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Call for Centre athletes to enter the Nationals, 26-28 March 2010, Christchurch, posted 11 March 2010 Geoff Henry reports: Athletics New Zealand has an on-line entry system, but so far only 44 Wellington athletes have used it! (By my count we've got 60 who are listed in the top 10 for one or more events.) Entries close this Sunday. Please make sure that you enter yourselves, or remind those of your club members or associates that they need to. The Centre will enter relay teams, but will not enter individuals. It's up to the athletes to do that for themselves. Everyone who has met the ANZ standard is eligible to be part of the Wellington Team. Please contact Team Manager Bernice Dickie (0274 922 227, berem@xtra.co.nz) about your uniform, if you don't already have one, or about accommodation.
New Plymouth Marathon, 6 March 2010 Ken Howell reports: The start was perfect marathon weather - not too hot with low cloud. Unfortunately, that lasted only until Inglewood and the half way mark. The cloud burned off and the sun shone, making the second half hot and dehydrating running. Grant McLean returned to the scene of his victory of four or five years ago and won in 2 hours 31. He did the half in a slow 1:13 (yeah, right) and managed to hold off a catching Johan Vanhoovels, who finished less than a minute behind. Scottish runners I noticed were Matyas James, 3hr 7, Robyne Blackford, 4:07 (well spotted, Ken!) and David White, 4:12. I managed to finish in 3:28 (2nd M55) but only just managed not to stop and walk.
Scottish club governance news, posted 18 February 2010 Mandy Simpson reports: As many of you know Ken Howell, our club president, is stepping down this year. We had hoped to have someone ready and waiting to take over from Ken, but our plans on this didn't work out so we are now seeking a new club president to take over from Ken at the AGM in March. The president role is primarily a governance one, including chairing the management committee, and acting as the club's representative with external groups. Mandy Simpson is stepping down as general manager, and we also have a number of roles vacant on the management committee. The ongoing smooth running of the club depends on volunteers being prepared to give some time to making it happen, and we really do need people to come forward for these roles. You can find more information from Ken (044772508) or Mandy (0211481407). On a similar note, David Colquhoun has been seeking someone to take over as race director of the 3 peaks race for some time. Preparation for those races starts at this time of year with work on publicity, permits and prizes, and David would be able to help any new person. However, as no-one has come forward to do this crucial role, David has had to take the difficult decision to cancel the 3 peaks races for 2010 Brooks Waterfront 5k Series, 16 February 2010 The weather was again excellent tonight for the Brooks 5km Waterfront race, with light winds and warm conditions for the 81 competitors. Brian Garmonsway returned to his winning ways tonight, with a narrow victory in 16min 40sec over last week's winner Jason Waite. Olympian Nyla Carroll was again first female finished with a time of 17min 26sec. Tim Dutton (28.32) and Terri Grimmett (31.57) again won the walkers' race. Our sponsors Brooks, Lifestyle Sports in Tawa and The Loaded Hog continue to support our races and deserve your support in return. Results Brooks Waterfront 5k Series, 9 February 2010 110 competitors were greeted by overcast but warm conditions, with a light northerly wind, for the Brooks Waterfront 5km race on 9 February. Jason Waite recorded his first win of the series, after an excellent sprint finish. His sub 16min time was a life-time best for him. Well done Jason! Nyla Carroll keeps improving with another win in a very good sub 17min time. Tim Dutton and Terri Grimmett again won the walkers' race. Follow the link below for the results spreadsheet. Shipping containers on the course by Te Papa made for a longer course tonight, so we attempted to retain the 5km distance by bringing forward the turnaround point. However, despite best endeavours, we didn't get the turn in the correct place. Our