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Wellington Waterfront 5k, Summer Series - Race 18, Queens Wharf, 3 March 2009

Yet another great night weather-wise tonight for the 57 participants. A mild south easterly which made it a good night for PBs and SPBs with 3 LPBs (that I know of) and a massive 25 season PBs. Well done everyone!

Walkers:  Michael Walton again switched his codes and won the Race Walk tonight in an excellent time of 27:05 (around 30 seconds off a LPB I gather). Second placing went to Andrew Shelley who has now strung four sub-30-minute races together in the past month. His time tonight was 28:58. Third place went to Tim Dutton. It was a great night for the men as Tim posted a SPB and sub-30-minute time of 29:50. He has been working steadily towards this and I gather his LPB (5 years or so ago) is in the mid-29-minutes. So it goes to show that with hard work we can all defy the odds for maturing athletes and make improvements when the stats (and our body strength/muscles ) are said to be on the decline and against us. Well done guys! Fastest woman tonight was Frances LeFort who walked an excellent SPB time of 34:00 to win. Second place went to Carol Briesman who recorded her usual solid race time of 36:25 and third place went to Daphne Jones in an improved time of 37:27.

Runners:  With lower numbers again tonight - perhaps the Round the Bays and Gutbuster runs have had an influence here – the field was reasonably spread out by the end of the race. First home was Cameron Goldsmid having his first Waterfront 5k race for the season and recording a good time of 17:21. Having placed 4th in the Round the Bays 7k race behind Rees Buck, Cameron no doubt has better things in store for the upcoming season. Second placing went to Tom Naylor who posted a SPB time of 17:34 and just metres back in third was Tim Rickerby – in 17:37 – not quite able to bridge the gap to second. Hayley Anderson showed further improvement with a SPB time of 20:09 to win the women’s race. I predict the 20 minute barrier will be shattered before the season ends. Go well Hayley! Second place went to Karen Gillespie with 20:50 to go with her similar time last week. Third place went to Dawn Kelly who, according to my records ran a LPB time of 21:15. If I am correct – congrats Dawn!  

A big thanks to tonight’s officials – Dan Powell, Bruce Perry, David Lonsdale and Todd Stevens assisted by the Scottish Junior Men – Stefan, Ryan, Jesse and Ben – thanks to all!  Also, it was good to see Emily Solsberg on a three-week return visit from Canada. Emily ran with Scottish in 2005 in her OE year here.

Spot prizes went to: Andrew Brown, Sally Pollard, Geoff Iremonger, Brad Thompson, Neil Price, MaryAnn Moller and young Keller McDonald (courtesy of Colleen Singleton). Keller’s mum Donna was rapt as they will be able to return again to run for free. Perhaps you can turn the tables Donna! J – congratulations to all.

Don’t forget – note down our next 10k option for 17 March 2009 and also pencil in one for the last race of the season on 7 April 2009. Looks like they are here to stay! More details will be posted in the future events section of the website over the next few weeks.

REGISTRATIONS FROM:          5:30pm onwards at The Chicago Sports Bar, Queen’s Wharf, Wellington

WALKERS/RUNNERS:              5:45pm for all walkers and if you feel you'll run around 26 minutes or more for the 5k race. It is preferred if you start at this time to help keep the race within a manageable time space – I suggest also that it makes for better racing for those runners joining the earlier start time.

RUNNERS' RACE:                     6:00pm for all runners – expecting to run 26 minutes or less

Jim Kerr
Race Series Organiser
Wellington Scottish Athletics Club

E-Mail Contact:  Jim@RainbowFinancial.net.nz  

Cumulative Late Summer 2009 results | Cumulative Summer 2008/09 results | 5k Series | Cumulative Spring 2008 results | Cumulative Summer 2007/08 results | Cumulative Spring 2007 results 

Place Number  Name Time Ave min/k Status
Walkers          
1 90 Michael Walton 27:05 5:25  
2 298 Andrew Shelley 28:58 5:48  
3 1 Tim Dutton 29:50 5:58 SPB (-15s)
4 408 Michael Lane 30:11 6:02 SPB (-4s)
5 507 Ian Morton 32:12 6:26 SPB (-29s)
6 356 Geoff Iremonger 34:00 6:48  
7 347 Frances Le Fort 34:00 6:48 SPB (-49s)
8 258 Carol Briesman 36:25 7:17  
9 13 Daphne Jones 37:27 7:29  
10 268 Robin Iremonger 41:41 8:20  
11 105 Colleen Singleton 43:32 8:42  
Runners          
1 520 Cameron Goldsmid 17:21 3:28  
2 455 Tom Naylor 17:34 3:31 SPB (-9s)
3 342 Tim Rickerby 17:37 3:31  
4 185 Brett Story 17:47 3:33 PB (-45s)
5 73 Patrick MacKay 18:22 3:40  
6 521 Tomas Bridgeman 18:23 3:41  
7 138 Colin Price 19:03 3:49  
8 486 Russell Fildes 19:22 3:52 SPB (-23s)
9 266 Roger Tabone 19:47 3:57 SPB (-8s)
10 195 Chris Hansen 19:48 3:58 SPB (-14s)
11 409 Haley Anderson 20:09 4:02 SPB (-6s)
12 113 Gary Moller 20:19 4:04 SPB (-10s)
13 522 Brad Thompson 20:39 4:08
14 226 Paddy Atkinson 20:39 4:08  
15 212 Karen Gillespie 20:50 4:10  
16 74 Matt Walters 21:03 4:13  
17 111 Nigel Bennett 21:09 4:14  
18 345 Dawn Kelly 21:15 4:15 LPB
19 276 David Jaggard 21:21 4:16  
20 144 Neil Price 22:00 4:24  
21 483 Jenny Fildes 22:04 4:25 SPB (-16s)
22 231 Maryann Moller 22:14 4:27  
23 270 Travis Cottreau 22:28 4:30  
24 511 David Young 22:51 4:34 SPB (-4s)
25 48 Paul Rodway 22:51 4:34  
26 462 Karaka Tuhakaraina 22:59 4:36 SPB (-5s)
27 481 Sorrel Fagan 23:32 4:42 SPB (-1:20s)
28 465 Tom Davidson 23:36 4:43 SPB (-25s)
29 415 Carla O'Donnell 23:55 4:47 SPB (-23s)
30 93 Terri Grimmett 23:56 4:47 PB (-22s)
31 508 Rachel McLean 25:05 5:01 SPB (-5s)
32 364 Lizzie Cummings 25:44 5:09  
33 378 Rupert Webb 25:50 5:10 SPB (-40s)
34 519 Mo Carpenter 26:30 5:18  
35 384 Melinda Atkinson 26:37 5:19 SPB (-14s)
36 435 Andrew Brown 26:40 5:20 SPB (-8s)
37 55 Lynne Aplin 26:42 5:20  
38 377 Jodee Webb 26:45 5:21 SPB (-55s)
39 333 Charlotte Frater 27:56 5:35  
40 454 Todrick Taylor 28:02 5:36 SPB (-49s)
41 517 Amanda Whipple 28:05 5:37 SPB (1:15s)
42 447 Sarah Jones 28:28 5:42 SPB (-2:15s)
43 280 Tracey Christensen 29:47 5:57 SPB (-1:27s)
44 505 Sally Pollard 29:49 5:58 SPB (-4s)
45 506 Keller McDonald 31:31 6:18  
46 518 Donna McDonald 31:44 6:21  

Wellington Scottish Athletics Club, PO Box 6239, Te Aro, Wellington. Clubhouse, Prince of Wales Park (map), Salisbury Terrace, Mt Cook   

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