On a VERY cold mornng, 21 amazing volunteers braved Storm Arwen's gusting winds, rain and horizontal snow.   A big thank you to:

Andrew FIELD  •  Ashley PENDLEBURY  •  Barbara FIELD  •  Becky THOMPSON  •  Bridget HALLETT  •  Casey RAYMENT  •  Catalina LEE  •  Daniel SMITH  •  Debra FRY  •  George THOMPSON  •  John RICE  •  Martyn POOLE  •  Michele COOK  •  Mike KIMBER  •  Neil EVANS  •  Ris SCOTT  •  Rob BOARDMAN  •  Sarah BROCKLESBY  •  Steve PURSEY  •  Trudy REED  •  William LEE

201 Athletes also ventured out into the elements including 3 first timers to parkrun. Welcome Thomas, Guy and Heather, we look forward to seeing you again. We were also joined by 13 tourists from other parkrun events including Porthcawl, Worcester, Cranbrook Country Park, Southsea, Burnham and Highbridge, Bath Skyline, Somerdale Pavilion, Chipping Sodbury and Ashton Court.

Congratulations to Joseph EVENDEN and Amanda GILES on your 25th finishes; to Daniel CHARLESWORTH and Joy MAIN on your 50th finishes and to James DUNNE on your 100th finish.

See you all again soon,
Ris

Pomphrey Hill parkrun
Event number 331
27th November 2021

This week 201 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 16 were first timers and 19 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 30 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 21 volunteers:

Neil EVANS • William LEE • Catalina LEE • Ris SCOTT • Daniel SMITH • Mike KIMBER • Trudy REED • Debra FRY • Ashley PENDLEBURY • John RICE • Bridget HALLETT • Sarah BROCKLESBY • Steve PURSEY • Martyn POOLE • Andrew FIELD • Barbara FIELD • Michele COOK • Casey RAYMENT • Becky THOMPSON • Rob BOARDMAN • George THOMPSON

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

The male record is held by Patrick MARTIN who recorded a time of 15:37 on 4th February 2017 (event number 156).
The female record is held by Victoria KENNY who recorded a time of 17:49 on 11th September 2021 (event number 320).
The Age Grade course record is held by Caroline LAVIS who recorded 91.77% (25:31) on 1st January 2020 (event number 304).

Pomphrey Hill parkrun started on 1st March 2014. Since then 11,251 participants have completed 80,476 parkruns covering a total distance of 402,380 km, including 14,118 new Personal Bests. A total of 1,134 individuals have volunteered 7,773 times.

The sun was nowhere to be seen, there was a hint of 'mizzle' in the air but it was quite mild and the sight of the beautiful Autumn colours were all around as William and I arrived and set up the course for our 330th event. Friendly hellos were exchanged with other early morning visitors to the playing fields and as we ventured up to the pavilion to prepare for our volunteers we could see the first of the team were ready to don their hi-vis. Before long I'd ticked off all the names on the volunteer roster and those new to their roles had plenty of support from the rest of us and seemed happy to give it their best shot, whether that was marshalling, timekeeping, scanning, handing out finish tokens or tail walking. I have to say you were a lovely jolly team and did a great job all round!

Big thanks to all the volunteers who made the event possible

Janet JENKINS • Neil EVANS • Thelma GARNER • Deb WRIGHT • William LEE • Catalina LEE • Anna THOMAS • Elisabeth HIPPE-HEISLER • Yvonne LOGAN • Anne WATKINS • Stephen JENKINS • Jane CROZIER • Toni WALSH • Sarah BROCKLESBY • Sally CURNICK • Steve PURSEY • Andrew FIELD • Barbara FIELD • Michele COOK • Casey RAYMENT • Kerri VAUGHAN • Neil HARRISON • Gena FRANCKE • Rob BOARDMAN • Julia ZIMMEK • James C. • Chris SIGGERY • George THOMPSON

211 parkrun athletes crossed the finish line in times ranging from 18 minutes or so up to just over 60 minutes, all having completed the 5k distance. An amazing 33 finishers achieved a PB - week done all. A big welcome and congratulations to you 6 first timers, we hope you enjoyed parkrun and will soon be back for more. A big welcome also goes to our 18 visitors from other parkruns, some in the local area and quite a few from further afield including Colwick, Forest Rec, Tring, Lydiard and the Forest of Dean. We hope you liked the challenge of going Up Pomphrey! three times and that you'll call in to visit Mr Hill again to renew your acquaintance!

