Bolton parkrun report and results from Saturday's event

The course was changed due to a fallen tree which prevented an early downhill stretch around the back of the all-weather football pitches at Leverhulme Park from being used.

Parkrun organisers came up with a Plan B, utilising an alternative woodland path linking the out-and-back path with the woodland trail alongside the river.

The change meant the course was longer than usual, making personal bests very difficult to achieve.

There were a few on the day, but only two by runners who had done more than a handful of Bolton parkruns.

Sue has done 59, all at Bolton, and has not had a PB for six years. The 40-44 age-category runner smashed her best time by almost three minutes, crossing the line 93rd out of 295 runners in 27mins 16secs. Molly, who is in the 15-17 age group, has completed 36 Bolton parkruns, setting new PBs on three of her last four appearances.

The Bolton United Harriers runner was the first female to finish in 20th position in a time of 22:34, 24 seconds quicker than she had run previously.

At the head of the field Lukas Siska crossed the line first in 17:55, the Horwich RMI Harrier finishing 59 seconds ahead of Bolton United Harrier Shay Walker.

In fourth place was Horwich RMI Harriers 15-17 age-group runner Lewis Wilkes, with Burnden Road Runner Marcus Chester fifth to finish in 20:33.

Normal service was resumed in the Smith household when son Matthew (20:51) finished ahead of dad Nigel (20:56) in sixth and seventh places, respectively.

Nigel produced the rare feat of crossing the line ahead of his son the previous week, but teenager Matt’s return from trekking in India feeling under the weather maybe had something to do with that.

Finishing times and positions from Saturday's event:

