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PLEASE RETURN OUR FINISHING DISCS

Please could I ask for your HELP, we are missing 5 of the finishing discs from last Saturday 17th April....

if you have them could you please return them to us, we use them EVERY SATURDAY and because they are Barcoded they are not easy to replace. If you could bring them along and return them to one of the Finishing team we would much appreciate it.

Thanks

Phil

Wed 04/21/2010

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Event 111 - Report 10th April 2010

The Sun brings them out in their 100’s ~ quite literally as we smash our previous biggest field with 227 finishers ….

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Sun 04/11/2010

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Barcode ONLY Registration from 1st May 2010

From Saturday 1st May 2010 we will be trying the BARCODE ONLY system here at Cardiff parkrun ....

The reason we are doing this is to try and make our life easier, each week we still have to make adjustments due to people with similar names being recorded incorrectly; it also allows us to speed up the system. So please start getting used to bringing your Barcode with you, after the 1^st May if you haven’t got your Barcode then you will appear in the Results as an Unknown Runner and your record will not be credited with your performance.

Looking for your barcode? A link to it can be found in the weekly newsletter email, in your results email, or we can send you an email with your link.

We recommend that once you have printed off your Barcode that you laminate it or cover it with sticky back plastic to protect it, please don’t reduce or enlarge the size of it as this may cause problems when scanning it.

Phil

Sat 04/10/2010

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Event 110 - Report 3rd April 2010

The return to the Original Cardiff parkrun course following the road works in the park saw 57 PB’s recorded which included both our Winners ….

The start of April saw the return to the normal course for Cardiff parkrun 110 after 3 months on the temporary course. Our runners were treated to almost perfect conditions as well as the return to normal, and this brought out the best in some of our runners as we had our 2^nd biggest field with 185 finishers, among them we had 57 PB’s recorded, and 26 first timers today.

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Since Cardiff parkrun started back in February 2008, we've had 1935 runners from 142 different clubs record a total of 2374 PB's, this gives us a total of 9489 runs completed adding up to a total distance covered of 47445 Kms.

In the Men’s event, it was Steve Paterson (San Domenico) and Ed Takata (Cardiff AAC) that led the way through the 600m point, they were closely followed by Chris Discombe (Les Croupiers), there was then a gap back to a group which formed a string of Richard Wilder (Les Croupiers), Stuart Crees (Les Croupiers), Jonathan Barnes (Wye Valley Runners), Lian Davies (Unattached), Phil George (Les Croupiers), Peter Crane (Neath Harriers) and Moses Tutesigensi (Cardiff Uni). As they entered the Playing fields and passed through about the 1 ½ km point it was Steve who had gained a small advantage over Ed, there was then a gap back to Chris in third but he was staying steady and slowly closing the gap down on the 2 in front. There was now a group of 3 together behind, made up of Stuart, Richard and Jonathan, they were then strung out behind with gaps between each of Phil, Lian, Peter, Richie Bullen (Les Croupiers) and Dave Headon (Les Croupiers). As they rounded the Nursery loop for the first time in 2010 Chris had continued his charge and had moved past Ed and then Steve, so as they approached the last mile it was Chris leading very slightly over Steve, but there was now a significant gap back to Ed. There had been some movement behind as well, as Phil had now moved himself up on to the shoulder of Stuart as Richard and Jonathan shadowed them. Richie was next to show, followed by Peter and Lian, there was then a gap back to Dave, with Nick Dukes (Les Croupiers) also starting to show. As they entered the last 200m they had really been strung out, Chris was now well clear and out of sight as Steve maintained 2^nd, Stuart was now in 3^rd place and still being chased by Phil. Next to follow was Jonathan, Richard and then Ed and Peter had managed to get himself back past Richie. These positions stayed the same through to the finish.

