parkrunday 30th March 2024

There were 68 HPH women and 73 HPH men out parkrunning across 63 venues this week.

Thirty-four Hyde Park Harriers travelled to try out a new course and amongst these six were new to the HPH list. These were Watermeadows in Towcester by Jonathan Coade; Aston Hall in Birmingham by Manesha Chauhan; Rouse Hill in Australia by Philip Fisher; Owairaka in New Zealand by Sinead O’Hara; Hockgraben in Germany by Emma Connolly; and Festningen in Norway by Maika Ohno.

Watermeadows parkrun is four laps on a hard compacted surface with the last section of 250 metres on grass. The course is on part of the Easton Neston estate that was closed to the public until purchased in 2009 by the Council. The design of the Garden of Easton Neston was influenced by Christopher Wren and implemented by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Iron Age remains have also been found on site. The Watermeadows is now Towcester’s largest public open space and provides the growing community with opportunities for recreation, exercise and wildlife watching. The site has a rich biodiversity, providing an important grassland and wetland habitat. There have been concerns over the cattle on the Watermeadows. Some walkers have been scared off by the presence of the cows.

Aston Hall parkrun is two big laps and two and a half little laps around fields in the park adjacent to Aston Hall. It is on a combination of grass, permanent paths and trail paths. Aston Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean house designed by John Thorpe. It is a leading example of the Jacobean prodigy house. The house was completed in April 1635. It sits in a large park, part of which became Villa Park, the home ground of the Aston Villa football club. In 1864 the house was bought by Birmingham Corporation, the first historic country house to pass into municipal ownership, and is still owned by Birmingham City Council. It is now a community museum managed by the Birmingham Museums Trust and following a major renovation completed in 2009, is open to the public. In October 2019, the mansion was named as the UK’s top haunted heritage site, according to the Spectrum Paranormal Investigations.

There were two first finishing Hyde Park Harriers. These were Clare Slorach in 19:54 at Norwich and Anna Stocks in 23:18 in her first time at Sandall Park. There were a dozen PBs. These were by Rebecca Dawson with 25:35 at Woodhouse Moor; Andrew Carrier with 18:57 at Norwich; Carol Rogers with 27:03 at oldham; Jack Gordon with 23:18 at Arrow Valley; Peter White with 30:13 at Hillsborough; Helen Beddow with 27:38 at Fountains Abbey; Joe Lawley with 21:07 at Keswick; Poppy Forwood with 42:05 at Armley; Tom McNeillie with 25:41 at The Pastures; Laura Hastings with 31:14 at Morecambe Prom; John Blatherwick with 27:00 at Beacon; and George Sullivan with 23:05 at Belvoir Castle.

Charlotte Victoria Eva joined the parkrun 25 club with her run at Woodhouse Moor. Chloe Brooks joined the parkrun 100 club with her run at Temple Newsam. Amy Ramsden-Young joined the parkrun 250 club with her run at Monsal Trail. Anne Akers joined the excellent excuse for a cake club with her 400th run at Woodhouse Moor – the excellent Rocky Road cake being supplied by Bethany Chambers.

Top female Age Grade% was 75.38% by Clare Slorach at Norwich and top male Age Grade% was 75.87% by Chris Jones at Yarborough Leisure Centre.

Here are the details of this week’s parkrunning Hyde Park Harriers.

