This morning saw Eastleigh parkrun reach the grand ol' age of 2 years!! Not only was that reason to celebrate but it was also our 101st event! Good reason to wear something spotty.

As it was our anniversary event, it gave us the opportunity to reward several people with stylish glass engraved trophies. The trophy winners are listed below:

• Male Championship Winner 2012 - Andrew King
• Male Championship Runner-Up 2012 - Kieron Batt
  
• Female Championship Winner 2012 - Tamsyn Smith
• Female Championship Runner-Up 2012 - Susan Bryan
• Junior Male Championship Winner 2012 - Max Costley
• Junior Female Championship Winner 2012 - Emma Hopkins
• Club Award 2012 - Winchester and District AC
• Most Runs Award 2012 - Lordshill Road Runners

Many congratulations to you all.

We also took the opportunity to hand out lots of club T-shirts. Well done to all of you that received your well-earned club Ts! We have a number of 10 club T-shirts which have been unclaimed. If you are awaiting one, please get in touch via eastleighOffice@parkrun.com.

Men's placings:

• Ant GRITTON (SM20-24) (Unattached) was first in 18:15 - second win in 5^th appearance.
• Matthew James DUFFIN (JM15-19) of Winchester and District AC, was second in 18:38.
• Robert BRYAN (VM40-44) of Winchester and District AC, was third in 19:15.

Women's placings:

• Emma PATEL (SW30-34) of Winchester and District AC, was first (14^th overall) in 20:29 - 9^th win in 12^th appearance.
• Sophie DARLING (SW20-24) of Southampton AC, was second (24^th overall) in 21:10 - 1 previous win.
• Samantha Zoe APLIN (SW20-24) of Eastleigh RC, was third (43^rd overall) in 23:09.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:

• David CLOTHIER (L A Fitness Running Club Southampton) 100 pts.
• Stuart SMITH (Lordshill Road Runners) 100 pts.
• Ant GRITTON (Unattached) 100 pts.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:

• Tamsyn May SMITH (Lordshill Road Runners) 100 pts.
• Jill Alison WHITE (Unattached) 100 pts.
• Luana COX (Lordshill Road Runners) 100 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:

• Ian MORAN (VM50-54) was graded 72.73 % for the time 20:47 (16^th overall).
• Matthew James DUFFIN (JM15-19) was graded 72.45 % for the time 18:38 (second overall).
• Emma PATEL (SW30-34) was graded 72.34 % for the time 20:29 (14^th overall).

This week there were 143 runners, of whom 21 were first timers and 19 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 17 different athletics clubs took part.

Eastleigh parkrun started on 8th May 2010, and since then 2,720 different runners, including participants from 158 athletics clubs, have completed 14,321 runs covering a total distance of 71,605 km, and there have been 3,424 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Sandra BOWERS who ran in a time of 18:12 on 29th October 2011 (event number 77).

The Men's course record is held by Tom ANDERSON who ran in a time of 15:18 on 19th November 2011 (event number 80).

The Age Grade course record is held by Ian READE who recorded a 85.36 % run (16:44) on 30th April 2011 (event number 51).

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

Volunteers

In order to run the event, we need 10 - 15 volunteers each week. If you would like to help, please email eastleighHelpers@parkrun.com. All we ask is for is just over an hour of your time and in return, for the first 3 times you volunteer each year, you'll earn 100 points. We encourage regular parkrunners to volunteer 3 times per year.

Post run meeting at Fleming Park Cafe

We would like to encourage runners to join us for a hot drink or snack at the cafe in Fleming Park Leisure Centre.

Here are the results of Saturday's parkrun:

Men's placings:

• Julian MANN (SM35-39) of Winchester and District AC, was first in 18:03 - first win in 4^th appearance.
• Ben PITMAN (SM20-24) of Lordshill Road Runners, was second in 18:09 - 3 previous wins.
• Andy GRIGGS (SM30-34) (Unattached) was third in 18:30 - 4 previous wins

• Emma PATEL (SW30-34) of Winchester and District AC, was first (22^nd overall) in 20:42 - 8^th win in 11^th appearance.
• Laure VAN DEN BROECK (VW35-39) of Lordshill Road Runners, was second (30^th overall) in 21:32.
• Sarah Louise KEMP (SW25-29) of City of Salisbury A & RC, was third (33^rd overall) in 21:46.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:

• Andrew KING (Unattached) 3224 pts.
• Kieron BATT (Eastleigh RC) 3199 pts.
• Robert BRYAN (Winchester and District AC) 3065 pts.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:

• Tamsyn May SMITH (Lordshill Road Runners) 3602 pts.
• Susan BRYAN (Winchester and District AC) 3553 pts.
• Claire DEACON (Southampton Running Sisters) 3511 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:

• Julian MANN (SM35-39) was graded 73.50 % for the time 18:03 (first overall).
• David SULLIVAN (VM45-49) was graded 72.85 % for the time 19:46 (11^th overall).
• Mark Robert STILEMAN (VM40-44) was graded 72.51 % for the time 19:24 (8^th overall).

