Hataitai and Sport

Oct 2025 Newsletter

Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW) — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Wellington Runners & Walkers – 2025 Oct Newsletter Sunday 9th November – 8 am meet-up will be in the combined Ngake/Whataitai rooms. On Sunday 9th November we won’t have access… Read More »Oct 2025 Newsletter

Sideline Conversions 4 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)

Wellington Club Weekly — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Action from the opening round of the U85kg National Knockout Cup at Hataitai Park on Saturday between the Wellington Axemen and winners Old Boys University Scallywags. Photo: Touchline. Monday morning edition, updates expected: It’s Finals week in the Wellington First XV Premiership, with this coming Sunday’s decider between St Pat’s Silverstream and Wellington College at...

Round 8 Swindale Shield – Just the Teamlists

Wellington Club Weekly — Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Teamlists, as received, as of 12.00pm 12.30pm Friday. All line-ups subject to change. Round 8 preview to come in a separate article Friday afternoon. Wellington v Johnsonville (Mick Kenny Cup), Hataitai Park. Referee: James Taylor. Wainuiomata v Poneke (Hakaraia Trophy), William Jones Park. Referee: Ethan Loveridge. Hutt Old Boys Marist v Avalon (Billy Herbert Memorial...

More tight contests predicted in club rugby Easter Saturday matches

Wellington Club Weekly — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Above: action from Thursday’s night’s affair at Hataitai Park that saw Wainuiomata beat the Wellington Axemen 33-13. Photo: Peter McDonald. By Scott Maclean & Steven White SWINDALE SHIELD TEAMLISTS AND SCORING 2025 RD3 Teams For Round 3 Premier teamlists, click the line above (the link opens a Word Document). Sadly, we still don’t have access to our...

Second round Jubilee and Hardham Cup competitions starting tomorrow

Wellington Club Weekly — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Both Petone and Marist St Pat’s are at home tomorrow, and both needing to win to continue their Jubilee Cup dreams in 2023. Petone hosts Tawa at the Rec and MSP plays Ories at Hataitai Park. By Scott MacLean Round One Jubilee Cup teams and draw HERE Round One Hardham Cup teams and draw HERE ...

Ben Hendry reaches 100-game milestone for the Wellington Axemen

Wellington Club Weekly — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 03:11:32 GMT

Ben Hendry in his 100th Premier match for the Wellington Axemen last weekend at home at Hataitai Park. Photo: Brad Roberts/ Wellington Football Club. By Steven White Premier wins have been few and far between for the home team at Hataitai Park in recent times. But front-rower turned openside flanker Ben Hendry is just the...

Maranui slsc newsletter march/april 2023

Maranui Surf Life Saving Club — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 02:10:00 GMT

