Weekly news 6 July 2026: Alice and Floor speed around the Gold Coast

Coming up this week

Tuesday 6:00pm: Tuesday evening interval/speed session. 1600m @ HM pace, 1000m @ 10k pace, 400m @ 5k pace. 90sec recovery between reps. Meet outside Freyberg Pool, Oriental Bay. Details on Stack.
FOCUS EVENT Saturday 8:00am: Waitangi Parkrun, Waitangi Park. Turn up for a Parkrun race, a workout or tempo, a friendly pack run or jog, a walk, a social non-running catch-up, and a cafe visit afterwards.
Saturday 8:00am: Other Parkruns at Lower Hutt, Porirua, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kapiti, Ōtaki River and Greytown Woodside.
Sunday long pack runs: Usually leave at 8:30am from outside Freyberg Pool and other locations around Wellington. All speeds welcome.

Results

North Island Cross Country Championships

Three Wellington Scottish members travelled to Taupō this weekend. Nick Horspool won the Masters Men 40–44 category, running 21:07.1 over 6000m. Lennox Crowe finished 9th in the Senior Men 9000m race, 31:16.9 and Malcolm Hodge finished 10th in the same Senior Men 9000m race, 31:26.3.

Gold Coast Marathon

Half Marathon: Alice Sowry ran a PB, blasting under 90 minutes to finish in 01:28:58.

Marathon: Floortje Kaars Sijpestein gave sub-3 hours scare until the last couple of kilometres, and ran 03:02:24.

Barefoot XTrail Series – Battle at Boulder Hill

Short Course: Nilay Yaman finished in 2:00:26, 2nd F 20–29yrs.

Medium course: Kath Littler 2:11:21.

Long course: Bruce Hughes 1:37:09, finishing 2nd overall and 2nd in the M 30–39yrs category. Laura Girvan West 2:00:11, was the fastest woman in the F 30–39yrs category.

Parkruns

Check out the Scottish results.

Notices

Nau mai

Welcome to new club member, Patrick Morgan.

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

18 July: WUU2K

The WUU2K (Wellington Urban Ultra 2K) showcases the city’s rugged, natural contours by routing runners through stunning ridgelines, single-track mountain bike trails, and coastal vistas.

WUU2K website and entries

19 July: Wellington Cross Country Champs

The race is held at Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt, a well-known cross-country venue with a mix of open grass and rolling terrain. The course is generally firm underfoot but still varied enough to keep things interesting, with small rises, turns, and the possibility of changing conditions, depending on the weather.

Runners of all levels and ages take part. It’s a straightforward, welcoming event where clubs come together, and the focus is on getting around the course and running well and having fun.

Details and course map

26 July: Johnsonville Masters Road Race

Masters 8km Road Race and 6.4km Race Walk. Race headquarters Waiora Hub, Bannister Avenue, Johnsonville (Olympic Harriers Clubrooms). Start times 9.30am for walkers and 9.45am for runners.

Entry form available on the Wellington Masters website

15 August: Moonshine Relay, Trentham Memorial Park

Now in its second year, the Moonshine Relay sends four-person teams out along the Hutt River stopbank from Trentham Memorial Park, with each runner taking on the same 3.5km leg of sealed path. There's a grade for everyone, from Under 20 right through to Open Masters 60+, and last year's inaugural event drew over 350 runners and a great big Scottish turnout.

More info to come soon.

22 August: Wellington 5km Road Running Championships, Moores Valley, 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.

More info to come soon.

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.
P ublic Facebook page and join the Scottish member Facebook group here.
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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!

Lifestyle Sports on Facebook

Rehab Co.

Wellington Scottish has partnered with physical therapy practice Rehab Co. to help keep our runners on the roads and trails, doing what we love to do.

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