast

This coming Saturday, 2nd March, the cafe in the park are doing a cup of coffee (or tea we assume) and toast for the grand sum of £1; bargain. Why not stay for a cuppa and a chat after your run.

Tha's it for this week, see you on Saturday
Chris

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