estimate, supported by a number of people with those flash GPS watches, is that the course was 130m shorter than normal. Therefore, in the attached results we show 2 times - the first being your time for the (short) course and then another time which adds 130m on. Obviously it is up to you which time you take! Our sincere apologies for our error. Results Brooks Waterfront 5k Series, 2 February 2010 The weather was again excellent tonight for the Brooks 5km Waterfront race, with light winds and warm conditions for the 121 competitors. With lots of pedestrians out on the waterfront, the course was anything but fast! Matt Dravitzki, the current New Zealand marathon champion, lead the field home in a very good time of 15min 27sec. Olympian Nyla Carroll was again close to 17min, winning the women's race with an impressive time of 17min 9sec. Tim Dutton (28.41) and Terri Grimmett (31.12) again won the walkers' race.Result
Wellington Scottish Summer Programme, Ross's Patch: The Colonial Knob area in Porirua, Waitangi Day 2010 Eight of us explored the Colonial Knob area, starting from the Camp Elsdon car park. This is a great run, a mix of beautiful bush trails, open gravel access roads, scampers through grassy fields and a bit of sealed road. We took a leisurely 1:20. Attending were: Ross, Ken, Robyne, Barbara and Barbara, Ioasa, Howard, Paul. After the run, we headed for a breakfast at a Porirua cafe next to the Waitangi celebrations. We were joined there by locals Pam, Adrian and partner. Cooks Classic, Whanganui, 26 January 2010 Scorching Triathlons (Anniversary Day), 25 January 2010 Paekakariki Road Races, 15/10/5, Campbell Park, 24 January 2010 North Island Age 14/15/16/17 Interprovincials, Auckland, 23 January 2010 Hutt River Trail Events (42/21/10/60), 23 January 2010 Jo Badham reports briefly: Just a few hardy (or perhaps foolish?) souls from Scottish out testing their mettle in the cold against the headwind and pouring rain down the Hutt River Trail on Saturday morning. Spotted in the half were Glen Wallis, Matyas James, Jo Badham, John Hines. Results to come. Capital Classic, Twilight Meeting, incorporating 3000m Championships, Newtown Park, 22 January 2010 Trying Wellington conditions brought out good numbers of Scottish members, joining athletes across the country from North Shore to Invercargill. Provisionally, it appears that Nyla Carroll (W40), and Anne Hare (W45) set 3000m championship records in their age grades, while Bernie Portenski set a W60 national record. Hamish Carson came second to Nick Willis in the 3000m (by 0.6s). Other Scottish competitors, in events as varied as 100m, the triple jump, and the 3000m walk, were Melody Stein, Laura Roozendaal, Megan Blair, Adam Steinmetz, Jesse Patel, Scott Kinnear, Aaron and Patrick Twiss, Nicole Mitchell, Claire Hodge (for Hill City), Malcolm Hodge, Tina Harris, Stephanie Mackenzie, Stefan Smith, Martin van Barneveld, Josh van Dalen, Mikael Andersson, Stephen Issac, Marissa Pritchard, Terri Grimmett, Peter Baillie, David Cooke, john Leonard, and Geoff Iremonger. Results
Mauao (Mt Maunganui) mountain races, 26 December 2009 Ariana Harper took back the Princess of the Mountain title and cup from her arch rival, Nicole Van der Kaay from Taupo. Both girls have now won the cup two times. It was another scorcher at the Mount, although not quite as hot as some years. The sand was firm near the water, making it less arduous than on some occasions for the run along the beach. Joseph Bulbulia finished second in the M35 section and 7th overall. Challenge Wanaka Triathlon (3.8S/180B/42.2R), 16 January 2010 Scottish's Andrew Kerr was 25th in the M3039 grouping, for a total time of 12:45. In the Lake Wanaka Half, Sarah Beable was 14W1830 and 28th overall woman (5:58). Results TET Athletics Taranaki Invitation Meeting, Inglewood, 16 January 2010 No Scottish participation Results Blackboard Meeting, Newtown Park, 16 January 2010 Hamish Carson, paced by Nick Willis through the first 400m in 60.5s and the 800m in 2m 02s, won the 1500m in a personal best 3m 48.11s. Alex Wallace M19 was second in 3m 55.85s, in far from ideal racing conditions. Scott Thomson M19 won the triple jump with 13.14m (+2.2). Richard Thompson was the winner in the shot put with 14.10m.
