2026 harriers syllabus 
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Events and races from the club syllabus, the Wellington region, and further afield
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Black programme:
2:00: 3000m track walk, pole vault
2:25: sprint hurdles
2:30: shot put
2:45: 100m
3:00: 800m
3:25: 400m, triple jump
3:35: 3000m/5000m, discuss
4:00: 200m
Entries:
Bulk levy club registered athletes (including Olympic Harriers members): pre-enter for all events online at www.athleticswellington.org.nz by 8pm Thursday prior to the meet at no charge. On the day entries must be made at the meeting office at least 30 minutes before the scheduled event start at a cost of $5 per club registered athletes.
Non-club athletes: $5 for online pre-entry by 8pm Thursday prior to the meet (to be paid on the day of competition) or $10 on the day at least one hour before the scheduled event start time.
BYO if you want to stay for a while afterwards.
The Gully Gutbuster is designed for the whole family and caters for all fitness levels. Participants will enjoy a 5k or 10 Fun Run/Walk through the beautiful Seton Nossiter Park, the surrounding streets of Newlands and Paparangi and finish back on the Paparangi School grounds in Beazley Ave, Paparangi. The Kids Challenge will take place on the school grounds at 11am. The approx 1km Challenge will offer a few fun obstacles along the way. Children will receive a medal for their efforts at the end of the race. And we can't forget the Under 5's! Following the kids challenge there will be a short distance 'Dash' for anyone under 5 - gold coin entry on the day. Rain, hail or shine the Gully Gutbuster will go ahead.
PLEASE READ THE INFO BELOW SO OUR FIRST CLUB NIGHT RUNS AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE
What you need to know for our club night:
- Under 7s meet on the bottom field, so park on Caribbean Drive as the field is right there.
- For those 7 and older, when you turn up on the first club night there will be numbered posts on the 100 metre track. All age groups meet here. Please get your child to line up behind the number of the age group they’re competing in, i.e. if they’re in the 5s they line up behind the number 5 post and 6s they line up behind the number 6 post, etc.
- We’ll start straight away at 5.30pm so we can be finished by 6.45pm.
Cancellations
If our club night is ever cancelled we will post this info on our website www.olympicharriers.org.nz and on our Olympic Junior Athletics Facebook page. If there’s been a lot of rain prior to Mondays, please check our website or 'like' our Facebook page as if the council closes the grounds we have no choice but to cancel our club nights even if it’s a nice day – hopefully this won’t happen at all!
Age Flashes and Uniforms
- It's not compulsory to wear the Olympic uniform for club nights but a lot of kids like wearing our dri gear t-shirts, singlets or hoodies. Rama Smith will have uniforms by the BBQ area if you want to check them out. We'll have uniforms available to purchase or order every second club night.
- We are ordering club age flashes for all members. At the moment we only have them for those competing in interclubs as they're compulsory there. We should have the club ones available on the second club night in November. These just need to be safety pinned to the front of the top your child is wearing on club nights.
- Helen Carr is in charge of our second hand uniforms. If you have anything to sell please bring it to the first club night. And if you would like to purchase any second hand gear then see Helen by the BBQ area on club nights.
Ages for the Season
Whatever age your child is on 31 December this year is the age they'll compete in for the entire season. For example if your child is 9 now but turns 10 in January, they will stay in the 9 year old age group for the season. However if they are 9 now and turn 10 anytime from now until the 31st of December, then they will compete in the 10 year old age group from the beginning till the end of the season. In short, whatever their age is on the 31st of December 2010 is the age group they’ll compete in this season.
Coaches/Volunteers
Thanks very much to those who have offered to help out on club nights. Please check the attached programme to see if your name is listed as a helper, coach, age grade coordinator etc for tomorrow night. If your name isn’t down but you’d like to get involved please send me an email or see me at the end of our first club night.
Age Grade Coordinators (parents who are in charge of an age group taking them from station to station on club nights)
We have split some age groups into two or more groups. We will name these groups as colours red or black. We have a lot of gaps for age grade coordinators so please get in touch if you're keen to help out in this role. You just need to take the group your child is in from station to station each club night. If you are the age grade coordinator this week, we'll have a red and black pen for you to mark on the kids hands which group they're in (so if they're in the 7 year old 'black' group they'll stay in that group for the season etc).
BBQ
We will have a BBQ running each Monday night. There will be sausages ($2), Peppy or Caramel Chews ($1), Raspberry Twists ($1) available from 6pm. Donna McDonald and Helen Carr are organising the BBQ which is a good fundraiser for our club covering equipment costs etc.
Next Interclub
The first interclub of the season is Sunday 3 November at Newtown Park starting at 10am. The second interclub is in Masterton on their track there (near the Masterton swimming pool and cricket ground) on Sunday 16 November. Olympic has won the interclub trophy for the past three years so we're keen to give it everything we've got this year as well. So come along and represent your club. It's open to all 7 to 15 year old athletes and is a great way to make new friends and get to know others in our club. You'll need a Colgate age flash for this, so if you're not at the first interclub but are planning to go to Masterton, see Rama Smith or email her so she knows you need one on foursmith@xtra.co.nz
For Sunday 2 November we will have someone near the Function room (BBQ area) who will have our club's age flashes if you don't have one already.
