Weekly News 11 September 2023

Last chance! Register for Road Relays — see below for lots more information.

This week

• Tuesday 6.00 pm, interval session with Andy, Alice and Rowan outside Freyberg Pool. This week’s session is 1km at 10km pace, short rest, 500m at 5km pace.
• Friday 12.27 pm, Kupe Run, a chatty pre-weekend run from the Kupe statue on the waterfront.
• Saturday 8.00 am, Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kāpiti and Greytown.
• Saturday 8.30 am, speed sessions at Karori Park. Contact our club captains, Emma and Bert, or check Facebook for details.
• Saturday 2.00 pm, friendly club pack runs, Mt Cook Clubrooms,  Salisbury Terrace.
• Sunday 7.00 am onwards, Hutt Marathon – including a 5km fun run, 10km and half marathon run and walk, the Wellington Marathon Championship and the Cool Kids Kilometre, Marine Parade Petone.
• Sunday 8.30 am, Honest Ten, outside Freyberg pool carpark
• Sunday long pack runs — usually, these leave at 8.30 am from outside Freyberg Pool and some alternative locations around Wellington. Contact our club captains, Emma and Bert, or check Facebook for details.

Results

NZ Road Championships

4 Scottish runners became national age group champions at Massey University yesterday: Mel Brandon, Heather Walker, Peter Stevens and Michele Allison.

• 10 km walk: Terri Grimmett DNF
• 10km: Joel Carmen 8th SM 33:01, Emma Perron 5th SW 36:28. Alasdair Saunders 2nd M40 34:44, Simon Keller 6th M45 36:15, Peter Stevens 1st M55 36:43, Andrew Kerr 4th M50 37:41, Jim Jones 3rd M55 39:35
• 5km Mel Brandon 1st W45 18:43, Heather Walker 1st W50 19:22, Michele Allison 1st W65 21:58, Betty Harp 2nd W60 22:29, Loretta Desourdy 3rd W65 26:35,
• Wellington Centre team results: Senior women were first (including Emma Perron), senior men were 2nd (incl Joel Carmen), M35s were 1st (including Alasdair Saunders), W35s were 2nd (including Mel Brandon), M50s were 1st, including Peter Stevens and Andrew Kerr), W50s were 1st (including Heather Walker), W65s were 1st (including Michele Allison and Loretta Desourdy).

Athletics NZ race report and results

Dunedin Marathon

Three Scottish runners made the trek down south — Matyas James 03:37:01, Megan Ferry 4:53:13, and Geoff Ferry DNF.

Results

Sunshine Coast Ironman 70.3

Sierra Ryland was 4th in the W40-44 age grade in 5:06:40.

Results

Notices

Wellington Masters Athletics AGM notice

7pm on Thursday, 28 September, at Olympic Clubrooms in Johnsonville. We would love to see masters attend, especially the pre-master and new-master age groups.

Peter Tearle bequest

In February 2022, Wellington Scottish received a generous bequest of $83,400 from the estate of life member Peter Tearle.

The management committee are encouraging club members to submit applications for use of the funds, with key criteria being:

• Promote WSAC and encourage membership
• Support access to the sport
• Provide a benefit to WSAC and WSAC members
• Provide an overall social benefit / good

There are no specific directions attached to the bequest. Suggestions on how the funds could be used based on feedback received in May 2022 include:

• Provide financial support for club away trips such as NZRR
• subsidise travel/bus hire to events within the Wellington region
• Provide mentoring and coaching to promising junior athletes
• support the training and upskilling of a broader cohort of officials to help out at events in the Wellington region

This form provides a template for applications, with each applicant being asked to provide:

1. What is the opportunity the proposal is seeking to address?
2. Description of the intended use of funds
3. Explanation of how the intended use of funds aligns with broad criteria
   1. Promote WSAC and encourage membership
   2. Support access to the sport
   3. Provide a benefit to WSAC and WSAC members
   4. Provide an overall social benefit / good
4. A brief outline of how the proposal would be delivered:
   1. Who will support the delivery of the project?
   2. How do you intend to make sure the project is successful?
   3. How will you monitor success?
   4. Over what period do you expect the benefits to be realised?

Upon receipt, applications will be discussed and — if deemed to fulfil the criteria above — approved by the Wellington Scottish Management Committee.

If you have any questions or would prefer to submit a free-form response, please get in touch with alicesowry@gmail.com (Secretary of the Management Committee)

New Night of Miles organiser wanted

Andy Ford is stepping down from his role organising the Night of Miles track race, which takes place before Christmas each year. Does anyone want to take on this role? It is one of the most fun track events of the year. The organiser needs to be skilled at lolly scrambles, encouraging fun and getting Santa Claus to the start line in shape to race. Contact Andy for details.

Coming up

Hutt Marathon, 17 September

A flat and scenic course along both sides of the Hutt River. You can register before 5 September to avoid the late fee. This event incorporates the Wellington Centre marathon championships. There are cash prizes for placegetters in the marathon run, half marathon, 10km runners and walkers. There are also a 5km fun run and Cool Kids Kilometre.

Information and registration

Bernie Portenski Memorial Trophy, 14 October

The Bernie Portenski Memorial Cup is a handicapped race to celebrate the end of the harrier season and to commemorate Bernie Portenski. It starts in Titahi Bay and races around Whitireia Park along roads, trails and sand beaches.

Race details

Wairarapa Half Marathon, 14km and 7km, 15 October

Run or walk 1, 2, or 3 laps of a picturesque 7 km course alongside the Waipoua River and Henley Lake in Masterton.

Information and entry

Keep in touch

• If you want to contact anyone about anything, then your first ports of call are our club captains, Emma and Bert, our coaching coordinators, Jaime and Nico Vessiot, and our club president, Lindsay Young.
• Public Facebook page. And join the Scottish member Facebook group here.
• Instagram
• Website