Bolton parkrun: report, runner of the week, and results

Last week we were in need of boats to get the course finished, this week not a drop from the skies.

This week there were 307 runners, of whom 23 were first timers.

A huge 58 new personal best times were achieved, representatives of 19 different athletics clubs took part and 18 vital volunteers enabled the whole event to go ahead once again.

Karl Darcy, of Bolton United Harriers and Athletic Club, was first across the line in a new personal best.

His improvement has been staggering since he took up running only around 18 months ago – and with the Olympic Games still more than a year away... who knows!

James Scott-Farrington and Shaun O'Dwyer (Bolton United Harriers & AC) followed him across the line, while Paula Pilling (Burnden Road Runners), Lucy Wilson-Shaw (Willesden Triathlon Club) and Katy Thompson (Burnden Road Runners) were their female counterparts.

Mel Walker (78.85 per cent), Shay Walker (77.86 per cent) and Katy Thompson (77.70 per cent) scored the day’s highest age gradings.

Jane Wilcock ran her 50th parkrun, while junior runner Thomas Bailey ran his 10th, to join the parkrun 50 and 10 clubs respectively.

Notable personal best mentions must go to Mustafe Logde (first new PB since November last year) with a time of 25:53 – almost a full 30 seconds improvement.

Claire Merritt also got her first PB since November with 27:31.

Parkrun tourism was also in full swing, with visitors from Delamere parkrun (Iain Stanton), Brighton (Scott Gair) and Basingstoke (Taylor Horan).