Congratulations to George Turner who not only reached his 10th Junior Milestone run but did it in style with a 23:58 pb time! 25th Milestone Run congratulations to Carole Pugh and Rebecca Palmer. Four parkrunners clocked up their 50th Milestone run - well done Richard Parker, Julian Morgan and congratulations too to Matas Barisauskas and mum Jurgita Bariskauskene who celebrated theirs together.

Until next parkrunday, wishing all you parkrun runners, walkers, volunteers and supporters a good week.

Catalina

Run Director

Pomphrey Hill parkrun
Event number 330
20th November 2021

This week 211 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 25 were first timers and 33 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 24 different clubs took part.

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

The male record is held by Patrick MARTIN who recorded a time of 15:37 on 4th February 2017 (event number 156).
The female record is held by Victoria KENNY who recorded a time of 17:49 on 11th September 2021 (event number 320).
The Age Grade course record is held by Caroline LAVIS who recorded 91.77% (25:31) on 1st January 2020 (event number 304).

Pomphrey Hill parkrun started on 1st March 2014. Since then 11,235 participants have completed 80,275 parkruns covering a total distance of 401,375 km, including 14,099 new Personal Bests. A total of 1,132 individuals have volunteered 7,752 times.

We had a bumper crop of Couch to 5k course graduates at Pomphrey this week. Their orange t-shirts certainly brightened things up.  Here they are at the first timers' briefing:

They were among 35 first timers for event number 329.  We had visitors from Stroud, Wimbledon, Chipping Sodbury and Ashton Court.

After the briefings they joined everyone else at the start and all 271 of today's parkrunners headed off into the distance:

Three times 'Up Pomphrey!' later they came into the finish funnel having completed their graduation runs.

We hope they and all the other newcomers to Pomphrey Hill parkrun enjoyed their first visit and will keep coming back.

Among the other runners there were 23 Personal Best performances so well done to all.  Amongst those with PBs was the first finisher Jack Pitcher with a super speedy time of 17:56.  Two of the first timers were top of the age graded results with Jill Harrison achieving 88% and Katrina Rye 80%.  Very impressive!

Congratulations to William Quantick and Mark Butterworth on their 25th parkrun milestone and to Johnny Phatbouy and Geoff Ferguson on their 50th parkrun milestone.

None of this was possible without our team of hi-vis heroes of course.  Many thanks to every one of them.

They all did a great job and took their various roles in their stride.  Special mention to Thomas Wood and Guy Wood who were first time volunteers.  They enjoyed it and will be back in the pink hi-vis soon.  We need about 25 volunteers each week so there are always plenty of roles to be filled.  Please come forward to volunteer when you can.  The future roster and how to contact us to volunteer is here

Until next time...

William

Pomphrey Hill parkrun - Event number 329 - 13th November 2021

This week 271 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 35 were first timers and 23 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 26 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 24 volunteers:

Ian TILEY • Jackie THORNE • Chris THORNE • William LEE • Catalina LEE • Anna THOMAS • Ruth GARBE • Ris SCOTT • Anna FORD • Sally BARTRAM • Yvonne LOGAN • Anne WATKINS • Stephen JENKINS • Jane CROZIER • Andreas GARBE • Andrew BANFIELD • Sarah BROCKLESBY • Michael FRANCIS • Paula DUNWELL • Casey RAYMENT • Nancy SHELTON • Neil HARRISON • Thomas WOOD • Guy WOOD

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

The male record is held by Patrick MARTIN who recorded a time of 15:37 on 4th February 2017 (event number 156).
The female record is held by Victoria KENNY who recorded a time of 17:49 on 11th September 2021 (event number 320).
The Age Grade course record is held by Caroline LAVIS who recorded 91.77% (25:31) on 1st January 2020 (event number 304).

