Welcome to this week’s first time parkrunners

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Johnjoe O'GRADY	19:43	Caitlin JONES	36:14
Faye BLOUNT	22:42	Emma HUGHES	36:16
Matthew WALTON	24:14	Kimberley DONALDSON	36:19
Ben DODWELL	26:03	Jodie EVANS	36:22
Ebonie LOGAN	26:31	Jules OWEN	36:46
Shaan GHUMAN	30:13	Katherine BOARD	36:47
Lauren ARMSTRONG	31:01	Chris EVERISS	38:52
Danielle LANGFORD	31:27	Carys BARCHAN	41:06
Shaine LEWIS	33:41	Kellie ROBINSON	41:08
Arjun RANA	34:03	Sarah PERRY	45:46
Martin SVEJDA	35:28	Maggie VICKERY	52:20
Antonia DAVIS	35:30	Alan VICKERY	52:59
Neve PROSSER	36:07

 

Joining us for the first time from other parkruns:

Runner	Time	Runs	Runner	Time	Runs
Melanie JAMES	19:28	37	Jonny EVANS	22:23	3
Jonathan EVANS	19:56	9	David HICKMAN	31:03	18
Paul BARLOW	20:37	136	Louise BULLOCK	31:11	24
Thomas MARTIN	21:17	3	Tracey BARLOW	31:51	119
Tom PENZER ADAMS	21:36	2	Gemma GOODE	32:50	14
Mark JAMES	21:54	12	Diane HORAN	51:07	6

And congratulations to everyone who set a PB this weekend:

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Adam SMITH	16:35	Karen CRESSWELL	28:41
Ian COATES	18:12	Michael RUTHERFORD	29:02
James MCFARLANE	19:20	Sofia PANZO	29:37
Ali HASIP	20:00	Keith LIPPITT	29:52
Nicola ROSS	20:36	Emily MOSZUTI	30:09
Stuart RAWLINGS	21:40	Mark COTTAM	30:10
Karl HILL	21:42	Satnam THIARA	30:19
Graham PENTER	22:25	Ibrahim AHMED	30:44
Verity PEARCE	22:30	Paula CARTER	30:46
Suleman AHMED	22:45	Sophie COATES	31:03
Jenny EVANS	23:37	Anita COATES	31:11
Amelia MCGILL	23:40	Wayne BOOTH	31:21
Ian MCKAY	23:55	Phoebe CAVE	31:23
Sarah LEFTWICH	24:54	Emma LEE	31:25
Liam AUSTIN	25:17	Emma LONGMORE	31:47
Marc BAGGOTT	25:17	Laura WHITEHOUSE	31:52
Darren SMITH	25:20	Sue HARRIS	32:34
Dean BLOOMFIELD	25:39	Neil CUNNINGHAM	33:28
Stephen BIRCH	25:46	Chloe FIRMSTONE	33:33
Jonathan HEALY	25:47	Bal BASSI	33:43
Jordan VAUGHAN	26:13	Varun RANA	35:06
John EVANS	26:17	Jo-Anne GARDENER	35:18
Kara NICHOLLS	26:21	Maddie BROADHURST	35:47
Mark WILSON	26:53	Alyssa BARCHAN	35:57
Sharon CAVE	26:56	Helen GRAINGER	36:00
Lee KETTLE	27:12	Josette BAYLEY	36:34
Michael BROADHURST	27:48	Raj KAUR	38:45
Bridget JONES	27:53	Anisha PATEL	38:54
Hayden NICHOLLS	28:13	Mary DEVANEY	40:28
Jake O'CONNOR	28:19	Sonia DEASI	41:46
Steven BARCHAN	28:32	John BARNES	43:06
Debbie DEEMING	28:34	Megan PRIEST	51:08
Kayleigh TULLY	28:35

480 Runners	32 Clubs Represented
20 First Timers	61 Set a new PB
41 First Time Tourists	35 Unknown (#DFYB)

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Liam BRADLEY	Michael ELWELL	Ursula ELWELL
Harshad PATEL	Amanda GLOVER	Helen HIRST
Steve LAW	Ronald REYNOLDS	Michele LAWRENCE
Martin WALL	Suki Kaur BASSI	James WHITEHOUSE
Chris TUCKER	Terence William ALLSOPP	Sarah Jane TUCKER
Surinder THIND	Linda CUNDLIFFE	Lewis OWEN
David JOHNSON	Phil SAWYER	Gillian TUCKER
Steve COLE	Rick SOLLY	Roxy BABLA
Deborah DUDLEY	Doug GRANT	Chloe GRANT
Tracey GRANT	Aliya ALI	Natasha TOLLEY
Anne MASON	Guy FEARENSIDE	Paul GROCUTT
Rebecca STEELE	Laura MEW	Hayley CARRUTHERS
Jenna COUCH	Isabella MEW	James JOSIAH
Peter TAYLOR	Anne TAYLOR	Mikaela EBANKS
Daren APPLEBY	Ethan WRIGHT

