Pakenham parkrun Event Number 42 - 11th July 2015
A great turnout today despite a chilly 10 degrees and rain threatening. Despite this, we had 63 attend and 12 parkrunners achieved personal bests. Of these we had 7 first timers to parkrun, and 1 tourist from our neighbors at Berwick.
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We also had three awards to present today. Steve Hughes achieved membership to the 50 Club, Michael Soutter was presented his medal for Volunteer of the Month and Andrew Harris was presented his trophy for parkrunner of the month, Congratulations guys!
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Its always good to see people of all skill levels running and walking – everyone who gets out of bed to have a go is a winner.
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Thank you to our amazing volunteers! So that everyone can have an opportunity to run, we ask that runners volunteer around 3 times a year. Volunteering provides enjoyment, satisfaction and allows people to give back to their community, and without volunteers, parkrun would not be possible. In order for parkrun to run every week we need volunteers. If you would like to assist, you can email us at pakenhamhelpers@parkrun.com, fill in the roster at the shelter or talk to your Run Director at the event. Please check the future roster at:
www.parkrun.com.au/pakenham/futureroster
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Due to insurance purposes, we require all our volunteers to also be registered with parkrun, so please ensure that you are registered so we can add you to the roster!
We would like to thank the Cardinia Shire Council and the Pakenham Racing Club for their support in getting us up and running.
Also, we have a post run coffee at Bunnings. Bunnings has a little cafe, toilets and play equipment for the little ones. We will be there every week until 10am, so feel free to pop by for a coffee and a chat.
Don't forget the lovely offer from Cardinia Life for all our members with a barcode (to be shown at reception) to obtain free access to their swimming pool and showers until 11am every Saturday indefinitely!! Please note: You just have to arrive by 11am, but can stay ALL DAY Image may be NSFW.
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- ANTHONY
Now to the all important statistics:
Male placings:
Andrew MOTT (VM35-39) (Unattached) was first over the line in 18:32 - third time in 4 appearances.
Chris WILLSHIRE (VM35-39) of Mornington Peninsula Athletic Club, was second over the line in 19:05 - has been first to finish on 5 previous occasions.
Nigel FOX (VM40-44) (Unattached) was third over the line in 19:31.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Steve HUGHES (Unattached) 3229 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 3154 pts.
Geoff HILDER (Pakenham Road Runners) 2863 pts.
Female placings:
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) (Unattached) was first (6th overall) over the line in 21:41 - 12th time in 24 appearances.
Sophie COUGHLIN (JW11-14) (Unattached) was second (14th overall) over the line in 24:23 - has been first to finish on 4 previous occasions.
Jacqueline EARLY (SW30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third (17th overall) over the line in 24:58.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Jodie CALDWELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2767 pts.
Tammy BRACE (Unattached) 2682 pts.
Belinda ORFORD (Pakenham Road Runners) 2443 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) was graded 73.94% for the time 21:41 (6th overall).
Andrew MOTT (VM35-39) was graded 72.03% for the time 18:32 (first overall).
Nigel FOX (VM40-44) was graded 70.45% for the time 19:31 (third overall).
This week there were 63 runners, of whom 8 were first timers and 12 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 4 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 535 different runners, including participants from 29 athletics clubs, have completed 2,371 runs covering a total distance of 11,855 km, and there have been 641 new Personal Bests.
The female record is held by Sam PRIME who ran in a time of 00:19:26 on 2014-09-27 (event number 2).
The male record is held by Ryan MARTIN who ran in a time of 00:16:59 on 2015-01-24 (event number 19).
The Age Grade course record is held by Bronwen G CARDY who recorded a 95.63% run (20:35) on 15th November 2014 (event number 9).
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Pakenham parkrun Results Page.