Pakenham parkrun Event Number 55 - 10th October 2015
A lovely day for running today – pleasant and still - although a reported swooping magpie threatened to disrupt our run. Fortunately, the magpie was not interested in our parkrunners today. We had 5 first timers at todays event, which is fantastic!
It was also a special day in that we presented two awards – parkrunner of the Month and Volunteer of the Month for September. The parkrunner of the month award went to Jenny Coughlin – who participated in 4 events, achieved 3 PBs (wow!) and volunteered once in September.
Our volunteer of the month was awarded to Albin Hess. He has been a long term supporter and volunteer at Pakenham and we acknowledged that today.
Today we had 11 Personal Bests –
Ray Fulton took off 22s bringing his time down to 21:04
Adrian Hines took off 33s bringing his time to 21:24
Paul Bormanis took off 30s bringing his time to 22:39
Jackson Smulders took of a whole minute bringing his time to 24:42
Tim Pratt took off 22s bringing his time to 25:48
Kim Keysers took off 48s bringing her time to 27:39
Elise Sefton took off a solid 1m 6s off her time to 27:47
Seth Pratt took off 20s bringing his time to 29:43
Janine Buntrock took off 2m 24s bringing her time to 30:39
Tracy Brennan took off 23s bringing her time to 32:21
Reg James took off 56s bringing his time to 33:09
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:
Andrew HARRIS (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first over the line in 19:24 - 9th time in 24 appearances.
Shane WHEELER (SM30-34) of TXR Runners, was second over the line in 20:18 - has been first to finish on 5 previous occasions.
Bruce VENABLES (VM55-59) of Victorian Masters Athletics, was third over the line in 20:58 - was first to finish once before.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Andrew HARRIS (Pakenham Road Runners) 398 pts.
Anthony BECKETT (Pakenham Road Runners) 383 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 367 pts.
Female placings:
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first (11th overall) over the line in 21:53 - 18th time in 33 appearances.
Sophie COUGHLIN (JW11-14) (Unattached) was second (13th overall) over the line in 22:38 - has been first to finish on 9 previous occasions.
Mary-Jo DOBELL (VW40-44) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third (22nd overall) over the line in 24:57 - was first to finish once before.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Mary-Jo DOBELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 344 pts.
Lauren BECKETT (Pakenham Road Runners) 304 pts.
Michelle PETERS (Pakenham Road Runners) 300 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) was graded 74.03% for the time 21:53 (11th overall).
Bruce VENABLES (VM55-59) was graded 73.29% for the time 20:58 (third overall).
Koby GRASS (JM11-14) was graded 70.62% for the time 21:40 (8th overall).
This week there were 82 runners, of whom 7 were first timers and 11 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 7 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 666 different runners, including participants from 34 athletics clubs, have completed 3,377 runs covering a total distance of 16,885 km, and there have been 802 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.