1 Lukas Siska HRMIH SM30-34 17:55 38

2 Shay Walker BUH VM45-49 18:54 36

3 Ian Jackson VM40-44 20:12 FT 82

4 Lewis Wilkes HRMIH JM15-17 20:23 22

5 Marcus Simon Chester BRR VM40-44 20:33 165

6 Matthew Smith HRMIH SM18-19 20:51 79

7 Nigel Smith VM50-54 20:56 79

8 Gary Furness SM25-29 21:05 175

9 Michael Kenyon VM55-59 21:07 57

10 Fabio Federici SM20-24 21:20 8

11 Unknown

12 Andy Dunleavy VM60-64 21:31 103

13 Ross Maclagan VM40-44 21:33 FT 138

14 Simon Wood VM40-44 21:46 PB 9

15 August Johansson SM25-29 22:02 135

16 Unknown

17 Christopher Peacock BUH JM15-17 22:14 PB 2

18 Stephen Horsman VM55-59 22:21 78

19 James Thomas SM25-29 22:32 57

20 Molly Philbin BUH JW15-17 22:34 PB 43

21 Billy Darcy SM30-34 22:36 5

22 Brendan Connaughton VM40-44 22:40 161

23 Unknown

24 Tony Wall BRR VM60-64 22:45 171

25 David Howard SM30-34 22:46 9

26 Joseph Aspen SM25-29 22:52 FT 1

27 Adrian Merritt BRR VM40-44 23:02 104

28 David Vann VM50-54 23:04 FT 73

29 Mike Watkinson BRR VM55-59 23:05 14

30 Simeon Lucas SM30-34 23:06 FT 1

31 Robert Short BRR SM25-29 23:24 240

32 Neil Wilkes HRMIH VM50-54 23:31 15

33 Unknown

34 Ben Callaghan SM30-34 23:33 18

35 Jack Hallworth SM25-29 23:33 FT 1

36 Lee Russell VM35-39 23:41 2

37 Richard Scaife VM40-44 23:43 12

38 Tom Gleaves SM20-24 23:47 145

39 Paul Wilcockson HRMIH VM40-44 23:52 23

40 Philip Gerrard VM35-39 23:56 123

41 Michael Wilkinson VM40-44 24:05 191

42 Martin Rayner VM45-49 24:13 9

43 Gary Woodhouse VM40-44 24:13 FT 212

44 Kate Ellis BRR VW55-59 24:19 22

45 Paul Philbin VM40-44 24:21 11

46 Steve McVey VM55-59 24:32 181

47 Vicki Hamer BRR SW30-34 24:34 69

48 Andy Glen VM35-39 24:36 16

49 Ross Sinclair VM35-39 24:42 14

50 Vanessa Lobb SW30-34 24:45 FT 15

51 Derek Martin Smith VM50-54 24:48 14

52 Ethan Wallace JM11-14 24:50 72

53 Jitesh Patel SM25-29 24:51 46

54 Jason Scaife BUH JM11-14 24:52 7

55 Ian Coupe VM55-59 24:58 21

56 Scott Jones SM30-34 25:03 4

57 James Thorpe JM11-14 25:06 FT 1

58 Richard Blake BRR VM50-54 25:09 26

59 Kenneth Warner VM45-49 25:13 291

60 Victoria O'Brien BUH VW35-39 25:14 35

61 Andy Laycock LOST VM50-54 25:22 101

62 Sarah Michelle Saxon BUH SW25-29 25:25 39

63 Nathan Harney SM25-29 25:27 3

64 Olivia Kearney BUH SW18-19 25:29 220

65 George Williams VM65-69 25:39 98

66 Lily Philbin BUH JW11-14 25:40 12

67 Chris Cooper VM40-44 25:40 PB 3

68 John Clifford VM50-54 25:44 9

69 Andrew Bebbington SM30-34 25:45 PB 2

70 Paul Roberts VM55-59 25:52 57

71 Francis Mackin VM65-69 25:57 23

72 Nathan Ardin JM11-14 26:05 PB 3

73 Kirk Scholes SM30-34 26:06 10

74 Carl Hicks VM35-39 26:08 PB 13

75 Phil A Holden BRR VM50-54 26:09 182

76 Finlay Coyne VM65-69 26:14 232

77 Paul West VM35-39 26:26 FT 9

78 Paul Davies VM55-59 26:31 20

79 Martin Whitehead SM30-34 26:38 37

80 Joe Murphy BRR SM25-29 26:40 12

81 Duncan Adams VM35-39 26:41 PB 4

82 Chris Holt SM25-29 26:42 23

83 Judith Bonnar VW50-54 26:44 258

84 Neil Bonnar VM50-54 26:48 252

85 Graham King VM45-49 26:51 71

86 Nick Haworth BRR VM35-39 26:59 65

87 David Aulton BRR VM60-64 27:00 59

88 Katie McNulty BUH SW30-34 27:01 33

89 Michael Bolton VM35-39 27:02 FT 60

90 Dave Carroll BURY VM50-54 27:03 298

91 Mel Walker BRR VM70-74 27:06 76

92 Mark Weatherall VM50-54 27:10 33

93 Sue McGreavy VW40-44 27:16 PB 59

94 Sumit Guhathakurta VM40-44 27:19 94

95 Rob Kotowski VM35-39 27:21 28

96 Sheila Christie BRR VW50-54 27:23 47

97 Paul Christie BRR VM60-64 27:25 79

98 Unknown

99 Unknown

100 Kath Vickers VW55-59 27:31 181

101 Antony Birch VM50-54 27:32 25