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Kia ora e te whānau, Thank you to ALL our amazing clubbies for another epic season. Amazing work everyone. Well Done to all our amazing tamariki and rangatahi who have given it a go, learnt new skills, grown in confidence, developed, shown leadership, achieved outstanding results, personal bests and had FUN! Awesome work Maranui athletes. A HUGE THANKS to all the athletes, awesome coaches, parents who got in the water, managers, lifeguards, officials, IRB drivers & crew, age group managers, BBQ crew, helpers, event crew, towing the trailers, parents, supporters, sign-in crew, maranui whānau, supporters, sponsors, admin staff and board members for making it such a fantastic and awesome season. Shout out to all those who became lifeguards and officials. We couldn’t have done it without you. Big thanks! Nothing short of magnificent - TEAM MARANUI - LEGENDS! We look forward to seeing you all at the Maranui End of Season Celebration on Sunday 7 May. Please join us in celebrating the 2022/2023 season. This celebration is for both juniors and seniors, we hope to see as many of you there as possible - details below. Subs for 2023/2024 have not been agreed as of yet, but just a reminder that subs finish at end of June with a new year commencing on 1 July. Ngā mihi. MARANUI END OF SEASON CELEBRATION Maranui SLSC invites you all to come and celebrate the Maranui End of Season Celebration 2023. This is held annually to recognise the achievements and service of club members over the season for lifeguarding, junior surf, senior sports, instructors, coaches and service to Maranui SLSC over multiple years. We encourage all club members to attend. This celebration is for both juniors and seniors, we hope to see as many of you there as possible PLEASE RSVP USING THE ONLINE FORM - https://forms.gle/k8pFYAwMcwwRZ3U37 RSVP by Monday 1 May SUNDAY 7 MAY Wellington Rugby Club Hataitai Park, Ruahine St, Hataitai AWARDS START 3PM SHARP Awards finish 5pm Finger food, water and fruit juice will be provided. Drinks can be purchased from the bar (EFTPOS is available). Junior Surf (Nippers) What a season we have had. I know we haven’t celebrated our tamariki as often as we should in this newsletter, but hopefully our social media content has shown how we love seeing what they and the parents achieve. Jump on Facebook www.facebook.com or instgram www.instagram.com/maranuislsc/. As I look back over this season I feel proud of every child that pulls on togs or wetsuit and hits the water at Sunday sessions, Carnivals & Mid week development sessions. I thank our amazing coaches for the effort and care they give to developing these amazing kids. We did not cancel a Sunday session, ran for 3 extra weeks into March and ran the Inaugural Boat ramp to beach swim. This year had 18 athletes regularly taking part in mid week development & 16 of those headed to Oceans - Junior surf nationals and represented Maranui with pride and showed all the values of the Maranui way. We also had a steady 6-10 keen paddlers come on a Thursday to board skills sessions. We want to grow these groups and grow more lifeguards as well as athletes who continue through to lifeguard sports. We can not achieve what we achieve without unwavering support from our parent group, sign in crew, lifeguards and board members. Thank you to the parents who have become officials this year, managed age groups at carnivals and squeegeed the floor before leaving, it was noticed and appreciated. As we plan for 2023/24 we are always looking for more officials, coaches, helpers …If your not sure what you can do give me a call/text/email. If you have any thoughts on what we can do to support more kids getting involved again reach out. Sunday 7th May is our end of season celebration. We celebrate the success of our tamariki, excellence in our senior lifeguard sport athletes, achievements of lifeguards in service and our amazing volunteers. Please do join us, its also an opportunity to meet some of those people you don’t see often or haven’t met but do heaps for our Nippers. Lucy Barry Director Junior Surf Sport lucyjanebarry@gmail.com Maranui SLSC Lifeguard Sport athletes (Seniors) Back Row L-R: Joshua Bethell, Bruno Joli, Kano Hill, Joseph Barry, Max Reynolds, Thomas Warburton + Coach Rhys Speirs. Front Row L-R: Amelia Brown, Holly Reynolds, Lola Beck, Bella Tuia, Ruby Douglas, Sarah Hay, Olivia Butcher, Ella Strang. MARANUI REPRESENTS AT TSB NATIONALS 2023 IN NEW BRIGHTON Big, challenging, scary and exciting are all words that Maranui's lifeguard sport team would use to describe the surf conditions at TSB Nationals. Maranui has been going through a rebuilding phase of it's senior team with only 2 current athletes having experienced Nationals previously thanks to Covid. The club has some exciting talent that showed their potential and that they are heading in the right direction. Athletes made a number of finals across the age groups. Whilst only one Podium was achieved the young team showed they are on the cusp of producing podium finishes, by recording 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths and top 15's in highly competitive races and challenging conditions. Ski events were incredibly hard in 3 metre surf and gnarly sandbars. It was incredibly satisfying to see our U19 women's ski relay team of Holly Reynolds, Ruby Douglas and Ella Strang rewarded with a bronze. Coach Rhys is looking forward to continuing the work and fun, seeing what can be achieved in 2023/24 as the team matures and the mahi starts. Rhys Speirs Director of Sport rhys.speirs@gmail.com U19 Women's Ski Relay Team L - R: Holly Reynolds, Ruby Douglas and Ella Strang - Bronze medalists. L-R: Ella Strang, Amelia Brown, Holly Reynolds, Ruby Douglas, Kano Hill, Joe Barry, Bruno Joli, Tom Warburton MARANUI IRB RACE TEAM The Maranui IRB Team competed at the 2023 bp New Zealand IRB Championships at Waihi Beach, Bay of Plenty on Saturday 15 April. Unfortunately due to surf conditions, Day 2 racing (Sunday 16 April) was cancelled. Day 1 - Strong wind and rough conditions meant a challenging day of racing for the crews. U23 Mens - Mass Rescue Semi, Single Rescue Semi U19 Mens - Mass Rescue Semi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Want to be part of the IRB TEAM? Qualifications expression of interest will be sent out to lifeguards/members in the coming month. IRB Crewpersons Module - www.surflifesaving.org.nz/lifesaving/powercraft-education/irb-crewpersons Senior Lifeguard Award - IRB Driver - www.surflifesaving.org.nz/lifesaving/powercraft-education/irb-driver FIRST AID OFFICER WANTED After 6 years in the role I am stepping down. I will do a proper hand over and provide support in the transition. If you are interested please contact Carrie - redmanatee@gmail.com Look forward to hearing from you, Carrie Matson Speirs RACHAEL BURKE - PEER SUPPORT Rachael Burke has recently undertaken training through SLSNZ to take on the role of Peer Supporter within Maranui Surf Life Saving Club. Peer Supporters are specially trained SLSNZ members who can provide confidential support to their fellow members on a range of issues including wellbeing concerns, personal stress, and traumatic lifesaving incidents. Peer Supporters can also connect Maranui members with the Benestar programme. All current active members and their immediate families have access to FREE counselling and wellbeing support through Benestar. If you would like to discuss anything further feel free to contact Rachael on 021767347. KOOGA JACKETS KOOGA DECK PARKAS FOR SALE Price: $170 inc GST Branded Maranui 300gsm fleece lining 3000mm water resistant shell Knee length Fleece lined hood Super toastie warm for Wellington weather or between races. GARMENT MEASUREMENT GUIDE Please check sizing before you place an order. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aj9zvZchA1SY6Kbd-gcUFQ9YhbQwqPUi/view?usp=sharing Please contact Rhys - rhys.speirs@gmail.com IRB SEASON CALENDAR 2023 / 2024 Maranui End of Season Celebration (All Club Members) - Sunday 7 May 2023, Wellington Rugby Club, 3pm - 5pm Junior Surf Starts - Sunday 5 November 2023 Oceans'24 - Thursday 22 February - Sunday 25 February 2024, Mount Maunganui Beach, Tauranga SLSNZ Calendar - https://www.surflifesaving.org.nz/calendar All dates, times, locations etc are correct when published but subject to change. CLUB CONTACTS Jim Warwick (Club Chairperson) - chair.maranuislsc@gmail.com Anna McDonnell (Director of Lifesaving) - lifesaving.maranuislsc@gmail.com Rhys Speirs (Director of Sport) - rhys.speirs@gmail.com Francie Russell (Director of Business) - frances.russell@xtra.co.nz Pru Popple (Director of Operations) - prupopple@hotmail.com Lucy Barry (Director of Junior Development) - lucyjanebarry@gmail.com Rachael Burke (Director of Membership) - rachael@tiaki.net.nz Thank you to our MAJOR SUPPORTERS for your continued support! Copyright © 2023 Maranui SLSC, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Colin Ward Tournament - 26 February at Hataitai Park

