parkrun NZ stats July 6, 2024
parkrun NZ Attendance and Milestone Stats for July 6, 2024.
In New Zealand there were 49 parkruns with 6309 (-750) parkrunners and 754 (-8) volunteers, plus any pending results.
In brief
440 (-127) people registered for parkrun this week
326 (-129) ran their first parkrun this week
900 (-134) achieved personal bests this week
49 (+5) people volunteered for the first time
The average finish time in New Zealand remains 31:54.
Milestones
12 parkrunners joined the J10 club
44 parkrunners joined the 25 club
26 parkrunners joined the 50 club
16 parkrunners joined the 100 club:
Anderson: Peter Sherwin
Barry Curtis: Fishy (Lyn) Fischer
Dunedin: Barry Coombes
East End: Anne Fraser
Gisborne: Jess Hughes
Hagley: Hamish Scott, Liz Francis, Martin O’Brien
Hamilton Lake: Greg Lang, Susan Stokes
Hobsonville Point: Harrison Rowley
Invercargill: Tom Morton, Tracey Elliott
Taupō: Anna Brealey
Trentham Memorial: Helene Walton
Whangarei: Claire Furlong
7 parkrunner joined the 250 club
Anderson: Kevin Harvey
Ara Harakeke: Randall Pavelich
Hagley: Suzanne Mackie
Hamilton Lake: Les Miller
Lower Hutt: Austin Powell
Pegasus: Mervyn Burt
Sherwood Reserve: Helen Watson
* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.
Volunteer Milestones
v10: Jewel Wu (Northern Pathway), Alex Philipp (Palmerston North)
v25: Tao He (Cornwall Park), Harrison De Groot (Hagley), Kevin Hooker (Hamilton Lake), Jenny Biddle (Invercargill), Philip Rawles (Millwater), Amy Templer (Puarenga), Mandy Donald (Western Springs)
v50: Louise MacFarlane (Cambridge NZ), Lee Donald (Hamilton Park), Heather Kok (Pegasus), Marilla Hood (Trentham Memorial)
v100: Sally Houliston (Anderson), Randall Pavelich (Ara Harakeke)
v250: Rosemary Bygrave (Owairaka)
* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.
If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.
Attendance
Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Cornwall Park (274), Waitangi (281), Hagley (461).
Smallest NZ parkruns: Lake2Lake Trail (22), Balclutha (14), Moana Point Reserve (12).
Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:
33 parkruns had higher attendance
35 parkruns had lower attendance
Palmerston North and Owairaka recorded the same number of finishers as the week before with 247 and 196 respectively.
The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was East End with a change of 49.
The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was East End with a change of 66%.
The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Taupō with a change of -97.
The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Moana Point Reserve with a change of -81%.
Attendance Records
0
NZ Anniversaries
Sherwood Reserve - 2
Whanganui Riverbank - 4
Cancellations
0
Averages
The average parkrun attendance this week was 129.
In 2023 the average was 102 (39 events).
In 2022 the average was 81 (37 events).
In 2021 the average was 100 (34 events).
In 2020 the average was 127 (29 events, first parkrun after the very first Covid pause)
See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here. Of a total 214 members 168 took part this weekend.
The largest gatherings were 8 members at Hobsonville Point, Ara Harakeke at 6 and 5 at Mangawhero River Walk. There were also four each at Nagambie Lake and Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, both in Australia.
If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).
This week I’m volunteering at Stratford-upon-Avon parkrun and at Stratford Rec junior parkrun on Sunday.
For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records.
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Apologies for the delay, I had planned to get these out yesterday but I had an unexpected overnight stay in Amsterdam (completely unrelated to parkrun).
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