25-Volunteer Club

Volunteer:	Roles Undertaken:	Most Frequent Role Undertaken:
Kevin Galer	6	Barcode Scanning (10 times)

 

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Fifty-Run Club

Runner	Walsall PB	Runs @ Walsall
Jason LEE	21:39	39
Baljit CHEEMA	29:27	50
Manisha PATEL	34:20	49

Most Events - Men

Runner	Club	parkruns completed
Michael ELWELL	Midland Masters AC	432
Hans DUGGAL	Sandwell Valley RC	391
Harshad PATEL	Shabbarunners	356

Most Events - Ladies

Runner	Club	parkruns completed
Ursula ELWELL	Midland Masters AC	423
Joanna BAKER-ROGERS		336
Amy Louise SHEPPARD-TWEEDIE	Cobra RC	305

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Fifty-Run Club

Runner	Walsall PB	Runs @ Walsall
Fletcher COOKSEY	0.0144328703703704	48

On Sundays, 4-14 year olds can take part in junior parkrun, which is run over a 2km distance. The nearest junior parkruns to Walsall Arboretum are :

• Bloxwich juniors (9am start): http://https://www.parkrun.org.uk/bloxwich-juniors/

• Wednesfield juniors (9am start): https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wednesfield-juniors/

• Birches Valley juniors (9am start): http://www.parkrun.org.uk/birchesvalley-juniors/ 

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On This Week In History

 

Date	First Male	First Female	# Runners	# Volunteers
01/09/18	Kevin LOUNDES	Kelly BUTLER	426	34
02/09/17	Kevin LOUNDES	Laura MATTHEWS	417	26
27/08/16	Kevin LOUNDES	Carli BALDWIN	345	27
29/08/15	Thomas BEASLEY	Jennifer HITCHCOTT	265	24
30/08/14	Unknown ATHLETE	Aimee HOPCROFT	231	14
31/08/13	David RATCLIFFE	Suzy STREET-HALL	151	16
01/09/12	Tom GOUGH	Sue DAVIES	65	11

 

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Statistics:

11,849 different runners	19,73 PBs recorded
109,71 runs completed	548,55 km of distance covered
1,090 individual volunteers	9,107 volunteer roles completed

 

Records:

Fastest Lady: Hayley CARRUTHERS	15:58 on 13 July 2019
Fastest Man: Omer AHMED	14:12 on 17 August 2019
Age Grade: Dot FELLOWS	101.78% (23:24) on 30 March 2019
Attendance:580	on 09 March 2019

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Event	Position	Runner	Time	Club	Runs
Chasewater	4 / 0	Elizabeth WATTERS	18:46	Birchfield Harriers	112
Chasewater	48 / 0	Fletcher COOKSEY	23:55		50

If you are a regular tourist - make sure the event you're travelling to is taking place. A full list of cancellations is here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/cancellations/ Please remember that 5k parkruns in England and Wales start at 9:00am. In Scotland and Northern Ireland they start at 9:30am. For international parkruns, please check the local event page for confirmation of their start time.

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Photos:

Any photos used in this post have been taken by Ron Reynolds unless otherwise stated. If you would prefer not to have your photo taken, please speak to the run director on arrival.

Run Report:

Report written by Chris Tucker. If you have anything you'd like to be included, please feel free to contact us via e-mail facebook or twitter.

e-mail	Facebook
walsall@parkrun.com	facebook.com/walsallarboretumparkrun/
Twitter	Instagram
twitter.com/walsallparkrun	https://www.instagram.com/walsall_arbo_parkrun/

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Podcasts:

If you can't wait until Saturday for your next parkrun fix, there are a couple of podcasts that might interest you

• With Me Now

Hosted by Danny Norman and Nicola Forewood (who formerly fronted the parkrun show) - https://withmenow.libsyn.com/

• Free Weekly Timed

Hosted by Vassos Alexander (from the Chris Evans Breakfast Show) and Louise Ayling - http://www.freeweeklytimed.com/