This week there were 141 runners, of whom 21 were first timers and 12 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 19 different athletics clubs took part.

Eastleigh parkrun started on 8th May 2010, and since then 2,699 different runners, including participants from 157 athletics clubs, have completed 14,178 runs covering a total distance of 70,890 km, and there have been 3,405 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Sandra BOWERS who ran in a time of 18:12 on 29th October 2011 (event number 77).

The Men's course record is held by Tom ANDERSON who ran in a time of 15:18 on 19th November 2011 (event number 80).
 

The Age Grade course record is held by Ian READE who recorded a 85.36 % run (16:44) on 30th April 2011 (event number 51).

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

Men's placings:

• Lucas CLEMENTS (JM15-19) of Southampton AC, was first in 18:08 - second win in 8^th appearance.
• Ben PITMAN (SM20-24) of Lordshill Road Runners, was second in 18:35 - 3 previous wins.
• Iain CROSS (SM30-34) of Southampton AC, was third in 18:54 - 1 previous win.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:

• Andrew KING (Unattached) 3132 pts.
• Kieron BATT (Eastleigh RC) 3108 pts.
• Robert BRYAN (Winchester and District AC) 2981 pts.

Women's placings:

• Karen RUSHTON (VW40-44) of South West Veterans AC, was first (21^st overall) in 21:01 - 9^th win in 28^th appearance.
• Sue SLEATH (VW45-49) of Hardley Runners, was second (24^th overall) in 21:48 - 4 previous wins.
• Sonia RUSHBY (VW35-39) of Eastleigh RC, was third (28^th overall) in 22:18 - 5 previous wins.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:

• Tamsyn May SMITH (Lordshill Road Runners) 3521 pts.
• Susan BRYAN (Winchester and District AC) 3458 pts.
• Claire DEACON (Southampton Running Sisters) 3427 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:

• Lucas CLEMENTS (JM15-19) was graded 76.75 % for the time 18:08 (first overall).
• Sue SLEATH (VW45-49) was graded 75.08 % for the time 21:48 (24^th overall).
• Karen RUSHTON (VW40-44) was graded 74.86 % for the time 21:01 (21^st overall).

This week there were 110 runners, of whom 18 were first timers and 3 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 18 different athletics clubs took part.

Eastleigh parkrun started on 8th May 2010, and since then 2,678 different runners, including participants from 154 athletics clubs, have completed 14,037 runs covering a total distance of 70,185 km, and there have been 3,393 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Sandra BOWERS who ran in a time of 18:12 on 29th October 2011 (event number 77).
The Men's course record is held by Tom ANDERSON who ran in a time of 15:18 on 19th November 2011 (event number 80).
The Age Grade course record is held by Ian READE who recorded a 85.36 % run (16:44) on 30th April 2011 (event number 51).

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

Men's placings:

• Graham BUNGAY (VM45-49) of Totton Running club, was first in 18:47 - first win in 6th appearance.
• Robert BRYAN (VM40-44) of Winchester & District AC, was second in 19:16.
• Paul LACEY (SM25-29) of Lordshill Road Runners, was third in 19:19.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:

• Andrew KING (Unattached) 3132 pts.
• Kieron BATT (Eastleigh RC) 3016 pts.
• Robert BRYAN (Winchester & District AC) 2891 pts.

Women's placings:

• Karen HAZLITT (VW40-44) of Winchester & District AC, was first (12th overall) in 20:43 - 17th win in 40th appearance.
• Sue SLEATH (VW45-49) of Hardley Runners, was second (19th overall) in 21:24 - 4 previous wins.
• Martha NEAL (SW20-24) (Unattached) was third (20th overall) in 21:25.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:

• Tamsyn May SMITH (Lordshill Road Runners) 3432 pts.
• Susan BRYAN (Winchester & District AC) 3363 pts.
• Claire DEACON (Southampton Running Sisters) 3340 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:

• Sue SLEATH (VW45-49) was graded 76.48 % for the time 21:24 (19th overall).
• Graham BUNGAY (VM45-49) was graded 76.04 % for the time 18:47 (first overall).
• Karen HAZLITT (VW40-44) was graded 75.95 % for the time 20:43 (12th overall).

This week there were 128 runners, of whom 16 were first timers and 20 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 14 different athletics clubs took part.
 
Eastleigh parkrun started on 8th May 2010, and since then 2,660 different runners, including participants from 154 athletics clubs, have completed 13,927 runs covering a total distance of 69,635 km, and there have been 3,390 new Personal Bests.
 
The Women's course record is held by Sandra BOWERS who ran in a time of 18:12 on 29th October 2011 (event number 77).

The Men's course record is held by Tom ANDERSON who ran in a time of 15:18 on 19th November 2011 (event number 80).

The Age Grade course record is held by Ian READE who recorded a 85.36 % run (16:44) on 30th April 2011 (event number 51).
 
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Eastleigh parkrun Results Page.

On Saturday, we saw the return of Eastleigh parkrun after a temporary mothballing of the event of several weeks.

