Gorleston Parkrun

Great Yarmouth Mercury: Mark ThompsonMark Thompson (Image: Archant)

A record turn-out of 180 participants on a fine early spring morning celebrated the 200th Gorleston Cliffs Parkrun which has taken place every Saturday morning since its start in April 2009.

Great Yarmouth Mercury: Jessica SparkesJessica Sparkes (Image: Archant)

Of these 44 achieved personal best times. Nick Overy has done 196 runs and Howard Wilcox 195, so it won‘t be long before both reach their own 200 run targets.

Great Yarmouth Mercury: Parkrun mass startParkrun mass start (Image: Archant)

The clear winner was Mark Thompson of GYRR in an excellent time of 17:11. He was followed by Marc Evans in 18:41 and David Hughes in 18:46.

The ladies race was won by 12 year old Jessica Sparkes from Bungay Black Dog RC in 22:52, her first win. Second was Tracey Prewer of Lowestoft RR in 22:59 and third Tamsin Desborough of GYRR in 23:42. Carole Sponge has been nominated as this month’s SweatShop prize winner for her devoted Volunteering. Congratulations and many thanks to Carole.

This Sunday, there will be an extra, unofficial 5k parkrun starting and finishing at Jay Jay’s promenade café at 9.30am to coincide with the well-advertised Cystic Fibrosis fund raising dipathon in the sea.

Runners can gain sponsorship (forms available at Saturday’s usual parkrun or on the day) or by donation for joining in with the mass splash at about 10.30am.

Here’s hoping for at least some warm sunshine that morning and a swift run back up the beach for a warm cuppa in the café.

1 Mark L Thompson 17:11 SM25-29 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners) PB, 2 Marc Evans 18:41 SM30-34 PB, 3 David R Hughes 18:46 VM45-49, 4 Darren Barnes 18:58 SM35-39, 5 Richard Lesslie 19:31 SM20-24, 6 Phil Denby 19:42 SM35-39 PB, 7 Christopher Haylock 19:53 VM40-44 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 8 Neil Farrow 20:02 VM45-49 PB, 9 Raymand Mitchell 20:05 SM25-29, 10 Andrew Neil Baker 20:18 VM45-49 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners) PB, 11 Jon Comyn 20:28 SM25-29 PB, 12 William Simm 20:30 JM14, 13 Philip Harvey 20:31 VM40-44, 14 Kane Simmonds 20:40 JM15-19, 15 Nicky Sparkes 20:41 JM14 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 16 Simon Eastleigh 20:45 SM25-29 PB, 17 Mark Stone 20:51 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 18 Harley Ayers 21:07 JM15-19 PB, 19 Matthew Sutton 21:12 SM25-29 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 20 Darrell Oldman 21:28 VM45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC) PB

21 Jack Townley 21:36 JM14, 22 Fergus Anderson 21:43 VM55-59 (Tri-Anglia) PB, 23 Vinny Jones 21:51 SM30-34, 24 Antony Coucher 21:54 SM25-29 (Lowestoft Road Runners) PB, 25 Simon Bekker 21:56 SM35-39, 26 Daniel Sampson 21:59 JM15-19 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 27 Simon Sparkes 22:17 VM40-44 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 28 Michael Quantrill 22:20 VM40-44 PB, 29 Martin Simpson 22:23 SM30-34, 30 Nick Overy 22:25 VM45-49, 31 Dan Hurren 22:27 SM30-34, 32 Vince Smith 22:28 SM35-39 PB, 33 Ian Timms 22:38 SM35-39, 34 Michael Paul Swann 22:43 VM45-49, 35 Roger Williams 22:48 VM55-59, 36 Jessica Sparkes 22:52 JW14 (Bungay Black Dog RC) PB, 37 Ernie George 22:56 VM55-59 PB, 38 Tracy Prewer 22:59 VW45-49 (Lowestoft Road Runners) PB, 39 Mthandazo Hlabangana 23:02 VM40-44 PB, 40 Harry Greensides 23:05 JM14

