Wellington Scottish Athletics Club and Athletics
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Farewell Bob Stephens
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- We have heard the sad news of Bob Stephens, Scottish Life Member and Past President, passing away. Bob was born in Melbourne in 1944, and came to New Zealand in 1974. We did remind him regularly of his Australian heritage, but we still warmly welcomed him into Scottish when he joined in 1988. When Bob joined, he […]
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Weekly News 24 March 2025
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- This week Results Auckland City Athletics Club Financial Independence Elite Men’s Mile Joe Martin was 5th in this much publicised race, in a pesonal best of 4:04.46. Results McVilly Shield Team Team Members Actual race time Handicap (min) Adjusted race time Placing 2 Glen Wallis, Kath Littler, Alex Kay 0:41:19 0:02:00 0:43:19 1 10 Dion […]
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Weekly News: 17 March 2025
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- Farewell to John Turner who passed away this week. Read his obituary here. This week Results Taupō Craters 21km Trail Run Chris Howard 1:58:34, Emma Bassett 2:09:54, Marianne Elliot 2:22:58, Lindsay Young 2:23:22 Results Athletics Wellington Open Meeting #5 3000m Race Walk: Helen Willis 21:17.11, Daphne Jones 24:57.40 3000m Steeplechase: Stephen Day 11:01.81 Honest Ten […]
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Farewell John Turner
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- It is with sadness that I record the passing on 11 March of one of our long time members, John Turner, age 89. He joined Scottish in the late 1960s and became involved in the fundraising for our new Clubrooms. This was the delivery of commercial circulars into private letter boxes and he was responsible […]
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Weekly News: 10 March 2025
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- This week Results Athletics NZ Track and Field Champs Congratulations to Joe Martin, who won the U20 800m in a time of1:52.93 and the U20 1500m in a time of 3:58.45, and to Beth Garland who was 11th in in the 1500m in 4:33.63 and 6th in the senior 5000m in 16:50.37. Notices 2025 Event […]
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Weekly News 3 March 2025
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- This week Results Wellington 5000m champs Results Athletics Wellington Open Track and Field Meet Results Taipei 48 Hour Ultra Marathon I can’t find the official results anywhere, but Fiona Hayvice ran through illness and jetlag for 48 hours, representing NZ at the Taipei 48 Hour Ultramarathon. Motatapu Mountain Run Chester Holt-Quick was 4th in the […]
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Weekly News 24 February 2024
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- This week Results Old Ghost Road David Haunschmidt won this 85km race in 7:16:14. That is David’s 4th trail race win in five weeks. Other entrants included Nicholas Bagnall who was 6th vet man in 9:47:06, Callum Mallett 10:14:41, and Gordon Pal 11:10:12. Results Trail Running NZ race report Masterton Summer Track and Field Series 2 […]
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Weekly News 17 February 2025
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- This week Results Tarawera Ultra Dan Jones won his third Tarawera Ultra in a row, breaking his own course record. Results I Run Far race report Trailrunning NZ race report Athletics Wellington Track and Field Champs Results Round the Bays Perfect weather and a big crowd, many running very fast. I have probalby missed quite […]
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Weekly News: 10 February 2025
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- Photo during Waitangi Parkrun by Grant McLean. This week Results Wellington 3000m Champs and Twilight Meet Report from Andrew Wharton: Seamus won the Wellington 3000 champs but he actually paced Nick for the first 1800m and then moved on to catch the leaders and eventually win. He looked very good over the last km. Nick just missed going sub 9.10 […]
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Weekly News, 27 January 2025
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- This week Results Prizegiving for 2024 Michele Allison won the Fred Silver Memorial Trophy for an outstanding season, winning all of her championship races. Peter Baillie won the Valued Services Trophy for his dedication running the timing system at Newtown Park for Athletics Wellington. Peter Stevens, World M60 steeplchase champion won the Personality of the […]
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Weekly News 23 December 2024
