Congratulations Michael Wray, our newly minted Life Member!

What’s on this week

  • Waterfront 5k: last race of the season, Tuesday 5:45pm: Check the 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 8am Parkrun at: Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Trentham Memorial, Ara Harakeke, Ōtaki River, Kāpiti and Greytown
  • Saturday 1:30pm (race starts 2pm): Centennial Cup, Island Bay – our opening club race of the season. This is a flat 5km club race along the south coast waterfront. It’s a sealed handicap event where our handicapper has estimated your time over 5km to determine your handicap. Everyone starts together, and the finishing times are adjusted by your handicap to determine your net time and the overall winner of the Cup. We meet beforehand at St Hilda’s Church, 311 The Parade, to store gear. Then we return afterwards for afternoon tea.
  • Sunday 8:00am: Porirua Grand Traverse, Porirua
  • 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.

Recent Scottish Results:

Waterfront 5k races #17-21

Check out all the recent results
Plus a massive shout out to Hayden Smith for organising this series and co-ordinating all the volunteers over the past few months. This is greatly appreciated.

Athletics Wellington Twilight meet, 28 February

Mixed 60m: Alice Sowry 10.21, Liz Bentley 11.34
Men’s 100m: Andy Ford 14.56, Frank Grieve 16.88
Men’s 200m: Andy Ford 28.52, Frank Grieve 34.73
Women’s 100m: Alice Sowry, 16.73, Liz Bentley 18.61
Women’s 200m: Alice Sowry, 35.39
Mixed 400m: Frank Grieve, 1:13.32, Alice Sowry 1:15.16
Mixed 800m: Andy Ford 2:13.38, Alice Sowry 2:49.30, Frank Grieve 2:54.04

Motatapu Race, 2 March

Michelle Ashley third in the ultra run, Dan Jones second in the short course and Chester Holt-Quick 12th in the marathon. Results

Athletics Wellington Twilight Special, 8 March

Mixed 60m: Liz Bentley 11.21
Mixed 600m: Hiro Tanimoto 1:39.27
Mixed 1500m: Andy Ford 4:27.02, Hiro Tanimoto 5:07.70, Ayesha Shafi 5:08.73

Tararua Mountain Race, 9 March

Results

New Zealand Track and Field Champs, Men’s 800m race, 15 March

James Preston recorded a stunning career best 1:44.87, climbing to number two on the all-time NZ rankings to claim an exhilarating victory in the senior men’s 800m race at the 2024 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships in Wellington.

What’s on long range

April

  • From Tuesday 9 April: weekly interval sessions from Freyberg Pool kick off again at 6pm
  • Saturday 13 April: Scottish Mountain Running Championships, 2pm
  • Saturday 20 April: pack runs from the Clubrooms, 2pm
  • Saturday 20 – Sunday 21 April: Faultline Ultra, Belmont Regional Park
  • Saturday 27 April: Shaw Baton Relay, Battle Hill farm

May

  • Friday 3 May: NZ Road Mile Championships, Rotorua
  • Saturday 4 May: NZ 5km Championships and Rotorua Marathon, Rotorua
  • Saturday 4 May: pack runs from the Clubrooms, 2pm
  • Sunday 5 May: West Wind Xterra run
  • Saturday 11 May: Wellington Mixed Cross Country Champs, Queen Elizabeth Park, Mackays Crossing. From 1pm
  • Sunday 12 May: 3 Peaks – Event One
  • Saturday 18 May: pack runs from the Clubrooms, 2pm
  • Saturday 18 May: Starlight Makara Peak Xterra run
  • Sunday 19 May: Masters Cross Country Relay, Trentham Memorial Park
  • Saturday 25 May: Vosseler Shield, Mt Victoria from 12:30pm

June

  • Saturday 1 June: pack runs from the Clubrooms, 2pm
  • Sunday 2 June: Red Rocks Xterra run
  • Saturday 8 June: Dorne Cup, Trentham Memorial Park from 12:30pm
  • Saturday 15 June: pack runs from the Clubrooms, 2pm
  • Sunday 16 June: 3 Peaks – Event Two
  • Saturday 22 June: pack runs from the Clubrooms, 2pm
  • Sunday 23 June: Wellington Marathon (including NZ and Wellington half marathon champs)
  • Sunday 23 June: McKerrows Revenge Xterra run
  • Saturday 29 June: Galashiels Trophy/Novice Cup and Cole Land Cup, Eastbourne

Things you need to know:

Membership Change

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

Anyone who renews before 30 April is eligible for the $20 discount. 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.

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