102 John Simm SM30-34 27:33 FT 1

103 Emma Louise Walker BRR VW45-49 27:39 110

104 Mark Kenny BRR VM35-39 27:45 50

105 Philip Glassbrook BRR VM70-74 27:46 71

106 Edward Webster JM15-17 27:50 19

107 Chris Worthington BUH VM40-44 27:52 135

108 Masen Brown JM11-14 27:56 10

109 Tony Woodiwiss VM45-49 27:57 7

110 Alan Talbot VM50-54 28:09 21

111 Michael Greenhalgh SM30-34 28:11 PB 2

112 David Catterall SM25-29 28:11 26

113 Linda O'Byrne BRR VW40-44 28:19 109

114 Karen Lowe SW25-29 28:20 5

115 William L Vickers VM60-64 28:28 138

116 Brian Gathercole VM60-64 28:29 67

117 Unknown

118 Michael Thorpe VM40-44 28:33 FT 1

119 Jackie Oakes BRR VW45-49 28:33 39

120 David Foster VM50-54 28:34 55

121 Darren Holt VM40-44 28:36 21

122 Philip Donlan VM50-54 28:38 57

123 Rob Lister RAD VM50-54 28:43 145

124 Unknown

125 Antony Wallwork VM45-49 28:52 28

126 Andrew Storey HRMIH VM50-54 28:52 98

127 Ian Dufton VM45-49 28:54 12

128 Catherine Swinford-White VW40-44 28:56 9

129 Louise Fox BRR VW40-44 29:05 21

130 Andy Kerks SM25-29 29:08 19

131 Darren Parr VM40-44 29:09 26

132 Tony Lythe VM70-74 29:13 100

133 David Bartlett RAD VM35-39 29:16 FT 1

134 Chris Mann SM25-29 29:20 159

135 Angus McIver JM11-14 29:23 5

136 Peter Siska VM65-69 29:24 44

137 Rebekah Atkinson SW20-24 29:30 31

138 Graham Lee VM60-64 29:32 FT 1

139 Jocelyn Chadderton LOST VW45-49 29:33 61

140 Glen Smith SM30-34 29:34 12

141 Brian Frew VM65-69 29:35 90

142 Kathryn Page BRR VW50-54 29:37 31

143 Alexia Devienne SW30-34 29:38 14

144 Brian Tull VM70-74 29:40 260

145 Jake Jackson JM11-14 29:43 FT 83

146 Kimberley Boyd SW25-29 29:47 18

147 Claire Merritt VW35-39 29:48 82

148 Lisa Bolton VW35-39 29:49 FT 83

149 Kathryn Davies RAD VW50-54 30:00 89

150 Denise Kay VW50-54 30:00 101

151 Anthony Maxwell VM55-59 30:03 37

152 Mark Davis BRR VM55-59 30:08 23

153 Steven Howarden VM45-49 30:13 105

154 Gregg Beardwell VM35-39 30:17 88

155 Christopher Brickell VM60-64 30:19 91

156 Nicholas Murphy VM35-39 30:28 58

157 Derek Varnom VM55-59 30:36 5

158 Ryan David Kitchen SM18-19 30:38 163

159 Mike Lilley VM60-64 30:42 151

160 Unknown

161 Debra Ridings VW50-54 30:47 51

162 Alexandra Hooton VW40-44 30:50 108

163 Unknown

164 Unknown

165 Dawn Sharples VW45-49 30:55 19

166 Priya Guhathakurta JW15-17 30:56 69

167 Ali Khalid JM15-17 30:57 9

168 John Webster VM40-44 31:06 26

169 Maurice Halliwell VM60-64 31:08 61

170 Alison Dale BURY VM45-49 31:09 51

171 Nilesh Patel SM25-29 31:12 32

172 Richard Lord VM50-54 31:15 169

173 Andrew Moss SM30-34 31:16 PB 8

174 Craig Ward VM35-39 31:17 2

175 Anthony Halligan VM45-49 31:19 10

176 Craig Leatherbarrow BRR VM50-54 31:20 123

177 Paul Cooper VM45-49 31:23 2

178 Donna Cooper VW40-44 31:23 8

179 Rachel Hancock VW40-44 31:23 97

180 Gerard John Tucker BUH VM45-49 31:27 143

181 Cameron James JM15-17 31:33 2

182 Brendan Hearne SM30-34 31:36 3

183 Vannessa Knowles VW45-49 31:41 18

184 Susan Moss VW55-59 31:48 7

185 Katie Knight VW45-49 31:50 FT 2

186 Keith Harper VM45-49 31:57 67

187 Catherine Stuart VW40-44 31:58 FT 11

188 Lee Hanson SM30-34 32:00 14

189 Mark Murphy RAD VM45-49 32:04 31

190 Dom Wright VM45-49 32:09 19

191 Harvey Tammam VM40-44 32:11 28

192 Martin Burrill VM55-59 32:19 146

193 Chloe Ardin JW10 32:22 2

194 Angela Mann VW50-54 32:24 2

195 Louise Wall BRR VW50-54 32:29 117

196 Joanne Darby BRR VW50-54 32:30 128

197 Marie Wood VW40-44 32:33 12

198 Gary Larke VM50-54 32:34 93

199 Jo Ardin VW40-44 32:38 7

200 Rebecca Owen SW25-29 32:42 15

