Co-ordinated by JANE WADEY Fairlands Valley Spartans organized another really successful take over of the Stevenage parkrun on Saturday. Take overs are when one organisation takes on most of the volunteer roles at a parkrun.
There were 477 finishers including 39 Spartans. The Spartan pacers helped to get 25 people to new parkrun personal bests. They included CHRIS WATLING with a new PPB of 23:01 and DAVID ACKERY with 24:44. ASHLEY JOHNSON one of the pacers celebrated her 20th parkrun with 23:52. MARK BEASLEY ran his 130th in 25:46; MARIE COLUCCI, another pacer, her tenth with 27:41; and new member Rosemary ONABAWORIN her first in 42:24.
There were 477 finishers including 39 Spartans. Many other Spartans were marshals, helping to set up the event, volunteering in all sorts of ways.
Jim and Yuko win in League
YUKO GORDON and JIM BROWN were prizewinners in Division One of the Mid Week League. Proving that Fairlands Valley Spartans just keep going they both won the oldest categories with Yuko winning the series for women aged 65 and over and Jim winning for men aged 70 plus. There were 14 MV70s.
The awards were made after the “Mob Match” 10K in Welwyn Garden City in which 21 Spartans raced.
The fastest Spartan in the mob match was KIRK NDUGU, 17th in 36:13; with ADRIAN BUSOLINI and BRIAN BRACKSTONE not far behind with 36:59 (24th) and 37:23 (27th). WENDY THARANI was the fastest female from Fairlands with 59:35 chased in by CLAIRE EMMERSON who finished in 59:39.
| Race | First Name | Last Name | Time | Gen Pos | Cat | Vet | Cat. | M/F | Improve | Team |
| 17 | KIRK | NDUGU | 36:13 | 17 | S | M | 0:19 | 1 | ||
| 24 | ADRIAN | BUSOLINI | 36:59 | 23 | S | M | 0:57 | 2 | ||
| 27 | BRIAN | BRACKSTONE | 37:23 | 25 | 3 | 12 | V 50 | M | 0:51 | 3 |
| 71 | JAY | PAPA | 41:47 | 64 | S | M | 4 | |||
| 99 | ROBERT | WRIGHT | 44:07 | 83 | 31 | 49 | V 40 | M | 2:34 | 5 |
| 158 | CHARLIE | ARNOLD | 48:27 | 122 | 12 | 78 | V 60 | M | 0:32 | 6 |
| 186 | SIMON | HAIGH | 50:19 | 134 | 25 | 90 | V 50 | M | 2:23 | 7 |
| 210 | DAVID | ACKERY | 52:12 | 150 | S | M | 0:24 | 8 | ||
| 236 | MARTIN | DUDLEY | 54:04 | 161 | 21 | 114 | V 60 | M | 0:09 | 9 |
| 240 | DARREN | EMMERSON | 54:19 | 163 | 32 | 116 | V 50 | M | 10 | |
| 253 | PETE | COOK | 55:27 | 169 | 34 | 121 | V 50 | M | 3:31 | 11 |
| 262 | JIM | BROWN | 56:28 | 174 | 5 | 125 | V 70 | M | 3:49 | 12 |
| 282 | WENDY | THARANI | 59:35 | 98 | 32 | 70 | V 45 | F | ||
| 283 | CLAIRE | EMMERSON | 59:39 | 99 | 33 | 71 | V 45 | F | 2:57 | |
| 284 | TIM | ROBINSON | 59:40 | 183 | 42 | 134 | V 50 | M | 0:36 | |
| 300 | NICK | KLEANTHOUS | 1:01:07 | 186 | 25 | 137 | V 60 | M | 1:07 | |
| 306 | JUDY | KING | 1:02:14 | 116 | 19 | 81 | V 55 | F | 1:22 | |
| 323 | LIZ | CARVELL | 1:05:44 | 126 | 23 | 90 | V 55 | F | 2:22 | |
| 329 | SHARON | CROWLEY | 1:08:48 | 131 | 9 | 95 | V 65 | F | ||
| 335 | JANE | WADEY | 1:15:12 | 134 | 25 | 98 | V 55 | F | 1:56 |
Parkrun Highlights 13th July (#355)
Altogether 59 Spartans ran parkruns on Saturday. Spartans at parkruns elsewhere included JAY PAPA 19:49 at Congleton; CHLOE CHAPMAN 27:07 at Kings Lynn; PETE SMITH 28:15 at North Yorkshire Water Park; DZENANA TOPIC 37:38 and DARRYL STEVENS 46:05 at the Wimpole Estate; and TRACY HAYGARTH 40:31 at Westmill.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Time | Comments |
| 11 | 11 | Grant RAMSAY | 19:51 | Pacing (20) |
| 27 | 25 | Charlie WHITE | 20:53 | Pacing (21) |
| 49 | 47 | David RIDDELL | 22:11 | |
| 65 | 61 | Chris WATLING | 23:01 | New PPB |
| 66 | 62 | Graham HOARE | 23:03 | |
| 80 | 5 | Ashley JOHNSON | 23:52 | Pacing (24). 20 parkruns. |
| 102 | 95 | David ACKERY | 24:44 | New PPB |
| 111 | 9 | Georgie HOOPER | 24:57 | Pacing (25) |
| 131 | 119 | Lee PICKERSGILL | 25:36 | |
| 137 | 124 | Mark BEASLEY | 25:46 | 130 parkruns |
| 142 | 13 | Annabelle WHITE | 25:53 | Pacing (26) |
| 144 | 129 | Ryan DUNNING | 25:58 | |
| 145 | 130 | Martin DUDLEY | 26:00 | |
| 153 | 135 | Charles ARNOLD | 26:14 | Pacing (27) |
| 173 | 147 | Toby ECCLESHALL | 26:45 | |
| 174 | 25 | Gail MACKIE | 26:45 | |
| 211 | 39 | Marie COLUCCI | 27:41 | Pacing (28). 10 parkruns. |
| 248 | 192 | Andy JAY | 28:57 | Pacing (29) |
| 257 | 196 | Matt CLARKE | 29:14 | |
| 269 | 203 | Peter SACH | 29:26 | 100 parkruns |
| 281 | 207 | Keith HOOKER | 29:47 | Pacing (30) |
| 296 | 215 | Jim BROWN | 30:44 | Pacing (31) |
| 313 | 82 | Monica SMITHSON | 31:28 | |
| 326 | 229 | Nick KLEANTHOUS | 32:00 | Pacing (32) |
| 347 | 103 | Yuko GORDON | 32:49 | Pacing (33) |
| 357 | 241 | Paul JENNINGS | 33:21 | |
| 374 | 120 | Penny SCHENKEL | 34:22 | |
| 375 | 248 | Matthew NEWTON | 34:23 | |
| 381 | 124 | Hilary DAVIES | 34:42 | |
| 385 | 128 | Jane WADEY | 34:58 | Take over co-ordinator |
| 396 | 134 | Jo MANSFIELD | 35:53 | |
| 397 | 256 | Stuart ARCHER | 35:57 | |
| 414 | 147 | Sally PICKLES | 37:18 | |
| 425 | 156 | Samantha SUTTON | 37:48 | |
| 456 | 275 | Andy PRIOR | 41:57 | |
| 459 | 173 | Rosemary ONABAWORIN | 42:24 | First parkrun |
| 460 | 174 | Kerstin WEINER | 42:47 | |
| 476 | 185 | Nichola DURENT | 50:54 | Tail end |
| 477 | 186 | Sharon CROWLEY | 51:40 | Tail end |