Paul Barwick and Murendeni Netshituka at the Sydney Marathon finish line
National Road Relays will take place in Feilding on Saturday, 4 October. You can register your interest here and make payment to attend here.
This week
- Wednesday 6:15pm: Speed session **moved to Wednesday** at Newtown Track. Details on Stack.
- Saturday from 7 am: The Tip Track Marathon and half marathon
- Saturday 8am: Memorial run for Dougal Thorburn, from Princess Bay (more details below)
- Saturday 8:00am: Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Porirua, Trentham, Kapiti, Ōtaki River and Greytown.
- Saturday 8:00am: Karori Park Session, Karori Park.
- Saturday 2:00pm: Friendly packruns and walks from Wellington Scottish Clubrooms, followed by afternoon tea and drinks. All speeds welcome. Prince of Wales Park, Mt Cook, Salisbury Terrace.
- Sunday: The Barefoot Xtrail Skyline Scramble.
- Sunday long pack runs: These usually leave at 8:30 am from outside Freyberg Pool and some alternative locations around Wellington. All speeds welcome, coordinate on the Facebook page.
Results
Sydney Marathon
Lots of records set in Sydney Marathon’s debut in the World Majors.
From Scottish, Murendeni Netshituka ran the course in 2:41:28
Paul Barwick was the three hour pacer and Lindsay Barwick did the four hour pacing – and perfectly to boot.
New Zealand Road 10k champs
Chester Holt-Quick Nick Horspool represented Wellington at the national road race championship in Cambridge on Saturday.
Chester took silver in the M35, with 34m 1s
Nick came in fifth in the M40, despite a lingering sinus infection, with 35m 48s
Full results here
Parkruns
Check out all the results here.
Notices
Quiz night fundraiser for Mel Brandon
It’s not too late to join our fun fundraiser for Mel Brandon, who is representing New Zealand at the world trail running champs in Spain this month. It’s $25 a ticket, and all ticket sales will go to Mel’s trip costs. We also have two great raffle baskets to give away, and a bar tab for the winning (and the losing) team.
Waitoa Victoria St, Tuesday 2 September from 6:30pm.
Sign-up and payment details here. Quiz orphans welcome! You can just join an existing team. Any questions, email anna.fifield@gmail.com
Wellington Masters Athletics AGM
The AGM for Wellington Masters will be held on Wednesday, 17th September at the Waiora Hub, 17 Bannister Avenue, Johnsonville (Olympic Harriers Clubrooms) commencing at 7pm.
The notice for the AGM with all the relevant details can be found on the Masters website.
Ruapehu Trail Camp is back for 2026
8-11 Jan 2026. After the success of last year’s trail camp, we will be running the camp again, using the WTMC lodge at Whakapapa. Expect good runs, good chats, good food, and great entertainment. The cost will be $200 for the full 3 nights, and spaces are limited to 30 people.
We want your running photos
We’re trying to jazz up our social media presence but to do that, we need photos from our running events. If you’re willing to have your pics shared on our public-facing Facebook and Instagram pages, please send them into us so we can show the wider world how fun it is to be a member of Wellington Scottish. Please email us at wellingtonscottish@proton.me or, even better, put them directly into this folder.
The Scottish Mentor Programme is live
One valuable part of being a member of Wellington Scottish is having access to a group of experienced runners, who have been through the seasons and know the running community inside-out. Our mentor programme has been built to help Wellington runners to connect with their community and to find a home in the sport.
Mentors allow prospective and new club members to connect with someone who knows a thing or two about how to get the most out of a membership with Scottish. If you know someone who is interested in joining a running club, but is unsure of how it all works, send them to one of our fine mentors.
Learn more HERE.
Kapiti Half Marathon
Wellington Scottish members get a 20% discount for the Kapiti Half Marathon on 9 November, thanks to Dark Horse Coffee. You must use this link to get the discount when entering. Maddy Watson is also looking for pacers for the event: Half marathon pacers in ten min increments from 1:30 through to 2:30 ad 10km pacers in ten minute increments from 40 mins through to 1:20.
Te Ahumairangi 10000m Festival
And talking of volunteers, we are beginning to plan this year’s Te Ahumairangi 10000m event. If you want to be part of the organising team, please contact Stephen.
Scottish apparel for sale
We are selling club singlets and Early racing singlets that club member John Plimmer manufactures locally. Crop tops, socks, puffer vests, rampant lion caps, technical “Wellington Scottish” short-sleeves, technical “Unleash your inner lion” short-sleeves, long-sleeves and white cotton short-sleeve t-shirts – all in a range of sizes.
Check our clothing for sale on our website
Coming up
Saturday, 6 September: Memorial run for Dougal Thorburn
Dougal Thorburn’s family warmly invites you to join them for several special events to celebrate Dougal over the weekend of September 5-7, as they mark one year since his death. They are looking forward to sharing time with you for whichever parts you can make. Please forward to others. No RSVP needed.
On Saturday morning, there is a run leaving from the Princess Bay changing rooms. There are 12kmor 4-5km options available. Meet afterwards at the Spruce Goose Cafe, Lyall Bay, at 9:30 a.m.
See this link for details.
6 September: Tip Track Marathon
Tip Track Marathon is a low-key, no frills trail running race that takes place at the Tip Track in Wellington each year – all in the name of charity. TTM is all about hard hills, high-fives, and doing something stupid for the sake of it. There are no prizes. Your workmates will not understand why you did this. It’s not even that fun.
7 September: Skyline Scramble
The first of Barefoot XTrail Spring series takes runners through Otari-Wilton’s Bush, up to the summit of Johnston Hill, and those on the long course get the Skyline Track. Three distances: 6, 11 and 16km.
13 September: Wellington 10km Road Championships
The Wellington 5km and 10km Road Champs are the last of the big interclub races for the season. They are an excellent opportunity to run a fast 5km or 10km time with a large pack of runners to pull you along. They are held in the scenic Wainuiomata Recreation Area. The course is an out-and-back road race using a 1.25km stretch of road that is closed to public traffic. The course is largely sheltered from the wind.
4 October: NZ Road Relays, Feilding
National Road Relays will take place in Feilding on Saturday 4 October. This is the club’s biggest and most enjoyable event of the year. Please keep the weekend free and make sure you can come along. You can register your interest in participating here.
Event details from Athletics NZ
Accommodation will be in two hotels in Palmerston North, for the nights of Friday 3 October and Saturday 4 October. We have a venue booked for our club dinner on Saturday 4 October. Travel to and from Palmerston North will be in a combination of private cars and rental vans.
Payment: We have set up payment options at the following link:
NZRR payments on Gameday
As an incentive for early payment, if you pay by 8 September, you’ll get a Scottish-themed gift (probably socks but we can negotiate).
15 November: Te Ahumairangi 10000
Te Ahumairangi Ten Thousand is a fun opportunity for runners to work together in packs and support each other in running fast times and personal bests. It is also an opportunity for road or trail runners who have not run on the track before to try it out in a supportive environment.
17 January: M*A*S*H Backyard Ultra
The mission is simple: run 6.71km every hour, on the hour, until you can’t go on. The second edition of the M*A*S*H Backyard Ultra takes place over Wellington Anniversary Weekend – kicking off 9am, Saturday 17 January. Directed by General Fiona Hayvice, it’s a battle of endurance packed with camaraderie, chaos, and the kind of challenge you’ll never forget.
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. |