Club News

Entries are now open for the 2024 Wellington Mountain Running champs, featuring a brand new up and down course: 

• Entry form

Late entries willl also be taken on Saturday from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at Waiora Hub.

Costs: 

• All Juniors (Up to 19 years old) $15.00 
• Seniors/masters (Wellington club members) 20 years plus $20.00 
• Seniors/masters (Non-Wellington club members)  20 years plus  $45.00 

Event times:

• 8:00 to 9:15am: race number pick up (Waiora Hub)
• 9:45am: welcome, course and safety information (Start/finish area)
• 10:00am: race 1 -- long course (senior men, senior women, masters men 35-49)
• 10:10am: race 2 -- medium course (MU20, MW35-49, MM/MW50-59, mm/MW60+)
• 10:20am: race 3 -- short course (WU20, MU/WU18, MU/WU16)
• 10:30am: race 4 -- sprint course (BU/GU14,  BU/GU12, BU/GU10)
• 1:00pm: prizegiving (Waiora Hub)

For more informatin see our calendar event page.

Olympic Harriers and Athletics Wellington proudly present the inaugural Kaukau Skyline Traverse, incorporating the 2024 Wellington Mountain Running Championships. 

Event Location 

The races will take place on the western hills of Johnsonville along the Skyline Track over Mt Kaukau. 

Races start and finish at the northern end of the Skyline Track heading south along the ridgeline to Mt Kaukau and beyond. All races are ‘out and back’ each with a turn-around point. The long course includes an additional challenging loop before turning around. 

Race distances and ascents

Race distances and approximate ascents are:  (note some start times have changed)

• Race 1: 10:00am Long course 12.15km (600m) 
• Race 2: 10:10am Medium course 8.75km (400m) 
• Race 3: 10:20am Short course 5.75km (220m) 
• Race 4: 10:30am Sprint course 1.75km (70m) 
• Medals and spot prizes: 1:00pm (approximate)

Championship runners must be registered with a Wellington club, wear their club uniform and run in the correct race according to their age grade. Non-championship runners can run in any race. You must be 18 years or older to run in races 1 or 2. 

For more informatin see our calendar event page.

As winter and the harrier season comes to an end, the track and field season starts.

Track and field kicks off at Newtown Park this Saturday with an opening day, followed by an open meet on Saturday 21st, and the first Central League meet at Inglewood the following Saturday (28th). 

This year there is an $8 entry fee to each Newtown Park meet, and like previous years you must pre-enter. 

Here are some useful links:

• Olympic calendar -- we currently in the process of adding summer events to our club calendar
• Athletics Wellington calendar with links for registering
• Athetics Wellington calendar (downloadable PDF version) 

If you're not into track and field, our summer club runs will continue each week from 21 Oct (Labour weekend). Details will be available shortly.

This is the final Athletics Wellington team selection for the New Zealand Cross Country champs in Taupo at the end of July (updated 21 July 2023). Olympic members in bold - well done team!

MENS GRADES

MU18:

• Ben Brunner
• Connor Kemp
• Max Poland
• Luca Evett

MU20:

• Max Doherty
• Josh Jordan
• Ryan Mackay
• Connor Chesney
• William Larkin
• Jacob Kilmister
• Shawn Peng

SM

• Joel Carman
• Liam Chesney
• Seamus Kane
• Thomas Strawbridge
• Max Karamanolis
• Hiro Tanimoto
• MaxTaylor

M35:

• Alvig Busa
• Jamie Duncan
• Brian Garmonsway
• Dan Clendon
• Stephen Day
• Josh Campbell
• James Richardson
• Alisdair Saunders

M50:

• Graeme Butcher
• Darren Gordon
• Willie Gunn
• Craig Holden
• Graeme Morrison
• Graeme Stevens
• Peter Stevens

M65:

• Tony Price

WOMENS GRADES

WU18:

• Scarlett Anderson
• Lulu Davies
• Poppy Healy
• Kate McHardy
• Amy McHardy

WU20:

• Abby Carver
• Lucy Jurke
• Eliza Squire
• Phoebe Squire

SW:

• Sarah Drought
• Saskia Cosgrove Drayton
• Maia Flint
• Esther George
• Raine Milne

W35:

• Lindsay Barwick
• Hannah Buglass-Deveraux
• Sally McGrandle
• Natalie Hardaker
• Ayesha Shafi
• Emily Solsberg

W50:

• Andrea Harris
• Victoria Humphries
• Jan Shepherd
• Michelle Van Looy
• Belinda Walker
• Heather Walker

The start of the harrier season is just about here!

Saturday 1 April

On Saturday 1 April is our Open Day for new and returning members. Join us at our clubrooms for a run or walk and afternoon tea (please bring a plate) with a coffee or beer afterwards. We will split into groups for our 'pack runs'. We are planning on having a number of groups depending on numbers, each with a different pace and runnng time:

• walkers
• shorter run for new runners (time dependent on what people are comfortable with)
• medium pace / less hills (about 45 mins)
• fast pace / more hills (60 mins+)

Meet at the clubrooms at 1:45 for a 2pm departure.

The following week is Easter when we will meet for an Easter themed pack run. Then on 15 April  is our first race: the 2km Maiden and Perston club races at Grenada North Park. There will be four races: two for the younger kids, the Maiden (2km cross country for those who have never won a race before) and the Perston Memorial (2km cross country - same course as the Maiden, but for those who have won a race before).

The races are followed by an afternoon tea back at the clubrooms - please bring a plate.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

If you are a new member and can't make it on Saturday you are more than welcome to join us another day.