What’s on

This year there are five events in the kids cross country series:

Sunday 11 May: Karori Park (hosted by Karori Amateur Athletic Club)
Sunday 8 June: Trentham Memorial Park (hsted by Upper Hutt Athletic Club)
Sunday 27 July: Sladden Park, Petone (hosted by Hutt Valley Harriers)
Sunday 31 August: Grenada North Park (hosted by Olympic Harriers)
Sunday 14 September: WHAC clubrooms, Mt Victoria (Hosted by Wellington Harrier Athletic Club)


2014 details:

9:30am - On the day registrations and race bibs available to collect. Enter at least 7 days prior for a personalised race bib
9:45am - Course open for walk around
10:00am - Guided walk around course
10:30am - Year 1 Boys and Girls Race (approx 800m)
10:45am - Year 2 Boys and Girls Race (approx 800m)
11:00am - Year 3 Boys and Girls Race (approx 1km to 1.5km)
11:15am - Year 4 Boys and Girls Race (approx 1km to 1.5km)
11:30am - Year 5 Boys and Girls Race (approx 2km to 2.5km)
11:45am - Year 6 Boys and Girls Race (approx 2km to 2.5km)

Please note: times can change on the day with races able to run up to 30 minutes earlier than advertised (only in adverse weather conditions if we need to rush it through).

We encourage you to enter online. Enter one event, or all five! It's a great way to keep fit over the winter months, so come along have some fun. The cost is $7 per person per event. You can enter on the day, but if you pre enter at least seven days before each event you will have your own personalised race bib on the day.

There are individual and team awards. You can get your friends together to form a team. 3 or 4 per team (top 3 in the team count). Individual placings count towards team points. Each team member must enter as an individual too. Teams but be entered online or before 10am on the day.

Medals and Awards

Medals for top 3 individuals in each race for each year group.

Certificates for top 3 teams in each race. (Children can run up a grade if they want to make up a team with older age groups, i.e. a year 2 can run in the year 3 race and be part of a year 3 team)
Please note: the team awards will be presented at the following event as we will organise personalised certificates following the event they competed in.

Medals for overall series top 3 individuals and teams (based on 3 best placings over the first 4 events). These will be awarded at the final event.

Registration

Online registration

Don't delay: enter now.

If you have any questions at contact Jo Murray at jo@athleticswellington.org.nz or 021 976116.

Further details

END OF SEASON CELEBRATION

Saturday 18 October (after prize-giving)

1841 Bar – Restaurant (Disraeli Street, Johnsonville)

3 course dinner, $35 per head (bar available)

Dinner @ 7.30pm

All welcome – members, families, supporters

We need to confirm numbers for catering purposes,
so please contact Barbara Prosser if you’ll be attending: either ph/text 027 662 5934 or
email mountaingoats@paradise.net.nz.

See you there!

Club Relay & Walk

Time: Meet at 12.30pm; 1pm start.

Further details

The honest 10 offers:

• An accurately measured 10km run for serious and not so serious runners


• At least two pacemakers (pace will vary from 40 - 55 muniutes)


• A drinks table that you can use out and back


• Time calls on the course


• Free sports drink at the finish


Registration from 8:15am at Evans Bay wind needle.
Run starts at 9am.
The couse runs from the wind needle to Freyberg bus stop and back.
Entry fee $10.

Further details

The Annual General Meeting of Wellington Masters Athletics Inc. will be held on Wednesday 24 September 2014 at the Olympic Harrier Clubrooms, Bannister Avenue, Johnsonville commencing at 7.00pm.

The following is the Agenda for the meeting plus Nominations received for office and remits received for consideration.

AGENDA

1. Quorum Check.

2. Call to Order and Welcome.

3. Apologies.

4. Minutes of previous AGM.

5. Matters arising from those Minutes.

6. President’s Report.

7. Financial Statement and Balance Sheet.

8. Election of Officers (see below).

9. Recommendation(s) from the Committee.

10. Appointment of Auditor.

11. Appointment of Records Statistician.

12. Remits

13. Remits for Annual General Meeting of NZMA.

14. Presentation of Awards (if any).

15. General Business.

16. Next Meeting for incoming Committee.

17. Closure

Item 8 - Nominations received for Committee:

Officers for 2014-2015:

                                    Nomination

Patron:                         Bruce Perry
President:                    Michael Wray                         
Vice President:             – vacant – (nominations please)            
Secretary:                   Albert Van Veen
Treasurer:                   Graham Gould

Committee:

Annie van Herck                      
Barbara Morrison
John Palmer
John Hammond                                    

Pack runs and walks

ANZ Road Relay Championships (Takahe to Akaroa).

