Vetline-Jan-2015 - NZ Masters Athletics

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Vetline
Official magazine of New Zealand and Oceania Masters Athletics
ISSN 1173 - 1265
ISSUE: VOL 33 No. 1
JANUARY 2015
in this issue:
> North Island Championships
> South Island Championships
> NZ Road Relay Championships
CONTENTS
The men’s 100m in Masterton, featuring Mark Macfarlane (WGN) , Gary Rawson (WGN) and Gavin White (Wgtn Scottish)
PHOTO: Sharon Wray
Start of the 5000m at the North Island championships in Hastings
PHOTO: Sharon Wray
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Official Magazine of New Zealand and Oceania Masters Athletics
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Vetline
Official magazine of New Zealand and Oceania Masters Athletics
ISSUE: VOL 33 No. 1
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ARTICLES
REGULARS
President’s Report
2
Miscellaneous News
3
Committees / Contacts
4
North Island T&F Championships
Michael Wray
6
South Island T&F Championships
Mike Weddell
14
NZ Road Relay Championships
Michael Wray
18
2014 Cross Country Season - NSW
Karen Petley
20
Noni Callendar - Award Winner
John Stinson
21
JANUARY 2015
in this issue:
> North Island Championships
> South Island Championships
> NZ Road Relay Championships
Andrea Willams was 1st in the W40 2000m steeplechase at the
North Island championships in Hastings
Calendar
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Photo - Sharon Wray
Inside Back Cover
NEWS
Andrew Davenport won the M45 1500m at the
North Island championships in Hastings
Photo - Sharon Wray
Back Cover
Bruce Solomon (WBP) and Gary Rawson (WGN) battling it out
Manawatu/Wanganui
Jen Fee
26
Taranaki
Vicky Jones
28
Northland
Graham Hardy
30
Waikato/BOP
Ray Laurie
31
Auckland
Chris Thompson
32
Wellington
Michael Wray
34
Tasman
Derek Shaw
36
Otago
John Stinson
37
Southland
Evan MacIntosh
38
in the 4 x 100m relay at the North Island championships in Hastings
Photo - Sharon Wray
ISSN 1173 - 1265
Denise Phillips (Obituary)
22
Lavinia Petrie 2014 IAAF Female Masters Athlete of the Year
Wilma Perkins
24
WMA News
Stan Perkins
25
Coaching Corner
Mike Weddell
35
Vetline - January 2015
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Miscellaneous News
Editorial
President’s Report
I have just had a most pleasant weekend
officiating at the South Island Masters
Track and Field Championships in Dunedin.
Admittedly the weather was not the best
with conditions being more like winter
at times however the organisation and
the competition was exemplary. The
championships were run along different
lines in that the Masters programme was
combined with Otago Children on Saturday
morning and Otago Seniors on Friday evening
and Saturday afternoon.
This meant we had a full complement of officials
and there were no long periods of inactivity on
the track. After discussion at the South Island
meeting during the lunch hour it was agreed
that we should try to maintain this format
and seek inclusion in the ANZ South Island
Championships next year. This would also be
another step towards total integration of our
sport.
by MIKE WEDDELL - NZMA President
OMA News
New Caledonia
AGM To Be Held With OAA Congress
Half Marathon/Marathon Results
To provide a greater opportunity for OMA Pacific Island
Affiliates and Associates to attend the next OMA AGM
it will be held in conjunction with the OAA Congress at
Tweed Heads, New South Wales. The AGM will be held
on Sunday 8 February 2015. An OMA Council meeting
will be held on Saturday 7 February 2015.
Noumea - 24/08/2014
OMA Championships Cook Islands
October 5-10 2015
A draft program based on the events which were
conducted last time the Championships were held
in Rarotonga (2004) is on the OMA website www.
oceaniamastersathletics.org for those that are
interested.
Book Review
EDITOR
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PUBLISHER
A great way to update your knowledge on masters
athletes is to have a read of a book just onto the market
that has been written by a masters athlete who has been
a competing member since 1981.
The book is called “Age Shall Prove No Barrier In The
Pursuit of Excellence” and consists of short stories on
some of Australia’s Greatest Veteran/Masters Athletes.
Athletes include Marge Allison, Marie Kay, Chris Schultz,
John Gilmour and Peter Crombie.
The author, Mike Hall, showed his publication skills back
in the 1980’s when he personally produced a quarterly
national magazine for our sport. This magazine provided
great articles on athletics and athletes in the lead up to
the first World Masters Athletics Championship held in
Australia in 1987. Similarly this magazine published some
great stories after these world championships.
Mike’s love of masters athletics shows through in this
book. He selected thirty different athletes to research
and write about. In the Foreword, Mike states that
the prime objective for compiling the book was to
highlight these particular individual performances and
to provide recognition they richly deserved and to offer
inspirational guide for readers to set their own personal
goals.
Half Marathon
W35-39
BEAUFILS Anne
M35-39
GUESDON Sébastien OBLET Cédric
NAJDA Benjamin
HAICAULT Mickae
M40-44
BENFODDA Nordine
MONIN Stephan
W40-44
ANCEY Carine
DUBACH Marie-Pierre
W45-49
CAILLEAU Marie-Aline
M45-49
GAUDIN Dominique
W50-54
TIO Francoise
MEUNIER Francoise
M55-59
MORVILLE Louis
PONCIN Patrick
M60-64
LAURENT Jean
CAPRON Denis
Perf. Team
1.28.53 75 Js Vallee-du-tir
1.18.49
1.19.26
1.22.14
1.34.08
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75
76
76
Athletic Club De Paita
Asptt Nouvelle Caledonie
As Magenta Noumea
1.14.48
1.19.17
73
72
Js Vallee-du-tir
1.45.51
1.55.45
73
71
Pass’Running FFA
1.50.43
67
As Magenta Noumea
1.58.05
65
As Magenta Noumea
1.49.49
1.58.18
61
62
1.37.06
1.42.44
58
55
1.42.55
1.49.29
52
53
2.40.30
2.45.59
3.12.30
77
77
76
New Zealand
Belgium
3.00.45
3.06.58
3.17.08
73
74
71
Js Vallee-du-tir
Marathon
M35-39
PARSON Dave
VANHOOVELS Johan
POULIQUEN Ronan
M40-44
TANTOT Julien
LHENRY Ronan
EAVKP BIONDO Paolo W40-44 MENSCH Natalie
CRUMPTON Shireen
W50-54
HUON Odile
M50-54
MARDJOEKI René
LOTRIAN Bernard
NL
3.03.04 73
3.12.14 70
Australia
New Zealand
3.15.53
63
3.33.34
3.34.46
63 As Magenta Noumea
62 As Magenta Noumea
Where can you obtain the book?
Email Mike on: [email protected]
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Article
North Island T&F Championships
PHOTOS: Sharon Wray
by Michael Wray
We had all sorts of weather in Hastings for the North
Island Masters Track & Field Champs with only one
constant - the wind. On the Sunday in particular, the
sprinters were complaining about battling head winds
recorded at 8.6 m/s, with the 5000m runners pointing
out they ran into that 13 times! And the long jumpers
on the other side of the track cursed the wind for
nullifying any potential records. It was brutal and I
expect all Hawkes Bay residents to never moan about
Wellington winds ever again!
The race programme for the distance events in this
meet represented a departure from the usual North
Island format. The 3000m had been moved from being
the final Sunday event to a Friday evening spot in place
of the 5000m. The latter had been shifted to Sunday
morning and the 10km Road Run removed altogether.
I notice the South Island championships have usually
been conducted in this way, so this means we now
have uniformity. I don’t know which approach will be
adopted in future North Island championships but I
hope we stick with the change. The 3000m is not a
part of the National programme, due to it not being
contested at any IAAF outdoor championships. As
a result, you rarely have the opportunity to race the
event properly. It’s nice to be able to race a 3000m
against worthwhile opposition when fresh. Previously
one had to choose between being fatigued by earlier
events or not participating until the final event of the
championships.
The Friday competitors experienced a whole range
of conditions. Early rain gave way to sunshine, before
settling on heavy hail showers and thunder storms. The
sanity of the throwers for wanting to continue with
metal implements during a lightning storm in the latter
stages of the day has to be questioned! I hope they
showed appreciation to the officials.
The M65+ shot put and the female weight throw
competitors were lucky enough to complete their
activities before the worst of the weather, kicking
off the championship when the weather seemed fine
and only enduring rain showers. In the weight throw,
the W65 competitors Bev Savage and Barbara Austin
recorded the best distances. Waikato’s Peter Crawford
(M70) and Borge Stannits (M85) were particularly
impressive, with the latter smashing the championship
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record and out-throwing most of the younger athletes.
Borge also picked up the record in the hammer throw
during a period when the weather was at its worst
while his regional team mate, Johan Van Zyl, was doing
the same thing in the M55 shot put at the other end of
the field.
The 3000m track walkers started in time to enjoy bouts
of heavy showers. Only six lined up for the start and
they were soon splashing their way through the many
puddles on track. Wellington’s Jacqueline Wilson was
the sole walker to break 20 minutes, but regional team
mate Daphne Jones took the plaudits by breaking the
W70 championship record.
The 400m runners took to the track, contesting several
different heats. W40 Vanessa Story dominated her
race, while W40 Julia Lile and W50 Meghann Stewart
staged a close finish to be second across the line. Julia
edged it by just 0.20 seconds and Meghann missed the
championship W50 record by a mere half second. In the
men, although not marked with the all-important R in
the results, Hayden Robinson beat a M40 record that
had stood since 1996. Bruce Solomon came within 0.03
seconds of the M50 record.
In the gap to the 3000m run, the rain had cleared up
and the wind managed to remove most of the puddles
from the track surface. M45 William Twiss led for the
first 900m, setting a strong pace. Then M45 Michael
Wray took over, closely followed by fellow M45 Andrew
Davenport. Andrew made a break in the approach to
the start of the bell lap. Michael gave chase, but was
unable to match the finishing speed and Andrew won
in 9:31. Both broke the previous championship record,
which Andrew had set in 2012. There were no records
under threat in the women’s race, but Michelle Van
Looy had a close race with Karyn McCready before
moving ahead for a comfortable winning margin of 19
seconds.
By Saturday morning, the wind had picked up. On the
plus side, it meant the rain and thunder clouds weren’t
able to stick around. Borge Stannits picked up where
he’d left off the day before, this time throwing new M85
records in the javelin. Laurie Malcolmson did the same
for the M65s to break a record set in 1999.
Tony Price - 1st M55 3000m in 10:30.34
Vanessa Story - 1st W40 400m sprint in 1:02.52
The 2000m steeplechase featured five competitors,
where the action consisted of two sub-races. Graeme
Adams and Des Phillips raced off in the M65 section,
in which Graeme emerged the victor after pulling
away after about 1km. The W40s had experienced
steeplechaser Andrea Williams (Lambert) against
recent convert Michelle Van Looy. Andrea’s experience
saw her through to the win, just four seconds outside
her own record.
record that was already jointly held. Blair in 1998 and
McGregor in 2006 are now joined by Andersen in 2014.
Brendan Magill ran solo in the 3000m steeplechase, but
he inadvertently provided entertainment to the crowd
by shushing the timekeeper after the first lap with a cry
of “no times please!”