Wellington Softball Association Inc. — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

The annual Colin Ward Tournament isn't too far away now! Make sure all your results have been submitted so we ...

PNP Annual General Meeting Minutes 2020-2021

Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling Club — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:00:54 GMT

After a long delay, we finally managed to hold our AGM for 2020-2021. Date: 20 March 2022 Time: 4.45pm Location: Hataitai Velodrome...

Junior Badminton Singles & Doubles Champs – Results

College Sport Wellington — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:44:03 GMT

The Singles & Doubles Champs took place at Badminton Hall Hataitai on 4th August. Boys/Girls/Both Doubles Championship Results Boys/Girls/Both Doubles Consolation Results The post Junior Badminton Singles & Doubles Champs – Results appeared first on College Sport Wellington.

Match highlights: National U85kg Knockout Cup MSP (23) v Wellington (22)

Wellington Club Weekly — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:01:18 GMT

Marist St Pat’s beat the Wellington Axemen 23-22 in their National Knockout Cup U85kg fixture on Saturday, kicking a penalty on fulltime for the victory, at Hataitai Park All the scoring action below. We pick up the action from the Axemen’s opening penalty that put them up 3-0. It would be short-lived, with MSP swinging...

New Zealand Marist Colts tour coming to Wellington this Thursday and Saturday

Wellington Club Weekly — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:07:16 GMT

The New Zealand Marist Colts and the West Coash Heartland XV after their match last weekend in Greymouth. PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/GreymouthMaristRFC The New Zealand Marist Colts internal tour stops off in Wellington this week, with matches at Hataitai Park on Thursday and Saturday. Having already played the West Coast Heartland XV and a Tasman Mako U19...

