Jane McGrath Classic - Australia Day 2009

Jock Athletic, on behalf of the McGrath Foundation, would like to say a very BIG thank you to all those who came down to Cronulla Beach on Australia Day to take part in the 3rd Annual Jane McGrath Classic!

The day was a great success with 250 people taking part in the event, raising over $6500 for the McGrath Foundation, our biggest fundraising effort yet since the inception of the Jane McGrath Classic 3 years ago.

As always, everyone was in great spirits, from those with prams and pets doing the walk event to the many contestants who competed in both the 3km walk and the 800m beach run.

The Beach Run Final came down to the last 10 metres, with local Australian beach champ Michael Fox of Cronulla, claiming first place honours, narrowly defeating veteran Glenn Gorick over the last sandhill.

 

Thanks to the following people for all their help and hard work on the day and who made the event possible:

• PKF Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors, in particular Grant Pyne, for their generous donation;
• Karl Jenson and his fabulous team at Summer Salt Restaurant;
• Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar, Cronulla and George Gourlas;
• Greg& DonnaSheehan@ Cronulla Travel;
• Skins Compression Garmentsfor the fabulous gift vouchers;
• Jules & Loz at Kiss the Sky Creative for the wonderful fliers;
• Darren Berry and the team at Awesome Screen Printing;
• Paul Taylor Air Conditioning;
• MBE Business Service Centres, Caringbah for their printing support;
• Grant’s Engraving, Caringbah, for our wonderful Winner’s Trophy;
• Tim Fong and Lynne Hunt from the Cultural Planning & Events Dept of Sutherland Shire Council who made this happen for us;
• Brad Whittaker & his team from Beach Operations, for cleaning the beach and creating our two fabulous sandhills;
• Daniel Lane from the Sun Herald for publishing our event;
• Our Fabulous Celebrities for giving up their spare time to entertain us;
• Our fabulous MC, Mark Hadfield, air-guitar champion from way back – awesome job;

And of course, all of our fabulous Volunteers!

All monies raised by this event will go to the McGrath Foundation. You can also make online donations at www.mcgrathfoundation.com.au.

See you all for next year’s Jane McGrath Classic!