Runner of the week

Kris Worsley

Kris completed his 100th parkrun this week – 99 of which have been at Bolton

1 Karl Darcy 17:10 PB

2 James Scott-Farrington 17:23 PB

3 Shaun O'Dwyer 17:46

4 Shay Walker 18:04

5 Mark Swannell 18:10

6 Robert Short 18:52

7 Dharmesh Patel 19:06

8 Tom Lucas 19:35

9 Gary Furness 19:48

10 Phillip Wrigley 19:53 PB

11 Colin Faulds 19:59

12 James France 19:59 PB

13 Mark Warburton 19:59 PB

14 Christopher McGreavy 20:06 PB

15 Paul Duke 20:20

16 Jamie Rollon 20:25

17 Les Smalley 20:37

18 Peter Kearney 20:49

19 Adrian Merritt 21:01

20 Sean Procter 21:04

21 Steven Yates 21:08

22 Paula Pilling 21:14 PB

23 Unknown

24 Iain Stanton 21:44 FT

25 Robert Mwelwa 21:51

26 Paul Christie 21:54

27 Andrew Barrow 21:55

28 Scott Gair 21:56 FT

29 Marcus Simon Chester 22:02

30 Ian Riggs 22:04

31 John Ordish 22:07 PB

32 Dave Carroll 22:10

33 David Jones 22:11

34 James Woolard 22:27

35 Joseph O'Connor 22:29

36 Philip Gerrard 22:31

37 Lucy Wilson-Shaw 22:31 PB

38 Craig Philpot 22:32

39 Carl Bradshaw 22:39 FT

40 Gareth Doherty 22:42

41 Iestyn Rimmer 22:48

42 Matthew Barker 22:52

43 Christopher Peach 22:54

44 Mel Walker 22:56

45 Nigel Burke 22:58

46 Tony Wall 23:04

47 David Meredith 23:07

48 Matthew Naylor 23:10

49 Stuart Ryder 23:11

50 Nigel Smith 23:12 PB

51 Steve Thomasson 23:12

52 Adrian John Denham 23:14

53 Kenneth Warner 23:19

54 Katy Thompson 23:29

55 Michael Chadderton 23:34 PB

56 Marc Smethurst 23:34 PB

57 Chris Mann 23:42

58 Catherine Fox 23:45

59 Duncan Davenport 23:49

60 Billy Fogg 24:00

61 Olivia Kearney 24:03

62 Finlay Coyne 24:05

63 Andy Laycock 24:09

64 Gary Mort 24:12 FT

65 Helen Bury 24:15

66 George Critchley 24:18

67 Bryan Searby 24:20

68 Lorraine Halwood 24:21

69 Linda Ann Leyland 24:23

70 Ani Das 24:23 PB

71 Steve Whitehead 24:23 FT

72 Chris Shepherd 24:24

73 Kris Worsley 24:30

74 Philip Worsley 24:33

75 Heledd Rimmer 24:41

76 Carolyn Barker 24:44

77 Nick Rimmer 24:48

78 Daniel Jackson 24:49 FT

79 Gayle Gerrard 24:51

80 Peter Francis Johnson 24:53

81 Christian Wyatt 24:57

82 Katy Thompson 24:58

83 Timothy Green 24:59

84 Amanda Bracegirdle 25:02 PB

85 Andrew Rourke 25:08 PB

86 Chris Bainbridge 25:09

87 Unknown

88 Paul Grindrod 25:13 FT

89 Melissa Thompson 25:14

90 Stuart Welsby 25:16 PB

91 Adrienne Fisher 25:21 PB

92 Chloe Ainsworth 25:21

93 David Allen 25:29

94 Chris Barrow 25:30

95 Richard Longlands 25:33

96 Linda O'Byrne 25:34

97 Christopher Hart 25:35

98 Unknown

99 Jennifer Smalley 25:53

100 Mustafa Logde 25:53 PB

101 Sara Green 25:56

102 Andrew Parker 25:57

103 David Atherton 25:59 PB

104 Roy Tatlock 26:08

105 Lewis Hodgson 26:09

106 Ryan Entwistle 26:10

107 Mark Jackson 26:15

108 Unknown

109 Darwin Caldwell 26:17

110 Lindsay Furness 26:18

111 Andrew Pojasyk 26:23

112 Jeffrey Pendlebury 26:25

113 Kimberly Graham 26:26 FT

114 Kath Vickers 26:30

115 Rachel Hancock 26:30

116 Stephen Hancock 26:32

117 Neil Bonnar 26:33

118 John Hall 26:34

119 Emma Louise Walker 26:44

120 Judith Bonnar 26:45

121 Jeremy Turner 26:57 PB

122 Steven Howarden 27:00 PB

123 Carole Critchley 27:01

124 Philip Donlan 27:08

125 Andrew Storey 27:12

126 Darren Holt 27:13 PB

127 Tony Lythe 27:15

128 Louise Fox 27:26

129 Claire Merritt 27:31 PB

130 Craig Leatherbarrow 27:33 PB

131 Antony Grimshaw 27:37

132 Adam Connell 27:40

133 Kate Holden 27:41

134 Carl Hollowood 27:44

135 Holly Turner 27:47

136 Keith Thomas 27:48

137 Unknown

138 Unknown

139 Eileen Royle 27:52

140 David Wright 27:56

141 William L Vickers 28:00

142 Tracy Holt 28:03

143 Clair Marland 28:07

144 Allison Grace 28:08

145 George Williams 28:12 PB

146 Richard Lord 28:16

147 Martin Burrill 28:21

148 Christopher Brickell 28:24

149 Unknown

150 Pauline Tarriol 28:27 PB

151 Alison Saunders 28:29

152 Andy Wardley 28:33 PB

153 Dave Muldoon 28:37

154 Colin Moran 28:38: PB

155 Steven Evans 28:41