St Mary’s and Manukura draw Hurricanes Girls decider

Wellington Club Weekly — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 03:59:55 GMT

By Adam Julian Insanity is a shared experience in 2020 and evidently that reality extended to the Hurricanes Secondary Schoolgirls Final at a windswept Hataitai Park this afternoon. St Mary’s and Manukura shared the Rex Kerr Cup 10-10 after an epic struggle and a 45-minute second half injury delay. The match started franticly, with Manukura...

Rams and Eastbourne set for U85kg Paul Potiki Shield decider

Wellington Club Weekly — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 05:24:30 GMT

The U85kg competition comes to a close in Wellington this Saturday with the Division 1 Paul Potiki Shield and Division 2 Tony O’Brien Shield finals. The latter is being played at Hataitai Park at 12.45pm between the Wellington Axemen and Marist St Pat’s, while the former for the Division 1 spoils is being contested at...

C’mon Red – MSP rugby history book launch this Saturday

Wellington Club Weekly — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:41:00 GMT

Marist St Pats RFC Book launch – Saturday 25 July 2020 11.15am – Hataitai Park Clubrooms Ca’ii-Michelle Gordon, has very kindly offered to sing a couple of numbers, the New Zealand National Anthem and “Heroes”, at the launch proceedings of “C’mon Red” – the 50th Jubilee publication of the Marist St Pats RFC. Ms Gordon,...

Hataitai Community Recreation Trust AGM - Tues 30 June

Hataitai Community Website — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 01:30:01 GMT

The Trust which manages the former Bowling Club building and grounds is holding their Annual General Meeting: Tuesday 30 June 7pm Hataitai Centre 157 Hataitai Road Everyone is welcome

Nelson defeat Axemen in 150th pre-season match, HOBM in Spillane final

Wellington Club Weekly — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:47:02 GMT

Above: Wellington Axemen flanker Gabriel Wilson crosses in the corner just before halftime in the match at Hataitai Park. UPDATED: The visiting Nelson RFC side beat the Wellington Axemen today in their 150th anniversary pre-season clash at Hataitai Park this afternoon. See below for our match report of this game. Elsewhere in Wellington, the Poneke...

Weekly News 10 February 2020

Wellington Scottish Athletics Club — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 04:01:55 GMT

