parkrun NZ Attendance and Milestone Stats for December 31, 2022.
In New Zealand there were 40 parkruns with 4753 (-603) parkrunners.
In brief
458 (+104) people got their parkrun barcode this week
390 (+54) ran their first parkrun this week
662 (+72) achieved personal bests this week
30 (+4) volunteered for the first time
33 (-14) new age category records were set.
15 (-4) runners recorded sub-17 finishes
The average finish time in New Zealand increased to 31:19.
There were three new course records this week. Josh Jordan (15:12 at Ara Harakeke), Angus Sevier (15:48 at Lake2Lake Trail) and Krystyna Knight (20:28 at Whakatane Gardens).
The top age graded runner was Michele Allison at Cornwall Park with a time of 22:15, 95.36% in the VW65-69 age group.
Milestones
16 parkrunners joined the J10 club
27 parkrunners joined the 25 club
11 parkrunners joined the 50 club
7 parkrunners joined the 100 club:
- Barry Curtis : Andrew Wallace
- Gisborne : Lesley Wilkin
- Hagley : Bec Fidge
- Millwater : Greg Dell
- Queenstown : Benjamin Lewis , Stephanie Rumble
- Western Springs : Graham Denney
1 parkrunner joined the 250 club:
12 parkrunners joined the V25 club this weekend (Saturday and Sunday): Keith Vincent, David Everest, Bill Hunter, Darren De Groot, Keith Weatherston, Lucie Kibblewhite, Jay Gregory, Joyce Leevard, Sarah Jane Sinclair, Keith Flockhart, Alice Drury and Joshua Callan.
* V50, V100 and V250 milestones aren’t recorded in the same way, so if you know of others please let me know either in the comments below or email runswithabarcode@gmail.com.
Attendance
Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Whangarei (215), Lower Hutt (233), Hagley (330).
Smallest NZ parkruns: Ōtaki River (44), Balclutha (32), Russell Park (28).
Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:
14 parkruns had higher attendance
26 parkruns had lower attendance
The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Queenstown, with a change of 45.
The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Balclutha with a change of 77%.
The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Hagley with a change of -132.
The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Cambridge NZ with a change of -45%.
Attendance Records
Six parkruns set new attendance records:
Blenheim (93, up from 85))
Hamilton Park (65, up from 64))
Queenstown (215, up from 172)
Taupo (146, up from 128)
Wanaka (144, up from 134)
Whangarei (215, up from 211)
NZ Anniversaries
0
Cancellations
0
PBs and First Timers
The most PBs were at Hagley (45), Lower Hutt (33), Tauranga (33), Cornwall (24) and Whangarei (24).
The most PBs by percentage of field was Tauranga (33 or 19%), Balclutha (6 or 19%), Broad Park (20 or 19%), Russell Park (5 or 18%) and Foster (19 or 17%).
The most first timers were at Queenstown (112), Hagley (57), Ara Harakeke (54), Wanaka (53) and Lower Hutt (50).
The most first timers by percentage of field was at Hamilton Park (38 or 58%), Lake2Lake Trail (35 or 57%), Queenstown (112 or 52%), Sherwood Reserve (33 or 52%) and Whakatane Gardens (37 or 46%).
The fastest among us
The 19 fastest females in New Zealand by age category, in pace order, were:
- Hannah Oldroyd (VW35-39) running Blenheim in 17:25.
- Tina Cox (VW40-44) running Pegasus in 19:09.
- Kimberley Iversen (JW15-17) running Invercargill in 19:14.
- Jennifer Duncan (SW25-29) running Lower Hutt in 20:02 for the first time.
- Petra Fransen (JW11-14) running Taupo in 20:41 for the first time.
- Lorna Pairman (SW20-24) running Foster in 20:51 for the first time.
- Johannah Jagger (SW30-34) running Invercargill in 21:04 setting herself a new PB.
- Donna Atkinson (SW30-34) running Tauranga in 21:04.
- Becky Blay (SW18-19) running Pegasus in 21:13.
- Angela Hawkes (VW45-49) running Hobsonville Point in 21:54.
- Noreen Crombie (VW55-59) running Tauranga in 21:59.
- Michele Allison (VW65-69) running Cornwall in 22:15 setting herself a new PB.
- Grace Lyttle (JW10) running Greytown Woodside Trail in 22:29 setting herself a new PB.
- Anna Christophorou (VW50-54) running Hagley in 22:41.
- Jane Pairman (VW60-64) running Foster in 23:38 for the first time.
- Judith Bradshaw (VW70-74) running Whangarei in 25:22.
- Jenny Peel (VW75-79) running Palmerston North in 32:36.
- Joan Cheadle (VW80-84) running Cornwall in 43:51.
- Clasina Van Der Veeken (VW90-94) running Whangarei in 52:44.
The 19 fastest males in New Zealand by age category, in pace order, were:
- Josh Jordan (JM15-17) running Ara Harakeke in 15:12 for the first time.
- Jack Paine (SM20-24) running Taupo in 15:33 setting himself a new PB.
- Brett Tingay (VM40-44) running Wanaka in 16:14 for the first time.
- Craig Iversen (VM45-49) running Invercargill in 16:25.
- Hamish Baylis (SM25-29) running Hagley in 16:33 for the first time.
- Mike Robinson (VM35-39) running Gisborne in 16:43.
- Oliver John Palmer (SM30-34) running Wanaka in 16:55 for the first time.
- Daniel Du Toit (SM18-19) running Trentham Memorial in 17:03.
- Sebastian Lyttle (JM11-14) running Greytown Woodside Trail in 17:37 setting himself a new PB.
- Mark Reid (VM50-54) running Pegasus in 17:45.
- Peter Richards (VM60-64) running Foster in 18:35.