Further details

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:

Entries will be taken on the day for this meet - no advance 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.

Pack runs and walks

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.

• 1:45 for 2.00pm start - Mystery run/Children's Activities
  Venue: at clubrooms


• 4.00pm Prize giving (treat for the children after the prize giving)
  Venue: St Francis Xavier School Hall,Main Rd, Tawa

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.

1841 Bar – Restaurant (Disraeli Street, Johnsonville)

Three course dinner, $35 per head (bar available).

Dinner at Johnson’s Clearing at 7.30pm

All welcome – members, families, supporters (kids’ menu available)

We need to confirm numbers for catering purposes: please contact Barbara Prosser if you’ll be attending: either ph/text 027 662 5934 or email mountaingoats@paradise.net.nz.

See you there!

A flat 10km which uses the Hutt Valley Marathon Clinic's function room at Huia Indoor Swimming Pool as a base.

An out and back course. The race starts outside Sacred Heart College, travels down Bellevue Road, turns left into Ludlum Crescent, then into Puriri Street along to the end, left into Pohutakawa Street and continues along past the Waterloo Interchange into Oxford Terrace.

There is also a 5km option.

Masters: 35 years and older; pre-masters: 30 years and older. Non-Wellington Masters Association members welcome.

Further details

The honest 10 offers:

• An accurately measured 10km run for serious and not so serious runners


• At least two pacemakers (pace will vary from 40 - 55 muniutes)


• A drinks table that you can use out and back


• Time calls on the course


• Free sports drink at the finish


Registration from 8:15am at Evans Bay wind needle.
Run starts at 9am.
The couse runs from the wind needle to Freyberg bus stop and back.
Entry fee $10.

Further details

Volunteer training for parents who help or who want to help during the season. We needs as many of you as possible! You'll have two different sessions you cn go to. We'll be covering track, long jump, shot put, discus and vortex. High jump will be covered separately.

Please email jo@kellysports.co.nz or text 021 976 6116 if you're planning to attend in case there are an changes.

Ideal for parents of our under 7 age group as we run Athletics NZ's Get Set Go programme on Monday club night for this age group. More details to follow. It will either be held at our club (the same time as the volunteer training above or at another date or time to be confirmed).

Programme:

Track

12.00pm 300m Hurdles Women
12.05pm 400m Hurdles Women
12.10pm 300m Hurdles Men
12.15pm 400m Hurdles Men
12.20pm 3000m Walk Women|Men
12.45pm 100m Seeded Grades
1.15pm 2km Steeples Women
1.25pm 2km Steeples Men
1.35pm 400m Women|Men
2.00pm 1500m women
2.10pm 1500m Men
2.20pm 4x 100m Relay Women|Men
2.30pm 110m Hurdles Men
2.35pm 100m Hurdles Women|Men
2.40pm 80m Hurdles Women|Men
2.45pm 70m Hurdles Women
2.55pm 800m Seeded Grades
3.15pm 200m Seeded Grades
3.40pm 3000m/5000m* All Grades
4.15pm 4 x 400m Relay Women|Men

 

Field

11.50am Long Jump men
11.50am High Jump women
12.00pm Polevault Women|Men
12.00pm Hammer women
12.45pm Hammer men
1.00pm Shot Put women
1.05pm Long Jump women
1.10pm High Jump men
1.45pm Shot Put men
2.00pm Discus women
2.15pm Triple Jump Men
2.45pm Discus men
3.10pm Javelin women
3.30pm Triple Jump women
3.40pm Javelin men

To enter, please enter Jo Murray.

A run around the Ngaio Hills from Tony Simmer's place. Meet 1.45 for a 2pm departure.

BYO if you want to stay for a while afterwards.

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.