Christmas parkrunday 2024

There were 61 HPH women and 60 HPH men out parkrunning across 47 venues worldwide on Christmas Day.

Eight Hyde Park Harriers travelled to try out a new course. One of these courses was new to the HPH list. This was Pirrama in Sydney, Australia by Anna Grugel Smith. Pirrama Park occupies 1.8 hectares of harbourside space. It opened in 2010 following the redevelopment of the waterfront area as a public space after the local community rejected the original plans for high-rise apartments. It has spectacular views of Sydney Harbour, the Harbour Bridge, and Anzac Bridge. It is the perfect spot for watching the fireworks exploding across Sydney on New Year’s Eve. It contains a children’s playground; barbecues; shade structures; grassed areas; a boardwalk; and toilet facilities. It also has some great sculptures. The parkrun course is two laps between the wooden boardwalk and Anzac Bridge along the shore.

There was one first finishing Hyde Park Harrier. This was Amy Ramsden-Young in a PB time of 20:32 at Harlow. There were fourteen other PBs. These were by Andrew Black with 19:09, Paul Robinson with 19:38 and Caite Burke with 22:19 at Woodhouse Moor; Richard Knighton with 17:17:27 at York; Frazer Carr with 17:12 at Norwich; Michael Godsall with 23:48 at Gunnersby; Steve Worthington with 21:12 at Ferry Meadows; Ed Shakespeare with 20:30 at Linford Wood; Rosalie Dang with 27:49 at Seddgefield; Hannah Sutton with 27:39 at Goole; Paul Ramsden with 24:46 at Harlow; Matilda Rhodes with 25:32 at Widnes; Conor Gould with 23:06 at Blyth Links and Victoria Smith with 27:08 at Chevin Forest.

There weren’t any new members of the official parkrun clubs, but Jaz Bangerh reached 700 parkruns with her run at Woodhouse Moor.

Top female Age Grade% was 73.05% by Amy Ramsden-Young at Harlow and top male Age Grade% was 75.19% by Ian Martinson at Hull and Frazer Carr at Norwich.

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

Women

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Aisling DAVISAylesburyUK29:4649.72%54
Alexandra Natalie SMITHRoberts ParkUK25:4757.40%128
Alice HOULDCROFTCannock ChaseUK29:1150.71%71
Alison HARGREAVESWoodhouse MoorUK29:3052.94%199
Alys GRIFFITHSOld Railway TrailUK27:1254.78%334
Amber EDWARDSWoodhouse MoorUK26:1856.40%239
Amy RAMSDEN-YOUNGHarlowUK20:3273.05%281PB
Anna GRUGEL SMITHPirramaAU26:1756.31%131st
Anna J HIGGINSSt AndrewsUK31:4246.90%1181st
Anna STOCKSRoundhayUK41:0336.09%409
Anne AKERSWoodhouse MoorUK36:5955.66%427
Brenda GANNONSouth BankAU26:2263.59%137
Caite BURKEWoodhouse MoorUK22:1966.47%38PB
Cara GATESCleethorpesUK21:5868.51%264
Carol ROGERSHeatonUK28:3266.12%264
Caroline SANDERSWoodhouse MoorUK30:1254.86%354
Catherine MCGUIREArmleyUK29:3851.29%200
Chloe BROOKSWoodleyUK26:5954.85%128
Clare EVANSSouthportUK26:3356.12%347
Clare MAXWELLWoodhouse MoorUK33:2354.97%477
Claudia BAUERWoodhouse MoorUK34:1344.42%366
Daisy WALESSutton ParkUK26:3755.60%66
Danni FOXWoodhouse MoorUK53:1927.79%157
Debbie BROWNLong EatonUK25:5669.79%315
Eleanor WILLIAMSOld Railway TrailUK24:1361.11%3021st
Elizabeth WARDALEGooleUK28:2951.96%641st
Ellie CROSSLEYArmleyUK29:0950.77%93
Ellie SHIPPKeswickUK29:3450.06%119
Emily MARTINSONHullUK21:4068.31%70
Emma AMORAuldcathie DistrictUK30:0849.78%227
Hannah SUTTONGooleUK27:3953.77%24PB
Indi LACEYDalby ForestUK33:5243.70%33
Jane PRUSTWoodhouse MoorUK28:5171.35%192
Jaz BANGERHWoodhouse MoorUK48:2736.39%700
Jo RHODESWoodhouse MoorUK33:4444.32%272
Julie ROBSONWoodhouse MoorUK36:3350.89%221
Karly STRINGERWoodhouse MoorUK31:0248.98%225
Katherine LEYWoodhouse MoorUK31:5448.22%113
Kristan WEBBWoodhouse MoorUK33:3656.15%264
Laura KETTLEWELLYorkUK25:2162.06%231
Lesley-Ann DONNELLDerry CityUK28:3652.62%267
Liz JONESChevin ForestUK47:5642.94%645
Lizzie COOMBESWoodhouse MoorUK48:1538.55%329
Lorraine BEAVISWoodhouse MoorUK38:1556.34%329
Louise GARDHAMWoodhouse MoorUK31:0156.85%224
Lucy RIDERPontefractUK36:4942.73%363
Manesha CHAUHANCannon HillUK31:0451.13%205
Matilda RHODESWidnesUK25:3257.96%247PB
Megan FOSTERWoodhouse MoorUK23:1263.79%78
Naomi MILESSedgefieldUK23:0364.86%233
Poppy FORWOODGreat Yarmouth North BeachUK44:4936.33%2401st
Rebecca GRAYHeatonUK33:2944.65%388
Robyn JOHNSONGooleUK31:5947.32%3181st
Rosalie DANGSedgefieldUK27:4953.21%128PB
Sarah JEWERSGuildfordUK27:0954.51%122
Sarah MARKLESSHuddersfieldUK30:1149.09%119
Sarah ROBERTSConcordUK28:1552.39%220
Surinder BHATTIWoodhouse MoorUK38:3643.44%340
Teejay JONESWoodhouse MoorUK48:2032.55%87
Vicky HOUGHTONPoolsbrookUK23:0167.34%496
Victoria SMITHChevin ForestUK27:0855.77%34PB