Just before lunch Borge Stannits was at it again, picking
up his fourth record – this time in the weight throw.
Johan Van Zyl followed the example, securing his
second record after lunch. After lunch, Borge added the
discus record to complete the full set of M85 throws
records.
Over at the high jump Gary Rawson, who was getting
his money’s worth by competing in many different
events, set a new M55 record to take another one away
from the ‘class of 99’. In the M65s Murray Andersen
was creating an interesting situation by equalling a
The 60m and 100m sprints were held either side of
lunch, almost all into head winds though there were a
few who managed to time their heat just right to grab
a brief tailwind as the lunchtime swirls turned back
and forth for a little while. Despite the wind, both
Vanessa Story and Julia Lile beat the W40 60m record;
Vanessa claimed the record by 0.04s. Gideon Hanekom
claimed the M35 record in a close contest with club
mate Dennis Langford. Other 60m records went to
Bruce Solomon (M50), Gary Rawson (M55), Laurie
Malcolmson (M65) and Malcolm Fraser (M75). Did the
60m runners have some kind of custom wind-break?
There were a few false starts in the 100m, but Gary
Rawson and Malcolm Fraser held their composure
to take their second sprint records. Given how close
Laurie Malcolmson came to another record despite a
6.1 headwind, he must have wished his heat had been
more fortuitously timed.
The women’s 1500m threw a three-way race across
different age groups. Michelle Van Looy (W40)
overcame a fast start from W45 Karyn McCready
before unsuccessfully trying to pressure W50 Meghann
Stewart.
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Meghann led from the start, eventually claiming the
record from previous holder namesake Judith (who I
assume is no relation). The men’s 1500m threw up a
similar race to the previous day’s 3000m with the same
three runners: Andrew Davenport, Michael Wray and
Bill Twiss all, as before, finishing in that order.
On Sunday morning the 10km Road Walk took place
in the adjacent car park. The metservice had issued an
extreme weather alert that included a wind warning for
Hawkes Bay. Perhaps this was responsible for so many
competitors scratching, with only three finishers in an
event won by Jackie Wilson.
The 5000m, starting nearly two hours later, was also a
windswept affair. Without the runners who had beaten
them in the 3000m, both Michael Wray and Karyn
McCready were able to run to easy wins. Well, as easy
it can be running into wind readings up to 8.6 every half
lap. The long jump was conducted at the same time,
with a tail wind, but none of the wind readings came in
anywhere near the legal limit for record claims.
second run was into a slightly stronger wind and was
slightly faster.
In the female 800m, only two runners competed when
over half the field withdrew. Consisting of one W50
and one W70, it effectively meant two separate solo
runs took place. Meghann Stewart attacked her run
regardless and added the 800m record to the 1500m
she’d earned the day before. Despite also having some
withdrawals, a full heat of eight men lined up. Andrew
Davenport and Andrew Sexton fought out the lead as
Michael Wray chased. Andrew Sexton and Michael
Wray both came within a few tenths of a second of their
respective PBs, but Andrew Davenport galloped to the
win anyway.
The championship’s track events concluded with the
hurdles. Andrea Williams (Lambert) set a new 400mH
record, bettering the W40 record she already held.
As it happens, there are only two female 400mH
championship records on file - the W35 and W40 – and
Andrea holds both.
Rounding up the combined events, Dennis Langford
secured a new M35 points record. The only surprise
was seeing Borge just miss out on the M85 throws
pentathlon record. In his pentathlon throws on the
Sunday, he couldn’t quite reproduce the performances
of the last two days in enough of his attempts.
PHOTOS: Sharon Wray
The 200m tested the wind-worthiness of the sprinters,
especially the female runners who had the worst of it.
Vanessa Story and Julia Lile continued their duel. As
before Vanessa won, but it was a very narrow margin.
Gary Rawson managed to run in two consecutive, or
near consecutive, heats – running once for the 200m
and then again for the pentathlon. Remarkably, his
Results
60m
W40
Vanessa Story
WGN
8.76
Julia Lile
WBP
8.80
W60
Nancy Bowmar
NTH
11.00
W65
Sheryl Gower
WBP
9.85
Zillah Nixon
AKL
12.26
W70
Frances Bayler
MNW
11.51
W75
Judy Hammond
WGN
11.59
M35
Gideon Hanekom
NTH
7.61
Dennis Langford
NTH
7.77
M40
Hayden Robinson
MNW
7.88
William Stephenson HBG
8.27
M50
Bruce Solomon
WBP
7.94
Seelan Ramiah
AKL
8.42
Mark Macfarlane
WGN
8.44
Michael Milburn
WGN
9.21
M55
Gary Rawson
WGN
7.99
Stephen Burden
WBP
8.24
Warren Edlin
HBG
9.61
M65
Laurie Malcolmson
MNW
8.45
Alan Dougall
AKL
8.78
Paul Sharland
MNW
9.38
Ross McBeth
WGN
9.64
M75
Malcolm Fraser
CAN
9.67
Stewart Foster
WBP
10.15
Peter Hanson
WGN
11.26
100m
W40
Vanessa Story
WGN
13.92
Julia Lile
WBP
14.40
W60
Nancy Bowmar
NTH
18.16
W65
Sheryl Gower
WBP
16.25
Zillah Nixon
AKL
20.78
W70
Frances Bayler
MNW
19.12
W75
Judy Hammond
WGN
19.29
M35
Gideon Hanekom
NTH
12.13
Dennis Langford
NTH
12.45
M40
Hayden Robinson
MNW
12.32
William Stephenson HBG
13.37
M50
Bruce Solomon
WBP
12.66
Mark Macfarlane
WGN
13.47
Seelan Ramiah
AKL
13.89
Michael Milburn
WGN
14.89
M55
Gary Rawson
WGN
12.78
Stephen Burden
WBP
13.07
Warren Edlin
HBG
15.47
M65
Laurie Malcolmson
MNW
13.71
Alan Dougall
AKL
14.38
Paul Sharland
MNW
15.35
Ross McBeth
WGN
16.12
M70
Alan Silvester
WBP
16.34
M75
Malcolm Fraser
CAN
15.45
Stewart Foster
WBP
16.23
200m
Meghann Stewart broke the W50 Nth Island record in the 800m
with a time of 2:30.83
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Jeremy Griffith - 1st M75 3000m in 15:24.33
W40
Vanessa Story
WGN
29.69
Julia Lile
WBP
30.65
W60
Nancy Bowmar
NTH
46.51
W65
Sheryl Gower
WBP
36.49
W75
Judy Hammond
WGN
50.43
M35
Dennis Langford
NTH
26.99
M50
Bruce Solomon
WBP
27.07
Michael Milburn
WGN
32.13
M55
Gary Rawson
WGN
27.67
Stephen Burden
WBP
28.87
Steve Lowe
TAS
29.55
Warren Edlin
HBG
33.65
M65
Laurie Malcolmson
MNW
29.64
Alan Dougall
AKL
30.59
Paul Sharland
MNW
34.00
Ross McBeth
WGN
34.94
M75
Malcolm Fraser
CAN
35.55
Stewart Foster
WBP
37.62
400m
W40
Vanessa Story
WGN
1:02.52
Julia Lile
WBP
1:07.04
W50
Meghann Stewart
AKL
1:07.24
W65
Sheryl Gower
WBP
1:28.64
W70
Joan Mayall
WBP
1:46.20
W75
Judy Hammond
WGN
1:45.54
M40
Hayden Robinson
MNW
53.24
M50
Bruce Solomon
WBP
58.15
M55
Steve Lowe
TAS
1:03.97
Stephen Burden
WBP
1:07.12
Warren Edlin
HBG
1:15.36
M65
Alan Dougall
AKL
1:09.93
Des Phillips
TAR
1:13.38
Murray Clarkson
WBP
1:17.24
Ross McBeth
WGN
1:20.19
Alan Jones
TAR
1:21.53
M75
Malcolm Fraser
CAN
1:19.62
Peter Hanson
WGN
1:37.92
800m
5000m
W45
Karyn McCready
W65
Robyn Winter
W75
Ray Wallis
M45
Michael Wray
William Twiss
M55
Tony Price
Barry Watson
M65
Graeme Adams
Murray Clarkson
M70
Robert McPherson
M75
Jeremy Griffith
WBP
21:10.69
WBP
31:57.96
WGN
28:47.19
WGN
WGN
17:25.14
18:05.68
WGN
WBP
18:17.95
20:56.34
WBP
WBP
20:45.35
22:13.82
WBP
24:57.50
MNW
27:47.04
Female - 4x100m Relay
Waikato53.83
Wellington54.56
80m Hurdles
M70
Alan Silvester
WBP
20.77
W50
M65
Meghann Stewart
AKL
2:30.83
Des Phillips
TAR
27.99
W70
Joan Mayall
WBP
4:13.21
M40
Andrew Sexton
AKL
2:13.52
M45 M65
Des Phillips
TAR
1:00.62
Andrew Davenport
MNW
2:10.43
Michael Wray
WGN
2:16.70
William Twiss
WGN
2:26.58
M65
W40
Graeme Adams
WBP
2:44.65
Andrea Williams
WGN
1:21.04
Des Phillips
TAR
2:48.62
M45
Murray Clarkson
WBP
2:58.96
Andrew Davenport
MNW
1:12.73
Alan Jones
TAR
3:03.60
M50
Brendan Magill
WBP
1:20.11
100m Hurdles
300m Hurdles
400m Hurdles
1500m
2000m Steeplechase
W40
Michelle Van Looy
WGN
5:25.89
W45 W40
Andrea Williams
Karyn McCready
WBP
5:35.12
Michelle Van Looy
Karina Meyers
WBP
7:38.13
W50 W65
Robyn Winter
Meghann Stewart
AKL
5:19.01
W60 M65
Graeme Adams
Joan Paling
HBG
7:55.46
W65 Des Phillips
Robyn Winter
WBP
8:42.94
M45
Andrew Davenport
MNW
4:29.75
M50
Michael Wray
WGN
4:35.74
Brendan Magill
William Twiss
WGN
4:42.96
M55
Gerry Meyers
WBP
6:02.70
M65
W35
Graeme Adams
WBP
5:44.21
Vicky Jones
Murray Clarkson
WBP
6:09.36
W55
Alan Jones
TAR
6:31.53
Theresa Large
M70
W65
Robert McPherson
WBP
6:48.28
Jacqueline Wilson
M75
Sheryl Miratana
Jeremy Griffith
MNW
7:24.88
W70
Peter Hanson
WGN
8:07.31
Daphne Jones
M80
M65
Jim Tobin
HBG
10:34.95
Geoff Iremonger
WGN
WGN
8:21.83
8:26.06
WBP
12:56.26
WBP
TAR
9:11.06
9:42.19
3000m Steeplechase
WBP
12:55.94
3000m Track Walk
3000m
TAR
21:56.70
WBP
20:09.43
WGN
WBP
18:54.79
22:48.91
WGN
21:01.05
WGN
21:00.84
10km Road Walk
W40
W35
Michelle Van Looy
WGN
11:30.96
Vicky Jones
W45
W65
Karyn McCready
WBP
11:49.32
Jacqueline Wilson
Karina Meyers
WBP
17:06.23
M65
W65
Geoff Iremonger
Robyn Winter
WBP
18:26.58
M45
Andrew Davenport
MNW
9:31.55
Michael Wray
WGN
9:34.66
W60
William Twiss
WGN
10:10.55
M55 Nancy Bowmar
W70
Tony Price
WGN
10:30.34
Frances Bayler
Barry Watson
WBP
11:51.80
W75
Gerry Meyer
WBP
12:42.28
M65 Judy Hammond
M35
Graeme Adams
WBP
12:14.93
M70 Dennis Langford
M50
Robert McPherson
WBP
13:59.95
M75 Seelan Ramiah
Bruce Solomon
Jeremy Griffith
MNW
15:24.33
Mark Macfarlane
M55
Stephen Burden
Gary Rawson
TAR
1:19:08.0
WGN
1:06:35.0
WGN
1:13:42.0
NTH
3.24
MNW
2.93
WGN
2.93
NTH
5.31
AKL
WBP
WGN
5.13
4.76
4.35
WBP
WGN
5.28
4.97
Long Jump
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PHOTOS: Sharon Wray
Ian Clarke - 1st M40 shotput with 7.35m
Long Jump (cont.)
