Coming up this week
- Tonight – Monday 5:30pm: Wellington Scottish Annual General Meeting, Wilton Bowling Club. Details below.
- Tuesday 6:15pm: Club session at Newtown Track. Warm up from 6pm. This week’s session is 200s at 3KM pace.
- Wednesday 6pm: Splash and Dash, Freyberg Beach on Oriental Parade
- Thursday 6pm: Trail Group: Te Ahumairangi. Meet at 6pm from the Botanical Gardens entrance on Glenmore St.
- Friday to Sunday: NZ Masters Track and Field Championships, Inglewood.
- Saturday 6:30am onwards: Tararua Mountain Race. DOC Kaitoke Regional Park Car Park Kaitoke or Otaki Forks Boielles Campsite
- Saturday 8am: Parkruns at Waitangi Park, Lower Hutt, Porirua, Trentham, Kapiti, Ōtaki River and Greytown.
- FOCUS EVENT Saturday 2pm: Centennial Cup. St Hilda’s Church, 311 The Parade, Island Bay. Details below. Note: the Tearle Trophy race walk held in conjunction with the Centennial Cup has been postponed to a later date, yet to be confirmed.
- Saturday 2pm: Athletics Wellington Senior Open Track & Field Meeting # 5, Newtown Park.
- Sunday Morning Club Long Run: 8:30am outside Freyberg Pool. Multiple pace groups. More info here.
Results
National Track and Field Championships
The Scottish Supporters Trust supported four of the club top athletes to represent us at the National Champs over the weekend.
James Preston (1:53.52) and Joe Martin (1:54.41) had the two fastest qualifying times in the senior men’s 800m on Saturday.
On Sunday James Preston won the final in 1:46.58 and Joe Martin, running as a senior event though he is still under 20, claimed the bronze medal in 1:48.70.
On Friday, Lennox Crowe was 7th in the senior men’s 5000m in a personal best of 14:57.58. An impressive finish too, closing the last mile in around 4:42. Unfortunately Zali Vaivars was a DNF in the senior women’s 5000m, after a strong start.
Motatapu Adventure Race
Talia Flannery was 2nd in the trail marathon in 03:49:04
Chester Holt-Quick was 4th in the 51km ultra in 6:24:34. Charlie Hulley finished in 10:31:47.
Taupō Ironman 70.3
Gerard Gordon finished in 5:07:25 – 5th in the 55-59 age category. Michele Allison 6:09:25 – 1st 70-74 age grade.
Auckland City Athletics Fast and Furious Series #3
Mt Smart Stadium – 25 February, James Preston 800m 1:47.96
Parkruns
Check out the Scottish results.
Notices
Season opening clothing sale
To celebrate the opening of our 2026 season, our range of Scottish-branded clothing is available at discounted prices. Order in time to collect at the Centennial Cup, or by the end of March. Email Simon at stkeller30@gmail.com. The discounted prices and available sizes are below.
- Women’s classic short-sleeve technical t-shirt, available in M, L, 2XL, $40
- Women’s “unleash your inner lion” short-sleeve technical, XS, M, L, XL, $40
- Women’s long-sleeve technical, M, L, $50
- Crop top, all sizes XS-XL, $85
- Puffer vest, L, $50
- Unisex white cotton short-sleeve, S, L, XL, $35
- Caps, $40
- Men’s classic short-sleeve technical, S, M, L, XL, $40
- Men’s “unleash” short-sleeve technical, XS, M, L, XL, $40
- Men’s long-sleeve technical, XS S, M, L, $50
- Rampant lion socks, all sizes, $15.
Also, Simon is checking if there is interest in buying a Scottish hoodie? If there’s some interest, we can put in a new order. We expect they’ll be $80-110, depend on exactly what we order (and what happens to global supply chains in the meantime). We’d need to sell about 20 to make the order worthwhile. Contact Simon if keen.
2026 AGM and planning for the year
We have set the date for our Annual General Meeting. It will be on 9 March, at 5.30, at Wilton Bowling Club. More details and an agenda will be available beforehand. The bar will be open, the club will provide some snacks, and some of us will meet for a run beforehand. At the AGM, we will elect our next management committee. We would love to expand our committee, in terms of both numbers and demographics. You won’t want to miss it.
We want your running photos
Thanks to everyone who’s sent their photos. If you’re willing to have your running pics shared on our public-facing Facebook and Instagram pages, please send photos to us or upload them to this folder.
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
14 March: Centennial Cup and Peter Tearle Handicap Walk
MARCH FOCUS EVENT
This is a flat 5km club race along the south coast waterfront, starting at Island Bay at 2pm. This is the traditional opening race of the season, in which members compete for the Centennial Cup. It is a sealed handicap event where our handicapper has estimated your time over 5km to determine your handicap. Everyone starts together, and the finishing times are adjusted by your handicap to determine your net time and the overall winner of the Cup.
We meet beforehand at St Hilda’s Church, 311 The Parade, to store gear. The race starts at 2pm, so be ready to depart St Hilda’s by 1:50pm. Then we return afterwards for afternoon tea. Bring a plate, please. After afternoon tea we will continue on to local pub, Dub Hub for an optional race debrief and drink.
We need time keepers, marshalls and other volunteers. If you are not running maybe you can help with one of these simple tasks.
Note: the Tearle Trophy race walk held in conjunction with the Centennial Cup has been postponed to a later date, yet to be confirmed.
14 March: Tararua Mountain Race
A classic Wellington-region mountain trail running event. Expect steep climbs, technical singletrack, weather, and mountain conditions – then finish at Ōtaki Forks for the best kind of recovery: sausages on the barbie and an optional swim in the river. It’s a friendly, iconic race with a strong community vibe, and a great target for anyone in Wellington Scottish Athletics Club keen to build mountain confidence or tick off a local rite of passage.
Three options:
13km Field Dash out and back to Field Hut
24km Kelly Glass Kime Climb out and back to Kime Hut
36km Southern Crossing
More details here.
12 April: NZ Half Marathon Championships, Christchurch
The 2026 New Zealand Half-Marathon Championships will be held in conjunction with the Christchurch Marathon.
12 April: Porirua Grand Traverse
The Porirua Grand Traverse on 12 April 2026 is a vibrant festival of fitness with an event for everyone. With a 65km Multisport and 53km Duathlon, plus the stand-alone 10km Fun Run, 21km Mountain Run, MTB and 12km paddle events – there’s a place for you on the start line.
18 April: New Zealand and Wellington Mountain Running Champs
APRIL FOCUS EVENT
The NZ Mountain Running Championships are in Johnsonville, Wellington, set along the iconic Skyline Track over Mt Kaukau. This classic up‑and‑down course sends runners out and back along the western hills, starting and finishing at the northern end of the trail before tracing the ridge line south toward Mt Kaukau and beyond.
25-26 April: Faultline Ultra
This is an epic journey that weaves through the best trails from Kāpiti, the Hutt river trail, Belmont, Porirua, Karori and Wellington City. Distances include: the 100 Miler, 103km, 53km, 25km, 11km and 6km.
Keep in touch:
- If there is anything you would like added to the Scottish Newsletter, or if your results have been missed, please email us.
- If you want to contact anyone about anything, your first port of call is our club captains, Meg and Joel and our club president, Simon.
- 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 partnership, including how to book appointments is on our Scottish website. Rehab Co. |