Tag: Christmas parkrun

All twenty seven Fairlands Valley Spartans wanted for Christmas was to join in the festive Parkrun fun at six different locations around the country on Christmas Day. 

Christmas number one goes to JONATHAN PARR finishing as first man with a time of 16:51. Spartans took one two at Stevenage with ADRIAN BUSOLINI (18:16) taking second place.  

The fastest female Spartan this week was TRACEY JACKSON who finished with a time of 23:43 and was the fifth fastest lady also at Stevenage. 

There were Santa, elves, Christmas crackers, little helpers, even grinches and most of the 22 Spartans at Stevenage stepped into Christmas Parkrun fun, dressed in festive clothing with a special shout out to CAROL SHELDRICK and CAROLINE CROFT dressed as elves. 

Other Spartans were parkrun volunteers to help make it a special morning.  There were 325 parkrunners in Stevenage. 

Visiting relations GRANT RAMSAY enjoyed the Edinburgh parkrun which he finished in less than twenty minutes with 19:47 and 40^th position out of 568. 

There will be a New Year’s Day parkrun in Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage at 9a.m. on Saturday.  It’s free but you need to register with parkrun beforehand. 

Andrew Wins On Boxing Day 

There was a lower attendance than usual at the Pirton Boxing Day run and miserable weather but spirits were high.  Spartan ANDREW PATTERSON won the very muddy 3.2 mile event in 17 minutes 48 seconds. 

Cross Country Update 

Fairlands Valley Spartans finished the cross country league fixture in Stevenage with more than three complete men’s and three complete women’s teams.  In the participation table the club swept into second place with 45 with only Garden City Runners getting more round with 63.  This time FVS overtook Royston Runners 42 and got well ahead of Trent Park 35; North Herts Road Runners 33; St Albans Striders 26; Team Trident 25 and Watford also 25.  There are 19 clubs in the league. 

This time in the race the Spartan men were again fifth out of nineteen but not far behind Garden City Runners.  Their women were eleventh but only three points behind Ealing who were tenth.  Now the Spartans are seventh out of nineteen in the combined team score following three races. 

It was a murky and misty morning on 19^th December but that didn’t stop more than 400 people enjoying five miles of cross country running around Fairlands Valley Park in the race which was organised by Fairlands Valley Spartans. 

Let’s see what the club can do at the next league fixture which will be in Watford on Sunday 16^th January. 

The county cross country championships are in Welwyn Garden City on 9^th January. 

Paul Completes His Coasts and Borders 

With more than four days of the year still to go PAUL HOLGATE completed his virtual coast of England challenge running the full 2,970 kilometres in a moving time of 383 hours, 53 minutes and 43 seconds. 

Tables 

Spartans at parkruns on Christmas Day: 

Position	Gender Position	Name	Run Time
Stevenage parkrun
1	1	Jonathan PARR	16:51
2	2	Adrian BUSOLINI	18:16
20	18	Steve WELLS	20:27
60	5	Tracey JACKSON	23:43
61	53	Thomas SAUKA	23:44
70	59	Andy JAY	24:10
138	100	Tim ROBINSON	27:29
174	43	Ann TRYSSESOONE	29:05
176	119	Ken JUDE	29:09
184	48	Jo BOWDERY	29:31
189	126	Matt CLARKE	29:35
190	51	Fiona CLARKE	29:36
192	53	Claire EMMERSON	29:38
193	127	Darren EMMERSON	29:38
194	54	Debbie BLANTERN	29:45
235	72	Monica SMITHSON	31:51
236	73	Tracy HAYGARTH	31:58
242	77	Carole SHELDRICK	32:15
243	78	Caroline CROFT	32:15
244	79	Harriet PACE	32:19
272	96	Sharon CROWLEY	34:51
317	123	Helen HARRIS	44:53
Edinburgh parkrun
40	33	Grant RAMSAY	19:47
Houghton Hall parkrun
87	63	Michael O’KEEFE	29:30
Panshanger parkrun
83	72	Mike REYNOLDS	26:02
Lee-on-the-Solent parkrun
174	119	Edward HARE	27:24
Bartley Park parkrun
117	64	Darryl STEVENS	39:51

All 45 Spartan finishers at the Stevenage cross country (19^th December): 

Position	Name	Official	Gender	Category	Team
4	ANDREW PATTERSON	27:33	M	40	MA
9	SIMON JACKSON	28:30	M	40	MA
10	JONATHAN PARR	28:32	M	S	MA
46	CHARLIE WHITE	30:56	M	S	MA
57	KELVIN BEYOKU	31:32	M	S	MA
70	STUART ARCHER	32:27	M	S	MA
99	STEVE WELLS	33:30	M	50	MA
104	DANNY SCANLON	33:34	M	40	MA
142	MARK COLLINS	35:23	M	40	MB
146	JOHN HARRIS	35:30	M	50	MB
150	PETE SMITH	35:37	M	50	MB
164	THOMAS SAUKA	36:33	M	40	MB
186	STEVE MAYFIELD	37:27	M	50	MB
201	MARTIN WOOD	38:00	M	50	MB
210	YUKO GORDON	38:20	F	65	FA
218	TRACEY JACKSON	38:34	F	45	FA
226	CRAIG BACON	38:56	M	50	MB
236	MARK GOODWIN	39:15	M	60	MB
249	ANNABELLE WHITE	39:38	F	S	FA
273	MATT CLARKE	40:50	M	40	MC
276	TIM ROBINSON	41:02	M	50	MC
280	LUKE GURNEY	41:07	M	S	MC
284	TRACEY PEZ	41:16	F	45	FA
291	DAVID KENNEDY	42:02	M	S	MC
300	ZOE JACKSON	42:27	F	35	FA
301	DARREN EMMERSON	42:28	M	50	MC
306	ANDY JAY	42:44	M	50	MC
319	CAROLE SHELDRICK	43:47	F	45	FB
325	JON SYPULA	44:02	M	40	MC
326	MARK FREEMAN	44:04	M	60	MC
335	NICK KLEANTHOUS	44:55	M	50
338	FIONA CLARKE	45:12	F	35	FB
345	MARIAN MORLEY	45:49	F	55	FB
346	NICOLA ANDERSSON	45:50	F	45	FB
360	SIMON SYPULA	47:04	M	40
368	ROGER HARDMAN	48:01	M	70
382	MICHAEL O’KEEFE	49:43	M	50
396	CATHY CRAIG	52:11	F	65	FB
399	SHARON CROWLEY	53:07	F	55	FC
400	PAUL HOLGATE	53:18	M	60
411	JENNY GARRETT	56:03	F	45	FC
412	CALLIE CHAPMAN	56:12	F	35	FC
418	CHRISTINE ZVEREV	57:05	F	35	FC
419	HAZEL SMITH	57:05	F	45	FC
420	CLAIRE EMMERSON	57:06	F	45

16 women and 29 men.  There were 421 finishers, 165 women and 256 men, altogether.