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[Flanker7 20]

With temperatures at or close to freezing across much of Yorkshire and the Humber, it came as no surprise that this weekend represented the first of the winter with a large number of cancellations and a much reduced attendance.

44/62 events took place across the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Cancellations (mainly weather related) were at Ancholme Valley Way, Armley, Bowling Park, Bramley, Centre Vale, Cliffe Castle, Cusworth Hall, Dewsbury, Endcliffe, Graves, Halifax, Huddersfield, Humber Bridge, Millhouses, Normanby Hall, Rother Valley, Scunthorpe and Wakefield Thornes.

Total attendance was 5667, a decrease of 4390 (43.7%) compared with last week. The largest attendance was at York (377); the smallest was at Concord and Horton Park (40). Of the 43 events that also took place last week, 11 saw an increase in attendance, 31 were lower and one (Horton Park (40)) was the same.

Penistone staged its 100th event.

This week’s ‘doubles’ were: Brighouse and Roundhay both had attendances of 213, Beverley Westwood and Bradford had 163, Chevin Forest and Peter Pan had 128, Cleethorpes and Middleton Woods had 59, and Concord and Horton Park had 40.

This week’s overall attendance was the lowest since 27 November 2021, the fall in attendance was the greatest since the same date (1340; 88.2%) and it was the first time since that date that no single event had an attendance above 400. The number of events was the fewest since 19 February 2022 (also 44); the last time there were fewer was 15 January 2022 (43 events).

The events were split equally between attendances below and above 100 (22 each).

Eight events had an attendance of 60 or fewer, the most since 26 October 2019 (also . This equals the record for the most events with an attendance this low on the same week (also 23 March 2013, 13 December 2014, 5 December 2015 and 12 December 2015.

I said last week that some records could be broken over the next few weeks ‘weather permitting’. That statement is still true, but it is now more possible, rather than probable.

The rolling weekly regional average attendance of 10490 over the last year represents a decrease of 12.9% when compared with the previous two years* (12042).

*This timeframe includes the period when no parkruns were staged between March 2020-July 2021.

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[Flanker7 20]

The Rose Garden Cafe, Graves parkrun is reopening on Thursday  22nd December.

Edited December 20, 2022 by Flanker7

[Flanker7 20]

Saturday brings our first local runner to the 600 run benchmark.

Rory will be at Millhouses to tick off his 600th on Christmas eve.

He has had the benifit of 353 runs at the home of parkrun, Bushy in SW London, dating from September 2008. Since moving North he has spead his runs around the Sheffield area.

 

The next year will see several local runners pass the 500 run mark , one or two have already do so. Endcliffe and Concord have held over 500 runs. Sheffield Castle, Rotherham, Rother Valley, Hillsborough and Graves about 100 behind them.  Millhouse are the new kids on the block with 83.

 

Sheffield and Rotherham parkruns.

Concord                 549 runs

Endcliffe                 544

Graves                      466

Hillsborough        438

Sheffield Castle  408

Rotherham            406

Rother Valley       369

Millhouses                83

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Flanker7

[Flanker7 20]

The womens record beaten again...........

Australian Olympian breaks women’s parkrun world record

Izzi Batt-Doyle ran a speedy 15:25 for 5K at Aldinga Beach parkrun in Adelaide, Australia

https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/australian-olympian-breaks-womens-parkrun-world-record/?fbclid=IwAR0EnD-GZ_l91ZTt1he7Ub2dfmvb5TvON11ERrWa6nU1iJyRdqo9zj5FoeA

[Flanker7 20]

Andrew Tup

Last week, it was heavy rain that impacted on the ability for a full set of parkruns across Yorkshire and the Humber. This week, it was a drop in the temperature lasting through the week and beyond 9am on Saturday.