Women

parkrunner	parkrun	Country	Time	AgeGrade%	parkruns	PB/1st
Alison HARGREAVES	Woodhouse Moor	UK	25:45	60.19%	174	–
Alys GRIFFITHS	Old Railway Trail	UK	24:30	60.68%	302	–
Amber EDWARDS	Potternewton	UK	30:47	48.13%	205	–
Amy RAMSDEN-YOUNG	Monsal Trail	UK	27:03	55.27%	250	–
Anna MOGER	Marshall Drive	UK	44:30	35.36%	316	1st
Anna STOCKS	Sandall Park	UK	23:18	63.52%	373	1st
Anne AKERS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	44:14	46.53%	400	–
Bethany CHAMBERS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	23:49	62.14%	145	–
Beverley MILLER	Pontefract	UK	30:30	64.54%	391	–
Cara GATES	Fletcher Moss	UK	24:25	61.43%	229	1st
Carol ROGERS	Oldham	UK	27:03	68.76%	233	PB
Catherine MCGUIRE	Armley	UK	29:03	52.09%	170	–
Charlotte Victoria EVA	Woodhouse Moor	UK	31:00	48.55%	25	–
Chloe BROOKS	Temple Newsam	UK	24:52	59.52%	100	1st
Claire BOOTH	Hereford	UK	26:02	58.13%	260	–
Clare MAXWELL	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:59	58.42%	443	–
Clare SLORACH	Norwich	UK	19:54	75.38%	101	–
Claudia BAUER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	34:27	43.93%	334	–
Danni FOX	Middleton Woods	UK	53:13	27.81%	137	–
Debbie BROWN	Roberts Park	UK	35:14	51.37%	292	–
Dominique HARRIS	Middleton Woods	UK	55:10	28.10%	44	1st
Eleanor WILLIAMS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	31:29	47.01%	268	–
Ellie SHIPP	Woodhouse Moor	UK	31:30	46.98%	91	–
Emily MARTINSON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	21:31	68.78%	49	–
Emma BROWN	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:06	49.17%	260	–
Emma CONNOLLY	Hockgraben	DE	30:17	49.37%	34	1st
Fiona CAMPBELL	York	UK	27:57	53.01%	20	–
Frances ANDREWS	Armley	UK	37:21	40.16%	82	–
Gemma NEWMAN	Woodhouse Moor	UK	26:30	55.91%	86	–
Grace ROBERTS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:52	51.39%	119	–
Grace WHYMAN	Worthing	UK	30:13	48.98%	88	–
Hannah LONG	Woodhouse Moor	UK	33:45	43.85%	40	–
Helen BEDDOW	Fountains Abbey	UK	27:38	53.80%	153	PB
Helen NOYES	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:33	67.95%	240	–
Hilary M Z LUND	Pontefract	UK	33:12	63.91%	344	–
Jane PRUST	Glossop	UK	30:01	68.57%	154	–
Jaz BANGERH	Woodhouse Moor	UK	36:56	47.74%	663	–
Jessica WANLESS	Roundhay	UK	36:36	40.62%	36	1st
Julie ROBSON	Pontefract	UK	52:02	35.75%	196	1st
Kate SOLOMON	Plymvalley	UK	29:30	50.17%	156	–
Katherine LEY	Alvaston	UK	26:16	58.25%	103	–
Kathryn HOGG	Thorp Perrow	UK	47:58	34.95%	171	1st
Kay JEFFERIES	Woodhouse Moor	UK	46:36	39.38%	420	–
Kristan WEBB	Woodhouse Moor	UK	44:40	41.64%	244	–
Laura FOSTER	Druridge Bay	UK	32:44	45.52%	78	–
Laura HASTINGS	Morecambe Prom	UK	31:14	48.19%	253	PB
Lesley-Ann DONNELL	Woodhouse Moor	UK	29:41	50.53%	236	–
Liz JONES	Yarborough Leisure Centre	UK	39:56	50.75%	611	1st
Lizzie COOMBES	Greenock	UK	29:17	62.66%	296	1st
Lorraine BEAVIS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	39:48	54.15%	302	–
Lucy RIDER	Pontefract	UK	31:16	49.95%	330	–
Maika OHNO	Festningen	NO	29:49	56.23%	148	1st
Manesha CHAUHAN	Aston Hall	UK	32:18	49.17%	175	1st
Matilda RHODES	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:05	49.20%	215	–
Naomi ADKINS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	32:24	45.88%	205	–
Naomi MILES	Roundhay	UK	27:20	54.51%	205	–
Nicki DERRICK	Woodhouse Moor	UK	26:47	55.32%	265	–
Poppy FORWOOD	Armley	UK	42:05	39.52%	222	PB
Rebecca DAWSON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	25:35	57.85%	185	PB
Rebecca GRAY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	44:11	33.72%	353	–
Robyn JOHNSON	Keswick	UK	39:29	38.33%	282	1st
Rosalie DANG	Woodhouse Moor	UK	31:29	47.01%	104	–
Sarah JEWERS	Keswick	UK	27:22	54.08%	99	–
Sarah UNDERWOOD	Queens	UK	25:44	58.10%	209	1st
Sinead OHARA	Owairaka	NZ	27:02	55.12%	8	1st
Surinder BHATTI	Woodhouse Moor	UK	29:35	56.00%	322	–
Vicky HOUGHTON	Huddersfield	UK	24:05	64.36%	460	–
Vikki HAWKINS	Futakotamagawa	JP	39:14	44.39%	207	–