Five big favours to ask this week for everyone doing RTB: (a) wear your singlet – be visible and promote the club, (b) join us at the yellow tent afterwards, (c) say hello to the people near you during the run/walk and invite them to visit us at the yellow tent, (d) tell friends and colleagues who had fun to come and talk to us, and (e) make sure you sign up for our membership special for 2020-2021. Options for the week Tuesday 5.30pm, Waterfront 5km, Outside Mac’s Brewbar on Taranaki Wharf. Come and run, volunteer or support.Wednesday 6.15pm, Newtown Park Track workout. Meet 6.15pm for 6.30pm start, lead by Andy and Rowan, shorter distance track reps.Saturday, 8.00am, Newtown Track workout – contact Chandima for info, or check Facebook for details. Longer track reps with a focus on building towards major events.Saturday, 8.00am, Lower Hutt 5km Parkrun, Porirua 5km Parkrun, Kapiti Coast 5km Parkrun.Saturday, 1:58pm, Porritt Classic, Hamilton (Hiro Tanimoto 1500m)Sunday, Round the Bays, half marathon at 7.45am, 10km at 8.30am and 6.5km at 9.15am. Frank Kitts Park. Results The Tarawera Ultramarathon is such an amazing atmosphere even in the years when the Trail Queens do not turn up in dominating numbers. 102km: Fiona Hayvice 11:54:08, Emma Bessett 13:35:25, Chris Howard 22:33:31. Mel Aitken DNF at 75km. 52km: Nicholas Vessiot 5:53:48, Jaime Vessiot 6:01:25, Emily Solsberg 6:15:10, Jo Badham 6:44:36, Marketa Langova 6:50:01, Ben Cornelius 7:54:28. 21km: Melanie Hart 2:02:41, Kate Slater 2:04:19, Abigail Pitman 2:19:03, Michelle Knight 2:27:32, Isobel Deeley 2:30:08, Lindsay Young 2:31:14, Kath Littler 2:34:21 – Results So it turns out a lot of you have more than one string to your bow. Capital City Triathlon: Danielle Trewoon won the Medium Distance (750m/15km/5km) in 01:02:30, Anna Breen 01:18:19, and Claire Jennings 01:24:50. Valentino Luna Hernandez was second in the Enduro Distance (2km/60km/15km) in 3:14:58, James Turner 3:40:12, Helen Bradford 4:16:35, Paul Rodway 4:20:58, Richard Sweetman 4:28:41, Greg Williams 4:31:37. Rachael Cunningham did 03:11:48 for a revised distance Triathlon of 2km/60km/10km and Tricia Sloan did 45:05 for the enduro swim. – ResultsMalcolm Hodge ran a big PB 01:09:54.0 for 13th place in the First Half Half Marathon in Vancouver.Hamish Carson ran 1:51.66 for 800m at the Meeting National des Sacres (YouTube) in Reims (France) and 3:42.40 for 1500m at the Orlen Copernicus Cup (YouTube) in Torun (Poland).At the Combined Junior/Senior Track and Field meet at Newtown Park on Sunday 800m: Hiro Tanimoto 2:07.22. 3000m Run: Hiro Tanimoto 9:42.79, Ayesha Shafi 11:08.57. 3000m Walk: Sean Lake 17:54.99, Daphne Jones 22:42.86 – Results. Upcoming events Round the Bays, 16 February, Frank Kitts Park Round the Bays is the biggest running festival in Wellington. It’s one of our best opportunities to invite new people to join the club. So, repeating from above, here are five big favours to ask this week for everyone doing RTB: Wear your singlet – be visible and promote the club; Join us at the yellow tent afterwards; Say hello to the people near you during the run/walk and invite them to visit us at the yellow tent; Tell friends and colleagues who had fun to come and talk to us; and Sign up for our membership special for 2020-2021. Michelle Knight will be coordinating that recruitment drive. If you think you can help either beforehand with promotion, publicity and administration support or on the day handing out flyers, staffing our tent and talking to people about Scottish contact her. Todd Stevens, todd.stevens@pwc.com is looking for a 40min pacer for the 10km. Please let him know if you want to help. Matairangi Fun Run, 23 February Hataitai Velodrome, Open to the public, the Matairangi Fun Run, based on Mount Victoria, runs over the iconic Vosseler Shield course. There are two race options: the One Loop Race (5 km); or the Two Loop Race (two 5 km loops, adding up to 10 km). Each loop has approximately 190 metres of elevation. McVilly Shield Relay, 7 March, Karori Park The McVilly Shield is the first club event for the season and a great way to get to know other people in the club. This relay has teams of three people each. Everyone can participate, runners, walkers, J Team, seniors, masters and friends of the club. Just turn up and we will find you a team. You can either race it or use it as an opportunity to do some training. Each team must do ten laps of Karori Park. No individual team member can do more than four laps. But you can do the laps in any order you like. The race is randomly handicapped after the teams start. Notices Join this week and save $20 or more Join or re-join Wellington Scottish at Round the Bays this year and you get $20 off your new season of Scottish full adult membership (down from $185 to $165). You can sign up at our bright yellow tent at Kilbirnie Park or you email us at membership@scottishathletics.org.nz and pay Wellington Scottish Athletics 38-9005-0501833-00. Put your name and “RTB JOIN” in the reference. If you want a singlet too, add $39. This will be the biggest discount we offer this year so don’t miss out by waiting. Also: if you, as an existing member, sign up an adult friend who is new to the club or has not been a member for the last five years, we will give both you and your friend $15 off your membership fees. If you sign up two friends who are new to the club you get two lots of $15 off your membership fee. And so on. So, talk to your friends and colleagues who are running or walking Round the Bays this year. Tell them they could enjoy the same fun all year round at Scottish. If you get a friend to join make sure you email membership@scottishathletics.org.nz to let us know. Discounts Join a new friend -$15 per new friendRound the Bays discount for adult members -$20 Switch to new email system I have switched from TinyLetter to MailChimp to send out these weekly emails. Hopefully, those of you who want them still receive them and those who don’t won’t. You can unsubscribe at the link below if you choose. Or you can subscribe here:

Key weekend for Jubilee and Hardham Cup semi-final hopefuls

Wellington Club Weekly — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Above: After missing out to unbeaten Old Boys University last Saturday, the Marist St Pat’s Premiers will be hoping to steer a course towards the Jubilee Cup semi-finals when they take on the Wellington Axemen at Hataitai Park in the fifth round tomorrow.

