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Wellington Scottish publishes an online magazine called On The Run. You can read the latest article here. If you would like to contribute to the magazine or find out more about it, contact the editors Simon Keller and Stephen Day.
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Weekly News 22 May 2023
The Cross Country season kicks off properly this week with the famous Vosseler Shield races on Mt Victoria. Peter Wood from WHAC has a nice write-up about Fred Vosseler, who the event is named after. Vosseler was a renowned tramper, mountain climber, harrier and billiard table manufacturer. He was even falsely suspected of being a…
Weekly News 15 May 2023
This week Results South Island Ultra Marathon Dan Jones won the men’s 100km event (from Greymouth to Hokitika) in a record time of 7:44:14. He also won $10,000 for breaking 8 hours. Yuliya Bozhko was second woman in 10:31:51. Results Interclubs MixtesTC/Super League, Bruxelles Hamish Carson won the 5000m in 14:06.75. Ultra Trail Australia Fiona…
2023 Chocolate Walk results
Mackays Crossing, QEII Park, Paekākāriki 7 May 2023 Race #First nameLast nameClubESTACTDiffLine PlaceDiff Place3JacquelineWilsonTREN41:3841:220:1631113PeterBailieSCOT45:0045:280:28625HelenWillisSCOT45:2644:560:30536DaveMooreHVH51:0051:390:391341CliveMcGovernTREN38:5439:350:4115268DaphneJonesSCOT49:3248:321:0011610MaryannePalmerSCOT45:3046:341:0477356IanMortonSCOT42:0040:551:052813SandyDowlingOLY50:0048:351:251294StephRobinsonTREN46:2147:481:2710109TerriGrimmettSCOT44:2442:481:364116518BobGardnerSCOT45:2047:071:478128RichardWillisTREN45:1547:182:039137PaulaBinkhorstOLY50:4952:532:04161412AndreaAdamsOLY55:1752:103:0714152PeterDunnTREN57:4252:534:49171611RoseVenayagamOLY60:0252:257:371517
Weekly News 8 May 2023
This week Results NZ Marathon Championships Wellington Scottish Men won the team’s title at the NZ Marathon championships a few weeks ago in Christchurch. The scoring team — all under 3 hours — of Sam McCutcheon (2:37), Dion Gamperle (2:48), Alistair Richardson (2:53) and Bradley Wong (2:58) were ably supported by Karl Jackson (3:00), Gordon…
Weekly News 1 May 2023
Remember to sign up as a member for 2023. This week Results Shaw Baton Relays 26 Scottish teams took part in the relays (possibly a record?) and 5 J-Teamers competed in the under-10 race. Our two national champion teams, the W50s and M50s couldn’t win — there were only 13 seconds separating the top three teams…
Weekly News 24 April 2023
Remember to sign up as a member for 2023 on the new membership system. This week Results Honest Ten A good turnout of Scottish runners: Amy Franklin 38.48, Nicholas Bagnall 39.55, Jack Luscombe 41.16, Jennifer Duncan 41.45, Susan O’Brien 42.24, Emma Bassett 43.09, Samuel Miller 43.47, Hannah Stephen 45.20, Caroline Fyfe 58.31 Results Xterra Ōrongorongo No results…
Weekly News 17 April 2023
Remember to sign up as a member for 2023 on the new membership system. This week Results NZ team for World Athletics Champs James Preston has been provisionally selected for the NZ team to go to the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August. He will be guaranteed a slot provided he remains high enough within the…
Carbon zero running
Stephen Day Those of you who, like me, serve as a soldier in Wellington’s standing army of public servants are now adept at recording every kilogram of carbon we emit in pursuit of serving the bureaucracy. We know the carbon cost of travelling to work, of working from home, of switching on the lights and…
Weekly News 10 April 2023
Remember to sign up as a member for 2023 on the new membership system. This week Results Hamish Carson and Hannah Miller take top Athletics Wellington Awards Last week, at the Annual Athletics Wellington Awards dinner, staged at the Movenpick Hotel in the city two Scottish athletes took the top awards for Male and Female athletes of…
Weekly News 3 April 2023
Remember to sign up as a member for 2023 on the new membership system. This week Results Scottish Mountain Running Champs 31 runners and walkers took part in the club’s annual mountain champs, mostly avoiding the rain. The J Team’s Peter Cottingham and Naomi Richardson won the short course race, Marshall Clark and Claire Jennings…
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