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- The Wellington Scottish newsletter goes on holiday today until the end of January. We (Stephen and Karyn) will be back in February. In the meantime you can find all your Scottish related news on the app or in the Scottish Facebook Group. Ngā mihi o te raumati mahana. This week Results Night of 5s, Auckland […]
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Weekly News 16 December 2024
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- Two of these runners had enough rivalry that they weren’t waiting on the line to start their watches. Read the latest quarterly update from the club management committee (also available on the app) This week Results The Spectacle So many events happening in Whakatū Nelson. Scotland’s Olympic finalist Neil Gourley won the mile but Wellington […]
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Lifestyle Sports Night of Miles Results 2024
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- Mixed 1 Mile Race Walk Open 1 Willis, Helen W62 Wellington Scottish Athletics 10:49.502 Anderson, Craig M57 Wellington Scottish Athletics 11:11.553 Gardner, Bob M70 Wellington Scottish Athletics 11:59.094 Watson, Rupert M Wellington Scottish Athletics 12:00.545 Jones, Daphne W93 Wellington Scottish Athletics 13:03.04 Men 1 Mile Run ‘C’ Race Open 1 Fraser, Terry 54 Wellington Harrier […]
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Weekly News 9 December 2024
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- This week Results NZ Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships Joe Martin (Wellington College) won the senior boys 800m national title in a time of 1:54.78 Results Kepler Challenge and Luxmore Grunt Kepler Challenge: Floor Kaars Sijpestein 08:21:42 and Laura Bond 09:32:10. Luxmore Grunt: Alice Sowry 03:15:16 Results Twilight Track and Field Meet No 3 […]
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Weekly News, 2 December 2024
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- Wellington Scottish Waterfront 5k Race #2 – Great support from our runners & volunteers (Photo credits: Rowan G.) This week Results Waterfront 5km Joel Carman 16:40, Matthew Adams 17:23, Ben Wagstaff 17:37, Dion Gamperle 18:13, Denis Mccarthy 18:13, Andrew Wharton 18:47, Megan Fahey 21:14, Emma Bassett 22:19, Alice Lowry 22:55, Karyn McLean 23:45, Emma Jackson […]
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Weekly News 25 November 2024
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- This week Results WAI2K and NZ Long Course Trail Championships Big thanks to everyone involved in the brilliant Scottish aide station too. Trail Running NZ has an interview with Ryan: “Chester, Ed, and I took it out together until the start of Frith Track. About a kilometer into the climb, Ed and I had put […]
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Weekly News 18 November 2024
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- This week Results Te Ahumairangi Ten Thousand We had 66 finishers across two races, including 26 from Scottish. Some highlights included Anna Fifield 50:29.69 running 7 minutes faster than her predicted time. Chris Howard 39:32.31 (PB? -Rees says it was), Alex Kay very well paced 40:48.03 PB, the 45-minute pack of Emma Bassett 44:44.46, Susan […]
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Te Ahumairangi 2024 Results
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- Heat 1 1 Kelly Sam M43 Unattached 38:28.95 2 Cooper Harrison M26 Wgtn Harrier 38:58.33 3 Fraser Terry M54 Wgtn Harrier 39:18.12 4 Gunn Willie M53 Wgtn Harrier 39:26.47 5 Wharton Andrew M49 Wgtn Scottish 39:29.17 6 Howard Chris M48 Wgtn Scottish 39:32.31 7 Hunt Daniel M30 Victoria Uni 39:59.36 8 Barwick Paul M49 Wgtn […]
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Weekly News 11 November 2024
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- Two tasks this week: sign up for Te Ahumairangi Ten Thousand and Lifestyle Sports Night of Miles This week Results Kapiti Half Marathon Half Marathon: Tom Callan was third in 1:21:38. Rachael Cunningham 2:00:32, Anna Fifield 2:03:50. 5km: Hobson Lu 25:11 (PB?) Results Central League Teams Competition, Palmerston North Joe Martin ran 1:52.84 (PB) to […]
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Weekly News, 4 November 2024
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- Two tasks this week: sign up for Te Ahumairangi Ten Thousand and Lifestyle Sports Night of Miles This week Results Auckland Marathon Marathon: Paul Barwick 2:38:14 (1st M45), Ollie Palmer 2:42:51, Andy Ford 2:53:21, Simon Keller 2:57:03 (3rd M50), Alistair Richardson 2:58:33 Half Marathon: Sam Forrest 1:25:20, Michele Allison 1:44:15 (1st W65) Results River-Run Backyard […]
