PARKRUN: Because of very good weather conditions at 9am, the parkrun starter challenged the field of Saturday’s run to deliver at least 20 personal best times.

He was not disappointed when 25 of the 101 entrants met this mark, which again demonstrated how people can improve with regular activity.

Visitors came from Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire and Wiltshire. It seems that parkrun is becoming another attraction for tourists to Great Yarmouth.

Walkers are always welcomed, although there were a few less this time, possibly because some are becoming runners.

Mark Thompson won the Sweatshop Prize for June. The volunteers are now included in this draw.

Congratulations went to Vinny Jones who completed the whole of the 65K with Dave Kelf and Ira Smith last week.

Plans are being made for another Wednesday evening handicap 5k, so watch these reports and the www.parkrun.com website for further details.

Gorleston parkrun July 23

1 Kevin Sharman 17:02 VM40-44 (Lowestoft Road Runners) PB, 2 Mark L Thompson 18:22 SM25-29 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 3 David R Hughes 19:36 VM45-49, 4 Vinny Jones 19:51 SM30-34, 5 Keelan Pywell 20:03 JM15-19 (Great Yarmouth & District AC), 6 Adrian Richard Simmonds 20:17 VM40-44, 7 Matthew John Buckoke 20:31 SM35-39, 8 Darren Cains 20:44 SM30-34, 9 Ian Hacon 20:53 VM40-44 (Tri-Anglia) PB, 10 Nathan Clark 20:59 SM35-39 PB, 11 Matthew Fennell 21:01 SM30-34, 12 Stephen Leeves 21:07 VM50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 13 Kevan Pywell 21:13 VM50-54 (Great Yarmouth & District AC) PB, 14 Matthew Sutton 21:29 SM20-24 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 15 Andrew Neil Baker 21:32 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 16 Matt Ellis 21:48 SM35-39 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 17 Philip Harvey 21:54 VM40-44 PB, 18 Alan Churchman 22:04 SM35-39, 19 Nick Overy 22:16 VM40-44, 20 Mark Dyble 22:34 VM45-49.

21 Crispian Garth 22:41 VM50-54 (Swindon Harriers), 22 Emily Dyble 22:45 SW20-24, 23 Martin HAZELL 22:46 VM40-44, 24 Jim Middleton 22:48 VM60-64 PB, 25 William West 22:50 SM25-29, 26 Daisy Spurway 22:56 JW14 (Great Yarmouth & District AC) PB, 27 Jenny Garth 23:03 VW55-59 (Swindon Harriers), 28 Adam Towfighi 23:19 SM20-24, 29 Damian Cowlishaw 23:25 VM45-49 (Long Eaton RC), 30 Dan Hurren 23:31 SM30-34, 31 Michael Dale 23:52 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 32 Stephen Oldman 24:03 VM45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 33 Steven Rees 24:08 SM35-39, 34 Dale Bullock 24:10 VM45-49 PB, 35 Neil Thomas 24:13 VM40-44 (Bungay Black Dog RC) PB, 36 Nigel Hallybone 24:18 VM40-44, 37 William Delf 24:23 VM50-54 PB, 38 Nick Riches 24:28 VM45-49 PB, 39 Martin Simpson 24:35 SM30-34, 40 Michael Paul Swann 24:36 VM45-49 PB.

41 Nick Woodhouse 24:54 SM35-39, 42 Paul Westgate 24:56 VM50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 43 Matt Beckett 24:58 SM30-34, 44 Bobbie Sauerzapf 24:59 VW50-54 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 45 Howard Wilcox 25:00 VM55-59, 46 Amanda Norman 25:04 VW45-49 PB, 47 David Punt 25:23 VM55-59 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 48 Sue Fraser 25:30 VW50-54 (Great Yarmouth & District AC), 49 Peter Spandler 25:33 VM50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 50 Michael Childs 25:45 VM60-64 PB, 51 Tommy Simmons 26:00 SM25-29, 52 Pauline Richardson 26:03 VW50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 53 Tabatha Sims 26:32 VW40-44, 54 Dave Martindale 27:03 VM50-54 (Herts Phoenix AC), 55 Matthew Wooltorton 27:05 SM25-29 PB, 56 John Pamplin 27:07 VM60-64, 57 Maria Ball 27:10 VW40-44, 58 Carolyn Martindale 27:26 VW45-49 (Herts Phoenix AC), 59 Paula Goacher 27:26 VW45-49, 60 Phillip Laurier 27:35 VM60-64 (Lowestoft Road Runners).

61 Alison Ayers 27:38 VW45-49 PB, 62 Jo Woolnough 27:51 SW30-34 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 63 Sarah Parkes 27:57 VW35-39, 64 Julie Ann Webster 28:06 VW40-44 PB, 65 Stanley Waller 28:12 VM65-69 PB, 66 Sarah E Brown 28:19 VW35-39, 67 Gary David Newman 28:21 VM40-44, 68 Tony Ludlam 28:43 VM45-49, 69 Sid Anverali 28:43 VM40-44, 70 Elaine Stone 28:46 VW50-54, 71 Louise Penn 28:48 VW50-54, 72 Peter John Westgate 28:54 VM60-64, 73 David Bound 29:05 VM55-59, 74 Claire Penning 29:17 VW35-39, 75 Rachel Acamon-Carbonelli 29:21 SW30-34, 76 John Kenneth Wray 29:30 VM45-49 PB, 77 Rebecca Joanne Hands 29:37 VW35-39 PB, 78 Karen Haughton 29:46 VW50-54, 79 John Bound 29:53 VM60-64 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners) PB, 80 Louise Farrar 30:11 VW40-44.

81 Sally Ann Hewitt 30:42 VW55-59 (Wellingborough & District AC), 82 Bob Arnell 30:58 VM65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 83 Bridget Inyang 31:07 VW45-49 PB, 84 Janet Sanderson 31:15 VW55-59, 85 Linda Allen 31:26 VW60-64, 86 Tony Ellis 32:16 VM45-49, 87 Wendy Long 33:00 SW25-29 PB, 88 Helen Louise Swann 33:06 VW40-44, 89 Rachel Allen 33:17 SW30-34 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 90 Saskia Spong 33:35 JW14 PB, 91 Carole Spong 33:35 VW65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 92 Charlotte Read 34:25 VW35-39 PB, 93 Nicholas Dyer 34:30 VM45-49, 94 Wendy Sutton 35:00 VW50-54, 95 Karen McGovern 35:30 VW55-59, 96 Jean Withington 35:30 VW55-59, 97 Brenda Bennett 35:45 VW55-59 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 98 Thomas James 36:19 SM25-29, 99 Peter John Harrison 37:21 VM65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 100 Elizabeth Allen 38:13 SW30-34 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 101 Ellis Cowlishaw 38:36 JW14 (Long Eaton RC).