M65
Ross McBeth
M70
Alan Silvester
Mike Shepherd
M75
Les Williams
M80
Hector Mein
Shot Put
WGN
3.77
WBP
MNW
2.96
2.54
WBP
2.80
WBP
2.56
High Jump
W60
Nancy Bowmar
W65
Zillah Nixon
W75
Judy Hammond
M40
David Sexton
M50
Seelan Ramiah
Mark Macfarlane
M55
Gary Rawson
M65
Murray Andersen
Des Phillips
M70
Mike Shepherd
Roy Skuse
Rob McGreggor
M75
Les Williams
M80
Jim Blair
Hector Mein
NTH
1.14
AKL
0.90
WGN
1.00
HBG
1.49
AKL
WGN
1.49
1.36
WGN
1.45
HBG
TAR
1.30
1.20
MNW
HBG
WBP
1.10
1.05
1.05
WBP
1.00
WGN
WBP
1.00
1.00
Triple Jump
W60
Nancy Bowmar
W70
Frances Bayler
M35
Dennis Langford
M50
Merve Dudley
M55
Stephen Burden
Gary Rawson
Warren Edlin
M65
Murray Andersen
Ross McBeth
M70
Mike Shepherd
M75
Les Williams
M80
Hector Mein
10
Michelle Scriven was 1st in the W45 shot put with 9.23m
NTH
6.57
MNW
6.09
NTH
11.09
HBG
8.17
WBP
WGN
HBG
10.83
10.08
7.41
HBG
WGN
8.24
8.15
MNW
6.11
WBP
6.06
WBP
4.70
W45
Michelle Scriven
WGN
Veronica Romagnoli WBP
Karyn McCready
WBP
W50
Tina Rainford
AKL
W65
Barbara Austin
NTH
Bev Savage
WBP
W70
Marion Clarke
WBP
W75
Julie Williams
WBP
W90
Pauline Purser
WBP
M35
Dave Couper
WBP
Dennis Langford
NTH
M40
Ian Clarke
WBP
M45
Laini Inivale
AKL
Mike Horlor
WGN
M50
Bruce Solomon
WBP
Merve Dudley
HBG
Seelan Ramiah
AKL
M55
Johan Van Zyl
WBP
Craig Stannius
WBP
Gary Rawson
WGN
M60
Tuariki Delamere
AKL
Christopher ThompsonAKL
Robert Hannan
WGN
M65
Murray Andersen
HBG
M70
Peter Crawford
WBP
Rob McGreggor
WBP
Mike Shepherd
MNW
Roy Skuse
HBG
M75
Peter Hanson
WGN
Bruce Clarke
WBP
Bryan Mayall
WBP
Ray Laurie
WBP
M80
Hector Mein
WBP
M85
Borge Stannilts
WBP
9.23
8.74
5.85
10.87
8.49
8.09
4.22
3.87
3.77
10.34
9.80
7.35
11.85
8.48
10.38
9.79
9.49
11.85
8.37
7.95
10.27
9.77
4.53
9.29
11.30
8.94
8.47
7.83
8.15
7.77
5.50
4.90
6.93
10.27
Discus
W40
Vanessa Story
W45
Michelle Scriven
Veronica Romagnoli
Karyn McCready
W50
WGN
17.27
WGN
WBP
WBP
24.92
23.04
15.05
Tina Rainford
AKL
W55
Theresa Large
WBP
W65
Bev Savage
WBP
Barbara Austin
NTH
W70
Marion Clarke
WBP
W75
Julie Williams
WBP
W90
Pauline Purser
WBP
M35
Dennis Langford
NTH
Dave Couper
WBP
M40
David Sexton
HBG
Ian Clarke
WBP
M45
Laini Inivale
AKL
M50
Bruce Solomon
WBP
Merve Dudley
HBG
Seelan Ramiah
AKL
M55
Johan Van Zyl
WBP
Craig Stannius
WBP
Gary Rawson
WGN
M60
Joe Bradley
HBG
Tuariki Delamere
AKL
Robert Hannan
WGN
M65
Murray Andersen
HBG
M70
Peter Crawford
WBP
Mike Shepherd
MNW
Rob McGregor
WBP
Roy Skuse
HBG
M75
Bruce Clarke
WBP
Peter Hanson
WGN
Ray Laurie
WBP
M80
Jim Blair
WGN
M85
Borge Stannilts
WBP
28.30
15.36
20.55
17.60
8.90
9.63
6.85
32.11
27.07
29.47
27.37
27.82
31.21
27.81
25.64
34.38
26.93
26.04
36.01
35.38
32.32
13.70
29.66
34.70
26.48
25.65
23.36
20.06
17.51
17.09
19.85
23.44
Javelin
W45
Veronica Romagnoli
Michelle Scriven
Karyn McCready
W50
Tina Rainford
W65
Barbara Austin
Bev Savage
W70
Marion Clarke
W75
WBP
WGN
WBP
21.03
19.07
15.47
AKL
22.92
NTH
WBP
17.48
12.74
WBP
8.15
Gary Rawson (WGN) 1st in the M55 60m in a record time of 7.99
Judy Hammond
W90
Pauline Purser
M35
Dave Couper
Dennis Langford
M40
Ian Clarke
David Sexton
M45
Laini Inivale
M50
Bruce Solomon
Brendan Magill
Merve Dudley
M55
Gary Rawson
Joe Bradley
Robert Hannan
M65
Laurie Malcolmson
Murray Andersen
M70
Peter Crawford
Rob McGregor
M75
Bruce Clarke
Bryan Mayall
M80
Jim Blair
M85
Borge Stannilts
WGN
10.16
WBP
5.35
WBP
NTH
47.55
41.91
WBP
HBG
36.02
32.98
AKL
16.70
WBP
WBP
HBG
31.04
26.95
24.02
WGN
HBG
WGN
30.53
40.95
10.05
MNW
HBG
40.11
31.08
WBP
WBP
31.83
24.03
WBP
WBP
18.08
14.07
WGN
22.07
WBP
24.75
Hammer
W45
Veronica Romagnoli
Michelle Scriven
W50
Tina Rainford
W55
Theresa Large
W65
Bev Savage
Barbara Austin
W70
Marion Clarke
W90
Pauline Purser
M35
Dave Couper
M40
Ian Clarke
M45
Laini Inivale
M50
Merve Dudley
WBP
WGN
23.77
23.56
AKL
20.68
WBP
19.95
WBP NTH
29.09
24.81
WBP
15.94
WBP
10.68
WBP
31.04
WBP
23.76
AKL
19.03
HBG
25.59
Borge Stannilts broke the M85 NI record with a throw of 23.44m
M55
Johan Van Zyl
WBP
36.94
M60
35.89
Tuariki Delamere
AKL
30.20
Robert Hannan
WGN
12.06
M65
Murray Andersen
HBG
32.93
M70
Roy Skuse HBG
22.02
M75
Bruce Clarke
WBP
25.06
Ray Laurie
WBP
19.68
M80
Jim Blair
WGN
19.95
Hector Mein
WBP
16.55
M85
Borge Stannilts
WBP
25.59
Weight Throw
W45
Veronica Romagnoli WBP
Michelle Scriven
WGN
W50
Tina Rainford
AKL
W65
Bev Savage
WBP
Barbara Austin
NTH
W70
Marion Clarke
WBP
W90
Pauline Purser
WBP
M35
Dave Couper
WBP
M40
Ian Clarke
WBP
M45
Laini Inivale
AKL
M55
Johan Van Zyl
WBP
M60
Tuariki Delamere
AKL
Robert Hannan
WGN
M70
Roy Skuse
HBG
Rob McGregor
WBP
M75
Bruce Clarke
WBP
Ray Laurie
WBP
M80
Jim Blair
WGN
Hector Mein
WBP
M85
Borge Stannilts
WBP
9.22
8.80
9.26
11.86
10.34
6.02
4.37
10.62
8.76
9.88
13.46
13.44
10.63
5.42
10.41
7.59
9.01
6.51
9.38
8.52
10.45
Pentathlon
W60
Nancy Bowmar
Lynne Mackay
W75
Judy Hammond
M35
Dennis Langford
M40
Ian Clarke
M50
Bruce Solomon
M55
Gary Rawson
NTH
TAR
2067
1853
WGN
2473
NTH
2311
WBP
1490
WBP
2549
WGN
2472
Throws Pentathlon
W45
Veronica Romagnoli
Michelle Scriven
W50
Tina Rainford
W65
Bev Savage
Barbara Austin
W70
Marion Clarke
W90
Pauline Purser
M35
Dave Couper
M40
David Sexton
M45
Laini Inivale
M50
Merve Dudley
M55
Johan Van Zyl
M60
Tuariki Delamere
Christopher Thompson
Robert Hannan
M65
Murray Andersen
M70
Roy Skuse
M75
Bruce Clarke
Ray Laurie
M80
Jim Blair
Hector Mein
M85
Borge Stannilts
WBP
WGN
2513
2287
AKL
2587
WBP
NTH
3375
3122
WBP
1727
WBP
2234
WBP
3504
HBG
1133
AKL
2457
HBG
367
WBP
3071
AKL
AKL
WGN
2678
2508
352
HBG
572
HBG
1900
WBP
WBP
2420
1528
WGN
WBP
2453
1874
WBP
4005
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PHOTOS: Sharon Wray
The women’s 60m sprint. Vanessa Story (4004) 8.76 narrowly wins over Julia Lile (4001 ) 8.80 in the M40 age group.
