• Club Patron Alan Stevens and 2023/24 Personality of the Year Dan Jones. Photo: Sharon Wray

A few changes are afoot…

You’re going to start noticing a few changes to the newsletter over the next wee while and we’ll be keen to know what you think of them. Here’s what to expect:

– The newsletter will now be sent monthly instead of weekly, meaning your next newsletter will hit your inboxes later in March.
– We’ll be focusing on results from club, inter-club, and major running races or achievements. 
– The events that we share will be club, inter-club, local, and regional running events. 

If you have a result or an event that you want to make sure gets included, please email wellingtonscottish@proton.me – we do our best to get everyone/every event but we sometimes miss things!

We’re making these changes in response to some of the feedback we’ve gotten about how you like to stay connected and informed. We’ve also had some changes in our volunteer capacity and are shifting to focus our efforts and energy to where they’ll have the biggest impact.

Have thoughts? Want to help out with the newsletter or social media? Respond to this email or email wellingtonscottish@proton.me. 

Things you need to know:

Wellington Scottish AGM Notice – Monday 25 March

We’ll have our Annual General Meeting on Monday 25 March 2024 at Anderson Park. Exact details and pre-reading pack will be confirmed by 1 March.

Membership Change

The WSAC standard membership fee for 2024/25 has been increased to $195. 

$20 discount applies for people signing up / renewing before 31 March 2024. Note – discount is not applicable to rolling memberships being renewed from 1 April onwards.

Social membership increases to $115 – Social / 2nd membership increases to $75 

Junior and volunteer fees remain the same.

Recent Scottish Results:

Annual prizegiving

Thank you to everyone who came out to our annual prizegiving on Sunday – we hope you had fun catching up with mates, playing lawn bowls in the sun, smashing some delicious paella, and celebrating Rampant Lion achievements.

Congrats to everyone who nabbed an award!

Here’s a recap of our top awards:

Personality of the Year: Dan Jones
Valued Services: Marshall Clark
Outstanding Achievement: James Preston
Bloody Good Sort: Meg Ferry

Full results are on Facebook.

Waterfront 5k race #16

Top 3 Scottish Men: Ben Twyman (1st, 16.24), Dougal Thorburn (2nd, 16.41), Bert Prendergast (3rd, 16.47)

Top 3 Scottish Women: Ben Hutchinson (1st, 19.59), Marianne Elliott (27.03)

Full results here.

Thanks to all the volunteers and to Hayden Smith for organising the volunteers.

Old Ghost Ultra

Ali Wilson (2nd, 7:35:51), Alistair Richardson (8:31:13), Nicholas Bagnall (8:45:40)

What’s on: this week

  • Waterfront 5k: Every Tuesday until 26 March, 5.45pm: Check the new Wellington Waterfront 5K Series Facebook page for more info.
  • Final Twilight Track Meet: Wednesday 28 February, 6.30pm: Newtown Park. 
  • $8 entry fee per meet
  • Entry information
  • Thursday Throwdown: Thursday 29 February, 6.30pm: Top of Chartwell Drive, Crofton Downs: a 7k trail race along the Skyline. Details on Facebook. 
  • Friday 12:27 pm, Kupe Run: a chatty pre-weekend run from the Kupe statue on the waterfront
  • Saturday 8am Parkrun at: Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Trentham Memorial, Ara Harakeke, Ōtaki River, Kāpiti and Greytown
  • Sunday long pack run: usually these leave at 8:30am from outside Freyberg Pool and some alternative locations around Wellington. Contact our club captains, Meg and Alistair, or check Facebook for details.

What’s on: long range

  • Stay tuned for the 2024 club and inter-club race schedule: to be released shortly! 
  • Wellington Girls’ College XC Team quiz night fundraiser: Sunday 10 March, 7pm: It would be great to get a Scottish team together to take on Olympic and WHAC who are fielding teams! Check out the details below.

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