1^st	Chris Discombe	Les Croupiers	15:37	New PB
2^nd	Steve Paterson	San Domenico	15:53
3^rd	Stuart Crees	Les Croupiers	16:34
4^th	Phil George	Les Croupiers	16:42	New PB
5^th	Richard Wilder	Les Croupiers	16:46
6^th	Jonathan Barnes	Wye Valley Runners	16:49	New PB
7^th	Ed Takata	Cardiff AAC	17:05
8^th	Peter Crane	Neath Harriers	17:12	New PB
9^th	Richie Bullen	Les Croupiers	17:17
10^th	Lian Davies	Unattached	17:30
11^th	Dave Headon	Les Croupiers	17:37	New PB
12^th	Nick Dukes	Les Croupiers	17:42
13^th	Oliver Williams	Unattached	17:55
14^th	Scott Howell	Les Croupiers	18:04
15^th	Dan Whaites	Unattached	18:13
16^th	Sylvie Lloyd (SW)	Unattached	18:13	New PB
17^th	David Crane	Neath Harriers	18:21
18^th	Ruth Tyler (SW)	Les Croupiers	18:33	New PB
19^th	Alun Wyn Evans	Unattached	18:39
20^th	Gary Brown	Penarth & Dinas Runners	18:41	New PB
21^st	Scott Hemmens	Les Croupiers	18:46	New PB
22^nd	James Moyer	Unattached	18:54
23^rd	Clara Evans (JW)	Hereford & County AC	18:55
24^th	Mark Richmond	Pegasus AC	18:56	New PB

In the Ladies event, Sylvie Lloyd (Unattached) was making her first appearance for a few weeks having been working in London and made her intentions clear, as they passed through the first 600m she had Clara Evans (Hereford & County AC) for company, there was then a small gap back to Ruth Tyler (Les Croupiers). We then had a significant gap back to the next runner – Heather Graz (Unattached) who was tucked up nicely within a group of men; there was then a further gap back to Sally Haselhurst (San Domenico) who also had a group of men for company. With the first mile done Sylvie was now on her own but not yet fully clear as Ruth was determined to try and hang on, Clara was now in 3^rd place, with Heather and Sally maintaining their positions. The nursery loop was now complete and they were on the way home, as they entered the final mile it was still the same situation with Sylvie in front and Ruth keeping her in sight. Clara was still in 3^rd but the gap was starting to come down as both Heather and Sally trying to close their relative gaps. Entering the final 200m Sylvie had now taken full control and had clear daylight between herself and Ruth, Clara still had a healthy advantage in 3^rd with Heather in 4^th, but Sally was starting to close in but unfortunately was now running out of course, and that’s how it stayed until the end.

1^st	Sylvie Lloyd	Unattached	18:13	New PB
2^nd	Ruth Tyler	Les Croupiers	18:33	New PB
3^rd	Clara Evans	Hereford & County AC	18:55
4^th	Heather Graz	Unattached	19:14	New PB
5^th	Sally Haselhurst	San Domenico	19:26
6^th	Liz Ashton	Les Croupiers	21:37
7^th	Joanne Tucker	Les Croupiers	21:57	New PB
8^th	Liz Sowter	Les Croupiers	22:04
9^th	Jessica Element	Unattached	22:12
10^th	Steph Davies	Pontypridd Roadents	22:46
11^th	Cheryl Hicks	Unattached	23:00	New PB
12^th	Sheryl Evans	Hereford & County AC	23:13	New PB
13^th	Wendy Owen	San Domenico	23:34
14^th	Ruth Barrett	Unattached	23:35
15^th	Sasha Macken	Les Croupiers	23:37	New PB
16^th	Yvonne Bullen	Les Croupiers	23:39

In the Age Grade performances top spot this week went to Richie Bullen (Les Croupiers) {VM45-49} with 84.67%. There was another 80%+ performances this week from Peter Crane (Neath Harriers) {VM45-49} with 84.40%; Dave Headon (Les Croupiers) {VM45-49} with 83.07%; Chris Discombe (Les Croupiers) {SM30-34} with 82.82%; Sandy Johnston (Les Croupiers) {VM60-64} with 82.43%; Steve Paterson (San Domenico) {SM30-34} with 81.85%; Sylvie Lloyd (Unattached) {SW20-24} with 81.24%; Scott Howell (Les Croupiers) {VM45-49} with 81.00%; Clara Evans (Hereford & County AC) {JW15-19} with 80.88%; and David Crane (Neath Harriers) {VM50-54} with 80.38%.

This week we had 2 Age Group Records

Sylvie Lloyd	SW20-24	18:13	81.24%	Unattached
Heather Graz	VW35-39	19:14	78.77%	Chepstow Harriers

The biggest improvement on the day went to Allan Price (Unattached) 324 secs. There were several others who improved by over 1 minute: Meryll Maalat (Unattached) 144 secs; Daniel Greaves (Unattached) 75 secs; Gareth John (Unattached) 74 secs; Matt Govier (Unattached) 69 secs; and Stephen Treasure (Unattached) 61 secs.

