Parkrun report – September

PARKRUN RACE SERIES COMPETITION – END OF SEPTEMBER REPORT

With only four Saturdays left the competition is nearing its end, the last Saturday to qualify is Saturday 27^th October.

The end of September welcomes Mark Crossland, Nicola Coppock, Nicky Mowat and Carolyn Hirons to the tables as they have all completed the ‘Popular’ courses at Lyme Park, Wilmslow, Bramhall and Congleton to qualify.  Andy Whittingham, Ian Smallwood and Roy Pownall also gain their points after completing the ‘Enthusiast’ courses at Wythenshawe, Sale Water, Stretford and Burnage. This also means that Mark, Andy, Carolyn Roy and Ian have now completed all 8 courses – Well Done!

Qualifying points and times are as follows :-

Popular Courses

Andy Whittingham          1hr 13m 27s       100 points           **completed all 8 courses
James Macdonald            1hr 17m 51s        99 points            **completed all 8 courses
Tim Billington                   1hr 20m 44s       98 points            **completed all 8 courses
Graham Duce                    1hr 20m 53s       97 points
Matt Taylor                        1hr 22m 20s       96 points
Richard Lawson                1hr 24m 24s       95 points            **completed all 8 courses
Gareth Trimble                 1hr 32m 15s        94 points
Ian Smallwood                  1hr 32m 48s       93 points            **completed all 8 courses
Nicky Mowat                     1hr 35m 45s        92 points
Mark Crossland                1hr 35m 59s        91 points            **completed all 8 courses
Tony Hulme                       1hr 36m 31s        90 points            **completed all 8 courses
John Porteous                   1hr 37m 59s        89 points            **completed all 8 courses
Catherine Machin             1hr 38m 20s       88 points            **completed all 8 courses
Colin Walton                      1hr 40m 7s         87 points
Chris Cannon                     1hr 40m 17s       86 points            **completed all 8 courses
Nicola Coppock                 1hr 41m 30s       85 points
Ian Ashcroft                       1hr 47m 54s       84 points            **completed all 8 courses
Roy Pownall                       1hr 57m 28s       83 points            **completed all 8 courses
Carolyn Hirons                  2hrs 2m 35s       82 points            **completed all 8 courses

Enthusiast Courses

Andy Whittingham            1hr 12m 51s       100 points
James Macdonald              1hr 17m 49s       99 points
Tim Billington                     1hr 18m 49s       98 points
Richard Lawson                 1hr 24m 38s       97 points
Ian Smallwood                   1hr 29m 1s          96 points
Tony Hulme                        1hr 34m 0s          95 points
John Porteous                    1hr 36m 6s          94 points
Chris Cannon                     1hr 36m 16s        93 points
Alan Turner                        1hr 36m 47s        92 points
Catherine Machin              1hr 37m 24s        91 points
Mark Crossland                  1hr 37m 53s        90 points
Jan Wyles                            1hr 38m 34s        89 points
Sue Strang                           1hr 44m 4s          88 points
Ian Ashcroft                        1hr 44m 8s          87 points
Roy Pownall                        1hr 50m 24s        86 points
Carolyn Hirons                   1hr 54m 45s        85 points

The following people have completed three courses and need only one more for qualification in September, the list is as follows:

Popular Courses:

Sharon Johnstone  –  Congleton
Catriona Marshall –  Bramhall
Kate Sutton, Alan Turner and Oliver Johnstone – Lyme Park

Enthusiast Courses:

Sharon Johnstone, Jarrod Homer, Gareth Trimble, Rob Jackson and Patrick Grannan – Stretford

No Parkrun milestones this month, and as summer holidays are distant memories as we head into autumn, the prize for most exotic parkrun goes to Tim Billington with his welsh parkrun at Llanerchaeron (20 miles south of Aberystwyth).  Our most dedicated parkrunner this month must be Paul Norris, who rather than worrying about his ‘father of the bride’ speech had a pre-wedding run at Hackworth parkrun prior to his daughter’s wedding.  Nothing gets in the way of a parkrun!

Notable runs include PBs for two of our new members Andrew Cleal (running two sub 19 min PBs) and Tracy Bown (running two sub 22 min PBs).  Upon joining the club, it is always great to see training paying off with numerous PBs, however longevity at the club can also be rewarded as we saw Jim Pendrill (with many years of membership) run a Course PB at Wilmslow of 18.13 on Saturday 22^nd Sept.

Happy October parkrunning.

Elspeth