41 Jed Knights 23:07 JM15-19, 42 Nick Riches 23:12 VM50-54 (City of Norwich AC), 43 David Punt 23:12 VM55-59 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 44 Nigel Ayers 23:26 VM45-49, 45 Ryan Scott 23:27 SM25-29, 46 Graham Roberts 23:30 VM60-64 PB, 47 Neil Thomas 23:33 VM40-44 (Bungay Black Dog RC) PB, 48 Christopher John Comyn 23:36 SM30-34, 49 Colin Maxwell 23:39 VM50-54 PB, 50 William Delf 23:40 VM50-54 (City of Norwich AC), 51 Tamsin Desborough 23:42 JW15-19 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 52 Maria Ball 23:42 VW40-44 PB, 53 Bobbie Sauerzapf 23:50 VW50-54 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 54 Pauline Richardson 23:53 VW50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 55 Robyn Ollington 23:55 VW50-54 PB, 56 John Scott 23:56 VM45-49, 57 Sean Molloy 23:57 VM45-49 PB, 58 Hugh Roberts 24:10 VM60-64 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 59 Richard Damon Moyse 24:13 SM35-39 PB, 60 Aaron Stearne 24:17 VM40-44

61 Jamie Garbutt 24:22 SM25-29, 62 Sue Fraser 24:29 VW50-54 (Great Yarmouth & District AC), 63 Michael Childs 24:36 VM60-64, 64 Howard Wilcox 24:39 VM55-59, 65 Shona Suzan Bendix 24:41 VW45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 66 Jamie Freeman 24:47 JM15-19, 67 David Andrew Mills 24:48 VM40-44 PB, 68 Julie Ann Webster 24:55 VW40-44 PB, 69 Lisa Marie Riley 25:00 VW40-44, 70 Luke Blackwell 25:00 SM25-29, 71 Michael Dale 25:01 VM45-49 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 72 Unknown, 73 John White 25:04 VM50-54 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 74 Karen Gedge 25:08 VW45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 75 Chris Chorley 25:09 VM45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 76 Elayne Hilton 25:13 VW45-49 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 77 John Hopwood 25:19 VM60-64, 78 Andreas Brodbeck 25:26 VM50-54, 79 Steven Rees 25:31 SM35-39, 80 Robert Belcher 25:36 VM50-54 PB

81 Daniel Blackwell 25:40 SM30-34, 82 Maria Webster 25:44 VW45-49 PB, 83 Francis Woodcock 25:48 VM45-49, 84 Paul Ferrow 25:51 VM50-54, 85 Philip Robert Clarke 25:52 VM55-59 PB, 86 Graham Sampson 25:55 VM65-69 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 87 Kathryn Clarke 26:00 JW14 PB, 88 Jade Comyn 26:00 SW25-29 PB, 89 Elaine Stone 26:07 VW50-54, 90 Paul Harker 26:29 SM30-34, 91 Harry Smith 26:34 JM14 PB, 92 John Figiel 26:35 VM45-49 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 93 Howard Hunter 26:38 VM40-44, 94 John Bound 26:50 VM65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners) PB, 95 Kevin Blackwell 27:02 VM50-54, 96 Louise Penn 27:03 VW50-54, 97 Adrian Penn 27:04 VM50-54, 98 Phillip Laurier 27:05 VM60-64 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 99 Alison Ayers 27:06 VW45-49, 100 Jonathan Coy 27:09 VM40-44