For a link to the interclub programme go to:
http://nonlbassets.imgstg.com/assets/console/document/-documents/20141101083827AWJC_Interclub_2014_15_programme_ver4.pdf
Grade 11/12/13 Interprovincial Training Squad
Athletics Wellington is offering 11, 12 and 13 year old club athletes the chance to be part of the Grade 11/12/13 Interprovincial Training Squad for 2014/15. Next year the Grade 12/13 Interprovincials will be held in Hamilton over the Easter weekend. Any club registered athletes interested in being part of this training squad, and who are in this age group, can sign up at www.athleticshub.co.nz/events. The first training is after the interclub on Monday 2 November at Newtown Park.
Colgate Games for athletes aged 7 to 14 years – enter by Monday 17 November
The North Island Colgate Games is being held in Wellington this year from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 January. A number of our members are on the local organising committee including Rama Smith who is Chairing this group. We usually get around 50 kids taking part in the Colgate Games each January, and that's when we have to travel away. So this year we're expecting even more to enter and be part of this huge event since it's on our back door step. We'll have registration forms at our club night on Monday by the uniforms. Or you can download a registration form at http://www.athletics.org.nz/Get-Involved/Childrens-Athletics-NZCAA
Facebook and Website Pages
If you want to be kept in the loop with what's happening either at our club or with Athletics Wellington pages to like or go to include:
Facebook: Olympic Junior Athletics Athletics Wellington Athletics Hub
Websites: www.olympicharriers.org.nz www.athleticswellington.org.nz www.athleticshub.co.nz
Finally, if you’re interested in helping out in any way but haven’t let us know yet just send me an email and I’ll include your name on our roster for the season.
Looking forward to a successful season.
Cheers
Jo and our Olympic team
Jo Murray
The cycle of good weekends seems to be continuing - this week we will be a bit further away. ...
Tineke Hooft is our next host:
I am just writing to confirm runners are welcome if they want to run from Papakowhai on Saturday afternoon. Address is:
1 Tombane Lane Papakowhai (park on Tombane Tce).
Any member wishing to propose a remit to the general membership must do so in writing to the Secretary no later than 5 November 2015
PROPOSED AGENDA
1. Apologies
2. Confirmation of the record of the Annual General Meeting held on 6 November 2013
3. Matters arising from the Minutes
4. Presentation and adoption of the Annual Report for 2013/2014
5. Presentation and adoption of the Financial Statement for the year ended 30 September 2014
6. Adoption of the Budget and annual subscriptions for 2015/2016
7. Election of Office Bearers for the year 2014/2015
8. Remits and notices of motion:
8a. Remit to alter club name to "Olympic Harrier & Athletic Club Inc"
9. General business
This is a fun run & walk over the Rimutaka Rail trail through the Rimutaka Ranges. All courses are predominately off-road. The rail trail rises from 254m above sea level at the start, along a steady gradient, less than 1 in 40, until the bridge at Ladle Bend and then continues on to the summit at 348m above sea level. This is a scenic and historic route that can be negotiated by any
reasonably fit person.
Distances 21km, 14km, 7km.
Gold programme:
1:50: 5000m track walk
2:00: high jump
2:30: 300m/400m hurdles
2:45: 100m, javelin
3:00: 1500m
3:30: steeplechase (distance of 3000m, 2000m or 1500m), long jump
3:45: 400m
4:00: 200m
4:30: hammer
Entries:
Bulk levy club registered athletes (including Olympic Harriers members): pre-enter for all events online at www.athleticswellington.org.nz by 8pm Thursday prior to the meet at no charge. On the day entries must be made at the meeting office at least 30 minutes before the scheduled event start at a cost of $5 per club registered athletes.
Non-club athletes: $5 for online pre-entry by 8pm Thursday prior to the meet (to be paid on the day of competition) or $10 on the day at least one hour before the scheduled event start time.
Back to the clubrooms this week.
Chris and Alison Speakman play host this week.
120 Tirohanga Road, Lower Hutt
First left past (not at) Melling Bridge, and follow along up the hill, see http://tinyurl.com/myvmvfx
Black programme:
2:00: 3000m track walk, pole vault
2:25: sprint hurdles
2:30: shot put
2:45: 100m
3:00: 800m
3:25: 400m, triple jump
3:35: 3000m/5000m, discuss
4:00: 200m
Entries:
Bulk levy club registered athletes (including Olympic Harriers members): pre-enter for all events online at www.athleticswellington.org.nz by 8pm Thursday prior to the meet at no charge. On the day entries must be made at the meeting office at least 30 minutes before the scheduled event start at a cost of $5 per club registered athletes.
Non-club athletes: $5 for online pre-entry by 8pm Thursday prior to the meet (to be paid on the day of competition) or $10 on the day at least one hour before the scheduled event start time.
Back to the clubrooms this week.