Pakenham parkrun Event Number 36 - 30th May 2015
A great turnout today despite a chill wind and single digit temperatures. Despite this, 18 parkrunners achieved personal bests.
Today we had 11 first timers to parkrun, and 3 tourists from our neighbors at Berwick and Sale.
Of the first timers, we had another first for Pakenham parkrun, a blind parkrunner named Brandan who was assisted with one of our regular runners, Michael.
We also had two awards to present today. Bri Sherry achieved membership to the Junior 10 Club and Annette Driver was presented with parkrunner of the month for April. Congratulations guys!
Also a special mention to Richard McMahon who successfully completed his 50th parkrun today! Well done!
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.
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 
- ANTHONY
Now to the all important statistics:
Male placings:
Dean JACKSON (SM18-19) (Unattached) was first over the line in 18:18 - third time in 3 appearances.
Andrew MOTT (VM35-39) (Unattached) was second over the line in 18:57.
Andrew HARRIS (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third over the line in 18:59 - was first to finish once before.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Steve HUGHES (Unattached) 2708 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2686 pts.
Geoff HILDER (Pakenham Road Runners) 2430 pts.
Female placings:
Bri SHERRY (JW11-14) (Unattached) was first (6th overall) over the line in 21:36 - third time in 7 appearances.
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) (Unattached) was second (7th overall) over the line in 21:54 - has been first to finish on 10 previous occasions.
Kel SHANDLEY (VW40-44) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third (16th overall) over the line in 23:35.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Jodie CALDWELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2487 pts.
Belinda ORFORD (Pakenham Road Runners) 2358 pts.
Tammy BRACE (Unattached) 2285 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Bri SHERRY (JW11-14) was graded 75.39% for the time 21:36 (6th overall).
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) was graded 73.21% for the time 21:54 (7th overall).
Theresa DE RIGGS (VW55-59) was graded 72.47% for the time 25:40 (25th overall).
This week there were 78 runners, of whom 15 were first timers and 18 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 3 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 468 different runners, including participants from 27 athletics clubs, have completed 1,956 runs covering a total distance of 9,780 km, and there have been 536 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.