Men

parkrunner	parkrun	Country	Time	AgeGrade%	parkruns	PB/1st
Adam SUMNALL	Sandall Park	UK	21:51	59.34%	124	1st
Alex GREENWOOD	Morecambe Prom	UK	21:41	61.18%	83	1st
Alexander PERKIN	Woodhouse Moor	UK	25:55	49.77%	112	–
Andrew BASSETT	Blyth Links	UK	24:04	53.60%	283	–
Andrew CARRIER	Norwich	UK	18:57	68.25%	63	PB
Andrew DEWAR	Durham	UK	21:06	62.16%	15	1st
Andrew P NICHOLLS	Foro Italico	IT	24:23	69.45%	486	–
Andrew SMALLWOOD	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:56	48.27%	44	–
Andy JUDD	Pontefract	UK	52:03	30.55%	315	–
Ben HARTLEY	Potternewton	UK	33:58	42.05%	345	–
Chris JONES	Yarborough Leisure Centre	UK	22:31	75.87%	693	1st
Chris WORFOLK	Malahide	IE	33:57	39.32%	346	1st
Curtis BROADHEAD	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:35	52.47%	154	–
Daniel ALLISON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:57	51.70%	57	–
Daniel FAWCETT	Woodhouse Moor	UK	27:29	46.94%	60	–
Daniel WAAS	Thonock Lane Farm	UK	29:40	46.69%	463	–
David DANIEL	Woodhouse Moor	UK	31:26	46.55%	48	–
Frazer CARR	Great Denham	UK	17:40	73.21%	131	–
Gary GRANT	Ballincollig	IE	24:57	53.51%	184	–
George SULLIVAN	Belvoir Castle	UK	23:05	55.88%	209	PB
George WEBSTER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	33:30	38.51%	127	–
Greg JUDGES	Armley	UK	20:32	63.88%	48	–
Harry WEBSTER	Newark	UK	22:16	58.01%	18	1st
Jack GORDON	Arrow Valley	UK	23:18	56.01%	20	PB
Jack ROSE	York	UK	20:19	64.23%	207	–
Jake HARRIS	Armley	UK	29:04	44.72%	29	1st
James BOOTH	Hereford	UK	36:21	37.55%	264	–
James UNDERWOOD	Queens	UK	27:27	48.03%	120	1st
Jamie RYAN	Woodhouse Moor	UK	26:47	48.29%	303	–
Joe HOGG	Thorp Perrow	UK	48:06	31.95%	315	1st
Joe LAWLEY	Keswick	UK	21:07	61.40%	140	PB
John BLATHERWICK	Beacon	UK	27:00	49.14%	360	PB
John PRATT	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:07	57.01%	140	–
Jonathan COADE	Watermeadows	UK	18:34	69.84%	62	1st
Jonathan PRYOR	Woodhouse Moor	UK	55:02	23.83%	147	–
Josh DAWSON	Lister Park	UK	17:58	73.01%	61	–
Lee TAYLOR	Potternewton	UK	23:08	62.25%	96	–
Mark HADDRILL	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:39	55.78%	343	–
Matt BARTON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	23:37	59.14%	254	–
Matthew DRAKE	Woodhouse Moor	UK	26:06	53.90%	8	–
Matthew GRAY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	33:19	39.37%	168	–
Michael GARTSIDE	Roberts Park	UK	27:09	49.91%	125	–
Michael VARGAS	Roberts Park	UK	18:11	74.52%	215	–
Mike GALLAGHER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	18:43	72.93%	107	–
Mohammed ASLAM	Roundhay	UK	34:32	45.27%	234	–
Nick SHAKHLEVICH	Conyngham Hall	UK	21:01	63.12%	91	–
Nigel WALLIS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	21:26	66.64%	76	–
Oliver PRYSE	Walmer and Deal Seafront	UK	42:07	32.17%	57	–
Paul FARMERY	Walthamstow	UK	40:54	33.86%	157	1st
Paul RAMSDEN	Monsal Trail	UK	26:59	54.23%	221	–
Paul ROBINSON	Cross Flatts	UK	25:03	56.15%	150	–
Paul SAWYER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	22:27	60.80%	237	–
Peter WHITE 2015	Hillsborough	UK	30:13	55.49%	215	PB
Phil LINDSAY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	34:46	52.01%	445	–
Philip FISHER	Rouse Hill	AU	22:22	58.64%	240	1st
Richard CARTWRIGHT	Woodhouse Moor	UK	25:51	53.58%	46	–
Richard EDWARDS	Crewe	UK	26:23	54.58%	343	1st
Richard PULLAN	Rothwell	UK	29:03	57.72%	376	–
Rob HEAP	Bramley	UK	22:54	62.88%	78	–
Rob RILEY	Colchester Castle	UK	20:30	63.01%	190	1st
Robert BUTLER	Baysgarth Park	UK	28:44	49.36%	135	1st
Sam DOOLEY	Armley	UK	27:43	58.87%	352	–
Simon BURTON	Chevin Forest	UK	22:50	58.47%	35	1st
Simon ROGERS	Oldham	UK	26:08	61.93%	268	–
Stephen PRUST	Glossop	UK	37:41	44.10%	144	–
Steve MILNE	Armley	UK	23:36	57.84%	388	–
Stuart HARRIS	Cusworth Hall	UK	34:20	40.34%	189	1st
Thomas MOULDING	Woodhouse Moor	UK	21:32	60.06%	131	–
Timothy LINLEY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	19:55	69.54%	110	–
Tobias ADKINS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	19:01	68.62%	178	–
Tom MCNEILLIE	The Pastures	UK	25:41	51.33%	83	PB
Tom ROPER	Great Yarmouth North Beach	UK	25:18	50.99%	52	1st
Will JEEPS	Roberts Park	UK	19:51	64.99%	54	–