Welcome to this week’s first time parkrunners

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Thomas RALPH	24:28	Chantel CRESSWELL	35:16
James LANGFORD	26:00	Karnail SINGH	35:21
Steven BARCHAN	28:46	Katrina HEALEY	35:28
Simon JONES	29:09	Alyssa BARCHAN	36:46
Emily MOSZUTI	31:07	Kya WILKES	36:49
Harjit HAYER	31:13	Lola MORRIS	38:48
Raymond KING	32:11	Claire SMITH	43:19
Sally SMITH	33:50	Philomena DICKSON	45:06
Tina FLETCHER	34:22	Sue CLARK	1:11:45
Niki MCGRATH	35:06	Megan PRIEST	1:11:45

 

Joining us for the first time from other parkruns:

Runner	Time	Runs	Runner	Time	Runs
Stephen James HOLDCROFT	16:59	10	Jack MATYUS	26:55	2
Daisy MCGRATH	18:04	3	Tracey WILLETTS	27:31	30
Mark GATENBY	20:01	13	Liam MCGRATH	27:54	2
Ali HASIP	20:25	47	Karl BRITTAIN	28:02	2
Rob COSTELLO	20:36	17	Natalie WHITEHOUSE	29:16	4
Tom WIGGINS	20:38	25	Pauline ALLEN	29:29	38
Andrew WILLETTS	21:07	34	Suzanne KEELING	29:38	64
Kevin FOSTER	21:11	19	Zoe GREEN	29:48	4
Scott CAMPBELL	22:03	17	Lewis KEELING	30:07	3
Pete SHERLOCK	22:20	71	Angela CARTER	30:17	129
Panos AGIANNITIS	22:29	51	Claire HINES	31:12	6
Dan O'MALLEY	23:34	163	Dianne CASTREE	32:09	18
Jack BEDFORD	23:40	14	Gary HOLZ	32:13	78
Jessica ADDY	23:48	4	Samuel HINES	33:57	11
Alex COPELAND	24:09	18	Holly KEELING	35:52	13
Steve KEELING	24:17	83	Linda HARPER	36:12	19
Bob JONES	24:36	109	Barbara BRAMLEY	38:06	2
Carolyn THAYNE	26:23	30	Barbara JONES	40:34	87
Kamaljit SINGH SAHOTA	26:30	46	Valerie GILES	42:53	75
Anna SMITH	26:39	70	Juliet ESSEX	45:31	38
Tony NOKE	26:50	68

And congratulations to everyone who set a PB this weekend:

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Daniel ULLAH	16:46	Waheed SALEEM	28:55
Paul COUGHLAN	17:04	Helen NOKE	29:21
Jack EDWARDS	20:41	Neil WRIGHT	30:48
Jeff JONES	20:55	Sofia PANZO	30:52
Daniel PHEASANT	21:26	Sarah SHARMAN	31:00
Stuart RAWLINGS	21:50	Emma LEE	32:16
Samuel MCQUIGG	22:04	Mark COTTAM	32:35
Kaine WATSON	22:15	Meena MISTRY	32:45
Alan JONES	22:27	Wayne BOOTH	32:50
Andy BURROWS	23:07	Glenn CLARKE	33:11
Alexander WALKER	23:31	Sue HARRIS	33:44
Peter BENJAMIN	23:33	Bal BASSI	34:05
Amelia MCGILL	23:43	Gemma BELL	34:11
Stu DALRYMPLE	23:45	Jenna COUCH	34:12
Adrian FROST	23:59	Marion BROOKES	35:53
Pawel LENART	24:32	Karen DOUGLAS	37:09
Lindsey MORGAN	24:58	Susan LLOYD	37:30
Tony BRITTAIN	25:09	Jennifer MANDERS	38:05
James TRUEMAN	25:31	Louise SMITH	38:33
Lee IRVING	25:49	Gareth LLOYD	38:42
Stephen BIRCH	26:08	John Peter WALTERS	39:28
John EVANS	26:20	Raj KAUR	40:43
Steven GARSIDE	26:34	Mary DEVANEY	40:51
Oliver HINES	26:45	John BARNES	43:18
Arron DHESI	26:48	Angela POWELL	43:31
Matt TOLLEY	26:58	Beverley GOHAGAN	44:30
Danielle KIRTON	27:03	Hillary W-MINTO	48:01
Lewis BURDEN	27:46	Kirit PATEL	48:07
Michael BROADHURST	28:21	Hema PATEL	48:08
Natalie HAMILTON	28:26	Harmandeep SINGH	49:10
Louise ADAMS	28:33