101 Lucy Coy 27:10 VW40-44 PB, 102 Robin Anthony Farrar 27:11 VM70-74 (Bungay Black Dog RC) PB, 103 John Kenneth Wray 27:15 VM45-49 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 104 Rhys Patterson 27:22 JM14, 105 Peter Allen 27:27 VM40-44, 106 Haydn Patterson 27:29 JM14, 107 Kerstin Langer 27:31 VW45-49, 108 Michelle Scott 27:40 VW45-49 PB, 109 Peter Spandler 27:42 VM50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 110 Hayley Donnelly 27:49 VW35-39, 111 George Jerrard 27:56 JM14 PB, 112 Graeme Kidd 27:56 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 113 Stephen Cockrill 28:03 VM50-54 PB, 114 Dianne Crosby 28:04 VW65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 115 Heather Houghton 28:04 VW40-44, 116 Zarina Hampton 28:05 SW25-29, 117 Melissa Mitchell 28:09 SW25-29, 118 Neil Winney 28:14 VM45-49, 119 Douglas Gladwin 28:21 VM50-54 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 120 Sarah Sharman 28:26 VW35-39

121 Henry Neal Miller 28:36 JM14 PB, 122 Emily Miller 28:44 VW35-39, 123 Gary David Newman 29:05 VM40-44, 124 Ian Ash 29:39 VM70-74 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 125 Esther Simm 29:43 JW14, 126 Helen Louise Swann 29:47 VW40-44, 127 Janine Pettingill 29:47 VW45-49, 128 Trevor Potter 29:57 VM55-59 PB, 129 Bob Arnell 30:01 VM65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 130 Janet Sanderson 30:15 VW60-64, 131 Melissa Claire Gray 30:24 SW20-24, 132 Dean Patrick Gray 30:25 VM50-54, 133 Christine Holland 30:29 VW40-44, 134 Jan Cooper 30:42 VW45-49, 135 Kerry Belcher 31:10 SW30-34 PB, 136 Tony Ellis 31:42 VM45-49, 137 Ron Upton 31:49 VM55-59, 138 Julie Fletcher 31:54 VW45-49 PB, 139 Caroline Lester 31:58 VW35-39 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 140 Christine Muttitt 31:58 VW60-64 (Bungay Black Dog RC)

141 Sam Darby 32:17 JM14, 142 Sian Farrow 32:21 JW14, 143 Emily Dawson 32:26 JW14, 144 Benjamin Paul Scott 32:43 JM14, 145 Alan Roy Cunningham 32:44 VM40-44, 146 Jessica Amy Scott 32:54 JW14, 147 Paul Sayer 33:11 VM45-49, 148 Sophie Frankis 33:16 JW14, 149 Marie Dawson 33:26 VW40-44, 150 Louis Richard Moyse 33:37 JM14, 151 Wendy Sutton 34:15 VW50-54, 152 Nicholas Dyer 34:40 VM50-54, 153 Anna Duffield 34:43 JW14 PB, 154 Myles Duffield 34:44 SM35-39, 155 Paul Whitehead 35:22 VM55-59, 156 James Donnelly 35:23 VM40-44, 157 Brenda Bennett 35:27 VW60-64 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 158 Zak Hipwell 35:36 JM14, 159 Barry Hipwell 35:36 VM50-54, 160 Rachel Allen 35:41 SW30-34 (Lowestoft Road Runners)

161 Ria Hampton 35:51 JW14, 162 Rob Nicholls 35:51 SM20-24, 163 Brenda Williams 35:51 VW55-59, 164 Emily Frosdick 35:55 JW15-19, 165 Dulcie Mcdonald 36:51 VW40-44 PB, 166 Jodie Frankis 37:14 VW35-39, 167 Melissa Duffield 37:26 JW14, 168 Jacquie Duffield 38:40 VW35-39, 169 Anita Betts 38:44 VW60-64, 170 Jessica Womack 39:33 JW14, 171 Mark Womack 40:12 VM40-44, 172 Anthony Harris 40:14 VM55-59, 173 Loraine Jerrard 40:45 VW40-44, 174 Linda Phillips 41:07 VW55-59, 175 David Bound 41:40 VM55-59, 176 Unknown Athlete (F) 41:42 SW, 177 Lin Randell 45:19 VW50-54, 178 Pat Bound 45:20 VW55-59, 179 Jean Withington 46:30 VW60-64, 180 Angie Peterson 50:04 VW45-49