Weekly news 17 August 2026: Moonshine results

Coming up this week

• Tuesday 6:15pm: Tuesday evening interval/speed session. This week’s session is 200m reps (follow the link for more details). Meet at Newtown Park.

• Friday 7:00am: Frictoria, meet at the top of Mt Victoria before jogging down together and finishing with a well-earned coffee. 

• FOCUS EVENT: Saturday 12:30pm: Wellington 5km Road Championships, Races start between 12:30 and 3pm. Reservoir Road, Wainuiomata. Afterwards, we are gathering at Baylands Brewery in Petone.

• Saturday 2:00pm: The walkers will meet at Ngāti Toa Domain car park. 

Results

Moonshine Relay

• Scottish Pīwakawaka (Lennox Crowe, Jack Davies, Joel Carman, Ehsan Lorestani) won the whole 14km relay outright in 44:17.6, and also topped the Senior Men category.

• Scottish Kākāpō (Eric Speakman, Nick Horspool, Geoff Ferry, Rowan Hooper) finished 3rd overall and won the M35 grade. Scottish Kākā were 7th in the grade.

• Scottish Pūteketeke (O60) won their grade with Scottish Toroa 4th and Scottish Tui 7th. James Turner (leg 2, Scottish Toroa) had a big shift — his leg moved the team from 50th up to 40th place, a 10-spot jump in one leg.

• Heather Walker led off the Scottish Kōkako W50 team with a 13:34.7 opening leg — comfortably the fastest split among the W50s — setting up the team’s win by nearly 7 minutes over 2nd placed Scottish Kea. 

• Paul Barwick (anchor leg, Scottish Takahē) ran the 4th-fastest final leg in the entire race, hauling the team from 11th to 7th overall on the last leg and sealing their M50 category win. Scottish Whio climbed leg by leg steadily (35th → 29th → 26th → 23rd), with Nicholas Bagnall's second leg being the biggest single gain.

• Scottish Tītitipounamu were 2nd in Senior Women and Scottish Kārearea were 5th.

• Scottish Tākapu (kids' Under-10 relay) and Scottish Kōtuku represented our juniors well.

Results

Moonshine Walker Turkey Trot

Helen Willis 2nd in 24:43, Ray Marten 28:19, Daphne Jones 31:57.

Results

Parkruns

Check out the Scottish results

Notices

Nau mai

Welcome to our new club member Jonathan Congdon.

Getting ready for Te Ahumairangi 10000

NZ's biggest and friendliest 10000m race is on 14 November. We’re starting to organise now. If you’re interested in helping, send Stephen a message. As well as planning beforehand, we are looking for volunteers on the day to help with the registration desk, organising the lap counters, finish line, and race pacers (especially 32 mins, 35, 37.5, 40, 45, 50 and 60mins). If you can help with any of those, please let Stephen know.

Pariwhero Relays

Matt Adams is organising a brand new trail relay this Labour Weekend.  See below for details.

Wellington Masters AGM

The Annual General Meeting of Wellington Masters Athletics Incorporated will be held on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, at the Waiora Hub, 17 Bannister Avenue, Johnsonville, commencing at 7pm. Nominations are called for the positions of Patron, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations for Committee members are also called for, along with any Remits for discussion at the AGM. All nominations for the above positions and any remits are to be in the hands of the Secretary by Friday, 28 August 2026.

Free personalised coaching for members

Wellington Scottish offers free, personalised coaching from volunteer coaches to all members regardless of experience or goals, matching each person with a suitable coach — get in touch via message or email (ali.a-c@outlook.com) to be paired up. The only cost is club membership, there's no obligation to continue if it's not a good fit, and coaching complements the club's regular Tuesday/Saturday sessions and races. 

Membership renewal

If you have a friend, family member, or colleague who you think might like to join Scottish, invite them to join our team.