Jacqueline Wilson - 1st W65 3000m racewalk in 18:54.79
Mark Macfarlane (WGN) clearing 1.55m in the M50 high jump
Alan Dougall - 1st in the M65 400m in a time of 1:09.93
Nancy Bowmar (6001) was 1st W60 60m in a time of 11.00
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Malcolm Fraser (CAN) was 1st M75 in the 400m
Murray Andersen (HBG) was 1st in the M65 discus
Michelle Van Looy won the W40 3000m in 11:30.96
Graeme Adams - 1st M65 3000m in 12:14.93
From L-R: Meghann Stewart and Julie Lile in the women’s 400m
Dennis Langford (NTH) in the M35 shot put
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Article
Article
South Island T&F Championships
M35
Scott Belesky
Chris Richards
M40
Jonny Baird
M45
Tony Tan
M50
Paul Davies
M55
Mark Flaus
M60
Warren Green
M70
Lance Smith
M75
Alan Hunter
M80
Robert Heseltine
M85
Alastair Mackay
W35
Megan Chave
W40
Stacey Hebbard
W50
Liz Wilson
Alison Newall
W55
Claire Giles
by Mike Weddell
The championships were held at the Caledonian track
in Dunedin from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 November and
was run in conjunction with the regular Children’s and
Senior Saturday programme, this concept worked well.
The weather was not so good being cold and windy on
Friday evening and Saturday morning although it was
warmed and the wind dropped in the afternoon. The
wind returned with a vengeance on Sunday morning
and the temperature plummeted producing the odd
shower and some hail.
Despite the weather there was good competition and
some very good performances which can be viewed
in the accompanying results. There was an excellent
barbecue at the conclusion of events on Saturday
evening which lead to a visit by the local fire brigade. A
vote of thanks is due to Fiona Harvey as chief organiser
ably assisted by Jo Hurring and Claire Giles.
The venue for next year’s championships is yet to be
determined.
Gene Sanderson - M60 Long Jump Pentathlon
STH
OTG
7.63
7.86
CAN
7.97
OTG
8.02
OTG
8.45
STH
9.05
FRD
9.13
STH
10.75
CAN
16.91
CAN
14.38
STH
11.67
CAN
8.62
OTG
10.49
OTG
OTG
8.39
9.83
OTG
9.48
100m
PHOTOS: Malcolm Taylor
Noni Callendar in the W65 Hammer Throw
400m
60m
W35
Megan Chave
W40
Stacey Hebbard
W50
Liz Wilson
Rosemary Heyrick
Alison Newall
W55
Claire Giles
Dalise Sanderson
W65
Lois Anderson
W70
Glenyss Jones
M35
Scott Belesky
Chris Richards
Zeddric Osten
M40
Nick Bolton
Jonny Baird
M45
Tony Tan
M50
Wayne Doyle
Paul Davies
M55
Barry Smith
Andrew McCaig
M65
Ian Sim
Keith Hutton
M75
Alan Hunter
M80
Robert Heseltine
M85
Alastair Mackay
CAN
13.99
OTG
16.98
OTG
STH
OTG
13.32
15.19
15.59
OTG
OTG
15.23
17.86
CAN
16.69
STH
18.31
STH
OTG
OTG
12.10
12.57
13.87
CAN
CAN
11.88
12.96
OTG
12.95
CAN
OTG
12.91
13.22
STH
OTG
14.31
14.43
OTG
OTG
14.29
14.43
CAN
28.81
CAN
24.19
STH
20.02
CAN
29.61
OTG
35.55
OTG
STH
OTG
27.45
31.72
33.24
OTG
OTG
32.79
37.12
CAN
37.27
STH
CAN
42.12
46.51
STH
OTG
25.07
27.35
CAN
CAN
24.29
26.52
OTG
26.20
OTG
29.16
200m
W35
Megan Chave
W40
Stacey Hebbard
W50
Liz Wilson
Rosemary Heyrick
Alison Newall
W55
Claire Giles
Dalise Sanderson
W65
Lois Anderson
W70
Glenyss Jones
Margaret Fraser
M35
Scott Belesky
Zeddric Osten
M40
Nick Bolton
Jonny Baird
M45
Tony Tan
M65
Keith Hutton
M85
Alastair Mackay
Wayne Doyle in the M50 Pole Vault
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STH
44.54
W40
Stacey Hebbard
W50
Liz Wilson
Rosemary Heyrick
W55
Claire Giles
Dalise Sanderson
W65
Lois Anderson
W70
Margaret Fraser
M50
Robert Homan
M55
Andrew McCaig
M60
Phil Napper
M70
Michael Bond
110m Hurdles
OTG
1.20.76
OTG
STH
63.88
74.78
OTG
OTG
78.32
1.21.39
CAN
1.29.32
CAN
1.52.26
OTG
63.28
OTG
67.82
OTG
67.49
CAN
1.21.80
800m
W55
Debbie Telfer
Dalise Sanderson
M40
Kerrin Williams
Michael Tannock
M45
Ian Purvis
M50
Robert Homan
M60
Phil Napper
M65
Tony McManus
STH
OTG
3.05.56
3.06.74
OTG
OTG
2.10.71
2.15.21
CAN
2.19.00
OTG
2.24.95
OTG
2.32.17
CAN
2.30.01
1500m
W55
Debbie Telfer
M35
Corey Mennell
M40
Michael Tannock
M45
Ian Purvis
Malcolm Cornelius
M65
Tony McManus
STH
5.57.89
STH
4.48.57
OTG
4.40.84
CAN
CAN
4.42.72
4.43.21
CAN
4.50.11
3000m
W55
Julie Wilson
Debbie Telfer
W65
Diane Sommerville
M35
Corey Mennell
M45
Malcolm Cornelius
Ian Purvis
David Rush
M60
Phil Napper
M70
Michael Bond
OTG
STH
12.04.39
12.32.96
OTG
18.20.58
STH
10.10.29
CAN
CAN
OTG
10.07.75
10.09.22
10.17.44
OTG
11.26.56
CAN
12.25.26
5000m
W55
Debbie Telfer
Dalise Sanderson
M35
Corey Mennell
M40
Kerrin Williams
Michael Tannock
STH
OTG
22.34.67
23.40.02
STH
18.04.63
OTG
OTG
16.50.81
17.50.93
OTG
15.58.42
CAN
24.27.56
OTG
24.47.98
5000m Race Walk
W40
Julie Edmunds
W70
Ann Henderson
M70
Danny Knudson
2000m Steeplechase
M70
Michael Bond
OTG
27.39.86
CAN
42.08.93
OTG
40.53.77
CAN
8.56.04
80m Hurdles
W55
Claire Giles
CAN
15.05
CAN
4.05m
OTG
OTG
4.40m
3.38m
OTG
3.40m
STH
2.63m
STH
OTG
4.92m
4.61m
STH
3.87m
OTG
4.04m
STH
3.06m
STH
CAN
2.42m
1.55m
STH
2.43m
CAN
7.14m
OTG
7.35m
CAN
6.53m
STH
5.43m
STH
8.95m
OTG
9.05m
STH
7.24m
STH
6.13m
STH
4.43m
OTG
1.35m
CAN
OTG
1.50m
1.30m
STH
1.16m
STH
1.00m
OTG
2.90m
CAN
OTG
3.30m
2.80m
OTG
CAN
6.98m
5.35m
OTG
10.07m
OTG
OTG
8.14m
7.44m
OTG
OTG
OTG
7.87m
7.57m
5.83m
OTG
CAN
6.94m
6.90m
CAN
CAN
5.47m
5.00m
CAN
CAN
4.98m
4.85m
OTG
10.89m
OTG
11.29m
CAN
OTG
12.12m
9.64m
STH
11.68m
STH
9.54m
Long Jump
W35
Megan Chave
W50
Liz Wilson
Alison Newall
W55
Claire Giles
W70
Glenyss Jones
M35
Scott Belesky
Zeddric Osten
M55
Barry Smith
M65
Ian Sim
M70
Lance Smith
M75
Brian Toomey
Alan Hunter
M85
Alastair Mackay
Triple Jump
W35
Megan Chave
W50
Alison Newall
W65
Lois Anderson
W70
Glenyss Jones
M55
Barry Smith
M65
Ian Sim
M70
Lance Smith
M75
Brian Toomey
M85
Alastair Mackay
High Jump
M35
Zeddric Osten
M50
Wayne Doyle
Paul Davies
M70
Lance Smith
M75
Brian Toomey
Pole Vault
M35
Chris Richards
M50
Wayne Doyle
Paul Davies
Shot Put
3000m Race Walk
W40
Julie Edmunds
W70
Ann Henderson
M70
Danny Knudson
M40
Nick Bolton
OTG
18.47
W35
Paula Cotter
Megan Chave
W45
Raylene Bates
W50
Fiona Harvey
Alison Newall
W55
Winifred Harding
Claire Giles
Lyn Tribble
W65
Noni Callander
Lois Anderson
W70
Justine Whitaker
Barbara Bird
W75
Gwyn Heseltine
Iris Bishop
M35
Michael Scholten
M40
Simon Maole
M50
Wayne Doyle
Paul Davies
M55
Mark Flaus
M60
Lester Laughton
Justine Whitaker - W70 Javelin Throws Pentahlon
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PHOTOS: Malcolm Taylor
Women’s 60m (from L to R) Claire Giles, Liz Wilson, Alison Newall, Stacy Hebbard, Megan Chave
Warren Green - M60 Discus
Shot Put (continued)
M65
Keith Hutton
Rick Davison
M75
Alan Hunter
M85
Alastair Mackay
OTG
CAN
9.83m
9.38m
CAN
5.39m
STH
6.53m
Discus
W35
Paula Cotter
Megan Chave
W40
Althea Mackie
W50
Fiona Harvey
W55
Winifred Harding
Lyn Tribble
W60
Jo Hurring
W65
Noni Callander
W70
Justine Whitaker
Barbara Bird
W75
Iris Bishop
Gwyn Heseltine
M35
Michael Scholten
M40
Simon Maole
M50
Wayne Doyle
Paul Davies
M55
Mark Flaus
M60
Lester Laughton
Warren Green
M65
Rick Davison
Keith Hutton
M75
Alan Hunter
OTG
CAN
20.49m
11.87m
AUS
26.18m
OTG
23.93m
OTG
OTG
18.64m
16.05m
OTG
14.74m
OTG
18.01m
CAN
CAN
12.60m
11.28m
CAN
CAN
10.48m
9.57m
OTG
30.76m
OTG
30.85m
CAN
OTG
37.25m
33.19m
STH
33.93m
STH
FRD
37.53m
26.35m
CAN
OTG
36.41m
26.67m
CAN
16.92m
Javelin
W35
Paula Cotter
W40
Althea Mackie
W50
Fiona Harvey
Alison Newall
W55
Claire Giles
Lyn Tribble
W65
Noni Callander
W70
Barbara Bird
Justine Whitaker
OTG
13.14m
AUS
17.56m
OTG
OTG
22.87m
17.18m
OTG
OTG
17.67m
10.24m
OTG
15.71m
CAN
CAN
11.53m
11.17m
Julie Edmonds - W40 3000m Track Walk
W75
Iris Bishop
Gwyn Heseltine
M35
Michael Scholten
Scott Belesky
M40
Simon Maole
M55
Mark Flaus
M60
Warren Green
Lester Laughton
M65
Keith Hutton
Rick Davison
M75
Alan Hunter
CAN
CAN
8.44m
6.27m
OTG
STH
40.96m
30.79m
OTG
28.98m
STH
30.32m
FRD
STH
23.02m
20.83m
OTG
CAN
34.24m
28.02m
CAN
13.41m
Hammer
W35
Paula Cotter
W40
Althea Mackie
W45
Raylene Bates
W50
Fiona Harvey
Alison Newall
W55
Winifred Harding
Lyn Tribble
Claire Giles
W65
Noni Callander
W70
Justine Whitaker
W75
Gwyn Heseltine
Iris Bishop
M35
Michael Scholten
M40
Simon Maole
M55
Mark Flaus
M60
Lester Laughton
M65
Rick Davison
Keith Hutton
M75
Alan Hunter
OTG
18.43m
AUS
37.59m
OTG
34.54m
OTG
OTG
27.48m
26.69m
OTG
OTG
OTG
32.49m
23.52m
23.15m
OTG
20.05m
CAN
15.21m
CAN
CAN
18.30m
14.20m
OTG
38.09m
OTG
24.67m
STH
32.76m
STH
26.76m
CAN
OTG
39.03m
26.09m
CAN
16.68m
Weight Throw
W35
Paula Cotter
W40
Althea Mackie
W50
Fiona Harvey
Alison Newall
OTG
7.15m
AUS
11.96m
OTG
OTG
9.73m
9.08m
W55
Winifred Harding
Lyn Tribble
Claire Giles
W65
Noni Callander
W70
Justine Whitaker
W75
Gwyn Heseltine
Iris Bishop
M35
Michael Scholten
M40
Simon Maole
M55
Mark Flaus
M60
Lester Laughton
M65
Rick Davison
Keith Hutton
M75
Alan Hunter
OTG
OTG
OTG
10.06m
7.97m
7.63m
OTG
8.20m
CAN
7.31m
CAN
CAN
6.15m
6.07m
OTG
11.43m
OTG
9.84m
STH
13.42m
STH
11.31m
CAN
OTG
14.46m
11.67m
CAN
6.57m
CAN
1341 pts
OTG
2580 pts
CAN
3076 pts
OTG
1544 pts
Pentathlon
W35
Jodi Wooding
W55
Claire Giles
M50
Wayne Doyle
M60
Gene Sanderson
Start of the mixed 3000m race
Throws Pentathlon
W35
Paula Cotter
W40
Althea Mackie
W50
Fiona Harvey
Alison Newall
W55
Winifred Harding
Claire Giles
Lyn Tribble
W65
Noni Callander
Lois Anderson
W70
Justine Whitaker
W75
Gwyn Heseltine
Iris Bishop
M40
Simon Maole
M55
Mark Flaus
M60
Lester Laughton
M65
Rick Davison
Keith Hutton
M75
Alan Hunter
OTG
1419 pts
AUS
2589 pts
OTG
OTG
2592 pts
2124 pts
OTG
OTG
OTG
2645 pts
2096 pts
1862 pts
OTG
CAN
2436 pts
2326 pts
CAN
