Just a few of the highlights from the New Zealand Road Relays
This week
- Tuesday 6:00 pm: celebrate the end of our Tuesday night winter programme with a social run and a drink (and potentially some food). Plan is to meet at Freyberg pool for a 45min casual run around the waterfront, then meet at Shed 22 from 6:50(ish). All welcome.
- Saturday 8:00 am: Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kāpiti, Otāki River and Greytown.
- Saturday 2:00pm: pack runs from the clubrooms.
- Sunday from 10:00am: Kaukau Skyline Traverse, including Wellington Mountain Running Championships. 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. Race information and entry
If you want your event added to this list, contact us by Sunday evening.
Results
New Zealand Road Relay Champs 2024
Nearly 100 rampant lions headed to Tāupo for the NZRR champs on Saturday, held at the motorsport track. Our 14 teams took on the new relay format (and the cold sou’westerly wind) with PRIDE. Being able to support each and every one of our runners and walkers as they came through the pit lane was a great highlight, as was the team dinner and baton presentations (which were ‘virtual’ this year). Scottish was second on the podium for ‘top club’, narrowly missing first place, which went to Whippets Running Project. A huge thank you to everyone who helped organise such a fantastic weekend; in particular John Gardiner, Don Stevens, Alistair Collow and Meg Ferry.
U14 boys grade, which we entered a mixed team in, placed 2nd.
Senior Men, placed 11th. Baton presented to Joe Martin.
Senior Men B, placed 29th. Baton presented to Matyas James.
Senior Women, placed 12th. Baton presented to Alice Sowry.
W35 A – GOLD. Baton presented to Anna Hooper.
W35 B, placed 10th. Baton presented to Jiwon Chun. A baton was also given to team mascot Lake Elliott.
M35, placed 5th. Baton presented to Stephen Day.
M50 – GOLD. Baton presented to Dave Kettles.
O60 A – GOLD (first ever Scottish O60 title). Baton presented to Phil Sadgrove.
O60 B, placed 7th. Baton presented to Dave Hatfield.
Social team A, placed 22nd. Baton presented to Karyn McLean.
Social team B, noted as DNF though four of our crew ran their legs. However they ended up two runners short due to ‘poaching’ by other Scottish teams! The baton presented to John Skinnon who turned up on his bike to watch the event and kindly agreed to run for the team.
Scottish A walkers, placed 2nd
Scottish B walkers, placed 4th
The walkers baton presented to Helen Willis.
Berlin Marathon
An impressive result from Lindsay Barwick at the Berlin Marathon yesterday, running 3:26:04. Congratulations Lindsay!
Blue Lake 24 hour challenge
After competing at the road relay Fiona Hayvice, Spike Hayvice and Nik Hankinson headed off to Rotorua to compete in the Blue Lake 24 hour challenge. Fiona ran 50km, with Nik and Spike completing 24 kms. Results to come.
Parkruns
Lower Hutt: Gemma Ferry 43:06, Geoff Ferry 43:07. Waitangi Park: Liam Jones 18:39, Gordon Pal 19:35, Joseph Bulbulia 19:55, Andrew Wells 20:54, Denis McCarthy 21:32, Toby Beaglehole 21:33, Christine Jones 32:29. Greytown: Walter Somerville 18:44.
Waitangi parkrun paced events
Following the success of the special parkrun ‘paced’ event in honour of Dougal Thorburn; Waitangi parkrun and Scottish have teamed up to make this a monthly event for the next six months. At our event on Saturday 21 September we had a phenomenal showing from the club, contributing to a record 540 runners at Waitangi, which in turn was a record week across parkrun in New Zealand. Being a pacer helps people achieve their goals and continues to connect us as a club to the wider community – and it’s fun!
Each month we’ll put a call out for pacers on the Scottish facebook page; and make it an event on the Stack App. Chris Howard will be seeking pacers through facebook posts about a week in advance. You can also message Chris as he’s the key liaison point to make this happen.
Look out for the call to pace this coming week on 5 October. We will likely be offering pacers for 20-30 minutes for every two minutes (tbc).
The placeholder dates are:
5 October, 9 November, 7 December, 11 January 2025, 8 February 2025 and (tbc) 8 March 2025
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.
Coming up
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.
Athletics Wellington Open Track & Field Meeting #1, 12 October
2:00-5:00pm, Newtown Park. Cost $8.50. Click here to check out the event schedule and register.
Athletics Wellington Open Track & Field Meeting #2, 19 October
2:00-5:00pm, Newtown Park. Cost $8.50. Click here to check out the event schedule and register.
Wairarapa Half Marathon, 14km and 7km events, 20 October
Check out the event website for more information and race times.
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 November
Wellington 10,000 Festival, 16 November
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