06/06/2026
Event number #434
6th June 2026
We had 403 individuals start the weekend at Rooty Hill on a crisp and very cold morning, with today marking the first Saturday of Winter. Despite the chilly start, there was still plenty of energy out on course. Congratulations to the 60 of you who recorded new PB’s.
There was also 25 people who completed their first ever parkrun, and another 38 who visited Rooty Hill for the first time. I hope you enjoyed the event and hope to see you back again soon.
We had milestone celebrations as well with Thomas hitting his 10th event, Damien, Michael and Jennifer checking off 25, Michael finishing number 50, and Joe casually finishing his 350th parkrun. Awesome!
The event was made possible by 15 volunteers:
Geoff Newey, Fran Collins, Alex Bulan, Sarah Auzner, Philip Devine, Michelle Donnelly, Yvonne Stretton, Daniel Jones, Annelise Tough, Sodhi Singh, Wayne Thurlow, Richard Sparks, Rafis Garipov, Sofiya Garipova, Michael Spiteri.
Special call out for Sarah and Annelise for their first volunteer stints. A big thank you from everyone at parkrun!
We are always keen for new volunteers. Please check our future roster for opportunities to help (https://www.parkrun.com.au/rootyhill/futureroster/). None of the jobs are too taxing and there is always help available.
My apologies but we had a mix up on the roster today and unfortunately, we don’t have the usual number of photos being published ☹.
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Rooty Hill parkrun Results Page (https://www.parkrun.com.au/rootyhill/results/latestresults/ ).
Rooty Hill parkrun started on 10th December 2016. Since then 10,290 participants have completed 84,989 parkruns covering a total distance of 424,945 km, including 12,732 new Personal Bests.
A total of 792 individuals have volunteered 6,746 times. Average number of participants across all events: 196
Have a wonderful long weekend folks. Happy birthday to King Chuck!
Geoff
RD
