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.
- Saturday 8:00 am: Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kāpiti, Otāki River and Greytown.
- Saturday 3:00pm: Pō whakamoemiti for Dougal Thorburn, Lower Hutt Town Hall, 32 Laings Road
- Cancellation of club run. We had planned a pre-relays club run for the afternoon of Saturday 21 September at Wilton Bowling Club. Dougal Thorburn’s memorial service will be held at that time. In addition, many club runners will run that morning at the park run in his memory. Accordingly, we have decided to cancel the afternoon club run. I (Simon) apologise to everyone who is inconvenienced, but it seems like the best decision in the circumstances.
- Sunday 8:30am: Honest Ten, Outside Freyberg Pool, Oriental Bay
If you want your event added to this list, contact us by Sunday evening.
Results
Hutt Marathon and events
- Kids Cool KM: Gemma Ferry 5:27.1
- 10km: James Parsons 41:54.1, Jiwon Chun 47:15.6.
- Half marathon: Charlie Hulley 1:27:43, Gerard Gordon 1:29:47.8, Nicola Hankinson 1:33:19.9 (2nd open women and 1st W35), Andrew Wells 1:41:09.3, John Gardiner 2:21:05.1, Megan Ferry 2:58:56.4
Parkruns
Hagley Parkrun: Jonathon Harper 27:19. Trentham Memorial Parkrun: Glen Wallis 22:05, Claire Jennings 32:07, Ian Morton 35:11. Ōtaki River Parkrun: Terri Grimmett 29:49. Waitangi Parkrun: David Hosking 19:00, Chris Howard 19:32, Guy Dryden 20:36, Don Stevens 28:59, Marianne Elliott 29:29, Gemma Ferry 41:08, Geoff Ferry 41:08.
Sydney Marathon
Paul Barwick, acting as 3 hour pacer, metronomed his way around Sydney Harbour in 2:59:21
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 club members Oliver Williamson, JK Gray and George Goodwin
Wellington Masters Athletics – Notice of AGM
Wellington Masters Athletics did not have a quorum at its AGM on 12 September, so it has rescheduled to a later date of Wednesday, 25 September 2024, at Waiora Hub (Olympic Harrier Clubrooms), 17 Bannister Avenue, Johnsonville. The AGM starts at 7pm. The committee encourage members to attend so that they can have the numbers to elect a new committee. They have received several nominations for the committee. However, the positions of vice president and one committee member remain vacant. If any member is interested in either of these positions, please contact John Palmer, Wellington Masters Athletics.
Coming up
Kaukau Skyline Traverse, including Wellington Mountain Running Championships, 6 October
Hosted by Olympic Harriers at Waiora Hub (their clubrooms). The races will take place on the western hills of Johnsonville along the Skyline Track over Mt Kaukau.
Races start and finish at the northern end of the Skyline Track, heading south along the ridgeline to Mt Kaukau and beyond. All races are ‘out and back,’ each with a turn-around point. The long course includes an additional challenging loop before turning around.
Bernie Portenski Memorial Trophy / Baudinet Cup, 12 October
The Bernie Portenski Memorial Cup in Titahi Bay is a handicapped race to celebrate the end of the harrier season and to commemorate Bernie Portenski. While Bernie was a staunch Scottish member, she trained with and supported many members from other clubs. The overall winner on handicap will hold the Bernie Portenski Memorial Trophy for a year.
Twilight Track Meet # 1, 25 October
The first in a series of friendly low-stakes midweek evening track races at Newtown Park.
Remutaka Rail Trail Run & Walk, 2 Nov
Wellington 10,000 Festival, 16 Nov
NZ’s biggest 10,000m running event.
The Wellington 10000m Festival is the most popular 10000m race in New Zealand. For five years, the 10000m Festival has been a night of PBs for runners of all speeds – 40 percent of runners finished with a new best time. We even had a world record! This year, packs and pacers will be running at many different speeds to drag you to your new PB.
Lifestyle Sports Night of Miles, 14 Dec
This unique event is full of Christmas fun and features races over the rarely run distance of one mile. Each year, we collect donations from athletes and spectators and hand them on to a local Wellington charity. For the competitive events in the programme where pre-entry is required, we have set a $10 entry fee that will be part of the donations.
The programme includes a mix of children’s, senior and fun social events. There are several different mile races, including elite men’s and women’s races and an all-comers mile that anyone can participate in (including Father Christmas). Subject to interest, some field events may be added to the programme.
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 and our club president, Andy Ford.
- Public Facebook page and join the Scottish member Facebook group here.
- Website