Scottish volunteers at Faultline included TECs Kristina Kirk, Richele McKenzie and Nic Hankinson.
Coming up this week
- Tuesday 6:15pm: Speed session at Newtown Track. Details here
- Wednesday 7:15pm: Night XC from Athletics Wellington, rescheduled from last week. Details
- Saturday 8am: Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Porirua, Trentham, Kapiti, Ōtaki River and Greytown.
- WEEKLY FOCUS EVENT: Saturday from 12:00pm: Shaw Baton Relays. Details here.
- Saturday 2pm: The walking group will meet at the carpark for the Ataturk Memorial, Breaker Bay Road.
- Sunday Morning Club Long Run: From 8:30am outside Freyberg Pool. Multiple pace groups. More info here.
Results
Ballarat Marathon, Melbourne
Riley Henley 2:30:21
Paul Barwick 2:44:08
Simon Keller 2:58:58
London Marathon
Laura Bond ran London Marathon finishing in 3:47:00
Faultline
What an epic weekend, with lots of sunshine and lots of happy Scottish runners:
100 miles
Mel Brandon won the women’s race and set a new course record: 22:14:18
Lara Zoeller was third with 27:11:10
100km
Chester Holt-Quick won, with 10:25:44 (40 minutes faster than his win last year)
Sean Kelly stormed home in 19:55
50km
David Haunschmidt was second man home with 4:21:12
Ali Campbell won the women’s race in 5:23:53
Laura Girvan West, 6:20:28
Geoff Ferry, 6:27:58
Tanya Lavington won the W60+ with 7:56:08
25km
Marcos Valero won with 1:53:32
Ehsan Lorestani, 2:03:27
Talia Flannery was second woman home, first W30-39 with 2:18:47
Andrew Wells, 2:44:26
Steven Wakeling, 2:53:10
Sarah Lee, 3:13:01
Stuart Beresford, 3:18:12
12km
Eric Speakman won in 44:20
Naomi Richardson was third female home, and won the female under 14 category, with 1:10:26
Full results here
Parkruns
Check out the Scottish results.
A note from the Management Committee
The new committee
A new management committee was appointed at our AGM in March. There have already been some changes! Emma Bassett has taken on the vice president’s role. Anna Fifield has taken on the role of secretary. Chester Holt-Quick has resigned as a committee member and as vice president. That leaves the committee as Simon Keller (president), Emma Bassett (vice president), Floor Kaars Sijpesteijn (treasurer), Anna Fifield (secretary), Matt Adams, Lennox Crowe, Stephen Day, Kyle Malone, Dani Stevens, James Turner, and Isla Turner-Holmes.
The new committee is large and diverse and bursting with energy. Some of our priorities over the next year will be to recruit new members, improve our membership system, build a stronger sense of unity and community within the club, and increase our outreach to the wider runner community.
Introducing Jessie
We are also delighted to introduce Jessie McIntosh! Jessie has taken on a contracting role as club administrator. She has a background working in communications, marketing, and event planning, and presently works as event coordinator for the Cancer Society.
We were thrilled to find her and are delighted to have her in the role. Jessie will help organise club events, manage our social media accounts, and maintain our membership database – among many other things I’m sure.
Jessie says:
Kia ora WSAC whānau, I’m Jessie and I’m really excited to be supporting the club! You might spot my name in emails or working behind the scenes on our social media and other platforms. A little about me: you’ll usually find me running along Wellington’s coastline, checking out the city’s great coffee spots, or exploring new walks with friends. I’ve always loved being involved in sport and ran casually to support my training.
But have started to consistently run in the past year after recovering from ACL surgery (thanks, netball!) and I am excited to be completing my third half marathon in May. Hopefully I will get to meet you all and join you for a run sometime soon
Welcome Jessie!
And from the committee to everyone in the club: keep in touch, stay active, and let’s look forward to a rampant year.
Notices
Nau mai
Welcome to new members Heath Cartwright, Zelda Cartwright and Vanessa Balshaw. We’re so happy to have you in our club.
Athletics Wellington 2025 prizegiving
Congratulations to Joe Martin, who was named under-20 men’s athlete of the year at the Athletics Wellington prizegiving last week.
Congratulations also to Peter Baillie, recognised as male volunteer of the year.
The full list is here
Pink Ribbon Breakfast hosted by Scottish, May 9
A note from organiser Lindsay Young:
On Saturday 9 May, Scottish is hosting a Pink Ribbon Breakfast at Waitangi parkrun, alongside our monthly pacing event.
Each May, individuals, community groups, and workplaces around Aotearoa host Pink Ribbon events (usually breakfasts) to raise funds for breast cancer education, patient support, research, and advocacy.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand wāhine: 1 in 10 will be diagnosed in their lifetime, and 3,700 are diagnosed every year – this includes some of our beloved rampant lions, and I’m sure some of our non-running whānau as well.
Led by a handful of the MW35s and 50s, this breakfast is a way to support an organisation and a cause that has touched some of our incredible wāhine toa.
At the breakfast we’ll have an array of treats at the finish line and ways for people to make a contribution to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
If you can, please join us on the 9th. Here are a few different ways you can show up:
1. Volunteer to help us bring the breakfast to life! We’re looking for vollies to help with organisation, logistics, promotion, baking, etc. Read more about what we need and sign up here.
2. Spread the word! Encourage your crew to join us on the day.
3. Make a donation if you are able. Every little bit counts, so even a small koha can go a long way to making a difference.
4. Wear pink! In addition to your Scottish gear, chuck on some pink, be it a cap, shorts, socks, or tutu – the choice is yours!
5. If you share any photos of the event, use the hashtag #PinkRibbonBreakfastNZ to add our content to the community.
Hope to see many of you there!
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.
Coming up
9 May: Pink Ribbon Breakfast hosted by Scottish at Waitangi Parkrun
As detailed above.
9 May: Wellington Mixed XC Relay Champs
Teams of four race in 3.7 km each over soft sandy cross country and farmland. The University Relay is hosted by VUW Athletics Club and takes place on Queen Elizabeth II Park at Mackay’s Crossing in Paekakariki.
Details to come on Stack
10 May: Barefoot X Trail Series – Round one: West Wind
High quality trails with more variety than you could ever expect, from pine needle tracks through forest, to coastal paths and 110-metre-high wind turbines. Three courses to choose from, ranging from 17.4km to 7.2km.
More details here
22 May: Vosseler Shield
A new venue and course this year. Details to come.
13 June: Dorne Cup
The Dorne Cup is a flat cross-country race at Trentham Memorial Park that usually takes place on the second Saturday of June. It is one of the biggest and most prestigious cross-country races in New Zealand. Hutt Valley Harriers organises the race.
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.