429 Runners	38 Clubs Represented
19 First Timers	40 Set a new PB
31 First Time Tourists	37 Unknown (#DFYB)

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Michael ELWELL	Ursula ELWELL	Harshad PATEL
Steve LAW	Ronald REYNOLDS	Michele LAWRENCE
Chris TUCKER	Terence William ALLSOPP	Surinder THIND
Linda CUNDLIFFE	Lewis OWEN	Samuel MCQUIGG
Gillian TUCKER	Steve COLE	Judith MASSEY
Roxy BABLA	Lee SMIRTHWAITE	Michael HUGHES
Aliya ALI	Natasha TOLLEY	Annette COWLEY
Xanthe TOLLEY	Sharon MIDDLETON	Guy FEARENSIDE
Claire HICKEN	John KEMPSON	Hayley CARRUTHERS
Sally RIDDING	John HIGGINS	Anne TAYLOR
Mikaela EBANKS	Ethan WRIGHT	Saara KHAN
Alexander WALKER

25-Volunteer Club

Volunteer:	Roles Undertaken:	Most Frequent Role Undertaken:
Claire Crook	6	Marshal (20 times)
Rahul Vashisht	4	Tail Walker (13 times)
Ian Hadley	1	Marshal (25 times)

 

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Fifty-Run Club

Runner	Walsall PB	Runs @ Walsall
Scott STOKES	19:38	41
Julian JACOBS	22:33	9
Baljit BAINS	30:28	49

One Hundred-Run Club

Runner	Walsall PB	Runs @ Walsall
Sarah VOUT	29:57	64

Most Events - Men

Runner	Club	parkruns completed
Michael ELWELL	Midland Masters AC	431
Jason VIGRASS	Aldridge RC	307
Daniel ROBINSON	Birmingham Running Athletics and Triathlon Club	291

Most Events - Ladies

Runner	Club	parkruns completed
Ursula ELWELL	Midland Masters AC	422
Nahida BEGUM		303
Lisa DIMBLEBY	Birchfield Harriers	287

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Fifty-Run Club

Runner	Walsall PB	Runs @ Walsall
Lewis OWEN	23:27	47

One-Hundred Run Club

Runner	Walsall PB	Runs @ Walsall
Ewan COPP	27:20	87

On Sundays, 4-14 year olds can take part in junior parkrun, which is run over a 2km distance. The nearest junior parkruns to Walsall Arboretum are :

• Bloxwich juniors (9am start): http://https://www.parkrun.org.uk/bloxwich-juniors/

• Birches Valley juniors (9am start): http://www.parkrun.org.uk/birchesvalley-juniors/ 

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On This Week In History

 

Date	First Male	First Female	# Runners	# Volunteers
25/08/18	Kevin LOUNDES	Carli BALDWIN	372	31
26/08/17	David WAPLE	Penelope Jane BARBER	386	26
20/08/16	Benjamin BOULTER	Louise BOOKER	195	25
22/08/15	Chris POULTON	Penelope Jane BARBER	304	20
23/08/14	Chris PERRIN	Gemma SIDAWAY	257	14
24/08/13	Tom GOUGH	Stacey JOHNSON	176	14
25/08/12	Martin WILLIAMS	Stacey JOHNSON	69	10

 

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Statistics:

11,788 different runners	19,67 PBs recorded
109,23 runs completed	546,15 km of distance covered
1,086 individual volunteers	9,063 volunteer roles completed

 

Records:

Fastest Lady: Hayley CARRUTHERS	15:58 on 13 July 2019
Fastest Man: Omer AHMED	14:12 on 17 August 2019
Age Grade: Dot FELLOWS	101.78% (23:24) on 30 March 2019
Attendance:580	on 09 March 2019

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Event	Position	Runner	Time	Club	Runs
Colby	193 / 282	Karen WAPLE	31:37	Aldridge RC	159
Medina	69 / 391	Carson TWEEDIE	23:36	Cobra RC	280
Medina	80 / 391	Amy Louise SHEPPARD-TWEEDIE	24:09	Cobra RC	304
Henley Wood, Oswestry	109 / 119	Julia SAWYER	40:48		10
Henley Wood, Oswestry	110 / 119	Phil SAWYER	40:49	Chase Harriers	101
Woolacombe Dunes	257 / 339	Ewan COPP	41:33		100
Woolacombe Dunes	73 / 339	Jason COPP	28:41		121

If you are a regular tourist - make sure the event you're travelling to is taking place. A full list of cancellations is here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/cancellations/ Please remember that 5k parkruns in England and Wales start at 9:00am. In Scotland and Northern Ireland they start at 9:30am. For international parkruns, please check the local event page for confirmation of their start time.

