This week 349 people walked, jogged and/or ran (also a few laid back and enjoyed the pram ride) the course at Gardiners Creek Reserve, of whom 24 were at Gardiners Creek parkrun for the first time—including 8 people who completed their first ever parkrun. There were also 7 people who did their second parkrun—a big welcome back to all of you! And 63 people logged a new personal best time for the course.
Full results are available on the results page and photos are available in the Facebook album.
Summary
| Participants | 349 |
| first time at Gardiners Creek parkrun | 24 |
| first parkrun | 8 |
| second parkrun | 7 |
| personal best time | 63 |
| official milestone | 6 |
| Volunteers | 24 |
The volunteers
Thanks to these 24 volunteers:
- Theo ZOGRAPHOS
- Michelle CLARKE
- Dean SCIACCA
- Eran LANDE
- Alexander LOGUNOV
- Chris CONNELL
- Elizabeth CLANCY
- Linda SHARP
- Tim NORTH-COOMBES
- Jackie DOWLING
- Nadya FEDOROVA
- Rebecca RYAN
- Elizabeth DAVEY
- Jen MARTIN
- Rebecca POLITIS
- Kirri MARTIN RITCHIE
- Luke SCIACCA
- Nicole ROBERTSON
- James ROBERTSON
- Trevor GOSBELL
- Crystal CAO
- Leonie ELLERTON
- Naz SHOUSHTARIAN
- David FARR
When I arrived, not knowing what a Report Writer actually does, at 7.30am, our very focused Run Director Nadya graciously said the Report Writer does absolutely nothing before the event. Although this was slightly a relief to hear, really I don’t know if twiddling my thumbs for half an hour would have been fair so I offered to take a few signs, go for a walk and hammer them along the route. I don’t think I did the best job. Usually me and hammers don’t mix and this wasn’t the time to start an exception. I’m not bad with a gavel though.
Although like Michael Jackson in the song by Rockwell or Jack Nicholson in Broadcast News, they are uncredited, I want to particularly thank Nadya’s children for helping set up with their parents. I am confident both will go on to an illustrious career in parkrun volunteering.
A big thank-you to all of our high-viz heroes on Saturday.
First-time parkrunners
Welcome to the 8 people who scanned their parkrun barcode for the first time ever:
- Vivian WONG
- Jin TAY
- Loren ROWE
- Lochlan DOWN
- Gabrielle JACK
- Bastiaan GNIEL
- Michael DAMEVSKI
- Thomas HUGHES
Our first timers picked a splendid day to give Gardiner’s Creek a go. No one ever forgets their first time, at Gardiner’s Creek.
Welcome back!
Welcome to the 7 people who returned for their second parkrun:
- Erik LOGUNOV
- Zachary JOWETT
- Rick BARRY
- Clare ALJANCIC
- Anna WATERWORTH
- Holly MING
- Liam CRAVEN
No one at all is surprised you came back. I’ll be betting my house (but not my investment house) you will be back a third time.
Milestones
The following 6 parkrunners celebrated milestones at Gardiners Creek parkrun:
| 10 parkruns (juniors) ♥ |
|---|
| Nate THOMAS (9 at Gardiners Creek) |
| 25 parkruns ♥ |
| Rebekah POWIERSKI (6 at Gardiners Creek) Neil MORRIS (24 at Gardiners Creek) Diana QI (23 at Gardiners Creek) |
| 50 parkruns ♥ |
| Dean SCIACCA (38 at Gardiners Creek) Alex WADE (38 at Gardiners Creek) |
Although we have no passionistas in our midst in the above list, I will use my Report Writer’s prerogative (I have looked at the guidelines and have confirmed I have one) and deem you all devotistas.
Congratulations to all of this week’s milestone parkrunners!
From the results sheet
Some interesting numbers from the results:
| Same here! | |
|---|---|
| 210th in event number 210 | Danyi HANG |
| Palindromic time | |
| 30:03 | Nicole XI |
| 30:03 | Bei WANG |
| 52:25 | Crystal WANG |
| Minutes match seconds | |
| 23:23 | Blake HODSON |
| 23:23 | Alex BROWN |
| 26:26 | Luke BUCKNELL |
| 28:28 | Oscar BARKE |
| 31:31 | Rhianna BORLAND |
| 36:36 | Felicity GLUTH |
| 40:40 | Don JINNETTE |
| 48:48 | Abigail CLARKE |
| All minutes, no seconds | |
| 29:00 | Greg CHINTOCK |
| 40:00 | Cindy CHHIT |
| Average finish time (registered parkrunners) | |
| 31:35 | |
New age category record?
Not this time! I guess this is how a Carlton supporter feels.
Personal best times
The following 63 people logged a new course PB:
- Abigail CLARKE
- Andrew NYHUIS
- Lisa CASTLE
- Jane LEE
- Amy CHRISTENSEN
- Sarah BECK
- Felicity GLUTH
- Daniel CHNG
- Marcus VG
- M SMITH
- Mark LEROUX
- Gillian MCGREGOR
- Michaela FREEMAN
- Varshini GANESH
- Jessie CHENG
- Alex FAN
- Liam CRAVEN
- David CLARKE
- Peter MACAULAY
- Alex MAYNARD
- Luke BUCKNELL
- Luke DITTMAR
- Alex WADE
- Chris WHITFIELD
- Chloe SMITH
- James DORRINGTON
- Alex SHERWOOD
- Craig RYAN
- Shane HAMMILL
- Constance KANG
- Jason KWAN
- Mark HENDERSON
- Gina SCHEMBRI
- Eli HAYES
- Serene TAN
- Cindy CHHIT
- Katerina POROPAT
- Xue Hui QIAN
- Geoff MULLANE
- Zoe FARR
- Neil DAWE
- Avery YEO-MOKHTAR
- Heather OLIVER
- Kesta FLEMING
- Sophie BLOUGH
- Will LIM
- Jacqui ANTIDORMI
- Rick BARRY
- Jayda CHHIT
- Nanci MOORE
- Chris BROWN
- Thai NGUYEN
- Luan TRUONG
- Tassie PLISKO
- Julia GOH
- Clare ALJANCIC
- Brett JAMES
- Josh TAYLOR
- Joan ZHANG
- Renae PRENDERGAST
- Alex BROWN
- Andreas SCHNEIDER
- Nathanael CLARKE
This was 24 more than last week!
Report Writer's Comments
I just want to say that nine years after completing my Journalism degree, I am finally putting it to good use.
“Something amusing”
(that’s what the report template asks for here)
Any of the photos I am in generally are very funny. My wife hasn’t stopped laughing all day.
Overall, thank you for the opportunity to have a hand in this week’s report. In case I don’t see you, happy running next time.
Event report: Theo Zographos
Have we made any mistakes above? Please tell us so that we can correct them.
Contributions for the weekly event report are always welcome.
"Report Writer" is a volunteer role—let us know if you want to have a go at writing a report.