Pakenham parkrun Event Number 119 - 31st December 2016
Our final parkrun for the year and what a great turnout with 117 participants including a number of tourists and first timers and lots of locals. And what a great new years eve vibe as well!
It has been a great year of milestones and today was no different with acknowledgements for Tony, Gary, Tracie and Abbie for having reached 50 parkruns.
And didn’t some of our younger members set the standard today, Abbie Soutter joining the 50 Club and Nathan Hilder and Rachel Mann doing a brilliant job on the barcode scanning and photography.
There was lots of pace, a bit of flying, a bit of dancing and some just making their mark!!
In all a great morning and a fantastic year. Well done to everyone for your participation and contributions through 2016 and thank you for your support.
Special thanks to Michelle Peters for all the little things she does behind the scenes to keep our event ticking along.
Yes we’ve made it to the finish of another year!
Happy New Year to all.
Thank you to our amazing volunteers! We could not have had such a great 2016 without your willingness to contribute and share the load. You’re all awesome!
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.
PLEASE NOTE: All our photos of the event are uploaded to our facebook page - Pakenham parkrun.
-BRIAN
Now to our all important statistics:
Male placings:
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first over the line in 17:19 - 28th time in 32 appearances.
Alex MURRAY (SM20-24) (Unattached) was second over the line in 18:40.
Rob ZWIERLEIN (VM50-54) (Unattached) was third over the line in 19:45.
Female placings:
Bronwyn CALVER (VW45-49) of Speedy Geese, was first (9th overall) over the line in 22:29 - first appearance.
Bri SHERRY (JW11-14) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second (16th overall) over the line in 23:45 - has been first to finish on 6 previous occasions.
Emilie BARKLEY (SW25-29) of TXR Runners, was third (19th overall) over the line in 23:58 - has been first to finish on 35 previous occasions.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Rob ZWIERLEIN (VM50-54) was graded 76.54% for the time 19:45 (third overall).
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) was graded 74.69% for the time 17:19 (first overall).
Bronwyn CALVER (VW45-49) was graded 72.05% for the time 22:29 (9th overall).
This week there were 117 runners, of whom 13 were first timers and 7 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 6 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 1,278 different runners, including participants from 66 athletics clubs, have completed 9,084 runs covering a total distance of 45,420 km, and there have been 1,751 new Personal Bests.
The female record is held by Jaimee-Lee CODE who ran in a time of 00:18:55 on 17th October 2015 (event number 56).
The male record is held by Klarie MCINTYRE who ran in a time of 00:15:40 on 20th February 2016 (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.