Walkers: David Lonsdale, 1M6064; Theresa Heenan, 2W1016, Peter Baillie, 2M5559; Kristeene Parkes, 2W3539. 

Nyla Carroll (Lyndale, 33:49) and Dale Warrander (Bays, 29:42) won the open run events. 

Scottish club teams were 2W35, 1SM, 1M1019, 3M50. The senior men's victory in the club team's race was our 6th title in a row (quite an achievement, especially as half the team were not any of the previous winning teams, but it was helped by Bays not having a 4th counting runner!!).

Scottish members also featured in several winning Wellington Centre teams. Firsts: SM, SW, MU20. WU20, M40, W35; Third, M50. 

Thanks to the many Scottish members who acted as timekeepers (John Turner, . . .), walk judges and recorders (Bruce and Noeleen Perry, Maryanne and John Palmer, Peter Wrigley, Kathryn Fraser,  . . . ) and marshals (Andrena Gill, Mark Bradcock, Andy Elvey, Bruce Patterson, Bob Stephens, Bruce Lake, Kathryn Fraser, Glenn Hughes, Roger Shelton, . . .) - I hope I haven't overlooked anyone. Marshalling is not an easy job when there are impatient motorists and aggressive spectators around. Without you (and the competitors and sponsors), the event wouldn't have been the brilliant event it turned out to be.

Results (ANZ) | Team results | ANZ news release | Wellington Roads 

Photos by Rowan Greig

Kristeene Parkes in the 10k race walk

David Lonsdale

Craig Barrett, winner of the open men's walk

Michele Allison surrounded by a flock of Hamilton Hawks: Marion Millward (738), Dot Larsen (697) and Helen Hall in the masters women 5k race

Masters runner Bernie Portenski leads a pack of junior women (and a few masters) in the 5k race

Lead pack of men under 17 (6k): Brendon Blacklaws (568), Dan Alexander (546), Shaun Hunt (684); Tim Hodge (676), Shafat Salad (788), Hayden McLaren (733, obscured), Hamish Carson (593, obscured), and Marty Turek (818).

Early in the men under 20 8k race: Sean Butler (589), Shaun Krawitz (687), Ahmed Salad (787) and Scott Ferguson (637) in the front row.

Dale Warrander, winner of the M2039 event

Todd Stevens working hard to catch Ben Ruthe

Ben Ruthe

Winner of the women's 10k, Nyla Carroll

Athletics New Zealand News Release on the Road Championships

Barrett and Gorst in Walks Calm overcast conditions greeted 8am walks starters on the Wellington Waterfront adidas National Road Racing Championships, but by the time Craig Barrett led the fields home the sun was out and by mid-morning heat was almost a problem for contestants in the running events on the 2.2k wharf and road course. Barrett (Waikato-BOP), determined to put on a strong showing after the disappointment of Paris, was never headed in the men's 10k event, winning in a strong 45:07 from Glenn Burrell (Taranaki). Equally dominant was team-mate to the world championships, Gabrielle Gorst (Hawkes Bay), winning in a personal best of 47:01. In the junior 5k event Gorst's daughter Amanda was almost five minutes clear of  second in 25:31.

Morgan easily in Women 17 National cross country and schools cross country champion, Sarah Morgan (Waikato-BOP) was  far  too strong in the last lap of her 5k event, not only leading home her age group in 17:57, but also prevailing over the Women's 20 field. Second was 14-year-old Hayley Green
(Wellington) from another local, Melanie Cleland.

Hastie prevails in Women 20 Cross Country title-holder Dana Hastie (Wellington) won here grade from Kelly Holyoake (Wellington) and Sarah Paterson (Manawatu-Wanganui) in 18:30. Hastie sat early and moved clear over the closing stages, chasing Morgan.

Portenski dominates all in Masters Women World record-holder over many distances, Bernie Portenski (Wellington) not only won her W5054 aged group, but led all Masters age groups home over 5k in 18:04, from Lee Berg (Wellington) and Marion Millward (Waikato-BOP). Portenski led the W17 /W20 /Masters Women's event early, and was overtaken by Morgan only in the last 500m.

McLaren races clear in Men 17 In a tactical 6k race, Hayden McLaren (Canterbury) flew clear by 35m  over the last 400m, leaving the fancied group of Shafat Salad (Waikato-BOP), and Tim Hodge and Shaun Hunt (Wellington) in that order. Mclaren's  time was 19:18.

Krawitz uses track speed to take Men 20  Auckland steeplechaser Shaun Krawitz was another to bolt clear after a quiet early pace in this 8k event, using his track speed to leave pace-makers Ahmed Salad (Waikato)  and Danny Shaw (Wellington) well in his wake. The early pace was shared by this group along with Hamish Clareburt (Wellington) and Lance Downie (Waikato-BOP), but the leading quartet stretched out with 2.5k to go before Krawitz burst clear.

All Carroll in Senior Women Recent national cross country winner Nyla Carroll (Auckland) had the women's 10k race all to herself from early on, racing amongst the top 25 or so men to win in the good time of 33:49. In a group of five men throughout, Carroll gained plenty of race practice, while behind her, Kate McIlroy (Wellington) led the chase early, only to be overtaken into lap three by Rebecca Moore (Canterbury) who held on for second ahead of McIlroy, Mary Davies (North) and Gabrielle O'Rourke (Wellington). McIlroy was especially delighted with her best placing in a senior event.

Warrander controls Senior Men  The return to national racing by  Dale Warrander (North) was signaled early in the 10k event, with the Taranaki-based distance exponent in charge of the pace almost from the gun. Warrander led a large group that included cross country title-holder Phil Costley (Canterbury), Robbie Johnston (North), Mark McKeown (Waikato-BOP), Alastair Snowdon (Taranaki) and Seaton Meredith (Auckland). By the end of lap two it was Warrander and Costley on their own from Snowdon, a gap to  Johnston, McKeown and Meredith. The further the race went the harder Warrander charged, throwing in surges in  repeated attempts to break Costley. Behind them Snowdon was overtaken mid-event by Johnston, and shortly afterward by McKeown, while Meredith battled with Clyde Rosanowski (North) in arrears. Warrander threw in a strong surge as the last 2.2k lap started and Costley could only watch him fly out to a 150m lead at the finish, while Johnston cemented his place in third ahead of strong finishing laps from McKeown and Rosanowski.