43/62 events took place across the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Cancellations (all due to snow and ice) were at Ancholme Valley Way, Armley, Bowling Park, Brighouse, Centre Vale, Chevin Forest, Cliffe Castle, Dewsbury, Frickley Country, Halifax, Heslington, Huddersfield, Millhouses, North Yorkshire Water Park, Oakwell Hall, Penistone, Rother Valley, Skipton and Wetherby.

Total attendance was 9722, a decrease of 2244 (18.8%) compared with last Saturday. The largest attendance was at Endcliffe (690); the smallest was at The Cinder Track (68). Of the 41 events that also took place last week, 19 saw an increase in attendance and 22 were lower.

For the second consecutive week, two events had attendances over 600 (York 645).

Endcliffe’s attendance was the highest anywhere in the region since 7 March 2020 (Huddersfield 776).

Bramley staged its 300th event, York its 444th and Concord its 555th*.

Events that had the same attendances (“doubles”): Conyngham Hall and Selby both had attendances of 143, and Cusworth Hall and Sheffield Castle had 83.

The rolling weekly regional average attendance of 10550 over the last year represents a decrease of 4.8% when compared with the previous two years* (11083).

*This timeframe includes the period when no parkruns were staged between March 2020-July 2021.

 

* - Its known as a Nelson, 5x111. If you missed it on Saturday Endcliffe is only 6 runs away from this benchmark. 

 

 

Saturday was the day Endcliffe reached the benchmark 250,000 finishers.

https://abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/250000-endcliffe-parkruns?fbclid=IwAR3OydYs_F8T5VZ0OEwOZR70xApGhZLaPznLtSbgNJMwfyfl7wd9TStso7o

The honour fell to an Endcliffe parkrun regular Jane Wragg (517th!)

Edited January 23, 2023 by Flanker7
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[Flanker7 20]

Andrew Tup - on facebook - yorkshire parkruns

 

Although the beginning of January didn’t lead to any immediate upturn in attendance, the last three weeks have. In Yorkshire and the Humber at least!

61/62 events took place across the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The sole cancellation was Horton Park – due to insufficient volunteers.

Total attendance was 13372, an increase of 249 (1.9%) compared with last Saturday. The largest attendance was at Hull (652); the smallest was at Bowling Park (50). Of the 61 events that also took place last week, 34 saw an increase in attendance and 27 were lower.

The region aggregate attendance was a new post-COVID record.

Ancholme Valley Way held their 50th event. As they enter their second year, there is only North Yorkshire Water Park of current events yet to reach that milestone.

York’s mean attendance over the last year is precisely 500. This is an increase of 0.08% over their attendance over the previous two years of 499.6.

Events that had the same attendances (“doubles”): Millhouses and Roundhay both had attendances of 322, Oakwell Hall and Selby Hall had 159, Barnsley and Millfield had 148, Conyngham Hall and North Yorkshire Water Park had 145, Cross Flatts, Cusworth Hall and Rotherham had 120, Concord and Middleton Woods had 96, and Ancholme Valley Way and Sheffield Castle had 89.

The number of events that have seen an increase in average attendance over the last year when compared with the two previously has now grown to 15. A further 15 events show a decrease in attendance of less than 5%. Given this continued change in pattern, I will continue to report this for the next few weeks.

The rolling weekly regional average attendance of 10653 over the last year represents an increase of 0.5% when compared with the previous two years* (10600). This is the first time since the return in 2021 that the last year has seen an increase in attendance over the previous period.

*This timeframe includes the period when no parkruns were staged between March 2020-July 2021.

[Flanker7 20]

Sheffield & Rotherham parkruns are all over the weekly 'Yorkshire parkruns' report. 

Full version here   https://www.facebook.com/groups/1733916136845554/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=3759889957581485

 

Armistice weekend was cold. However this didn’t seem to put off the hardy souls of Yorkshire and the Humber.

..................Of the 59 events that also took place last week, 28 saw an increase in attendance, 30 were lower and one (Endcliffe (697)) was the same.