At the time of the announcement that Eastleigh parkrun would close for a couple of months, some doubted whether it would return. We promised it would and were good to our word. Not only did we come back to life 2-3 weeks earlier than we'd hoped but we did so in a completely new venue - Fleming Park. This park was the old golf course which closed in 2009.

Following a week of, er, mixed weather ranging from sunshine to storms, we were pleased to see the forecast was for a dry Saturday morning. This was particularly welcomed following our trial event where a downpour at the start of the event meant a few slippery sections and a lot of wet runners! Fortunately, a drier few days meant that the course had chance to dry out sufficiently. For those that had taken part in the mid-week trial event, the feedback received had been used to improve the course. Many, many thanks to Gareth and Dave for yet more course re-design and measuring to bring us a much improved version in time for our 97th parkrun.

Many thanks also to all of our volunteers for helping our return run so smoothly. Special thanks to our course set up team who arrived extra early to make sure adequate signage and cones were in place to avoid any course-confusion.

Run Director, James Saunders, kicked off the event with the pre-run briefing. This was rounded off with the presentation of a few club T-shirts. Congratulations to Klara Lyne and Daniella Mattingly on receiving their 10-club T-shirts. Congratulations also to Alison Mears on receiving her 50-club T-shirt. Several Eastleigh parkrunners completed milestone parkruns on Saturday. These include Carolyn Ireland (10-club), Peter Hart (10-club), Charlie Hart (10-club), Chris Kemp (10-club) and Lin Webb (50-club). We hope to reward your T-shirts in the next month or two. Many thanks to adidas for providing this great incentive for regular parkrun participation.

With Netley Abbey parkrun enjoying their 5th parkrun, we were expecting some regular Eastleigh parkrunners to remain there to enjoy its high PB potential flatter course. However, we were all pleasantly surprised to see an almost-even split of attendance between the two venues (135 (54%) at Fleming Park and 118 (46%) at Royal Victoria Country Park). With 253 parkrunners across both events, this was encouraging to see and we anticipate both events being able to cope with lots of growth through the year.

On to the run...

This week there were 135 runners, of whom 24 were first timers and 23 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 18 different athletics clubs took part.

Men's placings:

• Peter HART (JM15-19) of Southampton AC, was first in 18:08 - third win in 7^th appearance.
• Iain CROSS (SM30-34) of Southampton AC, was second in 18:24 - 1 previous win.
• Christophe DORMENVAL (SM20-24) (Unattached) was third in 18:32.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:

• Andrew KING (Unattached) 3032 pts.
• Kieron BATT (Unattached) 2820 pts.
• Robert BRYAN (Winchester & District AC) 2792 pts.

Women's placings:

• Karen HAZLITT (VW40-44) of Winchester & District AC, was first (20^th overall) in 20:47 - 16^th win in 39^th appearance.
• Laure VAN DEN BROECK (VW35-39) of Lordshill Road Runners, was second (29^th overall) in 21:38.
• Sonia RUSHBY (VW35-39) of Eastleigh RC, was third (30^th overall) in 21:43 - 5 previous wins.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:

• Tamsyn May SMITH (Lordshill Road Runners) 3340 pts.
• Susan BRYAN (Winchester & District AC) 3269 pts.
• Claire DEACON (Southampton Running Sisters) 3249 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:

• Karen HAZLITT (VW40-44) was graded 75.70 % for the time 20:47 (20^th overall).
• John MACINNES (VM45-49) was graded 73.53 % for the time 19:54 (11^th overall).
• Liz STILLO (VW55-59) was graded 73.20 % for the time 25:04 (59^th overall).

Eastleigh parkrun started on 8th May 2010, and since then 2,644 different runners, including participants from 153 athletics clubs, have completed 13,799 runs covering a total distance of 68,995 km, and there have been 3,370 new Personal Bests.

The Men's course record is held by Tom ANDERSON who ran in a time of 15:18 on 19th November 2011 (event number 80).

The female equivalent is jointly held by Claire Nichols and Barbara Hosack who ran 18:19 on 22/05/10 (event number 3) and 19/06/10 (event number 7) respectively. Husky-assisted Sandra Bowers ran in a time of 18:12 on 29th October 2011 (event number 77).

The Age Grade course record is held by Ian READE who recorded a 85.36 % run (16:44) on 30th April 2011 (event number 51).

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

Volunteers

In order to run the event, we need 10 - 15 volunteers each week. If you would like to help, please email eastleighHelpers@parkrun.com. All we ask is for is just over an hour of your time and in return, for the first 3 times you volunteer each year, you'll earn 100 points. We encourage regular parkrunners to volunteer 3 times per year.

A parkrun baby!

It gives us great pleasure to be able to announce  the safe arrival of a parkrun baby! Mum and Dad, Tim Poultney and May Glover Gunn are regular parkrunners at Eastleigh and have announced the arrival of their first son, Samel. Many congratulations to you all. :-)

Post run meeting at Fleming Park Cafe

We would like to encourage runners to join us for a hot drink or snack at the cafe in Fleming Park Leisure Centre.