2129 pts
CAN
CAN
2003 pts
1759 pts
OTG
2082 pts
STH
3097 pts
STH
2668 pts
STH
OTG
3421 pts
2952 pts
CAN
1605 pts
Lois Anderson - W65 Triple Jump
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Althea Mackie (AUS) in the W40 Throws
Pentathlon Discus
Men’s 60m ( from L to R) Warren Green,
Mark Flaus, Paul Davies
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Article
New Zealand Road Relay Champs
PHOTOS: Sharon Wray
by Michael Wray
Christchurch usually hosts the NZ Road Relays Champs
on a four year cycle, hence its popular assignation of the
Olympics of Road Relays. Given Athletics NZ’s habit of
awarding national championships to events whenever
they celebrate a major anniversary, it has been known
for some time that the 2015 NZ Road Relays will also
be held in Christchurch for the event’s 75th birthday. So
it was a surprise for the 2014 hosts to be Christchurch
again, which means we will have three consecutive
years on the same course. I don’t know whether it is
a definite fact, but my understanding is there were
no willing alternate hosts this year. As the Takahe to
Akaroa relay is an annual event, being a local race inbetween national years, the absence of other locations
makes it an ideal fall-back option for ANZ.
Fortunately, it’s a relay that offers a bit of everything.
There are flat laps, uphill laps, downhill laps and laps
with a mix of everything. If anyone feels bored by
having the same course used three years in a row, just
run a different lap!
The organisers do a great job, appearing to have the
execution of the race down to a fine art; the cumulated
experience of 75 years has not been wasted. And a
particularly nice touch is the tradition of providing
custom-made flax batons, individually painted to match
the club colours for each team.
In the M40s race, the usual contenders are Athletics
Nelson, Papanui Toc, Hamilton Hawks and Wellington
Scottish. The Scottish team had been decimated by
injury. Anyone looking ‘under the hood’ to the team
selections would have known that Scottish would not
be troubling the podium without the assistance of a
torn hamstring or popped calf within the ranks of the
competition. Not that the other teams were unscathed.
Each missed out on their top runner: Nelson were
lining up without Phil Costley, Papanui without Richard
Bennett and Tony Olsen was absent from the Hawks.
Scottish eschewed assigning their lap order according
to the strengths of each runner, instead electing to put
their fittest runners on the first two laps, hoping to
delay the inevitable fall from grace as long as possible.
Michael Wray lined up for the first leg, alongside Jason
Baillie for Papanui, John Kennedy for Nelson and,
last year’s fastest lap one runner, Andrew Wark for
Hamilton. Wray brought Scottish home in front with
the fastest masters lap time, with Baillie and Kennedy
neck-and-neck seven seconds behind. Hamilton passed
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over in fourth, a further 13 seconds back.
It didn’t take long for the chasing pack to haul in
Scottish. Jim Jones found himself behind all three
of the contenders within a kilometre, bringing the
Scottish challenge to a close. From this point on, injuries
notwithstanding, it had been established what teams
would make up the podium and the only question was
the colour of the medals to be awarded to each.
Papanui dominated the following laps, with their
runners posting the fastest lap times. Granantan Boyle
was fastest on lap two and Anthony Duncraft in the
M40s for lap three (actual fastest M40 time seems to
have come from the social grades and former Papanui
member Jeff Spillane). Hamilton and Nelson were
rotating between second and third while Papanui were
extending their lead to almost 90 seconds.
Kerry Faas for New Brighton Olympic and Simon
Yarrow for ACA both ran faster masters times in the
senior grade on lap four, but in the M40 race it was Glen
Sexton who ran the fastest time to return Hamilton to
second spot. Papanui had M50 Don Greig, who ran the
fastest M50 time.
The fifth leg enjoyed a brisk tail wind. This was great
news for all involved, not least because it took away
the sand flies that lap five runners are usually forced
to ‘snack on’ while running. Papanui had their in-form
runner Chris Mardon and he continued his great form
with the fastest time. Hamilton’s John Crane, another
one enjoying a season of rich form, set a new M50 lap
record.
Over the final three laps, Nelson recorded the fastest
lap times through Simon Leaning, Peter Versey and
Graeme Taylor. However, they left their charge too late
and couldn’t close the gap to first or second and had to
settle for bronze.
At the front of the race, Marc Scott put his specialist
skills to good use to pass Mark O’Reilly in the
penultimate lap. Hamilton were in the lead for the first
time. Darren Hoolahan chased Kent Hodgson from 14
seconds behind to no avail; it was Hamilton’s national
title.
The Open 50 grade promised to recreate the
excitement of the 2013 contest between Nelson
and Wellington Harriers in which Wellington had
prevailed. Nelson started with a bang, with Neil
Jim Jones - Scottish M40 team
Scottish Masters Women winning team of Rachel Cunningham, Michele Allison, Melissa Moon,
Lindsay Barwick, Tricha Sloan, Mandy Simpson, Katie Kemp and Anne Hare
Whittaker running the fastest M50 time on lap one to
secure a 21 second lead. ACA’s Ken Walker took the
lap two honours and took the lead away from Nelson,
relegating Wellington to third place.
Nelson’s Ian Courtenay recorded the fastest lap for
the third leg, reducing the gap to ACA to a solitary
second. By this time Wellington were two minutes
behind, albeit under no pressure from North
Canterbury in fourth. The title was ultimately decided
in lap four, when Bill Revell took 90 seconds out of
Malcolm Chamberlain. Nelson’s grip on the lead only
strengthened with each successive lap. At the same
time, Liam Healey ran a storming lap for Wellington
with a M50 time only bettered by Don Greig running
in the M40 race. From two minutes behind ACA,
Wellington moved into second place. While they never
threatened Nelson for the gold, Wellington remained
comfortable in the silver medal position for the rest of
the race.
The fastest times for laps six and eight came from
outside the top teams. Al Monro for Auckland
University and Glen Ferguson for Otago which livened
things up for the sixth and seventh place teams.
The podium race for bronze managed to produce a little
more drama. ACA maintained the gap back to North
Canterbury during the day until the seventh lap, when
Joe Ford’s downhill performance put the South Island
team in the medals at the start of the final leg. It was a
brief dalliance with the podium however, as ACA had
saved one of their better runners for the anchor leg and
David Lear secured bronze for the Aucklanders.
I’m not sure whether the Open 60 grade that was
introduced on a trial basis in recent years is yet a
permanent fixture of the Road Relays. I hope it has or
will be passed. Certainly in my club, the opportunity to
compete for medals without having to still be as fast as
the O50s is a popular innovation.
The race itself was not one for the neutrals this year,
with the top three teams staying clear of any chasers.
Nelson led from start to finish with five of their
six runners recording fastest O60 lap times – only
Tauranga’s Gavin Smith prevented Nelson from cleansweeping the individual boasting rights. Tauranga
themselves secured silver without straying from that
position, although third place Auckland University
stayed within 30 seconds until the final two laps and
eventual fifth-place finishers Takapuna threatened in
the early stages.
The masters women featured last year’s top four teams
and all four were expected to be in the hunt for the
medals. Wellington Scottish are used to winning this
grade, while Port Hills and Hamilton Hawks are usually
on or near the podium. After their formation last year,
the Otago Athletics “super club” (formed of runners
transferring from other clubs for relays) have also
become contenders.
The fastest MW time came from another grade, where
Lisa Brignul was running for a mixed Sumner team. For
the race under review, Port Hills’ Heather McKenzie
gave her team the first baton change. Scottish followed
30 seconds behind, then Otago and Lake City. Hamilton
found themselves more than three minutes behind in
fifth place.
Everything moved around in lap two. Mel Aitken ran
the fastest leg time and moved Otago up two spots
and into the lead. Scottish passed Port Hills to maintain
second, while Hamilton put themselves ahead of Lake
City.
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The musical chairs continued into lap three. This time
it was Hamilton’s turn to move up through the field.
Kristine Milne ran fastest lap to pass all three runners
ahead. In the space of just two legs, Hamilton had
moved from fifth to first. Conversely, Otago slipped
from first back to fifth.
After sitting in second place behind three different
leaders, Scottish became the next to take their turn at
the front. Rachael Cunningham produced the fastest
lap time to move ahead of Hamilton. Lake City and
Otago now found themselves out of the podium spots
and that’s where they stayed, despite Sue Cuthbert
picking up a fastest lap on the hill climb for Otago.
