This week
- Tuesday 6:00 pm: Interval session with Andy, Alice, and Rowan outside Freyberg Pool. This week’s session is 1km reps at 10k pace. Check Facebook for details.
- Saturday 8:00 am, Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kāpiti, Otāki River and Greytown.
- Saturday 2.00pm, Club Pack Runs, Club Kelburn – see below for details.
- Saturday, 6.00pm, Xterra Starlight, Makara Mountain Bike Pake
- Sunday 8.30am, Honest Ten, outside Freyberg Pool
- Sunday 10.00am, Masters Classic XC Relay, Trentham Memorial Park. Please contact Glen Wallis if you would like to participate (please include your age as some team categories are based on aggregate age).
- 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, Meg and Alistair, or check Facebook for details.
If you want your event added to this list, contact us by Sunday evening.
Results
24 Hour Sri Chinmoy Race
New member Lara Zoellner is doing epic things. In a phenomenal run this weekend, she ran 198.041km in the 24-hour Sri Chinmoy event in Auckland. She won! She’s now the New Zealand 24-hour women’s champion.
Manawatu Striders Half Marathon
Liam Jones was 3rd in 1:21:35. Gordon Pal 1:33:00.
Southland Conference Outdoor Championships, Texas
Alex Martin ran 3:54.89 in the 1500m final and won the 800m final in 1:51.76.
Chocolate Walk
Results to come
University Relay
With 22 teams entered, I can’t list everyone’s names, but here are a few highlights. The 170 Gold team (Rowan Hooper, Lindsay Barwick, Dougal Thorburn, Mel Brandon) bossed the rest of the competition around to win their grade in the inaugural event. The Scottish Karearea team (Hamish Carson, Maddy Watson, Joel Carman, Beth Garland) picked up third in the Open grade, with Beth running the second fastest lap of the day. The 240 Ferraris (Peter Stevens, Marianne Elliott, Paul Rodway, Wendy Sanderson) overcame some baton confusion among their male team members and picked up 3rd place, with a big last lap from Wendy to pull the team from 5th to 3rd. The Scottish U14 Lions (Naomi Richardson, Ben Cleland, Nicholas Cottingham) had a tie with Olympic Orange in the 2km Under 14 race. Scottish 170 Red (Nick Horspool, Susan O’Brien, Paul Barwick, Emily Solsberg) and Scottish Taniwha (Callum Mallett, Charlie Hulley, Liam O’Neill, Tim Hodge) had a back-and-forth battle with the lead changing a couple of times before Emily held off a fast finishing Tim to secure a slim victory.
Parkruns
Terri Grimmett finished the Ōtaki River Parkrun in 57:42. Emma Bassett was first at the Waitangi Parkrun in 22:18 (the first of her three races that day) and Don Stevens ran 28:03.
Notes about results
- We’ll publish a result and what makes it special if we’re told about it. So let us know what you, your friends, family members and teammates are up to. It is especially important for coaches to let us know when your athletes are achieving their goals.
- If you don’t want your name published in the newsletter or on the website, please let us know so we can omit you from the results.
Notices
Nau mai
Welcome to new members Richele Mckenzie and Hobson Lu.
Join and renew
Remember, you need to be a financial member to take part in all the upcoming interclub races, including the Vosseler Shield races in two weeks. Join or renew online.
Volunteers needed to organise the Galashiels Trophy/Novice Cup race
We are looking for a volunteer to take on the organisation of the Galashiels Cup (Eastbourne Club race), provisionally scheduled for 29 June; please contact Andy Ford or James Turner if you can help.
Pacers for the Wellington marathon
Meg is looking for two more pacers in the half marathon. 1:25 and 2:30. Please contact Meg to sign up.
Brian Tyler – Obituary
Older members will be saddened to learn that Brian passed away on 10 May, aged 92. He joined Scottish in the early 1960s from Auckland, where he was part of Arthur Lydiard’s original training group. He won’t mind me saying that he was the only one of that group who never became a champion! But he was a lifelong devotee of Lydiard’s philosophies and trained assiduously. When he retired, he bought a racehorse, which he trained with those methods—with some success!
When we built our clubhouse, incorporating squash courts he used his financial expertise to assist in drawing up the financial agreement with squash that ensured the lasting prosperity of Scottish. At NZ Inland Revenue, he became their expert in tax avoidance by major companies, guiding the prosecution of Europa Oil. After a Harkness Fellowship to the USA, he became a key figure at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. He finished his career as NZ Controller & Auditor General – one of the top public figures.
Alan Stevens
Coming up
Pack runs at Club Kelburn, 18 May
On Saturday, 18 May, the club will hold its pack runs at Club Kelburn. This is the first part of a trial, to see if we would like to set up a longer-term relationship.
Club Kelburn is at 65 Salamanca Rd Kelburn. There is plenty of parking around the tennis courts and in a separate lot below the gym. There are several bus routes that stop on Salamanca Road. Arrive at 1.40, and we’ll have a quick tour of the gym before getting changed and heading out for pack runs at 2.00. The gym is close to Kelburn Park, the Botanical Gardens, Boyd Wilson Field, Tinakori Hill, the Aro Valley, and the waterfront – no excuses for failing to find somewhere good to run!
From 3.00, we’ll have showers, snacks, tea, and coffee available. We’ll also have exclusive access to the sauna, and the club bar will be open, featuring very affordable beer.
If you can’t make it for a run, you’re still welcome to join us for food and drink (or a sauna) at 3.00.
If you have any questions in advance, and especially if you are willing to be a pack leader, contact Simon.
Vosseler Shield, 25 May
The Vosseler Shield is a challenging Wellington cross-country interclub event, steeped in tradition, and steeped in steep hills. It runs over the Mt Victoria reserve and is hosted by Wellington Harrier Athletic Club.
Dorne Cup, 8 June
The Dorne Cup is a flat cross-country event around the picturesque Trentham Memorial Park and the Hutt River stop banks. Hosted by Hutt Valley Harriers, it takes place on the second Saturday of June. It is one of the biggest and most prestigious cross-country races in New Zealand. Races start from 12:45pm.
3 Peaks Event 1, 16 June
This iconic Scottish series is your chance to get to know the ‘peaks’ of Wellington in a relaxed and fun way with others. Everyone is welcome, and we encourage you to get together with your fellow runners and participate in this series. The event supports the great work of the Wellington City Mission—make a donation as your entry. Put the following dates in your running calendar and gather your fellow runners.
Event 1 – Sunday 16 June, Wellington Scottish Clubrooms, Prince of Wales Park “Lookout for the Horses and Cannon”
- Te Rauparaha Pouwhenua (Tawatawa)
- Te Raekaihau lookout (Houghton Bay)
- Matairangi (Mt Victoria)
Registration is from 7am, starting from 7.30 to 8.30, and donations to the Wellington City Mission as an entry fee. We will update you with GPX / Strava Route maps closer to the events.
Wellington Marathon, 23 June
Wellington Marathon (including NZ and Wellington half marathon champs)
Galashiels Trophy/Novice Cup and Cole Land Cup, Eastbourne, 29 June
Details to come.
Keep in touch:
- If there is anything you want to be added to the Scottish Newsletter or if your results have been missed, please email us at wellingtonscottish@proton.me.
- If you want to contact anyone about anything, your first port of call is our club captains, Meg and Alistair, our coaching coordinators, Jaime and Nico Vessiot, and our club president, Andy Ford.
- Public Facebook page and join the Scottish member Facebook group here.
- Website