 

Events that had the same number of runners (doubles): Millhouses and Rother Valley both had 355, Dewsbury and Sewerby had 169, and Rotherham and Temple Newsam had 156.

 

Six events had attendances between 152-156. In addition to the two mentioned above they were: Concord (152), Skipton (153), Centre Vale (154) and Goole (155).

 

There have been 109 events with attendances of 700+. This is roughly one in every 200 events. Of these 109 occasions, Huddersfield (40), Endcliffe (38), Woodhouse Moor (10), Hull ( and York (7) account for 103.

 

Endcliffe took advantage of the cancellation at Huddersfield to retake the aggregate attendance lead.

 

Woodhouse Moor (6th) and Endcliffe (8th) both appeared in the top ten largest events across the UK.

 

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Flanker7
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[Runningman 148]

Welcome back Flanker 7 and thanks for the work  with the stats you produce

[Flanker7 20]

Andrew Tup on facebook / "Yorkshire parkruns - collect them all"

 

Perhaps the threat of rain rather than anything that was actually occurring at 9am impacted attendances across Yorkshire and the Humber. Nevertheless, although there were only a few cancellations, numbers were down by a reasonable amount compared with the last few weeks.

61/65 events took place across the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Cancellations were at Brighouse, Halifax, New Earswick and Wetherby. Only Halifax wasn’t weather related.

Total attendance was 11890, a decrease of 1756 (12.9%) compared with last week. The largest attendance was at Endcliffe (672); the smallest was at Epworth Equestrian (41). Of the 60 events that also took place last week, 13 saw an increase in attendance and 47 were lower.

Events that had the same number of runners (doubles): Graves and Sandall Park both had 199, Normanby Hall and Thorp Perrow had 145, Barnsley and Rotherham had 143, Nostell and Oakwell Hall had 119, Conyngham Hall and The Cinder Track had 117, Concord and North Yorkshire Water Park had 113, Bramley and Northallerton had 110, and Centre Vale and Myrtle had 103.

Other than the eight mentioned above, no other event had an attendance between 110-119.

 

Hull staged its 650th event.

Endcliffe (4th), Huddersfield (5th) and Woodhouse Moor (8th) all appeared in the top ten largest events across the UK.

The total number of events completed across the history of parkrun in the region is 22,045. Of these, precisely 20,000 have seen attendances of 427 or fewer.

The number of parkrun events completed this year (2728) has surpassed the total for all of 2019 (2715). This is the second highest annual total for any year (cf 3067 in 2022).

Following last week’s record high, the average number of runners per event over the history of parkrun has dipped marginally below 208.

The rolling weekly regional average attendance of 11895 over the last year represents an increase of 14.6% when compared with the previous year (10383).

[Flanker7 20]

We had a new parkrun in Sheffield on Sunday. Norfolk Heritage Park Junior parkrun started with 82 finishers plus a host of volunteers and adult supporters braving the 2 degree temperatures. They were treated to a high quality run with 5 runners under 8 minutes and all within 10 seconds of each other. Freya Hill blazed away from the start closely followed by Alfie Sansom, Edward Hall, Hrishi Popat and Jasper Kerr. Freya lead until the final 100 metres but could not hold off fellow, Hallamshire Harrier, Alfie Samson. Sheffield Junior parkruns have a strong following indicated by the first 5 having a total of 346 runs between them. There were also 18 first time runners.

 

Andrew Tup   -     It was chilly, but dry (for most areas) in Yorkshire and the Humber for the first Saturday parkrun of 2024. Others were not so fortunate, still suffering the effects of the weather at the end of 2023 or seeing a touch of frost. As tends to be the case with the start of a New Year, attendances were much higher than usual at a number of events.

54/65 events took place across the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The cancellations were at Ancholme Valley Way, Beverley Westwood, Centre Vale, Huddersfield, Humber Bridge, Myrtle, New Earswick, Northallerton, Wakefield Thornes, Wetherby and York. Most of the cancellations were due to courses that remained saturated.