For the next few laps, Scottish and Hamilton took turns
to share the lead, while Port Hills tried to stay in touch
to varying degrees of success.
Article
The gap at the front shifted between three seconds
and two and a half minutes as each team played their
stronger runners at different times. The decisive break
came in the final two laps, where Scottish runners Anne
Hare and Katie Leck recorded the fastest lap times to
turn a deficit of two and a half minutes into a title win by
more than six minutes.
A special mention should go to Pakuranga’s Penny
Peskett, running leg five in the senior women and
breaking a MW record that had stood for 30 years.
As a member of the Hills District Athletics, Club in
Sydney, Australia , former Hamilton resident Karen
Petley has recently completed a successful 2014 cross
country season.
In June the NSW Cross Country Championships
were held at Nowra, on the south coast of NSW. This
Championship event has been held on a farm at Nowra
for over 20 years, and included the local club, Nowra
Athletics Club, hosting the Australian Cross Country
Championships in 1991. The course is typical of a NZ
style cross country course without any fences,. There
was a big steep hill at the back of the course that
runners had to negotiate; It was so steep nearing to the
top that runners were reduced to a walk. Unfortunately
runners no longer need to tackle the hill, with the
The final cross country championship event was held
at Upjohn Park in Sydney, The NSW Short course
Championships are held over 5km for women and
men, instead of the usual 8/10k distance. The course is
undulating, with short, steep hills, with 300m flat at the
start. Karen competed in the W55+ 5km women’s race
and finished in 3rd place with a time of 22.05. For the
teams event, as all women run in the one race, Karen
was also a member of the Hills Women’s 45+ team.
Her placing amongst the 45+ women of 6th, counted
towards the club winning the teams title. In winning the
title the club beat the Easts Women’s team for the first
time this season.
- Award Winner
Along with the various NSW Championship events
that are held each winter Karen also competes for her
club in the Metwest Cross Country events held every
weekend throughout the winter months. The Metwest
competition is organised by volunteers from the
various local clubs in Sydney. Races are held over many
different cross country and road courses throughout
the winter months. This competition attracts upwards
of 100 athletes each week from all ages. It provides
great competition no matter what your ability. There is
a choice of 3 races, a 2km for the younger aged athletes,
a 4km event and an 8km event.
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Karen on the dias (R) for 3rd place in the NSW short course
Cross Country championships
Noni Callendar
by Karen Petley
The first major championship event was the NSW Cross
Country Relay Championships held at Sylvania. The
course is based at a local park, which features a few
short sharp hills and one long climb. Each year rain has
made the course a lot tougher for athletes to negotiate.
In July the NSW Road Relay Championships were held
at Ourimbah, on the Central Coast of NSW. Each relay
runner completes a 2 x 2km circuit, which is mainly flat,
with a steady climb at the back of the course. Karen
was a member of the Hills District Athletics Club 45+
women’s team which placed 3rd.
Hamilton suffered badly in the final leg, starting in first
place and finishing in third as Port Hills surged for silver.
Hamilton still took bronze, but Otago had closed to
within 36 seconds by the finish.
2014 Cross Country Season –
NSW Australia
This season she won the W55+ women’s trophy for
the most points scored. Athletes have to compete in
a minimum of 9 events over the winter season to be
eligible for the poinstscore competition. Karen amassed
100 points over 10 events to take out the trophy.
course diverting around it. However, the course is still
mostly undulating with lots of short steep hills and very
little flat area, only at the start. Karen competed in the
women’s W55 6k event and finished in a creditable 2nd
place, with a time of 27mins 21.
by John Stinson
Nationally ranked Otago Masters throwing events
specialist, Noni Callander was the proud recipient
of the East Otago Masters Sports Person of the
Year Award, presented at the inaugural East Otago
Community Sports Awards Dinner held in October.
Noni was delighted to receive this award recognising
that masters sports people were ranked as being of
equal importance to those in open categories. Noni’s
achievements in 2014 included six new Otago throwing
records, a South Island Shot Put record, and winning
four national throws titles in the W65 grade.
The Hills Club women’s 45+ team which came 2nd in the NSW
cross country relays
This year was no different with a damp surface to
negotiate. Karen was a member of the Hills Women’s
45+ team which finished 2nd in the teams competition.
The winning team, was from Easts – the top club in
Sydney in the women’s divisions.
Having concentrated on track events until reaching
60 years old, Noni feels she is still trying to master a
number of basic throwing techniques and sees plenty of
scope for improvement in all her specialist events. Noni
is grateful for all the help and advice she has received
from fellow athletes and officials who have made
her transition into throwing events an enjoyable and
rewarding experience.
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News
Denise Phillips - Obituary
(15 March 1960 - 19 October 2014)
After a long battle with a rare blood cancer, and many
hurdles cleared Denise sadly tripped at the final hurdle
and lost the battle. She was one amazing lady with
such courage and determination that underpinned her
athletic career and her total life philosophy. Despite
facing enormous odds with ground breaking bone
marrow surgery she was still positive, and focused on
future athletic goals, and her ‘Murphy’ humour was
there until the end.
Denise first came to prominence in the athletics scene
way back in 1976 when she took out the senior girls
discus title when representing Opunake High School
at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics
Championships at Porritt Stadium in Hamilton. Such was
the quality of her performance that she was selected to
represent New Zealand Secondary schools in the team
that competed against Australia in 1977.
So it was no surprise that after many years raising a
family and training as a teacher, Denise performed
with success when she rekindled her love of athletics
at the masters level. In 2000 she took out the gold for
W35 javelin and silver in the discus at the New Zealand
Masters Track and field championships. She also put
on her running shoes that year and completed the
Taranaki Daily News half marathon. She followed that
up with a very successful Masters Championship in
2001 taking gold in the W40 shot, javelin, hammer and
weight pentathlon. This prompted her to enter the
World Masters Championships at Brisbane later in the
year, where her performances, though very credible
could not match the European and American athletes.
In typical Denise style, she trained even harder and
followed that effort with gold in javelin and discus at the
Oceania championships at Geelong in 2002, together
with silver in shot , hammer and weight pentathlon, with
all her performances being new Taranaki open records.
It was in 2006, after lacking the energy she was
accustomed to and just not performing as well as she
knew that she could that Denise was diagnosed with
a blood and bone marrow disorder. With medication
and determination she went on to complete the 2010
London marathon and the Taupo half ironman and
she returned to the New Zealand Masters Athletics
Championships in 2011 as a W50 to take six gold and
one silver medal. She followed that up in 2012 at the
Oceania championships in Tauranga with gold for
javelin, silver for discus and bronze for shot and weight
pentathlon.
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As a result of this she was a worthy recipient of the TET
Athletics Taranaki Masters Female Sportswoman of the
year for 2012.
Denise was generous with her time always giving more
than taking, helping as club secretary for Egmont
Athletics, and often officiating at local track and
field events. Her forte was in the field as a throws
specialist, but in earlier time she also ran in relays and
completed triathlons. Many people who knew Denise
were shocked to hear of her illness because she never
complained nor mentioned her discomfort or pain. It
was only when the local paper ran an article on her bid
to raise awareness of the need for blood donors that
people found out as she took part in ‘shave for a cure’
with a group of friends. She wanted to speak up to
help others, especially children diagnosed with blood
cancers.
As recently as February 2014 she cycled the Otago rail
trail in defiance of her illness.
Her funeral was a fitting celebration of the life of a
remarkable and truly courageous person. Denise is
survived by her husband Neil and three children.
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News
Lavinia Petrie -
2014 IAAF Female Masters Athlete of the Year
by Wilma Perkins
OMA nominee Lavinia Petrie W70
received her award at the IAAF Gala
Dinner in Monaco on 21 November
2014. It was a very successful
occasion for Oceania women as New
Zealand’s Valerie Adams received
the World Female Athlete of the
Year award at Gala Dinner. Lavinia’s
two daughters were in attendance
along with Stan and Wilma Perkins
from WMA.
Lavinia has been competing in
athletics since 1966 and is one of
the original members of master’s
athletics in Australia. She has a
long history of setting records from
1,500m to 100 kilometres and currently holds a total of eight
World Records or World Best Performances.
Congratulations Lavinia. You
are a great role model and a well
respected athlete who leads by
example.
Lavinia joins a distinguished list of
Oceania Masters who have received
IAAF Master of the Year Awards.
These include:
2004 Jeanette Flynn W50 Aus
2007 Andrew Jamieson M60 Aus
2010 Marie Kay W50 Aus
2010 Peter Crombie M65 Aus
2011 Lyn Ventris W50 Aus
2011 Ron Robertson M70 NZ
2012 Lyn Ventris W55 Aus
WMA News
Lyon 2015 WMA Stadia Championships
Finalisation of Venues
The Lyon LOC have now finalised the
selection of venues for the 2015 WMA Stadia
Championships to be held in that city from
4-16 August 2015. The outcome of elections
that took place in the region earlier this year
resulted in changes within the administration
and this impacted upon the venues to be
used for the 2015 championships. It should
be noted that the original three venues will
continue to be used, however a fourth stadium
(Stade Balmont - Lyon la Duchere) has been
added and the Technical Information Centre
(TIC) has been relocated from Parc de Parilly
venue to Halle Stephane Diagana, the newly
constructed Indoor Stadium that adjoins the
Stade Balmont. The map below details the
venues locations and distances apart. All
venues will be served by transport, primarily
the Metro Rail System and supplemented by
shuttle transport. Further information on
the transport will be released soon and it is
recommended that regular visits are made to
the championships website (www.lyon2015.
com ) to be sure of the latest details.
It is anticipated that Parc de Parilly will
continue to host at least fifty percent of the
competitions.
Posted by Stan Perkins on behalf of the Lyon LOC and the WMA.
In January this year Lavinia set world records for the 3,000m
and the 10,000m on the same day and two months later
improved her 10,000m time by another 45.46 seconds with a
run of 44:43:27. On 17 November 2014, just four days before
the awards dinner in Melbourne, she took another 15 seconds
off her own 3000m world record.
Lavinia set a world best time for the half marathon in January
2014 at the Oceania Regional Championships in Bendigo and
as with the 10,000m she has broken the W70 5,000m world
record twice in the past year, now currently held at 21:34.08.
She has been a regular competitor at Oceania Masters Regional
Championships and has competed very successfully in WMA
Championships.
Lavinia is someone who gives back to the sport. She is a
qualified official who regularly officiates at competitions during
the summer months. Lavinia has a coaching certificate and is
respected for the good advice that she gives to athletes from
her wealth of experience. At the Australian Masters Athletics
Championships held earlier this year she was the team
manager for her state team from Victoria.
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News
Manawatu/Wanganui
by Jen Fee
Our region has been remiss in sending in reports for
some time but we hope to remedy this for the future.
Our season this year was slow in kicking off due to
Spring storms, and after three attempts we finally had
to merge the weight challenge with a Spring pentathlon
that should have been our 3rd event of the season! We
always welcome Wellington neighbours to our events
and also any Taranaki athletes willing to travel down.
Often visitors outnumber the club members! I must
thank Paul Godbaz for assisting with officiating at these
as well as Jim Blair (Wgtn) who is always keeping us on
track!
