RUNNING
Parkrun Junior 2K
5 BRJ Juniors were in action at sunny Cambourne & Jubilee Park venues.
Cambourne – New member, Finley Harrison, made his Club 2K Debut
Jubilee – Of the 4 BRJ participants, 3 secured Club 5K PB’s. These were Keira Coverdale by 36 Secs, Rhys Coverdale by 43 Secs & Ethan Ward by 24 Secs.
Parkrun 5K
BRJ’ers returned to Amager Faelled (Denmark), Blicking, Hove Promenade, Market Rasen Racecourse, Minnippi (Brisbane, Australia), Rushmere & Stevenage. At Pocket, Megan Wilson secured a Course PB & Marco Wassersleben completed Parkrun #450. Finally at Wimpole, Juniors Sophie & Stanley Coe both secured Course PB’s
Alice Edwards, Alice Noyes & Sue Ray made BRJ Debuts at both the Lovstien (Bergen, Norway) & Stavanger (Norway) Parkruns.
At Huntingdon, there were 2 PB’ers. Joe Jordan achieved a new Club 5K PB by a 58 Sec margin & Paul Beeson by 2 Mins 16 Secs. Jane Farrow completed Parkrun #125. Our unluckiest athletes were Debra & Neil Parker who both exactly matched their existing Club 5K PB’s they set back in April at the Margate Parkrun.
Eye 3K
7 Junior BRJ’ers were amongst the 95 finishers that braved the hot conditions. Jack Scott had a storming run to secure the runner-up position that represented a new Club 3K PB by a 1 Min 15 Sec margin. Our lead Girl & 1st overall was Iris Purser also in a new Club PB by 23 Secs. Isaac Friswell followed just 1 place behind with a 5 Sec Club PB. George Jenner, Joey White, & Harry White made their Club 3K Debuts.
The full suite of results, including the Age / Gender Graded Scores that count towards the 2024 Junior Club Running Championships are:
| Race: Eye 3K Date: 12/05/24 Nos of Finishers: 95 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 2 | Jack Scott | 00:11:36 | 80.17% | PB & 2nd Boy |
| 5 | Iris Purser | 00:11:59 | 78.41% | PB & 1st Girl |
| 6 | Isaac Friswell | 00:12:16 | 68.91% | PB & 1st Boy 12-13 |
| 14 | Joey Phillips | 00:12:52 | 69.75% | Debut Club 3K |
| 21 | Harry White | 00:13:46 | 63.16% | Debut Club 3K |
| 43 | George Jenner | 00:15:44 | 59.10% | Debut Club 3K |
| 46 | Jack Reeve | 00:16:34 | 51.03% | |
For your diaries, the next “Nominated” event in the Junior Champs is: taking place on the 19th June.
| Race: Eye 10K Date: 12/05/24 Nos of Finishers: 381 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 36 | Simon Mayes | 00:41:49 | TBA | |
| 50 | Adam D’Souza | 00:43:50 | 61.06% | PB |
| 83 | Henry Reeve | 00:47:03 | 57.95% | Debut Club 10K |
| 84 | Jon Daulton | 00:47:05 | 57.49% | |
| 88 | John Clark | 00:47:37 | 61.53% | |
| 93 | Mica Covell | 00:48:16 | 62.85% | PB |
| 102 | Eszter Gulacsy | 00:49:16 | 66.51% | Debut Club 10K |
| 124 | David Newton | 00:50:48 | 76.31% | 1st MV75+ |
| 136 | Amanda Roland-Convey | 00:51:49 | 66.13% | 3rd FV50-54 |
| 145 | Richard Orrell | 00:52:54 | 62.00% | |
| 159 | Kerry Surkitt | 00:53:46 | 64.51% | |
| 170 | Annoushka Lingham | 00:54:10 | 58.43% | Debut Cub 10K |
| 187 | Annette Newton | 00:55:46 | 83.17% | 1st FV70-74 |
| 191 | Rachel Dent | 00:56:04 | 54.49% | PB |
| 206 | Kevin Ryan | 00:56:55 | 61.00% | |
| 233 | Richard Braddick | 00:59:37 | 54.01% | |
| 294 | Karen James | 01:06:23 | 55.59% | PB |
| 317 | Michael Shaw | 01:09:24 | 48.15% | |