Saturday 16 August 2024
The Inaugural MOONSHINE PARK RELAY replacing the Needle Relay on the calendar
Race Headquarters : Trentham Memorial Park
hosted by Trentham United Harriers
Events
- 11.30am Walker’s Turkey Trot – All ages – 3.5km course.
- 12.30pm Children’s Under 10 Relay – Mixed – 3 runners per team, each running the same 900m lap.
- 1.00pm Children’s Under 7 – Fun Run – Mass start
- 1.15pm Children’s Under 14 Relay – 4 runners per team, each running the same 2 km lap.
- 2.15pm Moonshine Relay – All grades from Under 20 to Open Masters 60+
4 runners per team, each running the same 3.5k lap.
Parking will be available in the main Trentham Memorial Carpark and overflow in the Brentwood St entrance car park. This is to avoid congestion in the Barton Rd/Ave area. Morning football should start to clear out from the park by midday.
Please avoid using car park areas to warm up. The area where club tents can be put up has a sealed path out towards the Holdsworth Ave entrance of the park. Once races have started, no one can use the course as a warmup area.
As used successfully at the College Sport Wellington Road Relay event today on the same course, we will start in waves (likely age group waves 1 min apart) to avoid congestion on the first corner.
Maps
BATONS
- Each relay team is allocated a specific baton which must be collected from the tent at Race HQ from one hour before the race start (the baton number will be independent from the bib number).
- Each baton is fitted with a timing chip and must only be used by the team it has been assigned to.
- Batons must be returned at the end of the relay in the bins provided near the start/finish area.
RACE RULES AND OTHER INFORMATION
The relay is organised by the Trentham United Harriers and Walkers Inc. and is held under Athletics New
Zealand rules. All competitors compete at their own risk. Team captains must attend a race
briefing at the start/finish area 15 minutes before the start of the race and are responsible for
ensuring all team members understand the race rules and procedures.
RACE HQ
Trentham United Harriers & Walkers Club Room
Toilets are available in the clubroom and attached to the cricket pavilion. There is space for
club tents if required.
First aid will be provided by Wellington Free Ambulance.
Prizegiving will be held after each event, with medals awarded to the first team in each
grade (excluding senior ‘Mixed’ grade).
SAFETY
All roads used for the event are closed to vehicles but are open to the public so
competitors must be courteous to other users.
Please do not warm up, warm down, or congregate on the relay course once the events
have started, or in the car parks. Designated warmup area is the sealed path towards
Holdsworth Ave entrance of TMP.
Competitors and spectators must follow all instructions from the Race Referees and Race
Marshals at all times. Marshals will be posted at turn-arounds and other key points on the
course.
AGE GRADES – AGE ON RACE DAY
Age Grades are based on age on 31st December 2025.
Master’s grades are based on the runner’s age on race day.
UNIFORM
Runners must wear club uniform, with the allocated race bib worn clearly on the front of their
singlet.
BATON AND CHANGEOVER
All team members must run with their team’s allocated baton in their hand for the duration
of their lap, before passing to the next runner within the allocated changeover zone.
Next lap runners must enter the changeover area via the designated waiting pen and only
enter the changeover area once they see their incoming runner.
REPLACEMENT
If a runner cannot complete their lap, they can be replaced by another member of the team.
Any replacement must be notified to officials at Race HQ. Any notified replacements will result
in a 7 minute penalty, while unnotified replacements will result in team disqualification.
MIXED TEAMS
Teams for the Under 10 & Under 14 Children’s relays in the mixed gender grade must be
from the same club.
Teams for Senior / Masters grades which are from the same club with mixed age grades,
should be entered into the age grade of the youngest athlete.
OTHER RULES
No runner may run more than 1 lap for the same team. If a runner does a 2nd lap for another team
at the event, then the result for the team that they do their 1st lap for will not be affected.