- Ovin Angammana (JM10) running Lower Hutt in 18:39 setting himself a new PB.
- David Creamer (VM55-59) running Lower Hutt in 19:13.
- John Kent (VM70-74) running Whangarei in 21:55.
- Steve Fairley (VM65-69) running Whangarei in 22:58.
- Les Rootsey (VM75-79) running Foster in 24:34.
- Mike Stewart (VM80-84) running Lower Hutt in 27:17.
- Garry Humpherson (VM85-89) running Whakatane Gardens in 35:55
- Colin Thorne (VM95-99) running Whangarei in 56:17.
Record breakers
There were 32 age category records broken this week:
- Ara Harakeke : (JM15-17) Josh Jordan smashed Jacob Kilmister ‘s record by 148 seconds running 15:12. This record stood for 1 weeks.
- Ara Harakeke : (VM75-79) James Bond smashed Peter Mcfarlane ‘s record by 130 seconds running 30:42. This record stood for 3 weeks.
- Ara Harakeke : (VW35-39) Sarah Ward broke Yuliya Bozhko ‘s record by 24 seconds running 26:08. This record stood for 3 weeks.
- Ara Harakeke : (VW65-69) Jean Skilton took her own record by 7 seconds running 28:48. This record stood for 1 weeks.
- Blenheim : (JM11-14) Cullum Rayner took Flynn Register ‘s record by 6 seconds, setting himself a new PB, running 18:33. This record stood for 168 weeks.
- Blenheim : (VW35-39) Hannah Oldroyd smashed Nicola Corinne Handley ‘s record by 90 seconds running 17:25. This record stood for 193 weeks.
- Broad Park : (JM10) Leo Sincock broke his own record by 55 seconds running 22:37. This record stood for 2 weeks.
- Broad Park : (VW45-49) Georgy Pakeho broke her own record by 48 seconds running 22:56. This record stood for 1 weeks.
- Broad Park : (VW60-64) Meg Christie smashed Robyn Daly ‘s record by 92 seconds running 24:44. This record stood for 1 weeks.
- East End : (VW75-79) Gloria Daniels smashed Sue Park ‘s record by 113 seconds running 41:25. This record stood for 173 weeks.
- Flaxmere : (SW18-19) Winona Lee smashed Bella Greig ‘s record by 92 seconds running 22:26. This record stood for 158 weeks.
- Flaxmere : (VM60-64) Steve Dent broke Dennis Bloomfield ‘s record by 57 seconds running 20:37. This record stood for 12 weeks.
- Greytown Woodside Trail : (JM11-14) Sebastian Lyttle broke Charlie Matthews ‘s record by 27 seconds, setting himself a new PB, running 17:37. This record stood for 153 weeks.
- Hamilton Park : (SW18-19) Rebekah Shallard took Gabby Harrex ‘s record by 10 seconds running 30:07. This record stood for 43 weeks.
- Lake2Lake Trail : (JM15-17) Angus Sevier smashed Hunter Grieve ‘s record by 640 seconds running 15:48. This record stood for 14 weeks.
- Lake2Lake Trail : (JW11-14) Nina Hollis-pye smashed Isla Angus ‘s record by 61 seconds running 21:49. This record stood for 15 weeks.
- Lake2Lake Trail : (VW40-44) Lucia Vincent smashed Lee Steel ‘s record by 133 seconds running 21:13. This record stood for 10 weeks.
- Lake2Lake Trail : (VW65-69) Debbie Telfer smashed Elaine Butterworth ‘s record by 475 seconds running 24:58. This record stood for 7 weeks.
- Palmerston North : (VW75-79) Jenny Peel broke her own record by 49 seconds running 32:36. This record stood for 1 weeks.
- Russell Park : (VW65-69) Eileen Mills smashed Harriet Fitzpatrick ‘s record by 139 seconds running 29:13. This record stood for 10 weeks.
- Russell Park : (VW70-74) Karen Pallesen smashed her own record by 66 seconds running 39:15. This record stood for 0 weeks.
- Taupo : (SM20-24) Jack Paine broke his own record by 50 seconds running 15:33. This record stood for 31 weeks.
- Tauranga : (SM30-34) Patrick Lamb took Nathan Coombes ‘s record by 3 seconds, setting himself a new PB, running 17:08. This record stood for 81 weeks.
- Trentham Memorial : (VM60-64) Stephen Mair took his own record by 8 seconds running 19:41. This record stood for 23 weeks.
- Trentham Memorial : (VW35-39) Sally Nash smashed Jen Hodgson ‘s record by 61 seconds running 20:41. This record stood for 94 weeks.
- Wanaka : (VM40-44) Brett Tingay took Erwin Mcrae ‘s record by 2 seconds running 16:14. This record stood for 245 weeks.
- Whakatane Gardens : (SM20-24) Frazer Buckingham smashed Jalen Heberley ‘s record by 124 seconds running 19:21. This record stood for 14 weeks.
- Whakatane Gardens : (SM30-34) Daniel Taylor smashed Mark Crouchley ‘s record by 128 seconds running 17:44. This record stood for 10 weeks.
- Whakatane Gardens : (SW25-29) Krystyna Knight smashed Jessie Ernest ‘s record by 491 seconds running 20:28. This record stood for 17 weeks.
- Whakatane Gardens : (VM45-49) Matt Penney smashed Teunis Schoneveld ‘s record by 82 seconds running 19:02. This record stood for 12 weeks.
- Whakatane Gardens : (VM50-54) James Parker smashed Matthew Hall ‘s record by 77 seconds running 18:42. This record stood for 15 weeks.
- Whakatane Gardens : (VW40-44) Shamiso Mawer smashed Leah Murphy ‘s record by 244 seconds running 21:57. This record stood for 1 weeks.
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Thanks to Paul Ellis for additional stats.