Young & Old ~ our youngest competitors today were Daniel Greaves (Unattached), Jordan Bowen (Unattached), Matthew Turnbull (Unattached), Bethany Self (Unattached) and Joanna Diffey (Unattached) in the Jnr 14 Age Group. While at the other end of the spectrum we had Errol Alexis (Les Croupiers) in the VM70-74 category.

The point’s competition: In the Ladies Competition Wendy Owen (San Domenico) has an 84 pts lead over Stephanie Davies (Pontypridd Roadents). While in the Men’s top spot is held by Paul Morris (Les Croupiers) who leads by 1 pt over Dominic Shields (San Domenico).

Men		Ladies
Paul Morris (Les Croupiers)	528 pts	Wendy Owen (San Domenico)	650 pts
Dom Shields (San Domenico)	527	Stephanie Davies (Pontypridd Roadents)	566
Alistair Wood (San Domenico)	503	Juliet Sidney (San Domenico)	523

Not forgetting all those who gave up their time this morning to help make today’s run possible ~ Derek WILLIAMS; John GRIFFIN; Jeff ASTON; Jenny HUGHES; Rowena MELBOURNE; David PROUD; Matt TOWNSEND; Wouter POORTINGA; Eirian ARWYN; Alan BLADEN; Ron MORRIS; Mick McGEOCH; Steve LEWIS; Howard OWEN; Stephen OWEN and Phil COOK

A big thank you to everyone who has supported us here at Cardiff parkrun and helped us develop and grow, we look forward to seeing you again in the future. Please remember to tell your friends and family about our event.

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Don’t forget – every Saturday 9.00am on the Taff Trail alongside Tesco Extra – Western Avenue.

Why not join us for Coffee after in the Coffee Shop at Tesco.

See you next week.

Phil

Sat 04/10/2010

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Cardiff Parkrun 109 - 27 March 2010

Parkrun PBs for male and female winners ...

The race director is racing in Berlin this weekend so you will have to read my ramblings again!

It was a bright morning and quite still so there the conditions were good for the parkrunners.

In his thirtieth parkrun Nick Dukes (Les Croupiers) got his first win and to top it all he was rewarded with a 2 second PB in 16:42. Pushing him at the finish - just 7 seconds behind - was Matthew Gurmin (Swansea Harriers).

Eighth in the race was Beckie Woodland (South London Harriers). This was her 12th parkrun but her first in Cardiff. Her 18:03 clocking gave her second on the all-time Cardiff list and her fastest parkrun.

We had 157 finishers this week with 31 first timers and 28 PBs.

Age Graded ~ The best Age Grade performance this week went to Beckie Woodland with 81.99%.

Young & Old ~ our youngest competitors today were in the Junior 14 group - they were Jack Fear (Newport Harriers), Zoe Hollway (Cwmbran) and Matthew Grantham, Daniel Greaves, Katie Long, Olivia Hiscocks and Joanna Diffey (all Unattached). Once again, Errol Alexis (Les Croupiers) in the VM70-74 category was the oldest.

In the points competition the early leaders in the Ladies competition are Wendy Owen 562, last year's winner Stephanie Davies 475, Juliet Sidney 442 and Sarah Francis 437. In the Men's competition the current leader is Andrew Blair 477, followed by Paul Morris 464, Dominic Shields 455 and Alistair Wood 448.

Not forgetting all those who gave up their time this morning to help make today’s run possible ~ Alan BLADEN, Andrew SEDGMOND, Caroline DALLIMORE, David E WILLIAMS, Derek WILLIAMS, Des DAVIES, Eirian ARWYN, Howard OWEN, Jen SALTER, John GRIFFIN, Katie BEECHER, Liz ASHTON, Matthew TOWNSEND, Nick DALLIMORE, Steve OWEN, Wouter POORTINGA and Jeff ASTON.

A big thank you to everyone who has supported us here at Cardiff parkrun and helped us develop and grow, we look forward to seeing you again in the future. Please remember to tell your friends and family about our event.
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Don’t forget – every Saturday 9.00am on the Taff Trail alongside Tesco Extra – Western Avenue.

Why not join us for Coffee after in the Coffee Shop at Tesco.

See you next week.

Jeff

Mon 03/29/2010

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