US
College Indoor Season, posted
14 January 2010
Port of Tauranga Half Ironman, 9 January 2010 Natalie Smith was 17th overall woman, and 2W2529 (4:52), Steph Anderson was 9W2529. Former Scottish member Craig Kirkwood finished 17th overall man (1M3539). Results Gold Programme incorporating Kiwi Throwers Meet, 9 January 2010 Alex Fafeita from Carterton captured the M16 throwing events winning the discus 43.73m, the javelin 40.46m and the hammer 43.36m. Billy Crayford was over the high jump at 2.04m, Scott Thomson was out to 13.42m (-1.2) in the M19 triple jump, Richard Thomson won the shot put with 14.44m and Peter Baillie recorded 26m 40.96s in the M60 5000m track walk. Michael Wilson won the 200m in 22.32s (-1.2), Hamish Carson the 1500m in 3m 59.58s and Barbara Roy the W19 1500m in 4m 38.74s. Scottish faces: Melodie Stein, Kate Horan, Stephen Day, Hamish Carson, Laura Roozendaal, Anne Hare, Michael Browne, Adam Steinmetz, Marissa Pritchard, Tim Hawkes, Della Laird, Peter Baillie, Bob Gardner, John Hines, Rachel Kennedy. Results
Men
Rees
Buck (Wgtn) 30m 01.9s 1, Kim Hogarth (Nelson)
30m 21.8s 2, Stephen Lett (Takapuna) 30m 57.1s 3, Stefan
Smith (Wgtn) 31m 10.4s 4, Ben Ruthe (Tauranga)
31m 18.8s 5, Dylan Grant (North Harbour) 31m 27.9s 6. Also Stephen Day,
33m 31.2s 7
Contact Triathlon Series, Whangamata, 3 January 2010 Cameron Goldsmid as 2M20 and 5M overall; James Goodchild, 7M35; Jahn Skinnon, 2M60. Results Hit counts and hosting Number
of visitors since 1 July 2009 has been
Visitors in the year to 30 June 2009 were counted at 71,683, up by 4% on last year. That's a hit every 7 minutes and 20 seconds, 24/7!
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This week
While Mandy Simpson is stepping down from the General Manager role, she has stepped up to looking after the membership database. Inquiries to her if you've forgotten your registration number, changed address (physical or email), have a new name, or forgotten your old one, etc. The fire has meant the clubhouse is no longer an hospitable location for the AGM. We've moved to Te Puni Kokiri on 15 March (see below). Show up and find out what is being planned for 2010. Future events
Scottish countdown
Have you moved, changed jobs or your contact details and wonder why your mail and email from Scottish have dried up? Let us know your changes so that we can keep the membership database up-to-date. Email mandy@simpson.org.nz with changes. General Manager Needed, posted 28 November 2009 Mandy Simpson is resigning from this position effective March 2010. The GM coordinates the operations side of the Club and is on the Management Committee. It would be good to involve her replacement in planning now so there is a smooth changeover. If you are interested or want to know more, ring Ken 4772508 or email at kenandrobyne@xtra.co.nz or Mandy at 021 1481407 or email mandy@simpson.org.nz New Zealand vs Australia race walking test on 13 February 2010, posted 12 December 2009 New Zealand will compete against international race walking powerhouse Australia in a Test Match in Hobart early next year. The Test Match will see up to four male and four female competitors from each contry race over 20k on 13 February. A trial to select the team will be held at Douglas Track in Waitakere on 10 January. The winners and runners-up in both the mens and women's competitions in the trial will be automatic selections, while the next finishers will be subject to a qualifying time to make the team, 1hr 50min for men and 2hr 8min for women. Mike Parker and David Lonsdale of Race Walking New Zealand have set up the test match. Athletics New Zealand release
New
track arrangements, posted 4 October 2009 Please note that
as from this week all
races and throws and jumps at the regular Saturday meetings at Running quotes On the agony of the half-mile race: A race is a conversation with yourself, motivational in quality, until somebody interrupts by pulling away from you, and then it becomes an exercise in fathoming limits. Losing is like knowing that, in the movie scene where a thousand die but the hero lives, you’re one of the obliterated . . . the right track term is "running in a pack." That’s us – a band of runners hardly separated. One keeps exhaling humidly on my shoulders. Another’s left forearm hits my right elbow on its backswing. A runner pulls up beside me – the way a freeway driver pulls even in the adjacent lane to take your pulse – and I assess his chances with a panicked glance. Not strictured yet; striding with more ease than I feel; biding his time; relaxed. Working up a freshly adrenalised surge, I gain a quarter-step on him, but purchased with the last of my reserves . . . . Ask any track coach. The half-mile