RUNNING
Junior Parkrun 2K
Cambridge – Jack Scott, in his Debut Club 2K, led home all 98 runners in a time of 00:08:07.
Jubilee Park – Alexander Eason finished in 6th place just shy of his current Club 2K PB.
Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers made returns to Dalby Forest, Ferry Meadows, Hunstanton Promenade, Leavesden Country, Millenium Country (1st place & Course PB for Keelan Duffy), Milton Country, Pocket, Rutland Water, Severn Bridge, Sheringham, Stevenage & Storeys Field (Course PB’s for Chloe & Megan Wilson).
Seb Burley made a Club Venue Debut at Riverfront (Newport, Wales) achieving a 7 Sec Club PB which was #3 of 2023.
At Huntingdon, the Club star performers were Mica Covell with a 42 Sec Club PB (PB #4 of 2023) & Katie Lasseter with a 17 Sec PB (#1 of 2023).
2023 Peterborough Grand Prix Series 3K & 5K
Race 2 (of 5) of the 2023 Grand Prix Series took place at an event organised by Stamford Striders. The 6 BRJ Juniors & 10 Seniors ran over a new course for 2023 .
Looking forward, Race 3 (of 5) that will be hosted by PANVAC, will take place on 12th July at Ferry Meadows Water Sports Centre, Peterborough & forms the “Nominated” event in the 2023 Junior Running Champs.
Junior 3K – A total of 6 BRJ Juniors were among the 42 finishers that ventured to Stamford Rugby Club. Henry Reeve lead home our squad, missing out on a Club 3K PB by just 7 Secs.
New Club PB’s were secured by Isaac Friswell by 6 Secs / #2 of 2023, & Dixie Swales by 14 Secs / also #2 of 2023. Iris Purser took the gold medal position in her Age Category.
The full suite of results were:
| Race: Peterborough Grand Prix Series 3K (Race 2 – Stamford) Date: 28/06/23 Nos of Finishers: 42 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 11 | Henry Reeve | 00:11:33 | N/A | |
| 23 | Isaac Friswell | 00:12:58 | N/A | PB |
| 24 | Tom Sheldon | 00:13:01 | N/A | |
| 25 | Iris Purser | 00:13:05 | N/A | 1st FU11 |
| 38 | Jack Reeve | 00:16:31 | N/A | |
| 42 | Dixie Swales | 00:17:18 | N/A | PB |
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Senior 5K – The 294 finishers included 10 BRJ Seniors. Keelan Duffy led home the BRJ squad & was 2nd in his Age Category.
Our 3 PB’ers in order of merit were Andrew Stevenson by 59 Secs / #5 of 2023, Nicola Sparkes by 41 Secs / #1 of 2023 & Chloe Wilson by 2 Secs / #3 of 2023. The full suite of results were:
| Race: Peterborough Grand Prix Series 5K (Race 2 – Stamford) Date: 28/06/23 Nos of Finishers: 294 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 8 | Keelan Duffy | 00:16:26 | N/A | 2nd MU20 |
| 26 | William Dales | 00:17:50 | N/A | |
| 105 | Andrew Stevenson | 00:21:15 | N/A | PB |
| 135 | Nicola Sparkes | 00:22:41 | N/A | PB |
| 137 | Melanie Wiffin | 00:22:44 | N/A | |
| 149 | Richard Orrell | 00:23:07 | N/A | |
| 163 | Alison Orrell | 00:24:13 | N/A | |
| 175 | Ian Wilson | 00:24:55 | N/A | |
| 192 | Chloe Wilson | 00:25:50 | N/A | PB |
| 221 | Michael Shaw | 00:27:18 | N/A | |
MULTI-SPORTS
Centurion Sprint Tri
Caroline Tiller was the sole BRJ participant in this event based at Box End (Bedford). Of the 47 finishers Caroline completed the course in a time of 1:49:18 in a position 26 / 47. Caroline was the silver medalist in her Age Category. Her individual stats were:-
Swim (750m) – 00:23:42
T1 – 00:00:56
Bike (22.2K) – 00:52:41
T2 – 00:01:04
Run (5K) – 00:30:53
Hitchin Sprint Tri
Henry Reeve, in his debut Senior Tri was the sole BRJ participant. He completed the course in a time of 1:15:05 in a position 28 / 176 & was the gold medalist in his Age Category. The individual stats were:-
Swim (400m) – 00:06:30
T1 – 00:01:28
Bike (20K) – 00:44:32
T2 – 00:01:26
Run (5K) – 00:21:07
Most Road Run PB’s of 2023 Competition
Having reached the halfway stage of 2023, Results Officer (Mike Gullis) has identified that as at 2 July, the current leaders in the “Most Road Run PB’s” competitions are:-
JUNIORS
Boys
1. Oliver Carmody & Jack Hutchinson (4)
2. Isaac Friswell, Henry Reeve & Ethan Ward (2)
3. Joseph Carmody, Jack Reeve & Jack Scott (1)
Girls
1. Iris Purser (7)
2. Hannah Lasseter (5)
3. Sophie Marshall-Roberts & Dixie Swales (2)
SENIOR
Men
1. Andrew Stevenson & Paul Mitton (5)
2. Keelan Duffy (4)
3. Seb Burley, Jim Greenley, Ian Percy, Mark Sampson & Neil Whitaker (3)
Women
1. Rachael Dent (8)
2. Felicity Baillie & Mica Covell (4)
3. Helen Richardson, Caroline Tiller & Chloe Wilson (3)
If any other members would like to know their current standing in this competition you should contact Mike using his club e-mail address.