Our low key events are usually full of laughter and
friendly banter and finish off with a casual lunch and
breakdown of the day’s results, hopefully sending
people away happy and better prepared for their next
competition. We try to get three events in prior to
North Islands and another three prior to Nationals.
President Rob Dabb is usually busy with Feilding Moa
Harriers, and also coaches future Masters in middle and
long distances. He is always keen to broaden his skills
and give the throwing and jumping events a go in our
events! Congratulations to Moa and MWMA member
Juanita Paterson who has been very successful this
season winning the women’s event in the recent
Feilding Marathon and two weeks later the Ashhurst to
Palmerston North run.
Sue Hoskin is never far away from the medals in any
walking event she enters and we usually see big results
from Bo Cox and Jill Evans in the throwing events,
however both have been conspicuously absent from
competition this season so far and we look forward to
their return.
We welcome new members Brian Clatworthy of
Dannevirke and Damien Wood from Wanganui to our
small centre.
Future events will be listed on the website as soon
as they are confirmed and we are hoping to get a
Facebook page up and running shortly.
Midway Madness Event (combining Oceania
Weight Challenge) 12 October 2014
60m
W45 W70 M55 M65 Raewyn Grigg
Francie Bayler
Gary Rawson
Laurie Malcolmson Tar
MW
Well
MW
9.9
11.1
7.8
9.1
Raewyn Grigg
Francie Bayler
Gary Rawson
Laurie Malcolmson
Tar
MW
Well
MW
16.5
18.8
12.9
14.2
Tar
MW
Well
3.36m
2.85m
4.76m
100m
W45 W70 M55 M65 Long Jump
W45 W70 M55 Raewyn Grigg
Francie Bayler
Gary Rawson
Hammer
100m
W40 Michelle Ward
Well 16.69m
W45 Michelle Scriven
Well 19.44m
Raewyn Grigg
Tar
17.63m
Jen FeeMW
15.54m
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 8.91m
M55 Gary Rawson
Well 31.06m
M65 Laurie Malcolmson
MW 37.32m
M75 Brian Clatworthy
MW 15.78m
M80 Jim Blair
Well 21.94m
W45 Raewyn Grigg
Tar
16.7
Jen FeeMW
17.0
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 18.8
W75 Judy Hammond
Well 19.3
Weight Throw
W45
Jen FeeMW
6.55m
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 6.05m
W40 Michelle Ward
Well 10.21m
W45
Jen FeeMW
8.78m
Michelle Scriven
Well 7.91m
Raewyn Grigg
Tar
7.66m
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 5.03m
M55 Gary Rawson
Well 8,20m
MW 8.98m
M80 Jim Blair
Well 9.34m
Spring Pentathlon
60m
W45 Raewyn Grigg
Tar
9.9
Jen FeeMW
10.5
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 11.2
W75 Judy Hammond
Well 11.4
W40 Michelle Ward
Well 26.56m
W45 Raewyn Grigg
Tar
26,90m
Michelle ScrivenWell
23.47m
Jen FeeMW
18.47m
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 12.58m
M55 Gary Rawson
Well 16,50m
MW 17.93m
M80 Jim Blair
Well 20.90m
W45
Jen FeeMW
2.95m
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 2.74m
W75 Judy Hammond
Well 2.55m
Triple Jump
High Jump
W45
W70
W75
M45
M80
Raewyn Grigg
Francie Bayler
Judy Hammond
John Turner
Jim Blair
Tar
MW
Well
Well
Well
1.18m
0.90m
1.00m
1.55m
1.06m
Hammer
W45 Raewyn Grigg
Tar
25.53m
Jen FeeMW
17.92m
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 11.88m
M80 Jim Blair
Well 22.00m
Javelin
W70
W75
M65
M80
Francie Bayler
Judy Hammond
Laurie Malcolmson
Jim Blair
MW
Well
MW
Well
8.53m
12.47m
35.71m
21.53m
Shot Put
W40 Michelle Ward
Well 9.02m
W45 Michelle Scriven
Well
9.13m
Raewyn GriggTar
7.49m
Jen FeeMW
7.40m
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 4.60m
M55 Gary Rawson
Well 8.79m
MW 7.57m
M80 Jim Blair
Well 7.65m
Discus
W40 Michelle Ward
Well 20.36m
W45
Jen FeeMW
22.31m
Michelle Scriven
Well 21.46m
Raewyn Grigg
Tar
20.62m
W70 Francie Bayler
MW 10.26m
M55 Gary Rawson
Well 26.14m
M65 Laurie Malcolmson
MW 27.65m
MW 19.04m
M80 Jim Blair
Well 18.81m
Raewyn Grigg in the Hammer Throw
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Long Jump
PHOTO: Sharon Wray
While struggling like many regions to keep member
numbers stable we do have a group of regulars that
continue to compete in their respective events.
Recent results:
Javelin
Judy Hammond soared in the Long Jump
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News
Taranaki
by Vicky Jones
Taranaki may not have submitted a report to Vetline
for the last 6 months – but that doesn’t mean we’ve
been idle. Quite the opposite! Our winter programme
is packed with events hosted by many of the region’s
clubs, including mainstays such as the Hughes
Memorial cross country race held in Hawera. This year
was notable in marking Alan Jones’s 50th anniversary
of his first appearance at this event (well-established
even then). He had a well-fought tussle with Feilding’s
Roger Woodruff, emerging victorious in the M65 grade.
News
Harry Kerr Relay, 12/07/14
Mt Smart Stadium Auckland
Still with walking, this year Egmont Athletics put together
a team of walkers for this 5x10,000m walk relay, hosted
by the Auckland Race Walking club. The team was almost
entirely made up of Masters Association members,
consisting of Mike Morresey (M40), Katie MorreseyTahere (W406), Des Phillips (M65), John Payne (M65)
and Vicky Jones (W35) (in the masters ranks at the time
but only just becoming a member for the new season).
The team entered as “B” grade and subsequently won
the division, finishing third overall. Rodney Gillum (M50)
competed in the 3500m Harry Kerry/Albert Roland race,
finishing second overall.
Back at home, members continued to do well in three of
the region’s key events:
TET Athletics Taranaki Cross Country Champs, 26/07/14
This year saw the introduction of a new cross-country
race held from Frankley School in New Plymouth. The
Peter Cattley Memorial, honouring local athletics
supporter and chiropractor Peter Cattley. This event
is an estimated time race (no watches allowed!),
with those going 4% over their estimated time being
disqualified. It is a testament to how well Sue Park is
walking in the W70 grade that she fell foul of this rule!
6km
W60 Vicky Adams 32:37
8km
M50 Rodney Gillum
43:09 M65 Des Phillips
42:03
Alan Jones 45:59
TET Athletics Taranaki Sports Awards, 26/06/14
This annual event took place at the Plymouth Hotel,
New Plymouth with guest speaker Dick Tayler. It
was great to see that both recipients of the Masters
category were registered with NZ Master Athletics.
Congratulations to Vicky Adams and Des Phillips on
winning their respective categories. Mike Morresey
won the senior men title which is a great achievement
for a master athlete. Well done to Karen Gillum-Green
who won Coach of the Year.
Race walking is very strong in Taranaki, and as well as
having a division at cross country and road events and
champs, there are also such dedicated events such as
the Taranaki Open Walks, this year held on 8 June. Mike
Morresey carried on his winning form comfortably
winning the National 15km title.
Raced over a fast 1km (for the walkers) and challenging
2km circuit with several tight turns and a big hill to
navigate, this event was well contested – and the weather
behaved itself! Des Phillips must have felt his 4km walk
was a mere warm up going toe-to-toe with John Payne,
then doing the same with Alan Jones in the 8km run!
North Island Track and Field Champs, 28-30/11/14
Hastings
This year’s championships will be remembered for
the bracing strong southerly coming straight off the
mountain – despite the sun shining! The walkers had it
rougher with their crescent-shaped course, while the
runners were granted a circular course, thus being hit
twice as often.
Winter is over, and track season has begun. This year
a small but eager contingent travelled to Hastings for
the first major meet of the summer season – though the
weather would beg to differ that summer has arrived!
Strong, cold gusts down the home straight made for
challenging conditions with no let up the entire meeting
– but everyone was in the same boat.
5km
W60 Vicky Adams
25:34
Lynne Mackay28:36
10km
M65
Des Phillips52:31
Alan Jones57:27
Walks - 10km
W45
W70
SM
M50
M60
M65
Serena Coombes Katie Morresey-Tahere Sue Park
Mike Morresey Rodney Gillum Eric Kemsley John Payne 1:08:40
1:11:54
1:22:18
56:33
1: 03:03
56:46
1:12:11
Des Phillips never fails to impress with the workload
he undertakes at these events - competing in the
400m, 800m, 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, 2000m
steeplechase and high jump. Vicky Jones made her first
foray into Masters athletics with two solid efforts in
the 3000m track walk and 10km road walk. Alan Jones
had strong efforts in his three chosen events – the
400m 800m and 1500m. Lynne Mackay had personally
pleasing results in all her pentathlon disciplines.
PHOTO: Sharon Wray
Stratford’s Tom Verney Memorial cross country race
on 14 June was also well supported and the Masters
athletes provided their fair share of well-contested
competition. Most notable at this year’s event was the
weather compared to the previous year – a beautiful
balmy winter’s day compared to icy winds and sleet
experienced by the seniors and master men.
TET Athletics Taranaki Road Champs, 23/08/14
Bell Block Velodrome
Walks - 4km
W45 Katie Morresey-Tahere 27:02
W55 Karen Gillum-Green
29:05
W70 Sue Park 30:43
M40 Mike Morresey 20:06
M60 John Payne 23:45
Des Phillips24:06
TET Athletics Taranaki Mountain Champs, 8/09/14
This was held on tracks at Lake Mangamahoe, about 7
minutes out of New Plymouth.
4km
M65 Des Phillips
26:50
Alan Jones29:12
8km
M50 Rodney Gillum
1:05:01
4km Walk
M40 Mike Morresey 42:09
W40 Katie Morresey-Tahere 42:10
Des Phillips during the men’s 300m hurdles race at the North Island Championships in Hastings
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News
Northland
by Graham Hardy
Northland Masters Athletics has had a forgettable Winter
and Spring period. After an encouraging start to our off
season programme in May and June, things went downhill
from there. Clearly the continuing poor weather played
no little part in this, causing cancellations and programme
amendments. The Pentathlon Series conducted over
August, September and October was especially affected,
although a lack of support from NMA members was also
apparent. If this off season activity is to be continued
next year, it must be in a significantly shortened form and
efforts made so as to not lose money (again!).
The Puffing Billy rail trail walk/run timetabled for
September was another proposal that failed due to lack of
club support, despite the bus hire (from Whangarei) and
by Ray Laurie
rail ticket costs not being unreasonable for this kind of
event.
The summer season for throwers began a little earlier this
year thanks to Rene Otto and the Edgecumbe College
Athletics Academy as the use of the Tauranga Domain by
athletes could not start until the end of the rugby season.
On 21 September, Rene, who has introduced throwing
the hammer to pupils of Edgecumbe College, arranged
the Whakatane Challenge Throws Pentathlon to use
the Academy’s facilities and athletes from many areas
including Waikato/BOP attended. This year, in addition
to the masters, he included students from the Academy.