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Photos:

Any photos used in this post have been taken by Ron Reynolds unless otherwise stated. If you would prefer not to have your photo taken, please speak to the run director on arrival.

Run Report:

Report written by Chris Tucker. If you have anything you'd like to be included, please feel free to contact us via e-mail facebook or twitter.

e-mail	Facebook
walsall@parkrun.com	facebook.com/walsallarboretumparkrun/
Twitter	Instagram
twitter.com/walsallparkrun	https://www.instagram.com/walsall_arbo_parkrun/

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Podcasts:

If you can't wait until Saturday for your next parkrun fix, there are a couple of podcasts that might interest you

• With Me Now

Hosted by Danny Norman and Nicola Forewood (who formerly fronted the parkrun show) - https://withmenow.libsyn.com/

• Free Weekly Timed

Hosted by Vassos Alexander (from the Chris Evans Breakfast Show) and Louise Ayling - http://www.freeweeklytimed.com/

Welcome to this week’s first time parkrunners

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Grace TERRY	21:41	Neil CUNNINGHAM	37:10
Dawn HODGETTS	24:47	Alice GILLINGHAM	39:51
Earl PIGGOTT-SMITH	25:02	Rachel GILLINGHAM	39:52
Teresa GONCALVES	25:34	Helen WHITEHOUSE	40:56
Lee KETTLE	28:27	Sonia DEASI	43:15
Stephen BIRCH	28:28	Grace GARSIDE	46:03
Keith LIPPITT	31:05	Emma HARRIS	46:08
Elizabeth BEDDARD	33:03	Joseph OWEN	47:38
Hannah MEADE	34:32	Mandeep RANA	49:25
Varun RANA	36:14

 

Joining us for the first time from other parkruns:

Runner	Time	Runs	Runner	Time	Runs
David WARRINGTON	23:04	132	Rosamund PAYNE	31:21	6
Graham PENTER	23:40	7	Anna TUCKMAN	31:49	187
Royston ROUND	23:49	19	Jeremy TUCKMAN	31:49	184
Ellen HOPE	24:46	12	Maryse BESSMAN	31:51	7
Mick O'CALLAGHAN	24:47	48	Elaine SHAW	32:53	3
Rusty MILES	25:01	30	Diane HOLLINSHEAD	32:54	13
James WEBB	25:28	55	Amanda MACKIE	32:54	14
Mia CLARIDGE	25:33	6	Debra LLOYD	33:02	4
Greg HART	25:49	147	Sara YATES	33:07	4
Robyn THOMAS	26:13	16	Laura GREENHOUSE	33:08	2
Hilary MATHESON	26:30	14	Cathleen FRANKE	35:45	6
Alice PAYNE	28:08	16	Elena RICHARDS	40:04	5
Jordan MCMAHON	29:11	19	Jessica TUCKMAN	40:29	44
Louise DICKSON	29:44	34	Jayne PHELPS	44:41	83
Kayleigh GEDI	30:33	7	Steven GARSIDE	46:03	6
Reece KENDRICK	30:48	2

And congratulations to everyone who set a PB this weekend:

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Daniel ROBINSON	15:44	John EVANS	27:44
Pravesh PATEL	15:55	Georgina PERRY	28:07
Adam BODIN	17:45	Paul JOHNSON	28:13
Kelly BUTLER	18:34	Jake O'CONNOR	28:39
Morgan BRADLEY	18:37	Michael BROADHURST	28:54
Mandeep CHATHA	19:13	Waheed SALEEM	29:12
Steve BIDDLE	19:22	Emma LICHFIELD	30:32
Daniel BARRETT	19:24	Rosalind TURNER	30:49
James MCFARLANE	19:28	Sonya WINFIELD	31:57
Lee PLIMMER	20:12	Michelle LLEWELLYN	32:34
Phil CLARIDGE	21:16	Emma LEE	33:15
Jack EDWARDS	21:17	Bal BASSI	34:17
Kaine WATSON	22:36	Wayne BOOTH	34:27
Alexander WALKER	23:32	Natalie DEEMING	34:40
Joshua DOVEY	24:00	Carol HARRISON	35:56
Pawel LENART	24:38	Marion BROOKES	36:07
Rahul PATEL	25:31	Amita PATEL	36:33
Vikki CLARIDGE	25:37	Viraj PATEL	37:16
Ed HAMBLIN	25:45	Richard TAYLOR	38:26
Julia GRAY	26:46	Katharine DENNING	48:03