Pakenham parkrun Event Number 54 - 3rd October 2015 - Grand Final Day!
Grand Final Day! It was good to see a number of people wearing their favourite team jerseys today. It was a warm sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. A strong wind faced todays runners, along with a mystery magpie which kindly left our runners and walkers alone, according to reports.
Today we had the pleasure of presenting Hudson Jenner with his Junior 10 certificate for completing 10 runs today!
We had a number of first timers today and visitors from Canberra (Tuggeranong) parkrun. It was nice to see one of our first timers this morning discover the event while the flags were being put up. He quickly signed up and joined the run 45 minutes later!
Despite difficult conditions, we had 6 Personal Bests – Matthew Robinson took off 19s, Ben Evers took off a solid 1 minute, Andrew Moran took off more than 6 minutes (wow!), Seth Pratt (Junior) took off 35s, Tracey Brennan took a massive 1m 10s off, Joanne Walsh took off 3m 54s! Fantastic work by everyone!
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
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.
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 
- ANTHONY
Now to the all important statistics:
Male placings:
Brett MILLS (VM35-39) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first over the line in 19:35 - 4th time in 11 appearances.
Andrew HARRIS (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second over the line in 19:50 - has been first to finish on 8 previous occasions.
Nigel FOX (VM40-44) (Unattached) was third over the line in 20:33.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Jack MITCHELL (Casey Cardinia Runners) 300 pts.
Andrew HARRIS (Pakenham Road Runners) 298 pts.
Anthony BECKETT (Pakenham Road Runners) 283 pts.
Female placings:
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first (9th overall) over the line in 22:38 - 17th time in 32 appearances.
Belle HANNAN (JW15-17) (Unattached) was second (12th overall) over the line in 22:56 - has been first to finish on 5 previous occasions.
Ashlee BOWDEN (JW11-14) (Unattached) was third (17th overall) over the line in 24:02 - was first to finish once before.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Ashleigh PERKINS (Unattached) 289 pts.
Alisha PERRY (Unattached) 277 pts.
Vicki THOMPSON (Victorian Masters Athletics) 252 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) was graded 71.58% for the time 22:38 (9th overall).
Matthew ROBINSON (VM50-54) was graded 69.74% for the time 21:29 (5th overall).
Ashleigh PERKINS (JW10) was graded 69.55% for the time 26:59 (27th overall).
This week there were 95 runners, of whom 15 were first timers and 6 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 4 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 659 different runners, including participants from 34 athletics clubs, have completed 3,295 runs covering a total distance of 16,475 km, and there have been 791 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.