In line with previous years decisions and following a discussion with the Dartford parkrun  core team we have decided not to stage special parkruns for  Christmas and New Years day.

We will however be holding the normal Dartford parkrun on Saturday 21st and  28th of December as well as the first parkrun of 2020 on Saturday  4th January 2020.

Run Director: Brian DOWNTON

Yes 250^th Dartford parkrun!

This week 246 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 24 were first timers and 25 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 19 different clubs took part.

See you again next Saturday at 9am and – remember - #loveparkrun and #dontforgetyourbarcode!

 

Personal Bests

We had 25 runners who recorded new Personal Bests.

Tim ALLEN                           21:21

Alexander SPOONER      22:35

Adam ELLIOTT                    22:49

Jarvis STOCKFORD           24:23

Christine MUNDAY          26:03

Mark SIMS                          26:10

Owen HUNTER                  26:33

David CLARK                       27:00

Alex WARD                         27:41

James WILKINSON           27:50

Stephanie WILLS               28:11

Karen MCGREGOR           29:48

Sita DAWSON                    29:54

Jenny LAMBERT                29:58

James FISHER                     31:06

Ethan HARRIS                    31:23

Richard GREENWOOD    31:53

Abi MOSS                            32:02

Nirmala LAMICHHANE   32:48

Karen CONNOLLY             33:11

Kazu SHIRAISO                  33:17

Gayle WARD                       35:35

Joy JONAS                           37:03

Joanne JACKSON              38:33

Judith ELLIOT                     56:08

 

For those who missed out on PBs, there’s always next week to have another crack at it.

 

Milestones

Congratulations to

Deji ORESANWO for completing 150^th Parkrun

Victoria MURTON for completing 100^th Parkrun

Sita DAWSON for completing 100^th Parkrun

Elleke HARRIS for completing 50^th Parkrun

Gill MELVIN for completing 50^th Parkrun

Joe WYTHE for completing 50^th Parkrun

Damian LUCKMAN for completing 50^th Parkrun

 

 Male Placings

Mouctar BARRY	17:17	JM15-17	Central Park Athletics
Kieran HUGHES	19:01	VM50-54	Dartford Harriers AC
Mark JONES	19:36	SM30-34	Eastleigh RC

 

Female Placings

Anoushka JOHNSON	21:24	VW45-49	Central Park Athletics	14th overall
Ashley O'BRIEN	22:48	VW50-54	Central Park Athletics	25th overall
Olwen WESTERLAND	23:31	VW35-39		30th overall

 

Full results and a complete event history can be found on the Dartford parkrun Results Page.

 

 Volunteers

Parkrun would not be possible without the many volunteers who among other things scan barcodes, click stop watches and cheer support; we thank everyone who volunteered to help at the 250th at Dartford today.

As ever, massive thanks are due to the volunteers for helping to make it all happen. This week, we had 19 volunteers:

Terry MERRY • Diane YUSUF • Joe YUSUF • Denise MAYOW • Brian DOWNTON • Tessa HAMPTON • Megan FLETCHER • Elizabeth NICHOLSON • Alan MAJOR • Tracy DANIELS • Barry NICHOLSON • Amanda CROCKFORD • Jane LANGTON • Vinod KALIA • Mark PAULDING • Louise SUNKUR • Lucas SAVILL • Margaret GALLAGHER • Caroline D

The female record is held by Holly PAGE who recorded a time of 17:57 on 5th September 2015 (event number 56).

The male record is held by Corey DE 'ATH who recorded a time of 15:31 on 10th October 2015 (event number 61).

The Age Grade course record is held by Alan CAMP who recorded 87.24% (18:33) on 5th August 2017 (event number 151).

Dartford parkrun started on 26th July 2014. Since then 5,120 participants have completed 43,863 parkruns covering a total distance of 219,315 km, including 7,070 new Personal Bests. A total of 566 individuals have volunteered 4,831 times.

Run Director: Barry NICHOLSON

What a gorgeous weather for parkrun, we had 215 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 21 were first timers. Representatives of 18 different clubs took part.
See you again next Saturday at 9am and – remember - #loveparkrun and
#dontforgetyourbarcode!

Personal Bests
We had 33 runners who recorded new Personal Bests. Rowan MCTEER who has a 50th parkrun milestone has recorded a PB too. Now that’s fantastic effort.

Other regulars with at least 20 runs at Dartford who got new PBs included
Ntufam KAY
Peter THOMAS
For those who missed out on PBs, there’s always next week to have another crack at it.

Milestones
Congratulations to Rowan MCTEER who reached the 50th run milestone. Out of the 50 parkrun Rowan has done 10 runs at Dartford Parkrun and 66 Junior parkruns too.

Male Placings
Mouctar BARRY 17:24  JM15-17     Central Park Athletics
Joshua TEECE 17:36(PB) SM30-34 Central Park Athletics
Richard FARRINGTON 20:09 SM30-34

Female Placings
Susan DIXON 22:16  VW50-54  10 th overall
Emily HALL 22:44(PB) SW30-34 West End Runners 14 th overall
Lauren BOWEN 23:18 JW11-14 Dartford Harriers AC 23 rd overall

Full results and a complete event history can be found on the Dartford parkrun Results Page.

Volunteers
Parkrun would not be possible without the many volunteers who among other things scan barcodes, click stop watches and cheer support; we thank everyone who volunteered to help at the 241st at Dartford today.

As ever, massive thanks are due to the volunteers for helping to make it all happen. This week, we had 27 volunteers:
Diane YUSUF • Joe YUSUF • Kate HARGREAVES • Kevin WAKEMAN • Vanessa
HARGREAVES • Ben MOONEY • Kayley LOFT • Andree WAKEMAN • Mick COX • Jan
PYNE • Megan FLETCHER • Elizabeth NICHOLSON • Steven TURTON • Alan MAJOR •Lisa JONES • Tracy DANIELS • Barry NICHOLSON • Tracy BALFE • Oliver BALFE •
Vaishali Dhiren BHANUSHALI • Vinod KALIA • Deirdre ARNOULD • Adam WATTS • Stuart MCTEER • John MCCULLIE • Lucas SAVILL • Margaret GALLAGHER

The female record is held by Holly PAGE who recorded a time of 17:57 on 5th September 2015 (event number 56).
The male record is held by Corey DE 'ATH who recorded a time of 15:31 on 10th October 2015 (event number 61).
The Age Grade course record is held by Alan CAMP who recorded 87.24% (18:33) on 5th August 2017 (event number 151).

Dartford parkrun started on 26th July 2014. Since then 4,939 participants have completed 42,064 parkruns covering a total distance of 210,320 km, including 6,878 new Personal Bests. A total of 560 individuals have volunteered 4,649 times.

Good afternoon, just a reminder there will be no Dartford parkrun on Saturday 11th May 2019 as the Dartford Steam Fair will be setting up/opening for the weekend in Central Park.

If you have never been to the Steam Fair , its well worth a visit , its on the 11th and 12th May 2019.

Don't miss out on your parkrun just because we are not open , why don't you visit other parkrun's nearby , if you have never tried Dartford Heath now is a great opportunity.

Our friends at Dartford Heath will gladly welcome you.

Please note if you are visiting Dartford Heath, check their internet page for information on parking and please note there are no toilet facilities!!

There are other local parkruns also listed on our internet page for your information.

Barry Nicholson
Event Director
Dartford parkrun