James Preston at the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne.
Time to renew your Wellington Scottish 2026/27 Membership. The form is here. There is a discount code ($20 off) applied to Wellington Scottish products from now until 30 April 2026. (More details on Scottish merch below).
Coming up this week
- Tuesday 6:15pm: Club session at Newtown Track. Warm up from 6pm.
- WEEKLY FOCUS EVENT: Saturday 8am: Waitangi Parkrun, Waitangi Park. More details below.
- Saturday 8am: Other Parkruns Lower Hutt, Porirua, Trentham, Kapiti, Ōtaki River and Greytown.
- Sunday Morning Club Long Run: 8:30am outside Freyberg Pool. Multiple pace groups. More info here.
- Sunday 2pm: Walking group meets at Boscobel Lane in Tawa, next to the Takapu Road railway station. There also may be a small group of runners. All are welcome.
- WEEKLY FOCUS EVENT: Saturday April 11 from 8am: Karori Park workout session, all pace groups. Details.
Results
Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne
James Preston – in his Scottish singlet – came fourth in the 800m at Australia’s premier one-day athletics meeting and Oceania’s only World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet. He clocked 1:46.38, with barely one second between the top four.
Welling10k
Riley Henley was second in the inaugural Welling10K, crossing the finish line in 32:13.
Waitārere Forest Run
Two sets of Scottish mums and kids in the 5km race:
Rowan Richardson, 29:32; Emily Solsberg, 29:56; Gemma Ferry, 35:49; Meg Ferry 35:51
Ring of Fire and Tussock Traverse
Geoff Ferry raced the 60km Ring of Fire course in 8:54:05.
In the 32km Tussock Traverse, Sarah Lee was third in her age group, with 4:35:24.
Kunanyi Mountain Race
Maddy Watson completed the 25km course, with 1,522m of vert, in 3:12:55. Shout-out to support crew Tom Callan, who covered 20km of the course.
Waterfront 5km
The season ended on a high with Beth Garland setting a new women’s course record, with a scorching 16:52.9.
Thanks to Hayden Smith for running another terrific series of runs over the “summer.”
Parkruns
Check out the Scottish results.
Notices
Nau mai
Welcome to new club members Michael Huntley and Oscar Welton-Rosie.
No newsletter next week
Your newsletter eds will be taking Easter off to eat hot cross buns. We’ll be back on April 13.
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.
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.
Coming up
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.
22 April: Night XC
A new midweek event from Athletics Wellington.
Details to come
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.
2 May: Shaw Baton Relays
The Shaw Baton Relays are just around the corner, and we want to see a sea of Wellington Scottish teams out on the start line. This iconic cross‑country relay is fast, fun, and full of that club spirit we’re known for. It has a short, varied terrain lap that suits runners of all speeds and experience levels. It’s a great way to kick off the relay season. Let’s show everyone why Scottish brings the biggest cheer squad, the best participation, and the strongest wāhine and tāne on the course.
Details to come
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.