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–