Weekend Round Up 2nd/3rd November

New ladies course record at Billericay 10k for Holland

Southend AC's Kerry Holland continued her string of good runs in setting a new female course record in Sunday's Billericay 10k organised by Billericay Striders. Holland ran a superb race in windy conditions to finish in a personal best of 37 minutes which not only placed her 1st female but also 14th overall. 

First place overall went to Sebastian Cirillo of Essex Uni 34:59 with Richard Heath of Havering '90 Joggers second 35:15 and Matt Cops of Benfleet RC third in 35:29. As mentioned first female was Kerry Holland of Southend AC in 37:00 followed by Loretta Sollars of East Essex Tri Club in 39:15 in second and Kate Mills third in 41:02.

Well done to everyone that took part in the race, full results can be viewed here.

43 Personal Bests set at Southend Parkrun

Saturday morning saw a huge 43 personal bests set at our local Parkrun in Gunners Park, Shoeburyness. The front end of the race saw a few battles including Southend AC's Rhys Gillard and Havering Mayesbrook's Ian Anthony who were pushing each other all the way for the first finisher's spot with only 1 second separating them at the end with Ian crossing 1st. Another battle was between Southend AC's Smale brothers David and Pete where only 1 second separated the two at the end with David just edging Pete for the 3rd finishers spot on his outing at the Parkrun.

The top three male finishers were:

1st: Ian Anthony (Havering Mayesbrook AC) 16:44

2nd: Rhys Gillard (Southend AC) 16:45 - PB!

3rd: David Smale (Southend AC) 17:16 -FIRST TIMER!

The top three female finishers were:

1st: Tracy English (Leigh on Sea Striders) 20:20 - PB!

2nd: Jordan Lacey (Southend AC) 21:03

3rd: Joanna Elizabeth Rimmington (Southend AC) 21:03 - PB!

Well done to all of this weeks parkrunners, the latest results can be viewed here.

Ian Anthony and Rhys Gillard battle it out to be first finisher