Event 125 - Goodbye Scott and Love is in the Air! This week Eastbourne parkrun said a fond ‘farewell’ to Event Director Scott Harris who is following in previous Event Director Stuart Pelling’s footsteps by disappearing off to Australia for a year! Scott took over from Stuart about 7 months ago and has done a brilliant job in helping Eastbourne parkrun continue to grow - in fact this week was our 2nd ever highest turnout! So on behalf of all runners and volunteers at Eastbourne good luck and best wishes to Scott on his travels and new adventures! Also a warm welcome to our new Event Director, Mike Thompson, a regular runner and volunteer at Eastbourne, although one does wonder how long it will be before Mike disappears off down under??? So, as previously mentioned, Eastbourne parkrun Event #125 had an amazing turnout of 159 runners this week, boosted by a fantastic 44 first timers! Of these first timers, 23 decided to choose Eastbourne to try out their first ever parkrun! Hope you enjoyed your parkrun experience! Of the 21 first time visitors to Eastbourne, we welcomed a large group from Roundshaw Downs parkrun, who had gathered at Eastbourne to celebrate the wedding of Mick Turner, one of the two founder Event Directors at Roundshaw Downs parkrun back in July 2008, to fellow parkrunner Lorraine Thomas. They met when Lorraine first ran at Roundshaw in January 2011. And even Mick joined his fellow wedding guest with a pre-wedding run! Love must have been in the air at Eastbourne parkrun this week because also getting married, on Sunday, was our regular photographer and Hailsham Harrier, Ian Pusey, to Sandra Marisa Dos Santos Caçoilo. Ian also started off his wedding weekend with a parkrun! Congratulations to you all. A super 16 runners recorded a new Personal Best time this week, including Sue Fry who has finished as first lady for the past 3 weeks, recording a PB each time, and has now finished first an amazing 26 times in 34 runs! Other notable PBs went to junior runners Robbie Joiner, in 29.59, his first time under 30 minutes in 30 runs, Louise McIntyre, in 26.43, her third PB in a row and Caleb Mole, in 38.59, knocking over 6 minutes off his first parkrun time of last week. Debbie Davis knocked 30 seconds off her previous PB to finish in 30.37, her first time under 31 minutes in 20 parkruns, and Riyaz Khusal knocked a further minute and a half off his PB of last week to finish in 24.59, his best time in 10 runs. Congratulations to everybody who achieved a new PB this week! Not recording a PB, but setting a new age category record in the VW55-59 age category, was Diane Farmer with a fantastic time of 22.02. For anyone after a PB next week, Mike Pettett will be pacing ‘Sub 22 minutes’ Congratulations also to junior runner Jack Weston who completed his 10th parkrun this week and to Charlotte Scott who completed her 50th run. T-shirts will be winging their way to you shortly. And belated congratulations to Zoe Gardham, regular runner, report writer and pacer, who was awarded ‘parkrunner of the month’ for March and has already been off to Sweatshop and got herself a new pair of running shoes! Massive thanks, as ever, to all of our wonderful volunteers this week and to Charlotte Hoevel who made the delicious apple cake! Volunteers were: Adrien COYNE • Andrew BETTISS • Arnold WESTON • Barbara WASHINGTON • Fenella MALONEY • James WAITE • Mike THOMPSON • Natalie MCCREATH • Nicholas James CANT • Nicki HOWARD • Richard DAVIS • Robin Ian TREHERNE • Ryan WALKER • Stuart BAKER If you want to volunteer in the future (and dont forget you get 100 points for each of the first 3 times you volunteer) please take a look at the volunteer page to see what you can do to help, or email eastbournehelpers@parkrun if you can help. Here are the results of the 125th Eastbourne parkrun: Mens placings: Barry ANDREWS (VM40-44) (Unattached) was first over the line in 18:25 his second time in 12 appearances. Tony RILEY (VM40-44) (Unattached) was second over the line in 18:33. Tony has been first to finish on 3 previous occasions. Simon AMBROSI (VM35-39) of Striders of Croydon AC, was third (4th overall) over the line in 19:21 on his first visit to Eastbourne. Current standing in the Mens annual points competition: Ian WESTON (Unattached) 1532 pts. Howard John WRIGHT (Hailsham Harriers) 1387 pts. Stuart BAKER (Unattached) 1327 pts. Womens placings: Sue FRY (VW40-44) of Hailsham Harriers, was first (third overall) over the line in a new PB of 19:07 her 26th time in 34 appearances. Holly GILLARD (SW20-24) of Southend-on-Sea AC, was second (14th overall) over the line in a new PB of 20:42. Liz LUMBER (VW45-49) of Hailsham Harriers, was third (15th overall) over the line in 20:44. Liz has been first to finish on 10 previous occasions. Current standing in the Womens annual points competition: Karen ADAMS (Unattached) 1456 pts. Fenella MALONEY (Unattached) 1445 pts. Leanne SMITH (Unattached) 1398 pts. Junior Placings: Oliver Priddle was first junior (16th overall) in 21.09. Jack Weston was 2nd junior (18th overall) in 21.21 Karl Fortmann was 3rd junior (25th overall) in 21.57 . The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores: Diane Josephine FARMER (VW55-59) was graded 81.09% for the time 22:02 (26th overall). Sue FRY (VW40-44) was graded 81.08% for the time 19:07 (third overall). Liz LUMBER (VW45-49) was graded 78.14% for the time 20:44 (15th overall). Eastbourne parkrun started on 28th January 2012, and since then 1,987 different runners, including participants from 183 athletics clubs, have completed 11,118 runs covering a total distance of 55,590 km, and there have been 2,498 new Personal Bests. The womens record is held by Julie BRIGGS who ran in a time of 00:17:59 on 2013-05-11 (event number 69). The mens record is held by Edward HICKMAN CASEY who ran in a time of 00:15:53 on 2013-03-02 (event number 59). The Age Grade course record is held by Paula FUDGE who recorded a 89.62% run (21:21) on 15th September 2012 (event number 34). Finally Todays full results and a complete event history can be found on the Eastbourne parkrun Results Page. You can also follow us on Twitter (@Ebourneparkrun), to keep up to date on your parkrun news and gossip. DFYB – Don’t Forget Your Barcode! If you forget your barcode, your time will not be recorded, and you will appear as “Unknown” in the results. We had 8 unknown runners this week. If you have not yet registered for parkrun, please do so on the parkrun website and print your barcode before your next visit. Everyone is welcome for post run refreshments and chat at the Toby Carvery, Willingdon Drove where teas and coffees are available to parkrunners for the special price of £1 with unlimited refills. See you soon, happy parkrunning and don’t forget your barcode!
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 13:58:27 +0000
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