This week
- Tuesday 6:15pm: Tuesday Evening Summer Session: 1,600m repeats, Newtown Park.
- Thursday 6:00pm: Thursday trail group, Meet at at Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush Visitor Centre.
- Saturday 8:00 am: Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kapiti, Ōtaki River and Greytown.
- Saturday 2:00pm: Athletics Wellington Open Meeting #5, Newtown Park
- Sunday 8:30am: Sunday long run. Outside Freyberg Pool. Every week, All abilities welcome, there will be packs of different speeds heading out for anything between 10km and 30km.
Results
Athletics NZ Track and Field Champs
Congratulations to Joe Martin, who won the U20 800m in a time of1:52.93 and the U20 1500m in a time of 3:58.45, and to Beth Garland who was 11th in in the 1500m in 4:33.63 and 6th in the senior 5000m in 16:50.37.
Notices
2025 Event Interest Form
We’ve got some updates cooking with regard to how we structure group sessions and the club training programme. To ensure that all efforts properly reflect the needs of the club, a Google Form has been created to capture what races members plan to participate in/target this year – from club and inter-club events to national marathons and regional trail races (and everything in between).
What are you targeting this year?
More info is provided in the intro. Our goal is to get to 100 responses.
Membership
The Management Committee has agreed to keep membership fees the same as last year.
- $195 for standard membership (20 years and over)
- $20 discount for prompt renewal by 1 May
- a $20 discount for renewal within one month of membership for those whose membership expires after 1 May
- a $25 singlet for new members
- $115 for non-competitive membership
- $85 for members aged 7 to 19
- $45 for members aged under 6
The committee believes that membership provides great value for members — it covers Athletics Wellington and Athletics New Zealand feed and gives members access to training programmes, free entry to Wellington Centre inter-club events throughout the winter season, subsidised trips to the New Zealand Road Relays and above all the chance to be part of an amazingly supportive running community.
The new membership system will be “live” in our membership system, GameDay, once Athletics New Zealand has published its templates. Based on previous years this is likely to occur around the end of March.
Calendar
The draft 2024 / 2025 calendar has been created. Please see the link below, with further details to come in the Stack App.
Wellington Scottish Events Calendar – 2024 – 2025 (22 Feb 2025).pdf
The first events of the season are as follows:
- McVilly Shield — Saturday 22 March, 8.00am at Karori Park
- The Centennial Cup — the official season opening event — will take place on Saturday 5 April at Island Bay
- The Scottish Mountain Running Championships will take place on Saturday 12 April
The location of Saturday afternoon pack runs are also yet to be confirmed. Whilst some will be run from the Scottish Clubrooms, there is a desire from the working group that convened last year to rotate around a number of different venues throughout the winter season.
The calendar is busy, with events almost every weekend, making it hard to fit in the number of club races that we have had in previous seasons.
The Galashiels Cup in Eastbourne and Tanadees Cup have been given provisional dates in the calendar, subject to volunteers coming forward to run these events. If you would like to help organise any club events — including ideas for new events or how to reinvigorate existing events — please let the Management Committee know.
Wellington Scottish AGM, 24 March 2025
Wellington Scottish Athletics Club’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday, 24 March 2025, at 7pm. The venue is Anderson Park cricket clubrooms.
Paid-up members are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM.
In advance of the meeting, anyone who would like to stand for the committee is requested to fill in a short Google form noting the position they want to be considered for and why they would like to stand.
https://forms.gle/ZeXFjBmPFth3qJabA
If anyone is thinking of standing and would like to know more about what it might entail, please contact a member of the current committee.
Call for Tuesday session pace leads
Every Tuesday night, Scottish members tear around the Newtown Track, or tear up Oriental Parade, as they put in the mahi during planned interval sessions. We’re seeing great turnout each week, and we’d love to continue the momentum and energy heading into the winter season. To do so, we need volunteer pace leads to help all members through these sessions, no matter what their preferred pace is. Specifically, we need members who have a 5k time between 21 and 32 minutes to help other runners within this pace bracket.
Contact Ryan Woolley if you would like to lead a group.
Pace-based training leads
The Management Committee is looking to add some further structure to the main weekly training sessions, with a number of leads for each session covering a range of paces to coordinate groups and be a point of contact for new members.
