Welcome to this week’s first time parkrunners

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Boris WORRALL	25:05	Daniel TUCK	30:56
Billy PRITCHARD	28:29	Archie RICHMOND	39:30
Aleigha STRAWFORD	30:56

 
Joining us for the first time from other parkruns:

Runner	Time	Runs	Runner	Time	Runs
Oliver MORGAN	20:52	79	Chris J MOORE	26:23	454
Stephen NGUYEN	20:58	30	Ben MORGAN	27:06	3
John BAXTER	21:51	71	Margaret HARVEY	27:26	223
Christopher TINGLE	22:10	103	Nick TINGLE	30:01	7
Elspeth ADAMSON-WOODS	22:19	76	Peter WHITWORTH	32:21	19
Georgia DELANEY	23:30	43	Tamika BURKE	39:23	2
Helen LIPSCOMB	25:46	244	Cathryn JONES	1:01:04	3
Michael SMITH	26:22	75

And congratulations to everyone who set a PB this weekend:

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Ben DEAN	18:16	Arleta HUGHES	27:44
Stephen HOGAN	18:34	Gemma GOODE	28:19
Warren KENT	19:43	Sally GORDON	28:31
Joe WAIT	19:58	Katie LAW	29:15
Mark SIMPSON	19:59	Rebecca STONE	29:34
Joe SHORE	20:04	Daniel WAITE	32:10
Robert BOWEN	20:14	Rudra BHATT	32:26
Laura CRICK	20:48	Talvin KALIRAI	32:30
Angel CARIATA	22:00	Melonie FARRELL	33:13
Phil BALL	23:09	Kelly REID	33:15
Mitchell TOMLINSON	23:15	Nicola SCRIVENS	34:49
Paul EATON	24:25	Gillian PINNEGAR	35:00
Simon PEACH	24:41	Adam GOULD	35:19
Andrew D HERRING	24:45	Amy CASSIDY	36:47
Jake DILWORTH	25:33	Bhakti SHAH	38:34
Rachel PRITCHARD	25:35	Eliza WILLIAMS	41:28
Lydia KING	25:48	Agnes JOHAL	42:29
Kevin ADAMS	27:26	Caitlin CLARKE	45:42
Joseph KINGSTON	27:41

Saturday's event turned out to be a celebration of Mick Elwell's magnificent achievement of reaching 500 parkruns and the first at Walsall to achieve this. Mick was well supported by family and friends and great to see so many milestone t shirts in support.

The occasion was made even special with Ursula, daughter Carol and 2 Granddaughters running with him with Elizabeth achieving her 10 milestone and Eve celebrating her 9th birthday.

In addition to this Mick and Ursula are both members of our Core team and are at the Arboretum early every week regardless of weather to ensure the course is checked and set up then help put away afterwards. Both have completed well over 300 volunteer credits although would be close to 500 as this wasn't recorded the same way in the early days.

Well done and thank you Mick we are very proud of you from all the Core team, volunteers and all the Walsall parkrun family

Although not official milestones worthy mentions to Helen Phillips, 300 & Linda Cundliffe 350.

I'm pleased to report our friend Peter who had to go to hospital as a precautionary measure returned home yesterday afternoon and was settled and comfortable, thank you to the marshals and runners who stopped to assist and make sure Peter was okay

305 Runners	35 Clubs Represented
7 First Timers	27 Set a new PB
30 First Time Tourists	12 Unknown (#DFYB)

 

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Peter DIMBLEBY	Michael ELWELL	Ursula ELWELL
Harshad PATEL	Steve LAW	Michele LAWRENCE
Bunny KYD	Gary JENKINS	Gavin Simon HARRISON
Michelle YOUNG	Terence William ALLSOPP	Linda CUNDLIFFE
Anthony SMITH	Phil SAWYER	Ray BEECH
David POYNTON	Steve COLE	Graham MIDDLETON
Lesley COOPER	Rick SOLLY	Natasha TOLLEY
Matt TOLLEY	Julian RODERICK	Melonie FARRELL
Victoria BIRD	Daren APPLEBY	Tom GLIBBERY
Penny GLIBBERY	Bobby SINGH	Jordan BIRD
Tamzin AHMED	Aarti BHUPLA

