Bolton parkrun report and results

The Burnden Roadrunner notched his 12th PB in his last 30 runs on Saturday and is hovering dangerously close to the magical sub-20-minute mark.

Having only taken up parkrun in February last year his improvement in time has been nothing short of miraculous.

He ran PBs in his first four runs after his debut then went 32 runs without bettering it.

That all changed from January this year since when his fastest time has gone from 25mins 38secs to Saturday's new PB of 20:40.

The 35-39 age category runner puts some of his improvement down to extra sessions at the Leverhulme Park track on Wednesday nights which are run by local runner Andrew Henderson and attract around 30 runners of all standards.

Mark finished sixth at Saturday's event, easily beating his previous highest place of 23rd and five spots behind Lukas Siska who led the way in 17:22.

The Horwich RMI Harrier was followed over the line by Mark Wolstencroft of Bolton United Harriers in 19:33, with Adrian Lawrence third in 20:15.

Vicki Hamer of Burnden Road Runners, was first female in 22:57, with Kate Ellis of Edgworth Cricket and Recreation Club second in 23:13 and Katherine Baines of British Military Fitness third in 23:19.

There were 230 runners in total on Saturday, of whom 24 were first timers, 31 recorded new PBs and representatives of 22 different athletics clubs took part.

Runner of the week: Gemma Chapman donned the pink birthday bib as she ran her 120th parkrun on her 40th birthday.

