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 500m reps at different paces.
  • 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 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

Barkley Fall Classic

Kyle Malone was 4th in this international 50km in 9:47:00. The BFC is a 50-kilometre race in Tennessee, USA, with a (self-described) ridiculous amount of climb and descent.

Results

Race Tekapo

Mel Aitken, 4:29:47, was 2nd in this 50km race.

Sydney Marathon

Karl Jackson completed the marathon in 3:28:19

Results

Hutt Marathon

A gentle breeze kept athletes from overheating on an otherwise glorious Wellington day.

  • Cool Kids Kilometre: Naomi Richardson 2nd F9-10 in 4:09.4.
  • 5km: Sam Cleland 26:59.7, Ben Cleland 29:07.6, Karen McLean 29:31.1 (1st F50), Fiona Macmaster 36:04.3 (3rd F60), Donna Cleland 47:30.7.
  • 10km: James Richardson 1st M 35, 37:04.3, Iain Shaw 43:37.9.
  • Half Marathon: Ali Campbell (1st F-Open) 1:28:23.7, Guy Dryden (2nd M50) 1:33:54.5, Nicola Hankinson 1:39:03.9 (1st F35), Julian Matthew 1:44:20.3, Hinano Andrews 1:51:29.0, Anna Fifield 1:56:59.0, Willie Stephens 2:22:21.3 —and pacing duties by Nicholas Bagnall, Floor Kaars Sijpesteijn, Emily Solsberg and Susan O’Brien.
  • Half Marathon Walk: Ian Morton 2nd M60, 2:36:48.4.

Results

Notices

Last chance. Register for Road Relays

The National Road Relays is the biggest running event in the club running calendar and a fantastic weekend away with friends and family. This year it is being held in Christchurch on a new course.

The relays are perfect for social runners as well as the elite. Each year, Scottish generally takes over 100 runners to Road Relays, and last year won top club – thanks partly to the large numbers of runners we had on the start line.

Team selection will be happening soon. Register now for the best event of the season.

DATE:

30 September 2023

ABOUT THE RELAY

The competitive course takes place over 8 laps, with each runner in the team running 1 lap (there are 8 runners in a team). While a runner is on the course, the rest of the team drives to the next change-over, cheering on runners and having a great time in the team van. The relays are a very social event, with Scottish runners often wearing costumes/ facepaint/ hair ribbons/ creating van playlists and celebrating their runs in the van while en route. If you’re not keen on running the competitive course, there are social team entries, too (6-lap course).

SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER

There is a yummy club dinner on Saturday night to celebrate a fun weekend away and the day’s achievements.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation for the club has been organised, with most runners staying both Friday and Saturday nights (shared rooms with other runners from the club).

TRANSPORT TO CHRISTCHURCH

Everyone is responsible for organising their transport to and from Christchurch. Coordinated airport pick-ups will be available.

COSTS

To encourage as much participation as possible, the committee will be subsidising the race entry, accommodation and van hire fees.

Runners:

  • Race entry, 2 nights accommodation and dinner: $150
  • Race entry and 2 nights accommodation (no dinner): $110
  • Race entry and 1 night accommodation: $100
  • Race entry only: $60

Supporters

  • 2 nights accommodation and dinner: $100

Please pay your Road Relay contribution into the usual Wellington Scottish account 38-9005-0501833-00

and reference your name along with RR.

HOW TO REGISTER

Please register as soon as possible via this link.

MORE INFORMATION

If you want more information on the road relays, ask other club members, your section captains or the club committee.

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 the 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 Alice (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 (apart from NZRR)

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

McVilly Shield Relay, 28 October

This year, it is at the end of the season instead of the start. But it’s still at Karori Park, we’ll keep the same format with random handicaps, and the winners gets to take home a very large trophy.

Details

The Agency Group 10000m Festival and NZ Championship, 18 November

Newtown Park hosts the most popular set of 10,000m races in New Zealand. For the last five years, this has been a night of PBs for athletes of all speeds — 40 percent of athletes finished with a new best time.

Keep in touch