Join or rejoin Scottish at this link

Coming up

22 August: Wellington 5km Road Champs, Wainuiomata

This flat-ish, out-and-back 5km along Reservoir Road is tucked between a hill and the Wainuiomata River, nicely sheltered from the wind — and it’s a great chance to run a fast time with a big pack to pull you along. It’s the club championship distance for our junior and W50+/M60+ masters runners, with separate Women’s and Men’s 5km Champs races for everyone else. Come along to race, support, or just cheer the lion home. 

2026 details for 5km champs

12 September: Wellington 10km Road Champs

The last of the big interclub races for the season, held on a fast, sheltered out-and-back course at Wainuiomata Recreation Area. Free for Scottish members. This race also doubles as the primary selection race for seniors and masters 35 grades heading to the Road Relays.

2026 details for 10km champs

20 September: Hutt Marathon Events, including Athletics Wellington Half Marathon Champs

The Hutt Half Marathon is one of the Hutt Valley’s premier running and walking events, offering a flat and scenic out-and-back course. Plenty of events to choose from – including a Cool Kids Kilometre, a 5km fun run, 10km run and walk, and the Half Marathon run and walk – so there’s something for everyone

Event details and entry

3 October: NZ Road Relay, Halcombe (Manawatū)

The biggest weekend on the Scottish calendar — 100+ members away together for a full day of relay racing, a club dinner, and plenty of team spirit. Registrations close 15 September, payment due 24 September.

Details and registration

25 October: Pariwhero Relays

This Labour Weekend, grab three mates and get ready for the Pariwhero Relays, a brand-new four-leg trail relay taking on Wellington’s wild south coast at Red Rocks. Each team tackles four unique 8–12 km legs through some of the windiest, most scenic terrain the city has to offer — with registration from 7:30 am and the first runners off at 8:00 am from the Red Rocks Visitors Centre. Open to everyone, not just club members, so bring your team, carpool down, grab a coffee, and cheer each other through the handovers. Organised by our own Wellington Scottish member Matt Adams 

Full details, courses and entries

14 November: Te Ahumairangi 10000, Newtown Park

NZ’s biggest 10,000m track event — a fun, high-energy evening of pack running, prizes across multiple categories, and a great chance to chase a PB or try the track for the first time.

Last year’s details

Keep in touch:

• If there is anything you would like added to the Scottish Newsletter, or if your results have been missed, please email us.

• If you want to contact anyone about anything, your first port of call is our club captains, Meg and Joel and our club president, Simon.

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Notes about results and upcoming events

• If you want your event added to this newsletter, contact us by Sunday evening.

• We’ll publish an event or a result, and what makes it special, if we’re told about it. So let us know what you, your friends, family members and teammates are up to. It is especially important for coaches to let us know when your athletes are attempting and achieving their goals.

• If you do not want your name published in the newsletter or on the website, please let us know so we can omit you from the results.

Supporters

Lifestyle Sports

Lifestyle Sports is a long-term supporter of Wellington Scottish, providing us with sponsorship in various forms and offering our members a 10% discount. Their store is located in Outlet City in Tawa, near the exit from SH1. They sell discounted running shoes for adults and kids, along with other running gear, and will take special orders — all with our 10% discount applied. If you shop at Lifestyle, please mention that you are a Wellington Scottish member. Let them know that we’re good customers!

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Rehab Co.

Wellington Scottish has partnered with the physical therapy practice Rehab Co. to help keep our runners on the roads and trails doing what we love. More information about this partnership, including how to book appointments, is on our Scottish website.

Rehab Co.

Tailwind Nutrition and ZeroTwenty2

Scottish members get 15% off at Tailwind Nutrition and ZeroTwenty2 with code ‘fhayvice15’. Tailwind fuels your training and racing; ZeroTwenty2 gears you up for outdoor adventures. Big thanks to Wellington-based Mark and Fibi — loyal supporters of Kiwi athletes and events!

Tailwind