Pomphrey Hill parkrun started on 1st March 2014. Since then 11,210 participants have completed 80,064 parkruns covering a total distance of 400,320 km, including 14,066 new Personal Bests. A total of 1,128 individuals have volunteered 7,724 times.

We were not going to let a little unexpected rain dampen our spirits on this Saturday's event. As always a valiant team of volunteers turned up bright and early to ensure this event was a success.

Going above and beyond to make sure leaves on the line (or path) didn't cause any delays

The event was made possible by 26 volunteers:

Ian CROZIER • Adrian GRIMSHAW • Steven BURGE • Neil EVANS • Alyssa GRIMSHAW • Anna THOMAS • Ris SCOTT • Daniel SMITH • Carolyn DONOGHUE • Stephen JENKINS • Jane CROZIER • Philip RILEY • Trudy REED • Ellie DARK • Philip WARRY • Sarah BROCKLESBY • Alivia HARVEY • Dave JONES • Claire MATHIESON • Will MATHIESON • Elliot MATHIESON • Gary WOODRUFF • Kelly MILLS • Casey RAYMENT • Kerri VAUGHAN • Mike DONOGHUE

Thanks to each and every one of the volunteers for joining me early on a wet Saturday. If you would like to join the wonderful band of volunteers then please do drop us an email at Pomphreyhill@parkrun.com. We will support you in whatever role you choose and I can guarantee it will be a fabulous feel good way to start the weekend.

Our very own Catalina and William Lee (run and event director) were celebrating their 250th parkrun, and as the parkrun 250 milestone t shirt is green, many of us marked the occasion by joining in with the green. It was great to see a green team making their way around Pomphrey in support of the Lees, reminding us all that parkrun is not just about the time you cross the finish line but who you cross the line with.

Green guard of honour!

This week 266 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 19 were first timers and 33 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 29 different clubs took part.

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

The male record is held by Patrick MARTIN who recorded a time of 15:37 on 4th February 2017 (event number 156).
The female record is held by Victoria KENNY who recorded a time of 17:49 on 11th September 2021 (event number 320).
The Age Grade course record is held by Caroline LAVIS who recorded 91.77% (25:31) on 1st January 2020 (event number 304).

Pomphrey Hill parkrun started on 1st March 2014. Since then 11,175 participants have completed 79,793 parkruns covering a total distance of 398,965 km, including 14,043 new Personal Bests. A total of 1,126 individuals have volunteered 7,700 times.

Trudy (run director)

Event 325 started on a cool autumnal morning. The park is looking gorgeous as the leaves are starting to change. The sun never quite broke through the mist which meant for perfect running conditions for our runners whilst not too chilly for our volunteers.

Earlier this week, I was a very nervous Run Director as the volunteer roster was looking quite bare. I was hoping the launch of the new milestone t-shirts may encourage more parkrunners to step up and volunteer. If the appeal of the pink high-vis vest isn’t enough of a lure, maybe the temptation of a new milestone t-shirt would be? To read more about the milestone t-shirts available click here.

Please do volunteer for us, we need 8 volunteers for a safe run, 16 volunteers for a run that will be counted and today we had 28 amazing volunteers (we will never turn away a volunteer but may encourage you to volunteer at a future event):

Adrian GRIMSHAW • Neil EVANS • Alyssa GRIMSHAW • Thelma GARNER • Meryl GRIMSHAW • Tiernan GRIMSHAW • Alex MORRISON • Anna THOMAS • Vic GARNER • Ian JONES • Colin JOHNSTONE • Anna FORD • Daniel SMITH • Jane CROZIER • Richard GAYLE • Duncan GOUGH • George CLARKE • Katrina MORRISON • John RICE • Bridget HALLETT • Sarah BROCKLESBY • Martyn POOLE • George DENHAM • Andrew FIELD • Richard FOWLER • Casey RAYMENT • Jackie RICE • Neil HARRISON

Today we were seeing red, as Barbara Sullivan invited friends to wear Red for her 100^th run at parkrun today. In true style, they all ran together as a group and an army of red crossed the line with Barbara in the lead. Congratulations Barbara! Congratulations also to Matthew Rawling, a prolific runner with 81 junior parkruns under his belt, he has now completed his 10^th 5k parkrun. Well done Matthew!