Total attendance was 14374, an increase of 2292 (19.0%) compared with last week. The largest attendance was at Woodhouse Moor (739); the smallest was at Epworth Equestrian (52). Of the 52 events that also took place last week, 39 saw an increase in attendance, 12 were lower and one (Epworth Equestrian) was the same.

The aggregate attendance for the region was a post-COVID high (beating 30 September 2023, 14354 from 64 events). There have only been 13 higher attendances for the region, all of which were in either 2019 or 2020.

Events that had the same number of runners (doubles): Baysgarth Park and Sewerby both had 197 runners, Normanby Hall and North Yorkshire Water Park had 180, and Bramley and Cross Flatts had 165.

Millfield (290) had a new record attendance for the fourth time in five events.

There were notably high attendances at many other venues with eight attendances over 500. This is the most since 25 January 2020 (also . The last time more venues exceeded 500 was ten instances on 11 January 2020.

Woodhouse Moor exceeded 700 for the 12th time; five of these have been in the last three months. Only Huddersfield (40) and Endcliffe (38) have done this more.

The trends seen across the region were replicated nationally. Woodhouse Moor had the 20th highest attendance in the UK.

The rolling weekly regional average attendance of 12193 over the last year represents an increase of 16.7% when compared with the previous year (10446).

[Runningman 148]

Is it possible to see the results for individual runners at an event ?

[Flanker7 20]

 

 

Andrew Tup  ·   · face book page -  'Yorkshire parkruns, collect them all'

 

Endcliffe has now matched Huddersfield with an attendance of 700+ for the 40th time. Woodhouse Moor (14) and York (9) now stand in third and fourth place on this particular list.

 

Compared with the freezing weather experienced during the week, the mercury rose slightly by 9am on Saturday. However, this wasn’t sufficient to allow a number of events to proceed. Several announced cancellations as early as Friday evening when it became apparent that things weren’t going to improve enough by the following morning.

Having said all of that, for those events that did go ahead, attendances across Yorkshire and the Humber were high.

51/65 events took place across the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The cancellations were at Bowling Park, Centre Vale, Chevin Forest, Cliffe Castle, Halifax, Horton Park, Huddersfield, Lister Park (Bradford), Myrtle, New Earswick, Oakwell Hall, Rother Valley, The Cinder Track and Thorp Perrow.

Total attendance was 12924, a decrease of 2600 (16.7%) compared with last week. The largest attendance was at Endcliffe (780); the smallest was at Epworth Equestrian (60). Of the 47 events that also took place last week, 18 saw an increase in attendance and 29 were lower.

Events that had the same number of runners (doubles): Cross Flatts and Sandall Park both had 225 runners, and Baysgarth Park, Selby and Skipton had 172.

Bramley staged its 350th event, Cusworth Hall and Penistone their 150th.

Endcliffe has now matched Huddersfield with an attendance of 700+ for the 40th time. Woodhouse Moor (14) and York (9) now stand in third and fourth place on this particular list.

There were as many events with attendances over 500 as there were under 100 (six each).

The last Saturday that every event staged had an attendance of 60+ was 26 August 2023.

It’s taken a while, but with recent high attendances, the median attendance has increased by one to 166. The mean attendance reached a new high of 208.21.

As with last week, the trends seen across the region were replicated nationally. Endcliffe had the 13th highest attendance in the UK. Woodhouse Moor (16th) and York (18th) also reached the national top 20.

The rolling weekly regional average attendance of 12290 over the last year represents an increase of 16.3% when compared with the previous year (10565).

The above 52-week average attendance compares favourably with the end of 2019 (12288). At that time, the average attendance continued to rise until 15 February 2020 (12906) before dropping slightly over the remaining four weeks before the COVID enforced pause.

 

 

 

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