Pakenham parkrun Event Number 89 - 4th June 2016
On Saturday, we had very rainy conditions – but this did not stop 61 from attending our parkrun. It was our pleasure to host a seasoned parkrun Tourist from Cairns parkrun and 3 first timers.
We had a few presentations – firstly, volunteer of the month. Megan Humphrys was selected as our volunteer of the month for May. Despite recovering from injuries, Megan has attended our event to volunteer (twice in May) or simply just to cheer our runners on. Congratulations and thanks for your support Megan!
Charis Wall was selected as our parkrunner of the month for May. Charis has made amazing progress since she started at Pakenham parkrun in February this year. She has not been absent from one parkrun since she started! In May, she achieved 2 PBs and volunteered once! Congratulations Charis!
There were 6 PBs today –
Charis Wall (centre) took 26s off her previous PB! Pictured with Emilie Barkley & Emma Wilkinson
Kaylor Royakkers took 45s off his previous PB!
Georgia Oliver took 7s off her previous time!
Tracey Brennan took 50s off her previous PB!
Michelle Peters took 1m 15s off her previous PB! Massive!
Ralph Angst took 2m 38s off his previous time! Fantastic!
The new parkrun singlets are now available for purchase! These two lucky people both are wearing their branded singlets which arrived in the last few days – Pakenham on the left and Cairns on the right!
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. 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 17:16 - 15th time in 18 appearances.
Stephen GILBERT (VM40-44) (Unattached) was second over the line in 19:49.
Darren FITZPATRICK (VM40-44) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third over the line in 19:59.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Andrew HARRIS (Pakenham Road Runners) 3393 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2829 pts.
Matthew ROBINSON (Unattached) 2681 pts.
Female placings:
Claire OSBORN (SW25-29) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first (7th overall) over the line in 22:07 - first appearance.
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second (8th overall) over the line in 22:09 - has been first to finish on 22 previous occasions.
Sophie COUGHLIN (JW11-14) of Little Athletics, was third (10th overall) over the line in 23:32 - has been first to finish on 11 previous occasions.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Mary-Jo DOBELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 3119 pts.
Tammy BRACE (Pakenham Road Runners) 2770 pts.
Fiona SUTTON (Pakenham Road Runners) 2534 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) was graded 74.90% for the time 17:16 (first overall).
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) was graded 73.14% for the time 22:09 (8th overall).
Stephen GILBERT (VM40-44) was graded 70.48% for the time 19:49 (second overall).
This week there were 61 runners, of whom 3 were first timers and 6 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 7 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 1,038 different runners, including participants from 47 athletics clubs, have completed 6,466 runs covering a total distance of 32,330 km, and there have been 1,418 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.