We had 45 first timers with us today, a dozen of whom were completing their very first parkrun. Welcome one and all, we hope to see you again soon. Well done to the 50 folks who achieved a PB today. One PB that’s worth a mention, is Stephen Kerr today’s first finisher. Stephen visited us once before 2 years ago and had an improvement of almost 90 seconds, which is the distance between him and today’s second finisher! Phenomenal effort and today’s highest age grade of 77%. It was lovely this week to receive an email to see we had a VI guide (George Clarke) joining us with his runner, he must have done a wonderful job as Steve Seaton also achieved a PB today.

It's great to see some post event feedback on our Facebook page. Comments this week included:

Bridget Jean Jones - Thanks to all the volunteers. You are amazing. I was a tourist from Walsall Arboretum parkrun . Great to try new parkruns.

Lesley Pymm - Thanks to everyone. We were touring from Perry Hall parkrun and really enjoyed the run. Interesting course and very friendly.

Nicola Ruth - Really enjoyed visiting today from Chippenham parkrun, was a bonus being 1st in my age category too.

Later on in the month we have our Halloween event on 30^th October. We invite everyone to wear their scariest costumes whether you are running or volunteering.

Until next time, stay safe.

Meryl Grimshaw
Run Director

Pomphrey Hill parkrun
Event number 325
16th October 2021

This week 257 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 45 were first timers and 50 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 33 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 28 volunteers:

Adrian GRIMSHAW • Neil EVANS • Alyssa GRIMSHAW • Thelma GARNER • Meryl GRIMSHAW • Tiernan GRIMSHAW • Alex MORRISON • Anna THOMAS • Vic GARNER • Ian JONES • Colin JOHNSTONE • Anna FORD • Daniel SMITH • Jane CROZIER • Richard GAYLE • Duncan GOUGH • George CLARKE • Katrina MORRISON • John RICE • Bridget HALLETT • Sarah BROCKLESBY • Martyn POOLE • George DENHAM • Andrew FIELD • Richard FOWLER • Casey RAYMENT • Jackie RICE • Neil HARRISON

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

The male record is held by Patrick MARTIN who recorded a time of 15:37 on 4th February 2017 (event number 156).
The female record is held by Victoria KENNY who recorded a time of 17:49 on 11th September 2021 (event number 320).
The Age Grade course record is held by Caroline LAVIS who recorded 91.77% (25:31) on 1st January 2020 (event number 304).

Pomphrey Hill parkrun started on 1st March 2014. Since then 11,103 participants have completed 79,053 parkruns covering a total distance of 395,265 km, including 13,966 new Personal Bests. A total of 1,118 individuals have volunteered 7,623 times.

Waking up on International parkrun day to pouring rain in Bristol, you can be forgiven for looking out the window and saying “not today thank you”. For those that wanted to run, walk or jog with friends at Pomphrey Hill playing fields, they braved the wet weather and hit the park in good spirits. Steve welcomed all his volunteers with a smile and a huge thank you, this week they included:

Brian ADAMSON, Sally BARTRAM, Sarah BROCKLESBY, Anne BURGE, Steven BURGE, Ian CROZIER, Jane CROZIER, Mike DIMOND-JONES, Sandra DRAKETT, Lee DYER, Thelma GARNER, Vic GARNER, Adrian GRIMSHAW, Alyssa GRIMSHAW, Meryl GRIMSHAW, Tiernan GRIMSHAW, Richard HELLIAR, Valerie HELLIAR, Steve MOODY, Casey RAYMENT, Trudy REED, Anna THOMAS, Adam TOON, Nick WHITE

At the pre-run brief, Steve also sang to us which cheered everyone up no end – if you missed this delight, you can find it again here! Whilst folks didn’t join in his rendition of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” the spontaneous applause showed folks appreciation for his efforts of dancing in the rain.