Men

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Alasdair FELLOWSSutton ParkUK26:3748.53%63
Alex FELLSArmleyUK27:1347.76%111
Alex GREENWOODRothay ParkUK21:4761.29%91
Andrew BLACKWoodhouse MoorUK19:0971.28%101PB
Andrew CARRIERNorwichUK18:5768.43%98
Andy JUDDWoodhouse MoorUK36:3343.50%341
Ben HARTLEYWoodhouse MoorUK22:0465.26%364
Charlie JACKETTWoodhouse MoorUK23:3059.86%227
Chris JONESChevin ForestUK25:1768.23%732
Chris WORFOLKWoodhouse MoorUK25:3752.50%384
Conor GOOLDBlyth LinksUK23:0657.07%108PB
Curtis BROADHEADWoodhouse MoorUK18:2370.17%178
Curtis PARKER-MILNESWoodhouse MoorUK33:5838.08%228
Dan STEVENSONWoodhouse MoorUK22:3060.22%108
Daniel WAASGooleUK27:2051.10%5021st
Douglas BLACKWOODYorkUK19:2166.67%18
Ed SHAKESPEARELinford WoodUK20:3062.93%36PB
Euan DOUGLASNorwichUK23:3254.82%74
Frazer CARRNorwichUK17:1275.19%161PB
George SULLIVANForest RecUK47:0627.39%217
Gordon CRAWFORDWoodhouse MoorUK25:1471.66%246
Gregor LAWSONSt AndrewsUK19:5765.41%1201st
Harrison GRANGERoundhayUK31:1641.26%14
Ian MARTINSONHullUK21:5475.19%79
Jack CLARKEWoodhouse MoorUK22:3161.51%27
Jack GORDONArrow ValleyUK26:0650.26%24
Jack ROSEYorkUK35:5436.54%233
Jason NEWELLBramleyUK28:4352.64%342
Joe LAWLEYKeswickUK24:5152.31%171
John PRATTWoodhouse MoorUK19:3170.96%160
Jonathan PRYORWoodhouse MoorUK26:5548.98%184
Lee TAYLORWoodhouse MoorUK31:0246.40%118
Mark HADDRILLWoodhouse MoorUK34:1340.48%373
Matt BARTONWoodhouse MoorUK24:2357.69%277
Matthew GRAYHeatonUK33:3239.31%195
Michael GARTSIDERoberts ParkUK22:1661.30%157
Michael GODSALLGunnersburyUK23:4854.20%47PB
Mike GALLAGHERYorkUK19:5968.81%123
Mohammed ASLAMRoundhayUK32:2848.56%254
Nagendran BALARAMALWoodhouse MoorUK28:5545.13%18
Nigel WALLISWoodhouse MoorUK22:3263.91%97
Paul RAMSDENHarlowUK24:4659.08%251PB
Paul ROBINSONWoodhouse MoorUK19:3871.65%177PB
Paul SAWYERWoodhouse MoorUK22:3061.11%265
Phil LINDSAYWoodhouse MoorUK48:1738.00%482
Ralph KIDNERWoodhouse MoorUK25:0970.11%371
Richard CARTWRIGHTWoodhouse MoorUK24:5356.13%60
Richard KNIGHTONYorkUK17:2773.93%82PB
Richard PULLANRothwellUK28:3459.28%406
Rob RILEYColney LaneUK22:0958.39%224
Sam DOOLEYBramleyUK27:0160.39%388
Simon ROGERSHeatonUK26:5660.58%298
Stephen PRUSTWoodhouse MoorUK36:3545.83%178
Steve BROWNLong EatonUK27:1158.00%282
Steve WORTHINGTONFerry MeadowsUK21:1261.56%68PB
Timothy LINLEYWoodhouse MoorUK20:3767.18%132
Tobias ADKINSWoodhouse MoorUK18:3870.39%195
Tom MCNEILLIEWoodhouse MoorUK22:4258.44%105
Will JEEPSLister ParkUK20:5161.87%61
William WATKINSMelton MowbrayUK42:5130.18%41