Saturday's results

1 Lukas Siska HRMIH SM30-34 17:22 22

2 Mark Wolstencroft BUH VM50-54 19:33 PB 17

3 Adrian Lawrence VM45-49 20:15 FT 5

4 Richard Marlton HRMIH VM45-49 20:33 44

5 Peter Kearney BUH VM45-49 20:37 126

6 Mark Jackson BRR VM35-39 20:40 PB 74

7 Matthew Smith HRMIH JM15-17 20:50 45

8 Michael Kenyon VM50-54 20:55 27

9 Brendan Connaughton VM40-44 20:57 127

10 David Chrystal VM50-54 21:18 13

11 Nigel Smith VM50-54 21:20 45

12 Marcus Simon Chester BRR VM40-44 21:28 132

13 Unknown

14 Dave Rushton VM50-54 21:35 70

15 Steve Smith VM35-39 21:36 8

16 Stephen Horsman VM50-54 21:38 52

17 Robert Mwelwa VM40-44 21:47 86

18 Ian Riggs VM40-44 22:15 239

19 Matthew Barker BRR VM45-49 22:24 86

20 Greg Dalglish Spanner SM30-34 22:33 PB 2

21 Francis Tobin VM40-44 22:46 18

22 Matthew Pemrick BUH VM45-49 22:49 46

23 Ian Parkinson VM35-39 22:56 8

24 Vicki Hamer BRR SW30-34 22:57 53

25 Gary Avison SM25-29 23:01 14

26 Ian Coupe VM55-59 23:02 PB 12

27 Andy Dunleavy VM55-59 23:05 75

28 Kate Ellis VW55-59 23:13 PB 9

29 Katherine Baines SW30-34 23:19 142

30 Helen Harper VW45-49 23:21 PB 156

31 Harry Harper VM45-49 23:21 84

32 Adrian John Denham VM50-54 23:25 68

33 Martin Bates VM55-59 23:31 48

34 Rachel Hancock VW40-44 23:32 76

35 Alan Tatterton VM55-59 23:37 108

36 Tom Gleaves SM20-24 23:41 118

37 Mavua Maluasi JM15-17 23:45 FT 1

38 Chris Worthington VM45-49 23:45 55

39 Ethan Wallace JM11-14 23:55 36

40 Pmax Patrick SM25-29 23:55 PB 3

41 James Thomas SM25-29 23:57 37

42 Unknown

43 Leo Stones VM40-44 24:02:00 PB 50

44 Chris Greenall BRR VM45-49 24:13:00 56

45 Andrew David Knowles VM40-44 24:21:00 FT 10

46 Romeo Yobi SM30-34 24:28:00 PB 8

47 Vince Ashton RAD VM40-44 24:32:00 96

48 Unknown

49 Paul Taylor VM50-54 24:52:00 26

50 Antony Sutton SM25-29 24:59:00 14

51 Julie Robertson VW45-49 25:10:00 23

52 David Wright VM45-49 25:23:00 83

53 Cecilia Woods BUH VW55-59 25:25:00 116

54 Ibrahim Ougradar SM30-34 25:29:00 5

55 Mark Appleyard VM35-39 25:31:00 62

56 Alastair Phillips VM45-49 25:33:00 6

57 Judith Bonnar VW45-49 25:47:00 221

58 Michael James Sohor SM30-34 25:53:00 14

59 Ellie Baker HRMIH JW15-17 25:57:00 PB 4

60 Simon Ratcliffe VM45-49 25:58:00 PB 9

61 Linda Webb VW55-59 26:01:00 11

62 Mark Cartwright RAD VM45-49 26:05:00 FT 1

63 Tanya Rzhanova VW35-39 26:07:00 FT 6

64 Peter Ahern VM35-39 26:09:00 PB 3

65 Rowan Ardill SM25-29 26:17:00 91

66 Geoffrey Taggart VM75-79 26:17:00 15

67 David Ardill SM30-34 26:21:00 64

68 Robert Lilliott SM25-29 26:22:00 35

69 Mark Entwistle VM40-44 26:27:00 6

70 David Aulton BRR VM60-64 26:31:00 57

71 Brian Tull VM70-74 26:32:00 220

72 Peter Billington VM60-64 26:34:00 22

73 Eileen Royle RAD VW65-69 26:42:00 177

74 Philip Glassbrook BRR VM70-74 26:42:00 44

75 Jeffrey Pendlebury BRR VM55-59 26:46:00 107

76 Jonathan Lilliott VM50-54 26:49:00 39

77 Unknown

78 Alan Talbot VM50-54 26:56:00 4

79 Unknown

80 Andrew Duckworth SM25-29 27:09:00 PB 4

81 James Orchard VM45-49 27:12:00 156

82 Francis Mackin VM65-69 27:19:00 11

83 Katharine Collingwood VW35-39 27:23:00 PB 3

84 George Williams VM65-69 27:24:00 61

85 James Tooms SM30-34 27:25:00 FT 6

86 Chris Holt SM20-24 27:27:00 PB 4

87 Philippa Tooms VW35-39 27:31:00 67

88 Unknown

89 Antony Wallwork VM45-49 27:40:00 PB 5

90 Phil A Holden BRR VM50-54 27:44:00 156

91 Derek Martin Smith VM50-54 27:47:00 9

92 Brian Gathercole VM60-64 27:49:00 41

93 Denise Kay VW50-54 28:02:00 82

94 Jack Broadhurst JM10 28:05:00 3

95 David Broadhurst VM40-44 28:06:00 66

96 Kevin Fitzpatrick VM45-49 28:06:00 3

97 Helen Bury SW30-34 28:08:00 105

98 Damien Brindle VM40-44 28:12:00 23

99 Dorothy Hill VW50-54 28:16:00 FT 1

100 Mike Warriner VM35-39 28:17:00 8

101 Steven Howarden VM40-44 28:22:00 75

102 Laura Crawley BUH SW30-34 28:24:00 21

103 Peter Siska VM65-69 28:24:00 40

104 Maurice Halliwell VM60-64 28:28:00 22

105 Debra Ridings VW50-54 28:31:00 31

106 Stuart Beveridge VM35-39 28:40:00 16

107 Terence Tobin VM50-54 28:45:00 16

108 Ian Platt VM35-39 28:47:00 11

109 Richard Holding VM35-39 28:50:00 FT 7

110 Sarah Coupe SW30-34 28:51:00 4

111 Lisa Coupe VW50-54 28:53:00 2

112 Paula Hopkinson VW45-49 28:57:00 110

113 Gary Larke VM50-54 29:00:00 58

114 James Fearnley SM30-34 29:01:00 18

115 Patrick Cleary VM50-54 29:08:00 53