201 Dave Hales VM55-59 32:48 17

202 Tony Aspin VM55-59 32:50 22

203 Diane Leatherbarrow BRR VW50-54 32:56 92

204 Geoffrey Winder VM55-59 32:57 98

205 Maya Porter JW11-14 33:09 16

206 Naomi Elliott SW25-29 33:18 15

207 Marie Marshall VW45-49 33:30 14

208 Wasim Akram SM25-29 33:31 PB 2

209 Nicky Guhathakurta VW45-49 33:35 28

210 Michael Chew VM65-69 33:53 4

211 Michelle Shields VW35-39 33:57 29

212 Laura Walters SW30-34 33:58 4

213 Sian Regan SW30-34 33:59 13

214 Andrew Moss VM50-54 34:07 4

215 Rebecca Keight VW35-39 34:24 106

216 Lauren Lucas SW25-29 34:28 FT 1

217 Jennifer Burrows SW30-34 34:29 17

218 Unknown

219 Susan Foster VW55-59 34:34 18

220 Brianne Turner BURY SW25-29 34:37 132

221 Alex Tammam JM10 34:42 23

222 Elaine Eardley VW40-44 34:44 54

223 Cheryl Dunleavy VW35-39 34:48 58

224 Teresa Riley VW50-54 34:56 24

225 Leah Haslam SW20-24 35:06 FT 1

226 Unknown

227 Finlay Smith JM10 35:07 FT 1

228 Stuart Furness VM65-69 35:08 111

229 Martin Smith VM60-64 35:14 96

230 Katherine Smith SW30-34 35:19 26

231 Robert Berry VM55-59 35:24 5

232 Jayne Louise Walker VW45-49 35:26 190

233 Helen Field VW55-59 35:30 30

234 Janet Ryder VW55-59 35:40 FT 1

235 Prakash Patel VM50-54 35:42 5

236 Nicola Bennett VW40-44 35:45 96

237 Paul McGreavy VM45-49 35:45 262

238 Diane Wylie VW45-49 35:51 FT 1

239 Kath Rothwell VW55-59 35:52 62

240 Carolyn Van Hecke VW50-54 36:07 3

241 Unknown

242 Alisha Porter JW11-14 36:32 13

243 Unknown

244 Unknown

245 Stephanie Hallé SW30-34 36:53 5

246 Jackie Foster VW55-59 36:59 23

247 Jesse Tan SM20-24 37:11 12

248 Rod Fletcher VM70-74 37:14 5

249 Unknown

250 Peter Whiteside BRR VM65-69 37:24 141

251 Samantha Leliuga VW40-44 37:24 12

252 Justine Rollon VW45-49 37:30 32

253 Shaowen Tan VW50-54 37:36 56

254 Bilam Patel SW25-29 37:45 11

255 Matt Briscoe VM35-39 38:07 3

256 Karen Kitchen VW50-54 38:10 215

257 Colin Liversedge SM30-34 38:26 30

258 Peter Webster JM11-14 38:27 18

259 John Hall BRR VM60-64 38:49 132

260 David Atherton VM55-59 38:49 62

261 Rachael Barbara Howarth BRR VW35-39 39:02 122

262 Susan Rushton VW50-54 39:23 35

263 Hazel Riley VW50-54 39:30 9

264 Shakuntala Patel VW55-59 39:35 FT 1

265 Bhawan Patel VM55-59 39:36 FT 1

266 Joanne Larke VW35-39 39:48 48

267 Jade McEvoy SW30-34 39:50 FT 1

268 Sheila Das VW65-69 40:05 26

269 Ani Das VM35-39 40:06 101

270 Ann Hardman BRR VW55-59 40:13 PB 5

271 Frannie Thurlbeck VM55-59 40:27 68

272 George Ogden BRR VM50-54 40:39 97

273 Abigail King BMTC JW15-17 40:55 62

274 Daniel Cole JM11-14 41:17 4

275 Hemisha Patel SW25-29 41:18 11

276 Antony Powers SM30-34 42:34 50

277 Chelsea Murphy JW11-14 42:45 2

278 Chloe Murphy JW15-17 42:46 PB 2

279 Angela Owen VW55-59 42:55 9

280 Fiona James VW50-54 43:37 PB 2

281 Unknown

282 Olivia Tammam JW11-14 44:06 20

283 Kerry Tammam VW40-44 44:07 20

284 Elizabeth Turner SW20-24 44:26 6

285 Mathew Allen SM30-34 44:27 8

286 Connor Whittle JM11-14 44:55 10

287 Beverley Whittle VW40-44 44:56 16

288 Bernice Woodhouse VW70-74 46:03 FT 87

289 Samantha Watkin SW25-29 47:00 4

290 Liza Fletcher VW70-74 50:35 PB 3

291 Tracy Jane Cameron BRR VW50-54 51:53 42

292 Olivia Mason JW10 56:24 FT 1

293 Samantha Mason VW40-44 56:27 FT 1

294 Angela Williams-Aron VW40-44 56:30 10

295 Chris Hughes VM55-59 56:32 6

Club key: BUH: Bolton United Harriers and Athletic Club; BRR: Burnden Road Runners; HRMIH: Horwich RMI Harriers; LOST: Lostock AC; BMTC: Bolton Metro Triathlon Club; TDTC: Team Deane Triathlon Club; BURY: Bury AC; RAD: Radcliffe AC.