Waterfront 5k start – 21 November 2023. Photo credit: Mandy Jones
This week
- Tuesday 5.45 pm: Waterfront 5K series. Check the new Wellington Waterfront 5K Series Facebook page for more info.
- Friday 12.27 pm, Kupe Run: a chatty pre-weekend run from the Kupe statue on the waterfront.
- Saturday 8 am Parkruns at: Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kāpiti and Greytown
- Friday 1 December to Sunday 3 December: North Island Masters Track and Field Champs, Palmerston North
- 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
WAI2K
50K
Gordon Pal – 8:51:57
12K
Jula McMillan – 1:12:53 (2nd female, 5th overall)
Spike Hayvice – 1:14:06 (6th overall)
Fi Hayvice – 1:14:30 (3rd female, 1st female vet, 7th overall)
Shout out to volunteers Mal Kerr (aid station) and Kyle Malone (50k Tail End Charlie).
Check out the full results.
Waterfront 5km race #5
Bert Prendergast 16:32, Sam Miller 18:39, Lawrence Gao 18:34, Chris Howard 19:43, Emily Solsberg 21:00, Leah Holden 21:28, Emma Bassett 22:18, Alistair Collow 23:12, Jasmine Smith 24:31, Willie Stephens 30:44.
Check out all the other great Scottish results.
Thank you to all the volunteers – marshalls, pacers, rego, finish line, and to Nico Vessiot for coordinating the volunteers. If you’d like to help out, keep an eye out for a callout on the Scottish Facebook group a few days before the race. We’d love to get heaps more club members helping out.
Barefoot Triathlon (which became a duathlon)
Dougal Thorburn – Sprint Triathlon (Duathlon) 58:29 – 2nd overall
Stephen Day – Sprint Triathlon (Duathlon) 1:02:59 – 3rd overall
Gerard Gordon – Olympic Triathlon (Duathlon) 2:19:53 – 2nd M50 – 59
Claire Jennings – Olympic Triathlon (Duathlon) 3:06:41 – 2nd W60 – 69
Paul Rodway – Olympic Triathlon (Duathlon) 3:14:35 – 1st M70 – 79
Waitangi Parkrun
Grant McLean 18:57, Guy Dryden 20:56, Walter Somerville 21:51, Emma Bassett 23:13, Don Stevens 24:01
Please remember to add your club when you register. Check out full results here.
Shout out to volunteer Emma Bassett.
Lower Hutt Parkrun
Ayesha Shafi 20:43, Ian Morton 35:22
Please remember to add your club when you register. Check out full results here.
Hamilton Parkrun, Gore
Geoff Ferry 17:55 (1st overall), Meg Ferry 31.19
Full results here.
Coming up
- Twilight Track Races, Newtown Park: 15 November 2023 – 28 February 2024
- Splash and Dash Wednesday 29 November 6pm Outside Freyberg
- North Island Masters Track & Field Champs, Friday 1 December to Sunday 3 December, Palmerston North
- Scottish Night of Miles, Newtown Park Track: Saturday 16 December
Twilight Track Races, Newtown Park: November to February
Get involved in a series of fun, friendly, informal midweek track meetings at Newtown Park, run by Wellington Scottish and Athletics Wellington. These races are open to anyone who is a registered Athletics Wellington Member. It’s a supportive environment and newcomers to track are really welcome 😊
There will be four or five events per meet – a couple of sprints (100m,200m), one or two middle distance (600m to 1500m) and a 3000m or 5000m. The first event is 6.30pm (finished by 7.30pm).
We’re are always looking for volunteers to help with entries, starting duties and post event pack down.
Entry Information
- $8 entry fee per meet
- Entries close at midday on the day of the event – no late entries permitted.
Next event Wednesday 29 November
6.30 pm – 100m
6.40 pm – 5000m
7.10 pm – 200m
7.25 pm – 800m
Enter here and challenge yourself on the track!
Check out all the other dates and details on the Scottish website.
Scottish Night of Miles, Newtown Park Track: Saturday 16 December
The Night of Miles is returning on Saturday 16 December for an afternoon of pre-Christmas fun for the whole family!
From 4pm to 6:30pm, come and run a mile around the track (that’s only 4 laps!), chase Santa, win the chocolate, and help young kids getting into our sport as we are supporting the Porirua chapter of Trailblazers.
So get your festive spirit on, and enter here before Friday 15 December. The $10 entry fee will go to Trailblazers, but if you have any issues with the payment, please get in touch with Emily or Nico.
Notices
Save the date – end of year celebration and prizegiving
Mark your calendars – Sunday 25 February from 3 – 6pm will be our end of year celebration and prizegiving. This year we’ll be switching things up and heading to Wilton Bowling Club. More details to come!
Help Fi Fly: Fundraiser Movie
Fiona (Fi) Hayvice is representing New Zealand at the 2023 International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 24-Hour World Championships in Taipei (1/2 December).
She is 100% committed to and motivated by what will be her third go at accumulating the most kilometers she can in 24-hours (PB 210.134km). Relying on 100% self-funding, Fi has organised HELP FI FLY: Fundraiser Movie at 5pm on Sunday 17 December (Penthouse Cinema, Brooklyn).
NEXT GOAL WINS: is the story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. The heartfelt underdog comedy is director Taika Waititi’s latest release. Check out the trailer.
Before the screening the raffle will be drawn (cash & pre-sales – https://forms.gle/e5mHYz4eQBJwLkVDA, prizes will be held if you’re not in attendance), and Fi will say a few words.
TICKETS are $25 and can be purchased here. Bring your family and friends as this will be an entertaining outing for all!
For full event details check out the Facebook event.
Can’t make the movie, or perhaps you know a business with the capacity to assist, donations are gratefully being received here.
Thank you, Fi will carry your support every step of the way!
Keep in touch
- If there is anything you wanted added to the Scottish Newsletter or if your results have been missed please email the Scottish Marketing and Comms crew at wellingtonscottish@proton.me.
- 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.
- Website