156 Paul Andrew Johnson 28:43

157 Brian Frew 28:48

158 Helen Naylor 28:52 PB

159 Priya Guhathakurta 28:54 PB

160 Jane Wilcock 28:57

161 Julia Rushton 29:02

162 Brian Tull 29:02

163 Jamie Grayson 29:06 PB

164 Anthony Grayson 29:07

165 David Conroy 29:07

166 Lisa Tayler 29:09 FT

167 Unknown

168 Angela Dawn Trodden 29:10

169 James Maiden 29:15 PB

170 Thomas Bailey 29:23

171 Catherine Ferro 29:24 PB

172 Denise Kay 29:25

173 Peter Mason 29:26

174 Ryan David Kitchen 29:29

175 Gareth Schofield 29:32 PB

176 Yvette Beaumont 29:32

177 Jennifer Chadderton 29:33 PB

178 Vikki Livsey 29:39 PB

179 Naomi Kleeli 29:43 PB

180 Stephanie Moran 29:44 PB

181 Ann Yates 29:45

182 Unknown

183 Anthony Orourke 29:51

184 Peter Holden 29:53

185 Gavin Roberts 30:03 FT

186 James Christopher Orchard 30:04

187 Catherine Grindrod 30:04 PB

188 Kathryn Denham 30:05

189 Martin Orourke 30:10

190 Maxine Furness 30:14

191 Debra Hennessey 30:19

192 Matthew Savory 30:21 FT

193 Unknown

194 Unknown

195 Neal Clarkson 30:24

196 Emma Wilson-Shaw 30:25 PB

197 Daniel Taylor 30:27

198 Jonathan Pendlebury 30:28

199 Ross Hargraves 30:30

200 Jennifer Mullen 30:32 PB

201 Diane Leatherbarrow 30:36 PB

202 Sumit Guhathakurta 30:37 PB

203 Jude Povey 30:39

204 Elaine Eardley 30:44

205 John Blakeley 30:46

206 Alexandra Hooton 30:47

207 Charlotte Morgan 30:53 FT

208 Claire Green 30:57

209 Unknown

210 Sarah Louise Leaver 30:59

211 Craig Withers 31:04

212 Leah Clarkson 31:05 PB

213 Karen Wilkinson 31:11

214 Hannah Mcarthur 31:18

215 Nicola Bunting 31:19

216 Megan Whalley 31:21 FT

217 Charles Wong 31:23

218 Gemma Chapman 31:25

219 Sarah Whalley 31:34 FT

220 Charles Kattakayam 31:38

221 Sara Das 31:43

222 Edward Holt 31:44

223 Harriet Clamp 31:46 PB

224 Mark Kenny 31:55

225 Bev Burns 32:00

226 Judith Roberts 32:10

227 Justine Rollon 32:12

228 Wendy Doxey 32:14

229 Natalie Hitchen 32:14 PB

230 Giles Evenden 32:17

231 Unknown

232 Michelle Searby 32:22 PB

233 Piers Skeels-Caldwell 32:37

234 Greg W. H. Smith 32:41

235 Sean Canavan 32:43

236 Antony Powers 32:47

237 Angela Smith 32:53

238 Chris Gregory 32:55 PB

239 Shani Wallace 33:03 PB

240 Helen Derbyshire 33:13

241 Paul McGreavy 33:17

242 Jayne Louise Walker 33:19

243 Gareth Stone 33:22 FT

244 Gillian Morris 33:23

245 Sadie Thompson 33:24

246 John Richard Pomfret 33:25

247 Vicky Spencer 33:33

248 Catherine Kleeli 33:34

249 Hayley Edge 33:36 PB

250 Emma A Holden 33:42

251 Kate A Holden 33:43

252 Yvonne Peach 33:46 PB

253 Marie-Melody Volard 33:55

254 Catherine Lye 33:58 PB

255 Taylor Horan 33:59 FT

256 Colin Horan 33:59 FT

257 Amanda Horan 33:59 FT

258 Joanne Darby 34:16

259 Ann Butler 34:16

260 Fiona Ashton 34:19

261 Martin Smith 34:23 PB

262 Francesca Mort 34:35 FT

263 Vicky Best 34:36

264 Stephen Rothwell 34:39

265 Wendy Rushton 34:50

266 Unknown

267 Suzanne Harulow 34:58 FT

268 Christine Pendlebury 35:00

269 Christine Holden 35:00

270 Paul Wilson 35:05

271 Frances Johnson 35:50

272 Anthony Johnson 35:51

273 Wayne Brooks 36:18

274 Junior Brooks 36:25

275 Joseph Mcmahon 36:26 FT

276 George Ogden 36:29

277 Karen Kitchen 36:37

278 Unknown

279 Nicola Bennett 37:11

280 Unknown

281 Rachel Smith 37:46 PB

282 Amanda Ogden 37:49

283 Harry Best 38:22

284 Clare Fairclough 38:26

285 Megan Grimshaw 38:27

286 Heather Allmark 38:35 PB

287 Karen Miranda Hill 38:46

288 Ann Kolodziejski 38:47

289 Gill Morgan 38:48 PB

290 Holly Poulton 38:50 FT

291 Nurrelle Bates 38:59

292 Clare Shaw 39:18

293 Jessica Allmark 40:46 PB

294 Gareth Allmark 40:48

295 Chandra Patel 41:52 FT

296 Lewis Collier 42:27

297 Gillian Mcgowan 43:06

298 Helen Ball 44:07

299 Matthew Pendlebury 44:12

300 Olivia Carter 44:50

301 Alex Carter 45:07

302 Delta Siddall 45:18

303 Courtney Siddall 48:29

304 Julie Hemmingway 48:30

305 Sean Christie 55:54

306 Unknown

307 Anne Larkin 56:15

PB = personal best

FT = first timer