116 Lynda Devenport VW40-44 29:12:00 89

117 Mary Tetlow VW55-59 29:25:00 PB 2

118 Ed Ashton BRR VM50-54 29:26:00 49

119 Fiona Ashton BRR VW50-54 29:27:00 131

120 Tony Robinson VM55-59 29:28:00 FT 3

121 David Foster VM50-54 29:28:00 26

122 Sumit Guhathakurta VM40-44 29:29:00 63

123 Debra Hennessey BRR VW45-49 29:30:00 107

124 Kath Henderson VW45-49 29:31:00 172

125 Anthony Maxwell VM55-59 29:32:00 16

126 Linda O’Byrne BRR VW40-44 29:46:00 82

127 Nadia Raza BRR VW35-39 29:48:00 17

128 Frances Johnson VW50-54 29:50:00 183

129 Paul Andrew Johnson BRR VM45-49 29:50:00 237

130 Simon Wrigley VM55-59 30:15:00 19

131 Yvette Beaumont VW45-49 30:20:00 56

132 Georgina Heyworth VW45-49 30:25:00 38

133 Gerard John Tucker BUH VM45-49 30:30:00 123

134 Pritesh Patel VM35-39 30:31:00 5

135 Susan Moss VW55-59 30:35:00 PB 3

136 Susan Pickering BRR VW40-44 30:36:00 FT 1

137 Linda Haines BRR VW55-59 30:47:00 18

138 Rob Lloyd VM45-49 30:54:00 FT 64

139 Emma Gordon VW35-39 31:06:00 13

140 Rachel Waters VW50-54 31:08:00 FT 4

141 Allan Clarke VM40-44 31:15:00 9

142 Unknown

143 Jackie Birks VW45-49 31:33:00 4

144 Unknown

145 Kath Vickers VW55-59 31:38:00 154

146 Gillian Morris VW40-44 31:48:00 23

147 Jackie Cairns BRR VW45-49 31:59:00 44

148 Delia Ariff VW55-59 32:02:00 PB 3

149 Paul Drew VM45-49 32:08:00 PB 2

150 Katie Tomlinson SW30-34 32:12:00 FT 1

151 Laura Wells SW30-34 32:12:00 FT 1

152 Peter Whiteside BRR VM65-69 32:15:00 126

153 Nicola Bunting VW35-39 32:23:00 23

154 Angela Smith VW40-44 32:24:00 31

155 Zoe Barratt VW35-39 32:26:00 PB 2

156 Lauren Hulme SW25-29 32:29:00 12

157 Susan Tobin VW45-49 32:33:00 25

158 Martin Smith VM60-64 32:34:00 66

159 Keith Parker VM75-79 32:37:00 5

160 Charlotte Fitzharris VW35-39 32:39:00 PB 6

161 Susan Cain VW45-49 32:43:00 19

162 Susan Lonsdale VW35-39 32:53:00 PB 8

163 Gareth Stone VM35-39 32:53:00 17

164 Mike Gregson BRR VM45-49 32:55:00 103

165 Alex Farrell SM18-19 32:57:00 13

166 Kathryn Denham VW45-49 33:14:00 62

167 Christine Holden BMTC VW50-54 33:18:00 64

168 David Ian Huddleston VM40-44 33:27:00 79

169 Joel Callaghan SM25-29 33:40:00 PB 3

170 Ben Callaghan SM30-34 33:42:00 5

171 Ian Begg VM45-49 33:48:00 8

172 Justine Taylor VW45-49 33:52:00 PB 3

173 Andrew Sherman VM45-49 33:52:00 2

174 Grace Makin BUH JW11-14 33:57:00 18

175 Emma A Holden SW20-24 34:03:00 113

176 Kate A Holden SW20-24 34:06:00 114

177 Rachel Barrett VW40-44 34:16:00 FT 1

178 Christine Fernon SW25-29 34:23:00 30

179 Dan Hitchings SM25-29 34:23:00 FT 1

180 Craig Withers VM55-59 34:46:00 126

181 Vicky Spencer VW45-49 34:59:00 82

182 Lorna Tyldsley VW45-49 35:02:00 33

183 William Andrew Hargreaves VM55-59 35:12:00 83

184 Paul Mcgreavy VM45-49 35:14:00 226

185 Unknown

186 Louise Alderson SW30-34 35:19:00 8

187 Maxine Bardsley VW45-49 35:24:00 11

188 Peter Heneghan HRMIH VM70-74 35:30:00 30

189 Unknown

190 Sharon Drew VW45-49 35:33:00 PB 3

191 Siobhan Pimlott SW20-24 35:36:00 68

192 Frannie Thurlbeck VM55-59 35:40:00 50

193 Stephen Rothwell VM60-64 35:40:00 68

194 Tracy Tobin VW45-49 35:44:00 17

195 Unknown

196 Unknown

197 Anna Smethurst SW25-29 36:15:00 7

198 Susan Rushton VW45-49 36:54:00 25

199 Samantha Leliuga VW40-44 36:55:00 7

200 Neil Critchley BRR VM45-49 36:59:00 65

201 Norman Cookson VM50-54 37:00:00 44

202 Emma Tonge VW35-39 37:37:00 FT 2

203 Nicola Bennett VW35-39 37:42:00 68

204 Unknown

205 Rita Ledwards BRR VW55-59 37:49:00 54

206 Cheryl Dunleavy VW35-39 37:50:00 30

207 Gemma Chapman BRR VW40-44 37:54:00 120

208 Rachael Howarth VW35-39 38:04:00 101

209 Frank Wood VM70-74 38:05:00 120

210 Jacob Thomas JM11-14 38:28:00 FT 1

211 Alex Staton JM10 38:31:00 FT 1

212 Freya Staton JW10 38:32:00 FT 1

213 Rob Staton VM40-44 38:32:00 FT 1

214 Liz Spencer VW55-59 38:33:00 16

215 Josie Browne JW10 38:57:00 PB 4

216 Carl Browne VM55-59 39:54:00 PB 2

217 Janet Thurlbeck VW50-54 40:05:00 PB 7

218 Unknown

219 Megan Reid JW10 40:52:00 4

220 Paul Reid VM45-49 42:49:00 12

221 Evie Woods JW10 42:50:00 FT 1

222 Emma Woods VW35-39 44:14:00 3

223 Stacey Staton VW35-39 44:15:00 FT 1

224 Ann Roughley VW45-49 45:22:00 PB 4

225 Alan Gibson SM20-24 46:13:00 7

226 Unknown

227 Unknown

228 Unknown

229 Lisa Witter VW50-54 01:01:49 FT 1

230 Theresa Taylor-Kay VW45-49 01:01:49 52