The main sessions will be as follows:
- Tuesday — Freyberg Pool
- Thursday — Trails
- Saturday AM — Karori Park
- Saturday PM — Pack runs
- Sunday — Freyberg Pool
If anyone is keen to put their hand up and help coordinate any of these sessions, please let someone on the MC know. The intention is that having a group for each session will mean there isn’t an expectation that you turn up to every session
Scottish branded gear
We have a whole lot of Scottish branded gear available for sale (photos on Facebook).
- Puffer vest. $100. Unisex XS, S, M, L.
- Rampant lion cap. $50.
- Technical “Wellington Scottish” short-sleeve. $55. Unisex/men’s XS, S, M, L, XL. (Women’s cut coming soon.)
- Technical “Unleash your inner lion” short-sleeve. $55. Unisex/men’s XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL. (Women’s cut coming soon.)
- Long-sleeve women’s. $60. XS, S, M, L.
- Long-sleeve men’s. $60. XS, S, M, L, XL.
- White cotton short-sleeve t-shirt. $50. Unisex/men’s XS, S, M, L, XL.
If you’d like to buy anything, let Simon know, email: stkeller30@gmail.com
Are you our new J Team leader/s?
Sharon and Michael Wray are stepping down from their management of the J Team. If anyone is interested in this role, or knows someone who may be keen, please contact Andy Ford.
Would you like to be part of the newsletter team?
If you want to help writing and producing the weekly newsletter, contact Stephen. We are looking for more people to be involved.
Coming up
New Zealand Short Course Trail Running Champs Dunedin, 30 March
The 3 Peaks Mountain Race in Dunedin on 30 March 2025 is an endurance trail run organised by Leith Harrier & Athletic Club. Named after the three peaks of Flagstaff (668m), Swampy (739m) and Mt Cargill (676m), the 26km event takes runners and walkers up and along some of Dunedin’s most beautiful trails through lush native bush and forestry where they are rewarded with stunning panoramic views.
Christchurch Marathon (NZ Senior Marathon Champs), 13 April 2025
The Christchurch Marathon, a staple in New Zealand’s running community, was established in 1981. The course is as flat as you will find anywhere, perfect for setting a PB or for taking it easy with friends and enjoying the electric atmosphere.
Cardrona Climb 2025 Incorporating the NZ Vertical Mountain Championships, 25 April
The views and the vert on offer will be equally breathtaking as the NZ Mountain Running Championships takes over the domain of skiers and snowboarders, the Cardrona Alpine Resort. With Wanaka’s iconic alpine landscape as the backdrop, and over 1000m of climbing over 8km on offer this is an event that will be hard to miss.
Shaw Baton Relays, Battle Hill, provisional date of 3 May
Details to come
Rotorua Marathon (NZ Masters Marathon Champs), 3 May
With a refreshed start and a stunning new finish line right beside the Novotel, the Red Stag full marathon offers an unforgettable journey through Rotorua’s scenic beauty. The half marathon starts by the beautiful Okere Falls before following part of the full marathon’s route. The new Go Media 12km introduces an all-new course starting at Te Puia, where participants will journey through the iconic Pohutu Geyser to the Rotorua lakefront finish. The 5km also unveils a brand-new route, taking runners through the breathtaking sulphur flats.
New Zealand 5km Road Championships, Rotorua, 3 May
The Runway5 lights up the Rotorua Airport runway under the stars, with exciting new Runway Mile options.
NZ 24-Hour Championships, 10 May
Held at AUT Millennium Stadium in Auckland. Entries and information for the 2025 NZ 24-Hour Championships held in conjunction with the Sri Chinmoy ‘Self Transcendence” 6-12-24 Hour Races can be found here. Details for those wanting to apply to represent NZ are here.
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 Joel and our club president, Andy Ford.
- Public Facebook page and join the Scottish member Facebook group here.
- Website
Notes about results and upcoming events
- If you want your event added to this newsletter, contact us by Sunday evening.
- We’ll publish an event or 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 attempting and 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.
| Lifestyle Sports is a long-term supporter of Wellington Scottish, providing us with sponsorship in various forms and offering our members a 10% discount. Their store is located in Outlet City in Tawa, near the exit from SH1. They sell discounted running shoes for adults and kids, along with other running gear, and will make special orders – all with our 10% discount added on. If you shop at Lifestyle, please mention that you are a Wellington Scottish member. Let them know that we’re good customers! Lifestyle Sports on Facebook |
| Wellington Scottish have partnered with physical therapy practice Rehab Co., to help keep our runners on the roads and trails, doing what we love to do. More information about this new partnership, including how to book appointments is on our Scottish website. |