Pakenham parkrun Event Number 85 - 7th May 2016
On Saturday, we had perfect weather conditions and 94 in attendance. Of these 94, we had a couple of tourists from our neighbours at Frog Hollow and some lovely ladies from Lilydale Lake. We also had 6 first timers to parkrun, welcome!
It was a day of presentations. We had the pleasure of presenting Charlotte Hill with her Junior 10 Club membership certificate, welcomed Albin Hess to the 50 Club, and congratulated Adrian Hines for being our parkrunner of the Month of April for his fantastic support of Pakenham parkrun.
It was great to see the happy return of Brett Mills to Pakenham parkrun after nearly 4 months of injury! Welcome back, Brett!
One of the parkrun tourists from Lilydale made sure she made the most of our fantastic volunteer camera-people while visiting Pakenham.
Thanks everyone for actively volunteering at Pakenham parkrun! The roster is relatively full till the end of the month but please have a look and fill in the gaps where you can.
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 
PLEASE NOTE: All our photos of the event are uploaded to our facebook page - Pakenham parkrun
- ANTHONY
Now to the all important statistics:
Male placings:
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) of Knox AC, was first over the line in 17:14 - 12th time in 15 appearances.
Andrew MOTT (VM35-39) (Unattached) was second over the line in 19:27 - has been first to finish on 6 previous occasions.
Andrew HARRIS (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third over the line in 20:02 - has been first to finish on 12 previous occasions.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Andrew HARRIS (Pakenham Road Runners) 3013 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2652 pts.
Adrian HINES (Pakenham Road Runners) 2496 pts.
Female placings:
Emilie BARKLEY (SW25-29) of TXR Runners, was first (4th overall) over the line in 20:36 - 17th time in 21 appearances.
Mary-Jo DOBELL (VW40-44) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second (12th overall) over the line in 23:10 - has been first to finish on 3 previous occasions.
Kathryn WHEATLEY (VW40-44) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third (17th overall) over the line in 24:09.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Mary-Jo DOBELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2870 pts.
Tammy BRACE (Pakenham Road Runners) 2374 pts.
Fiona SUTTON (Pakenham Road Runners) 2352 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) was graded 75.05% for the time 17:14 (first overall).
Emilie BARKLEY (SW25-29) was graded 71.84% for the time 20:36 (4th overall).
Shan FLOYD (VW55-59) was graded 71.77% for the time 25:34 (26th overall).
This week there were 94 runners, of whom 12 were first timers and 15 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 6 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 1,002 different runners, including participants from 44 athletics clubs, have completed 6,117 runs covering a total distance of 30,585 km, and there have been 1,360 new Personal Bests.
The female record is held by Jaimee-Lee CODE who ran in a time of 00:18:55 on 2015-10-17 (event number 56).
The male record is held by Klarie MCINTYRE who ran in a time of 00:15:40 on 2016-02-20 (event number 74).
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.