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50-Run Club

Runner	Runs @ Walsall	Walsall PB
Amy KHAN	50	28:43

500-Run Club

Runner	Runs @ Walsall	Walsall PB
Michael ELWELL	424	21:57

Most Events - Men

Runner	Club	parkruns completed
Michael ELWELL	Midland Masters AC	500
Harshad PATEL	Aldridge RC	423
Jason VIGRASS	Aldridge RC	372

 

Most Events - Ladies

Runner	Club	parkruns completed
Ursula ELWELL	Midland Masters AC	491
Linda CUNDLIFFE	Walsall Arboretum Running Club	350
Lisa DIMBLEBY	Aldridge RC	335

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10-Run Club

Runner	Runs @ Walsall	Walsall PB
Liam HILL	1	18:17
Lucie MILLS	8	26:32
Elizabeth OWEN	10	36:17

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: http://https://www.parkrun.org.uk/bloxwich-juniors/

• Wednesfield juniors: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wednesfield-juniors/

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On This Week In History

 

Date	First Male	First Female	# Runners	# Volunteers
2021	No parkrun at Walsall	No UK parkruns (COVID-19)
14/03/20	Liam HARROLD	Cristina O'BRIEN	359	46
16/03/19	Abraham AHFOROM	Carli BALDWIN	437	38
17/03/18	Jonathan CARTER	Ellie CLARKE	333	35
18/03/17	Chris BAXTER	Elizabeth WATTERS	400	32
12/03/16	Elliot HIND	Louisa DAVIDSON	362	25
14/03/15	Daniel ROBINSON	Joanne KENT	285	28
15/03/14	James Edward BOOKER	Amy Louise SHEPPARD-TWEEDIE	224	13
16/03/13	Jonathan CARTER	Aimee HOPCROFT	100	7
17/03/12	James PERRIN	Suzy STREET-HALL	49	15

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Statistics:

14,330 different runners	22,752 PBs recorded
134,003 runs completed	670,015 km of distance covered
1,290 individual volunteers	1,145 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	102.90% (23:34) on 14 March 2020
Attendance: 739	on 25 December 2019

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Photos:

Any photos used in this post have been taken by Julian RODERICK unless otherwise stated. If you would prefer not to have your photo taken, please speak to the run director on arrival. The link to this week's photos is here

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	@walsallarboretumparkrun
Twitter	Instagram
@Walsallparkrun	@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 Helen Williams - http://www.freeweeklytimed.com/

Welcome to this week’s first time parkrunners

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Raha ERNEST	29:55	Scarlet GOODYEAR	39:53
Kamara BARNETT	32:44	Natalie WEBSTER	39:53
Maximus RYDER-CADDY	33:26	Louise SMITH	40:55
Ayshea BYRNE	35:27	Olivia LLEWELLYN	42:38
Victoria WHITEHOUSE	36:57	Rebecca JONES	50:23
Steven MASON	37:39	Gwyneth JONES	51:52
Aaron VINCENT	37:42	Debra JONES	51:53
Joanna LEES	38:40

Joining us for the first time from other parkruns:

Runner	Time	Runs	Runner	Time	Runs
Jason BENNETT	16:12	6	Emma HALL	30:56	4
Peter COTTERELL	17:10	14	Stephen HALL	30:57	2
Adam GAILITIS	20:48	7	Amy NELSON	34:38	45
Jason BUTLER	21:32	21	Emma SKITT	34:40	6
Jorja WRIGHT	21:42	5	Isaac MILLINGTON	37:07	3
Ross BRIND	22:42	10	Kirsty MILLINGTON	38:36	4
Robert LANGFORD	22:57	13	Charlene HYDE	39:50	6
David GARBUTT	24:10	12	Mychelle CADMAN	41:02	4
Tom PHILLIPS	28:28	2

And congratulations to everyone who set a PB this weekend:

Runner	Time	Runner	Time
Alastair STEED	18:40	Nicola BRIERLEY	29:51
Martin WINKLES	19:00	Stephen GALLAGHER	29:57
James WHITEHOUSE	19:13	Georgia GILLIVER	30:03
Peter GASKELL	19:59	Denise BAGSHAW	30:15
Arron DHESI	21:58	Butta BHAMRA	30:19
Jake LLOYD	22:48	Katie BAGSHAW	30:23
Victoria WILLIAMS	23:34	David MCALLISTER	31:52
Steve PARKER	23:36	Hitesh PATEL	32:14
Darren MARSHALL	23:54	Tony TURNER	32:26
Jack BOWSER	23:58	Stacey HUNT	33:33
Jamie BEADLE	24:54	Claire THOMAS	34:25
Lucie MILLS	26:32	Janet RAJU	34:33
Ian PERRY	26:36	Steph WARD	35:28
Tony NOKE	26:39	Clare MARSHALL	37:37
Erin MCHUGH	27:15	Manya SHAH	38:06
Raj PATEL	27:30	Bhakti SHAH	38:37
Ian DUNBAR	27:31	Peter CARMAN	39:28
Jay PATEL	27:32	Stacey Marie WELCH	40:25
Helen NOKE	28:38	Anne STANLEY	40:52
Daniel JONES	29:30	Jodie DAVIES	42:26
Mark SHERRED	29:42	Julie JONES	43:32
Rebecca STONE	29:44

271 Runners	25 Clubs Represented
4 First Timers	32 Set a new PB
14 First Time Tourists	16 Unknown (#DFYB)

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Peter DIMBLEBY	Lisa DIMBLEBY	Michael ELWELL
Ursula ELWELL	Harshad PATEL	Jane QUINN
Carol WATSON	Helen HIRST	Michele LAWRENCE
Bunny KYD	Alan BRITTON	Wendy SARGEANT
Chris TUCKER	Terence William ALLSOPP	Surinder THIND
Linda CUNDLIFFE	Anthony SMITH	Ray BEECH
Graham MIDDLETON	Nicholas BRYARS	Anne MASON
Julian RODERICK	John KEMPSON	Stuart RAWLINGS
Christopher ROBERTS	Anne TAYLOR	Gabriel WALL
Bal BASSI	Chloe KING	Tamzin AHMED
Aarti BHUPLA

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25-Run Club

Runner	Runs @ Walsall	Walsall PB
Joe GREEN	14	28:38
Eve GREEN	14	35:00

50-Run Club

Runner	Runs @ Walsall	Walsall PB
Steven FARMER	49	23:12
Kaine WATSON	46	22:15
Kishan PAREKH	3	30:21
Kerry WARD	47	33:57

100-Run Club

Runner	Runs @ Walsall	Walsall PB
Carli BALDWIN	95	18:04

Most Events - Men

Runner	Club	parkruns completed
Michael ELWELL	Midland Masters AC	498
Harshad PATEL	Aldridge RC	421
Simon RICHARDS	Barnt Green Chuggers	383

Most Events - Ladies

Runner	Club	parkruns completed
Ursula ELWELL	Midland Masters AC	489
Linda CUNDLIFFE	Walsall Arboretum Running Club	348
Lisa DIMBLEBY	Aldridge RC	334

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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: http://https://www.parkrun.org.uk/bloxwich-juniors/

• Wednesfield juniors: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wednesfield-juniors/

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On This Week In History

Date	First Male	First Female	# Runners	# Volunteers
2021	No parkrun at Walsall	No UK parkruns (COVID-19)
2020	No parkrun at Walsall	No UK parkruns (COVID-19)
06/04/19	Abraham AHFOROM	Lisa WAKEMAN	489	42
07/04/18	Aaron BROWN	Debbie WALTERS	389	37
08/04/17	Abraham AHFOROM	Louise BOOKER	445	30
02/04/16	Matthew TONKS	Grace WHELAN	230	23
04/04/15	Kevin LOUNDES	Hannah HELMORE	232	19
05/04/14	Alex PARKER	Aimee HOPCROFT	201	14
06/04/13	Luke VINE	Aimee HOPCROFT	115	10
07/04/12	Warren FREY	Ailish CRAIG	81	10

 

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Statistics:

14,243 different runners	22,649 PBs recorded
133,113 runs completed	665,565 km of distance covered
1,285 individual volunteers	1,135 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	102.90% (23:34) on 14 March 2020
Attendance: 739	on 25 December 2019

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Photos:

Any photos used in this post have been taken by Julian RODERICK unless otherwise stated. If you would prefer not to have your photo taken, please speak to the run director on arrival. The link to this week's photos is here

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	@walsallarboretumparkrun
Twitter	Instagram
@Walsallparkrun	@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 Helen Williams - http://www.freeweeklytimed.com/