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Weekly News, 28 October 2024
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- This week Results New Zealand 10km road champs Joel Carman finished in 21st place in a time of 32:10.54. Results Waterfront 5km – event #1 Lovely weather for the first of our Waterfront 5km series with a strong Scottish showing. Ryan Woolley 15:49, Joel Carman 16:31, Chester Holt-Quick 17:27, Don Gamperle 17:32, Ben Wagstaff 17:41, […]
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Weekly News 21 October 2024
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- For news, calendar and chat, don’t forgot to check out our app This week Results Crater Rim Ultra and mountain races, including NZ champs Results Amsterdam Marathon Frank Grieve had a rough last 12 kilometres, but still finished the Amsterdam Marathon in 5:04:30. Results The Coastal Half Marathon, Timaru Kath Littler 2:11:58 Results Athletics Wellington […]
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Weekly News 14 October 2024
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- For news, calendar and chat, don’t forgot to check out our app This week Results Bernie Portenski Memorial Cup The sun shone, there was a “gentle” breeze, and 51 happy competitors from Scottish, Olympic, Aurora Harriers, Kapiti, and Wellington Harriers competed over the 9.5km course and enjoyed a great post-race afternoon tea. Once adjusted for […]
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Bernie Portenski Memorial Handicap Trophy results 2024
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- 12 October 2024 First Name Last Name Est 10km time Race time Race Position Diff c.f. handicap Handicap position Marianne Elliott 00:51:00 00:48:00 3 -180 1 Terry Kurukaanga 01:26:00 01:23:00 45 -180 1 Karl Kalders 00:40:00 00:38:23 8 -97 3 Pete Frawley 00:53:30 00:52:16 6 -74 4 Peter Ellis 01:08:00 01:06:54 10 -66 5 Jean […]
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Weekly News 7 October 2024
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- For news, calendar and chat, don’t forgot to check out our app This week Results Rakiura Challenge New club member David Haunschmidt won the Rakiura Challenge on Stewart Island, 2:34:09, in what looks like atrociously but unsurprisingly muddy conditions. Trail Runner NZ records David as saying “I was lucky enough to round a corner and […]
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Weekly News 30 September 2024
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- Just a few of the highlights from the New Zealand Road Relays This week If you want your event added to this list, contact us by Sunday evening. Results New Zealand Road Relay Champs 2024 Nearly 100 rampant lions headed to Tāupo for the NZRR champs on Saturday, held at the motorsport track. Our 14 […]
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Weekly News 23 September 2024
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- This week is our National Road Relay road trip to Taupō This week If you want your event added to this list, contact us by Sunday evening. Results Race Tekapo Beth Garland won the 21km trail race in a new course record of 1:41:37 and Daniel Jones won the 32km in 2:18:22, also a course […]
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Weekly News 16 September 2024
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- This week If you want your event added to this list, contact us by Sunday evening. Results Hutt Marathon and events Results Parkruns Hagley Parkrun: Jonathon Harper 27:19. Trentham Memorial Parkrun: Glen Wallis 22:05, Claire Jennings 32:07, Ian Morton 35:11. Ōtaki River Parkrun: Terri Grimmett 29:49. Waitangi Parkrun: David Hosking 19:00, Chris Howard 19:32, Guy […]
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Weekly News 9 September 2024
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- Moe pai ra e hoa, Dougal Thorburn Wellington Scottish Athletics Club are mourning the loss of our dear friend and clubmate Dougal Thorburn who sadly passed away on Tuesday 3 September 2024. One of Dougal’s many close friends, James Richardson, shared the following thoughts: When I heard about Dougal on Wednesday at 1:45 and had […]
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Weekly News 2 September 2024
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- This week If you want your event added to this list, contact us by Sunday evening. Results Wellington 5km Road Championships There was an impressive turnout, with 202 entered in the 5km races, and a quarter of the field were Wellington Scottish. Personal bests for Matt Adams 16:10, Chester Holt-Quick 16:27, and Ben Wagstaff 17:58. […]
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