Big afternoon of Anzac Day rugby on Saturday

Wellington Club Weekly — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Above: In two significant matches this Saturday, Adam Stewart and the Wellington Axemen host the Old Boys University Goats at Hataitai Park and Dean Brunsdon’s Northern United meet neighbours Paremata-Plimmerton for the Ivan Hargreaves Trophy at Ngatitoa Domain.

Who are the single season points and try scoring record holders?

Wellington Club Weekly — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Above: Brandyn Laursen (left) and Mike Clamp (right) who we think hold the respective Wellington club rugby single season points and try scoring records.

Summer Interclub Round 2 Results

Table Tennis Wellington — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Week 2 results are below: 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Premier 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Divisions FYI the draw schedules are here.

Commuting by bicycle in Wellington

Cycling in Wellington — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

In the past few years the number of people I see on bikes riding from Newtown to town in the morning has literally quadrupled. Unfortunately, many of the people I see stopped at the lights are on seriously terrible bikes. I’m see rusty, too-big or too-small mountain bikes with brakes that barely work and people look unconfident and uncomfortable on their bikes. Riding the wrong bike can actually make cycling seriously not fun. Recently several of my colleagues have gotten bicycles with the intention of cycling to work. I have noticed that they too seem to have missed some items that to me are essential for bike commuting. Namely:

Wins for Wellington Maori and Wellington City in Festival matches

Wellington Club Weekly — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Wellington Maori won the inaugural Festival competition by beating the Wellington Samoans and winning their third straight game and Wellington City defeated Wellington Suburbs in today's two matches at Hataitai Park.

Wellington Axemen hold off Pare-Plim in a thriller to win Senior 1 title

Wellington Club Weekly — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Results from Wellington club rugby finals 25 August: Senior 1 Ed Chaney Cup Final Wellington 15 - Paremata-Plimmerton 13 Senior 2 HD Morgan Memorial Cup FinalHOBM 24 - Petone 16Age Grade Division 2 Vic Calcinai Memorial Cup FinalTawa 19 - Avalon 18Age Grade Division 3 Eric Connelly Cup FinalJohnsonville 16 - Petone White 3U85kg Restricted Division 2 Round 2 FinalStokes Valley 20 - Petone Vipers 6Reserve Grade Division 2 FinalOBU Righteous Brothers 27 - OBU 69ers 8 The Wellington Axemen held off Paremata-Plimmerton in a thriller to win the 2012 Wellington club rugby Senior 1 Ed Chaney Cup title in front of a rousing crowd of supporters from both sides at Hataitai Park today...

Quiz Night Wed 29 April 2009

Brooklyn Northern United AFC — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

To start off the fund raising and social events this year a quiz will be held at the Realm in Hataitai, loads of prizes and discounts. Please support this event as it contributes much needed funds to the club and ensures that we remain viable. Its also a good way to meet members of other teams and to show where the intellectual muscle in the club resides. Kick off is 6:30(ish). Teams can be up to

Hataitai Swimming Club - 1971 to 2008

Swimming Wellington — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The early 1970s proved a critical period for the club. The clubrooms were not being fully utilised but of course still had to be maintained to health regulation standards. Membership had declined. There was little supervision of the use of the clubrooms at weekends. The public were using the rooms without making any contribution to the upkeep costs. Learn to swim classes at the beach were spasmodic and were becoming less popular. Lessons ceased altogether at Hataitai Beach in 1972 after 61 years.

Hataitai Swimming Club - 1940 to 1970

Swimming Wellington — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Second World War robbed the Hataitai Bathing Club of young men and women. However the club continued to operate a learn to swim programme. Community social activity began to flourish after the cessation of hostilities in 1945. The energy of comradeship and togetherness learned during the previous six years greatly assisted the rejuvenation of clubs such as the Hataitai Bathing Club.

New developments re: the Cobham Park Indoor Courts

St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Netball Wellington have advised that although everything was moving ahead towards the resource consent process for the development of the new indoor courts at Cobham Park, this is now being reviewed as part of the Council’s Annual Plan process. Andy Foster from the council has questioned the need for 12 courts. He is pushing to revisit the ’sites analysis’ with the idea of 8 courts at the Port (if the land can be obtained) and possibly covering some courts at Hataitai (amongst other possibilities).