is a race for unadulterated masochists. Neither a sprint nor a distance event, it has the worst qualities of both. It’s not a glorious race either. A lot of people can name a sprinter or miler – Carl Lewis, for example – or a famous miler like Roger Bannister, but can very many name even a single half-miler? It’s not a legendary or even notable feat to beat other runners over 880 yards. At track meets, the half-mile contest is somehow lost between more compelling competitions, an event that unfolds while fans thumb their programmes or use the bathroom. Into this gap of a race, this sideshow, runners in search of a deeper agony than they can find elsewhere. They want to do battle with suffering itself. It’s the trauma they want, the anguished ordeal. It’s the approximately two minutes of self-mortification or private crucifixion. All half-milers have a similar love of pain. So this race is an intimation and an opening. In two minutes’ time, you get a glimpse. - "The Other" by David Guterson Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain, American writer and humorist Recent results How to find results: The newest results are put in the left hand column of the home page (here). Generally there will be also a link to more detailed results on this site or off site. Eventually they disappear off the bottom of the page as new material arrives at the top. By that stage, a title and a link is placed in the dated list below. Soon after the month has been finished, this list is copied into Results, a calendar of results, but the list also stays on the home page for a while. If you know the month of the event you are after, click on that month in Results. If from an earlier (October) year, click on the years at the top of the results page. If the result is in the miscellaneous page (small events or small Scottish participation), you search in the current year by date or go to the bottom to find earlier years. (There must be a smarter way of doing this, but I haven't thought of it yet!
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Bernardine
Portenski: "The best runner you've never heard of," posted 13 January 2010
If Bernardine
Portenski lived in New York, Boston or Los Angeles, she'd be a
national hero. Instead, she lives in a place called Wellington on a remote
island nation southeast of Australia -- and barely rates a whisper
in masters track. But she's the real deal. 
North
Island Colgate Games, 9 January 2010
Don Dalgliesh reports: The club had two members (in
Scottish uniforms) competing in Auckland, Ariana Harper and Melissa McAdam. Ariana (competing in the G14
grade) finished 5th in the 400m in 62.81s, 4th in the 800m in 2m 23.57s and
7th in the 1500m in 5m 16.63s. Melissa (competing in the G10
grade) fininshed 15th in the 1500m in 6m 13.52s, and also competed in the
heats of the 800m in 3m 05.24s. Also competing in Auckland
(not in Scottish uniforms) were Keegan McLeod for Karori, and Jonathan and Sean Beresford for Onslow. Sean (competing in the B10
grade) finished 13th in the 800m in 2m 56.13s and 14th in the 1500m in 5m
52.34s. Jonathan (competing in the B12
grade) finished 10th in the 800m in 2m 29.00s, 4th in the 1500m in 4m
54.04s and 1st in the 1200m walk in 8m 21.57s. Keegan (competing in the B14
grade) finished 11th= in the High Jump with 1.50m, 27th in the Long Jump
with 4.02m, 9th in the 800m in 2m 22.02s and 8th in the 1500m in 4m 58.43s. So our only medal was
Jonathan's gold in the walk.
Contact
Triathlon Series, Whangamata, 9 January 2010 Standard
distance: Cameron Goldsmid was
2M20 and 5M overall; James Goodchild, 7M35; John Skinnon, 2M60,
Aubrey Begley, 3W25, and the
redoubtable Jane Loughnan, 1W40. 
National
10,000m Championships, Tauranga, 5 January 2010 
Webguy
Paul is back (he hopes). "I moved house at the end of January, but for various reasons
that remain mysteriously technical my internet connections did not follow
me. (And then I took an overseas trip for 15 days.) I was told the email
address needed to change. It hasn't. I think therefore this could collapse
at any moment. In the meantime, I'd like to thank Rees Buck for keeping
you up-to-date with the Brooks results over the past six weeks. Slowly I'll catch up with, and report on, the athletic achievements of our
members."
New Date and Venue for AGM.
Because of the fire in the clubrooms, the venue for the AGM has been changed.
We have also decided to change to a week day because the original reasons
are no longer valid.
The AGM is to be held on Monday, 15 March at 7:30pm. Venue: Nau Mai Room, Te Puni Kokiri, 143 Lambton Quay (Cnr with Stout St).
Please make an effort to attend - Ken Howell, President.
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