What’s on

Pack Runs & Walk

Venue: HVH Clubrooms (north east corner of Petone Rec, Udy Street).
Time: 1.45 Ready to run

Pack Runs and Walk.

Meet at 1.45pm ready to run or walk at 2pm.

Different packs to suit all abilities, from 30 minute runs at an easy pace to over an hour at 4min/km pace (or faster). Runs may take you off-road. Be prepared for all weather conditions.

The 3 events are as follows:

Sunday 26-May: Odells Reserve (206m) Tinakori Hill (Wadestown end) (300m) Brooklyn Turbine (300m)

Sunday 16-Jun: Chartwell Substation (200m) Makara Rd Saddle (200m) Wrights Hill (358m)

Sunday 28-Jul: Kingston Heights (170m) Mt Albert (182m) Mt Crawford Prison (163m)

Race registration & entry fee: You can pre-enter using internet banking or on the day from 7-30am at Wellington Scottish club rooms (south end of Prince of Wales Park, Salisbury Tce, Mt Cook). Entry fee is $12 per event or $30 for all 3 events if paid at Event 1. To pre-enter, deposit the entry fee by internet banking into the Wellington Scottish Athletics Club account 38-9005-0501833-00 with your name as the reference by Thursday before each event.

Race start and finish: Start anytime between 8am and 9am from Wellington Scottish club rooms (Prince of Wales Park, Mt Cook). You must be finished by 12 noon. We will record your start time and finish. Walkers may start earlier of they like.

Race route: You may take any route and run the Peaks in any order. Just look for the marshal at the top of the peak and get your race number checked off. We will have maps at the start line showing you where the marshals will be. If you don’t feel like doing all 3 peaks, you may do 2 or even 1. Just let the marshal at the finish know what peaks you didn’t complete.

Pre and Post race refreshments: Toilets, showers, and changing rooms are available at the Wellington Scottish club rooms. There will be complimentary hot and cold drinks and snack food at the finish line.

Prizes
We have another great range of sponsored spot prizes up for grabs this year and prizes for the fastest to complete all 3 and 9 peaks. Major sponsors for 2013 are Lifestyle Sports (Dress Smart, Tawa), Ice Breaker, Lake Auto Services, and Repco Petone.

For more information please email glenn.hughes@gmail.com

Open handicap cross country races.

Trentham Harriers are visiting us for this event.

Race details:
1.30pm: Boys & Girls 9 and Under (1km scratch race), Boys & Girls 13 and Under (2km scratch race)

2.00pm-ish:
Walkers;
Senior Women, Masters Women, Junior Women (W16 & W 19), Junior Men (M16 & M19) (4km open handicap);
Senior Men & Masters Men (8km open handicap)

(Both handicap races -- 4km and 8km -- will be run concurrently with one finish time.)

Old members day: Afternoon tea at the Clubrooms following the final race - please bring a plate

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Athletics Wellington in partnership with the Karori Athletics Club, Olympic Harriers, Upper Hutt Athletics Club and WHAC is running a Kids Cross Country series over the winter months.

There are cross country races for those aged from year 3 through to year 10. We're encouraging kids to get a couple of friends together to form school or sports club teams (3 per team). There are individual and team awards with certificates for individuals and teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd. And at the end of the four cross country races there will be medals for teams and individuals based on the three best placings over the series. So enter at least 3 events and you're in with a chance!

The cost is $5 per child for each event. If kids enter at least 5 days prior to the event they will get their own personalised race bib to keep as well. For the Cross Country race at Karori Park make sure you enter before the 25th of June. You can enter and pay online at www.athleticshub.co.nz or a registration form is attached which has further info including race times and distances. The first race starts at 10.30am, and the last race at 12pm.

You can register on the day from 9am, but if you'd like that personalised race bib then make sure you register early.

If you have any questions let Jo Murray know. We're looking forward to running more events with other clubs in the future too. In summary the details are:

DATES
Sun 30 June: Karori Park, Karori
Sun 14 July: Grenada North Park, off Jamaica Drive, Tawa
Sun 11 Aug: Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt
Sun 8 Sept: From WHAC Clubrooms, Mt Victoria, Wellington

APPROXIMATE TIMINGS AND DISTANCES
9am: On the Day Registrations and Race Bibs available to collect. We encourage you to enter at least 5 days prior for personalised race bib
9.30am: Course open for walk around
9.45am: Guided walk around course
10.30am: Year 3 Boys and Girls Race, 1km to 1.2km
10.45am: Year 4 Boys and Girls Race, 1km to 1.2km
11.00am: Year 5 Boys and Girls Race, 1.8km
11.15am: Year 6 Boys and Girls Race, 1.8km
11.30am: Year 7 Boys and Girls Race, 2.4km
11.45am: Year 8 Boys and Girls Race, 2.4km
12.00pm: Year 9 and 10 Boys and Girls Race, 3km

Please note: times can change on the day with races able to run up to 30 minutes earlier than advertised.

Further details