Heading to the start there was no sign of the rain and wind letting up, so we were very happy to get running straight away. Seeded in approximate finishing order really helps here, as it helps those running about the same pace to make companiable conversation if they choose to. I wonder if the runners who gathered on the startline of Bushy Park time trial had conversation as they were running 17 years ago? They certainly took the time to enjoy a coffee afterwards while they awaited their results. All those years ago results were out on Wednesday or posted in the local paper, this week results texts and emails were received at 11.15 on the same day.

23 different countries around the world now host parkrun events, with 730 locations to choose from in the UK alone. It’s free, for everyone and hopefully forever. Events welcome everyone who wants to join us and these include a variety of folks:

• Runners completing their first ever parkrun such as Marc, Ashley, Lee, Reuben, Imogen, Andrew, Judith, Nicola and Darcie – welcome, we hope to see you again soon.
• Runners completing their first Pomphrey Hill parkrun such as Sarah, Stephen, Chris, Georgina, Jamie, Joy, Mark, Martin and Tim – our tourists, many thanks for visiting we hope you come back to see us again.
• Runners completing milestone runs who this week included Sally Curnick and Michelle Hart completing their 50^th parkruns – congratulations ladies.
• Runners going for a Personal Best (PB) such as Ed, Alfie, Wendy, Samantha, James Perrett, Louise, Kate, Mark, Alec, Simon, Paul, Dave, Paul, Kevin, Katie, Abby, George, Nicola, Johnny, Alasdair, Owain, James Pheasant, Sean and Linda.
• Everyone else running 5k on a Saturday morning because “it’s parkrunday”.

Whatever your motivation and reason for running, to know you’ll receive a warm welcome is one of the things that makes parkrun just so magical.

As it’s parkrun’s birthday, why don’t you give yourself a special treat? Why not login to your parkrun profile via the results email you received. Check your ICE details are correct and up to date, is your nearest and dearest now a Mrs instead of a Miss? Have they changed their contact number? Are your medical conditions listed to help volunteers in the event of an emergency? Please do take the time to check all this information and print out a fresh set of barcodes. Each A4 print out has 6 copies of the barcode for you to store somewhere safe. So that you never forget your barcode why not put a copy in the car, in your wallet, in your running jacket, inside your running shoe or stick a copy in a phone case (remember we don’t accept barcodes on mobile phones). Run Directors remember a lot of kit each Saturday to put on a safe parkrun, all you need is your barcode.

Now it’s October we’ll be hosting a Halloween parkrun event where we encourage folks to dress up in their Halloween costumes on Saturday 30^th October – that’s 4 weeks away so no excuses folks!

Until next time, run safe!

Meryl Grimshaw

Pomphrey Hill parkrun
Event number 323
2nd October 2021

This week 190 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 18 were first timers and 24 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 24 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 24 volunteers:

Ian CROZIER • Adrian GRIMSHAW • Steven BURGE • Anne BURGE • Alyssa GRIMSHAW • Thelma GARNER • Meryl GRIMSHAW • Tiernan GRIMSHAW • Anna THOMAS • Vic GARNER • Nick WHITE • Valerie HELLIAR • Richard HELLIAR • Sally BARTRAM • Sandra DRAKETT • Jane CROZIER • Trudy REED • Lee DYER • Brian ADAMSON • Sarah BROCKLESBY • Adam TOON • Steve MOODY • Casey RAYMENT • Mike DIMOND-JONES

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

The male record is held by Patrick MARTIN who recorded a time of 15:37 on 4th February 2017 (event number 156).
The female record is held by Victoria KENNY who recorded a time of 17:49 on 11th September 2021 (event number 320).
The Age Grade course record is held by Caroline LAVIS who recorded 91.77% (25:31) on 1st January 2020 (event number 304).

Pomphrey Hill parkrun started on 1st March 2014. Since then 11,028 participants have completed 78,540 parkruns covering a total distance of 392,700 km, including 13,878 new Personal Bests. A total of 1,110 individuals have volunteered 7,569 times.