A wet day for the pre-Christmas Gorleston Parkrun didn’t deter 103 people, including many dressed as Santa Claus, from turning out.

First home for his 21st win was Carl Prewer of Lowestoft RR in 17:33. Close behind was Ted Oldman of Bungay Black Dog RC in 17:41.

It’s getting very close in the points table as Kane Simmonds is catching Nick Overy. There is only 75 points between them now, less than one race’s worth. In the ladies race Lauren Howe (Bungay Black Dog) won in 21:21 with Jo Anverali and Janina Domiczew second and third respectively in 24:33 and 24:37.

Despite the weather this was party day with Ian Taylor of Bungay Black Dog celebrating his 100th park run and Nicholas Dyer his birthday. It was cakes all round afterwards. Ian’s time in the run was 22:20 and Nick’s 35:29.

1 Carl Prewer 17:33 VM40-44 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 2 Ted Oldman 17:41 JM15-19 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 3 Unknown, 4 Unknown, 5 Unknown, 6 Unknown, 7 Unknown, 8 Kane Simmonds 19:56 JM15-19, 9 Mark Joseph Gosling 20:06 SM20-24, 10 Ben Mackett 20:43 SM20-24, 11 Unknown, 12 Unknown, 13 Unknown, 14 Lauren Alice Millie Howe 21:24 JW14 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 15 Unknown, 16 Unknown, 17 Unknown, 18 Stephen Leeves 21:55 VM55-59 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 19 Unknown, 20 Unknown

21 Jed Knights 22:15 JM15-19, 22 Matthew John Buckoke 22:15 SM35-39 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 23 Harley Ayers 22:16 JM15-19 PB, 24 Ian Keith Taylor 22:20 VM45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 25 Unknown, 26 Unknown, 27 Unknown, 28 Darrell Oldman 22:33 VM45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 29 Mark Stone 22:41 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 30 Gary Howe 22:46 VM55-59 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 31 Mark Elflett 22:55 VM45-49 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 32 Unknown, 33 Unknown, 34 Nick Overy 23:10 VM45-49, 35 Neil Farrow 23:13 VM45-49, 36 Unknown, 37 Unknown, 38 Martin Hazell 23:19 VM45-49, 39 Marcus Nichols 23:21 SM35-39 (Bungay Black Dog RC) PB, 40 Paul Westgate 23:23 VM55-59 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners)

41 Unknown, 42 Unknown, 43 Chris Chorley 23:49 VM45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 44 Nick Riches 23:55 VM50-54 (City of Norwich AC), 45 Adrian Hunt 24:06 VM55-59, 46 David Punt 24:09 VM55-59 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 47 Unknown, 48 Jo Anverali 24:33 VW40-44, 49 Hugh Roberts 24:34 VM60-64 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 50 Janina Domiczew 24:37 SW30-34, 51 Stephen Oldman 24:39 VM45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 52 Andreas Brodbeck 24:41 VM50-54, 53 Darren Cains 24:41 SM35-39, 54 Bobbie Sauerzapf 24:56 VW50-54 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 55 John Scott 25:04 VM45-49, 56 Simon Smith 25:15 SM35-39, 57 Tamsin Desborough 25:21 JW15-19 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 58 Mark Leon Garrod 25:29 VM50-54, 59 Michael John Flower 25:30 SM35-39 (Norfolk Harriers), 60 Duncan Harrison 25:31 SM35-39

61 Victoria Swanston 25:32 SW30-34 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 62 Michael Dale 25:33 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 63 Maria Ball 25:35 VW40-44, 64 Michael Childs 25:44 VM60-64, 65 Steven Rees 26:00 SM35-39, 66 Francis Woodcock 26:06 VM45-49, 67 Mthandazo Hlabangana 26:16 VM40-44, 68 Pauline Richardson 26:18 VW50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 69 Howard Wilcox 26:19 VM55-59

70 Vinny Jones 26:21 SM30-34, 71 Dan Smith 26:38 SM35-39, 72 Gary Mcdonald 26:46 SM25-29 PB, 73 Caroline Barnes 26:49 VW50-54 PB, 74 Graham Sampson 26:51 VM65-69 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 75 Hayley Donnelly 26:54 VW35-39, 76 Peter Allen 27:03 VM40-44, 77 David Drew 27:12 SM25-29, 78 Elaine Stone 27:16 VW50-54, 79 Peter Spandler 27:20 VM50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners)

80 Heather Houghton 27:24 VW40-44. 81 Kerstin Langer 27:31 VW45-49, 82 Katey Helen Oven 27:36 JW14 (Bungay Black Dog RC) PB, 83 Robin Anthony Farrar 27:55 VM70-74 (Bungay Black Dog RC) PB, 84 Rhys Patterson 28:00 JM14, 85 Alison Ayers 28:03 VW45-49, 86 John Kenneth Wray 28:20 VM45-49 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 87 Barry R Rogers 28:25 VM40-44 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 88 Karen Gedge 28:26 VW45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 89 Sarah Simm 28:41 VW45-49, 90 Zarina Hampton 28:53 SW25-29, 91 Haydn Patterson 28:58 JM14, 92 Ian Ash 29:51 VM70-74 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 93 Janet Sanderson 29:55 VW60-64, 94 Jacob Harvey 30:05 JM14, 95 Philip Harvey 30:06 VM40-44, 96 Alexander Bird 30:49 JM14, 97 Helen Louise Swann 31:01 VW40-44, 98 Phillip Laurier 33:30 VM60-64 (Lowestoft Road Runners), 99 Wendy Sutton 33:48 VW50-54, 100 Matthew Sutton 33:49 SM25-29 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners).

101 Julie Fletcher 35:13 VW45-49, 102 Nicholas Dyer 35:29 VM50-54, 103 Anita Elizabeth Betts 40:23 VW60-64