Although it could be a long wait for these students to join
the masters, they showed the benefits of youth with some
outstanding performances, including a 43.93 hammer
throw, and a heavy weight distance of 15.19 which would
have earned 1400 points.
The Northland Masters Pentathlon/Weights
Pentathlon Championship planned for 2 November
was postponed and is now due to be run in
conjunction with our Track & Field Championships on
6 February 2015 (Waitangi Day).
Our Club Treasurer, Diane Barrett, resigned recently,
intending to move out of Whangarei. Diane has been
a tower of strength over the years and we are very
sorry to see her go. We wish her all the very best for
the future. Committee member Margaret Crook has
taken over the Treasurer’s responsibilities.
PHOTOS: Sharon Wray
The Waikato/BOP participation in the Oceania Throws
Pentathlon did not take place until 12 October, but the
turnout of 14 for this event represented 17% of the total
number of competitors. Outstanding performers were
Bev Savage who, as the first place-getter in the W65-69,
had the best distances for all but the javelin. New member,
Johan Van Zyl (M55) also won his group while Veronica
Romagndi-Pfenniger (W45), Bruce Solomon (M50) and
Bruce Clarke (M75), gained 2nd place in their divisions. The
performance of Veronica in what was her first competition
as a “master” was most impressive. She won the javelin
and the weight in her division and in the case of the weight
throw (as with the hammer), Veronica has not yet learnt to
turn. Bruce Solomon, better known for his sprinting, also
impressed, as he is also a relative newcomer to the throws
pentathlon. However, from his distances in the shot, discus
and javelin, he has obviously competed in these before.
The number of entries for Tauranga was reduced
slightly because of a clash with the Pan Pacific
Masters Games. This multisport event which is very
popular with New Zealand participants, had four from
WBP attending and all came home with many of the
elaborate and rather weighty medals.
Our most successful competitor was Karyn McCready
who won gold medals in the 1500m, 5000m and the
4k cross country, and a bronze in the 800m in spite of
the fairly large fields. Sheryl Gower also performed
well with silver medals in the 60, 100, 200 and 400
metre events. For the throwers, Pauline Purser,
although with 6 gold medals, was disappointed to be
the only competitor in her age group. However her
ability to be still competing at 92 did not go unnoticed,
as her photo was published in the Gold Coast Bulletin
and her hammer throw shown on the Channel 7
news. In my case, with the exception of a win for the
hammer, my other 5 medals indicated only the number
in my competition.
From the above text it appears that the track competitors
have been neglected, but this is not so, as the extra events
for the throws were of a special nature and there have
been two meetings which have included both disciplines.
The results of the Tauranga meeting on 9 November,
particularly when factoring for age, showed many of
the track competitors are already able to offer stiff
competition at the North island Championships. Names
to look for in the women’s events are Julie Lile and Angela
Graham in the sprints; Joan Mayall and Robyn Winter in
the longer events. For the men, include sprinters Bruce
Solomon, Alan Sylvester and Shane Baker; and in the
longer distances, Gordon Adams, Murray Clarkson and
Barry Watson.
Gideon Hanekom (NTH) , Hayden Robinson (MNW) and Dennis Langford (NTH) in the 60m sprint at the North Island championships
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Bruce Solomon throwing the discus at the North Island T&F
Championships in Hastings
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Auckland
by Alan Dougall
As athletes, the weather can have a significant effect
on our psyche and on our performances. Auckland, like
other parts of the country, has been subjected to good
doses of “unfavourable” conditions. However, we were
blessed to receive reasonable sunny conditions on the
day of our two main early season competition days.
Gideon Tait (GT) Trophy Meeting- 19 October
This meeting, for those who participate for the trophy, is
about competing in one track event, one field event, one
jump event, and a fourth event of the athletes choosing.
Forty athletes lined up to compete for the trophy, which
again this year was won by Anne Deleiros with the
highest average of 80.65% over the four events.
There was some “confusion” and amusement
surrounding the 60m event. You would think as
“experienced” Masters athletes and starting officials, we
would know where the 60m start line was marked on
the Mt Smart track. But no!!... By “oversight”, the 70m
start line was used. Anne’s 70m result was adjusted
accordingly to reflect 60m.
News
Pan Pacific Masters Games (PanPac) - 1 – 3 November
North Island Masters Championships - 28-30 November
AMA results:
AMA was well represented at these Games on the Gold
Coast with seven athletes attending, recording some
excellent early season performances.
Well done Hawkes Bay on hosting a very successful
Championships at your Hastings track with excellent
grandstand facilities (and much loved by the birds!!...).
We do not have control over the weather and it was
unfortunate that the wind continued unabated over the
three days of competition having a significant effect
on proceeding, and in particular the sprints where the
highest reading of -8.6m/s (head wind) was registered for
the W40 - 70 200m.
Tuariki Delamere M60
Shot: 1st 10.27
Discus: 2nd 35.8
Hammer: 2nd 30.20
Weight: 2nd 10.63
Throws Pentathlon: 1st 2678 pts
Alan Dougall M65
60m: 2nd 8.78
100m: 2nd 14.38
200m: 2nd 30.59
400m: 1st 1:09.3
Laini Inivale M45
Shot: 1st 1.85
Discus: 1st 27.82
Javelin: 1st 16.70
Hammer: 1st 19.03
Zilah Nixon W65
60m: 2nd 12.6
100M: 2nd 20.78
HJ: 2nd 0.90
Tina Rainford W50
Shot: 1st 10.87 (AMA/R)
Discus: 1st 28.30
Javelin: 1st 22.92
Hammer: 1st 20.68
Weight: 1st 9.26
Hammer Throw: 1st 38.77m
Weight Throw: 1st 11.69m (PPR)
Weight Pentathlon: 1st 2990 pts
Discus: 3rd 24.76m
80mHurdles: 3rd 17.50 (AR)
200m Heats: 5th 33.10
Selan Ramiah M50
60m: 2nd 8.42
100m: 3rd 13.89
LJ: 1st 5.13
HJ: 1st 1.49
Shot: 3rd 9.49
Discus: 3rd 25.64
80mH: 1st 20.94 (PPR)
200mH: 1st 47.65
Pole Vault: 1st 1.80m (AR/PPR)
Long Jump: 1st 2.76m
Triple Jump: 2nd 6.02m
Shot Put: 1st 9.26m
Discus: 1st 26.31m
Hammer: 1st 26.20m
Javelin: 1st 31.14 (PPR)
Weight: 1st 12.70 (AR/PPR)
Weight Pentathlon: 1st 3657 pts
Andrew Sexton M40
Meghann Stewart W50
800m: 1st 2:13.52
Christopher Thompson M60
Shot: 2nd 9.77
Discus: 3rd 32.32
Hammer: 1st 35.89
Weight: 1st 13.44
Throws Pentathlon: 2nd 2508 pts
Their results, as follows, produced six AMA records and
six PanPac records:
Note:
AR = AMA Record
PPR = PanPac Record
Tui Ashe W60
Anne Deleiros W65
Tony Deleiros M65
Anne Goulter W50
Ron Johnson M80
Top Team One (TT1) - 9 November
This was the first of three meetings to be held where
club team points accumulate over the three meetings.
37 entries were received.
Again this year, North Harbour Bays have taken a
commanding lead for the Top Team Trophy with 165
points followed by AMA with 86 points, reflecting their
strength of numbers and individual performances.
John Lester M70
Christine Waring W70
Javelin: 1st 16.12m
800m: 2nd 3:26.12
Shot Put: 3rd 7.55m
Long Jump: 4th 3.22m
200m: 5th 35.55
Triple Jump: 1st 7.80m
Hammer Throw: 1st 24.59m (AR)
Shot Put: 1st 8.12m (AR)
Long Jump: 3.45m (AR/PPR)
60m: 3rd 10.17
100m: 3rd 17.02
Discus: 9th 23.30m
Congratulations to Meghann Stewart breaking
championship records in both the 800m and 1500m
events, an outstanding achievement given the condition.
Also, congratulations to Tina Rainford whose
performance in the W50 shot put bettered both the
AMA and championship records (The latter record was
originally set in 1999).
400m: 1st 1:07.24
800m: 1st 2:30.83 (R)
1500m: 1st 5:19.01 (R)
100m: 4th 14.95
100m: 2nd 16.58
Congratulations to those new record holders. And
Ron, we do not understand how you at 80+ years still
manage to credibly perform in so many events.
PHOTOS: Paul Campbell
Start of the women’s 60m race at the Gideon Tait meet
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Tina Rainford after she just broke the W50 AMA record in the shot put
Andrew Sexton in the 800m
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News
News
Wellington
by Michael Wray
The harrier season concluded in Wellington during
October. We wrapped up with two races of note. The
first was the Wellington Marathon Championships.
As usual in an even-numbered year, these were held
in Masterton as part of the Wairarapa Marathon.
Unfortunately, the quality of the field is greatly
reduced in an even-numbered year, with most runners
preferring to save themselves for the much bigger
Auckland event for their spring marathon.
One runner who was doing his bit to contribute to
the quality of the field was Wellington master Grant
McLean. Grant galloped to win outright in 2:44,
completing a winter season where he won the masters
race for all Athletics Wellington championship events.
The only AW race he failed to win was the Dorne Cup,
where a visiting athlete from Manawatu took first place.
Back to the Wellington Marathon Champs, Graeme
Tindall placed as second Wellington master, with no
third male and no females registered as Wellington
runners in the master’s grades.
The Wellington Masters 10km Championships were
held in Lower Hutt. The course for this race is proving
to be ever more challenging to maintain. New race
director Sharon Wray did a fantastic job liaising with
the council and arranging a large team of volunteer
race marshals. Increased traffic, particularly around
the start/finish area now there are new weekend
tenants using the adjacent school buildings on Sunday
mornings, mean we are looking at possibilities to
relocate to a quieter venue for next year. Non-member
Andrew Wharton, in his debut appearance at a WMA
event, ran our fastest time since 2008 to finish first.
In the women, Michelle Van Looy secured her fourth
win in five years. Terri Grimmett has been similarly
dominant in the walkers, winning the women’s walk for
the fourth time in six years, while Ian Morton was the
first male walker. On age-grading, Jackie Wilson was
the top walker with 84.10% and Pam Graham the top
runner with 90.27%.
PHOTOS: Sharon Wray
Our track season started with an interesting innovation.
The walking community arranged for Quentin Rew to
give a talk on race walking, with a call-out to interested
runners to come along and give it a go. It was amazing
to hear that in training Quentin completes his 500m
intervals at 3:50/km pace. Walking at 3:50/km! Quentin
and Alana Barber conducted some training drills and
tuition before a 3000m track walk was conducted. The
two master’s runners who participated were both put
soundly in their place, finishing last and while they were
allowed to finish they would have been disqualified in an
official race. Some of the younger runners proved more
adept at cross-skilling, with one or two showing real
promise, although the established walking community
came under no threat at the head of the race. The
incredibly fast walking speed displayed by Quentin and
Alana was an impressive sight.
The Regional League meet in Wellington doubled up
the 5000m race as the Wellington Championships.
The weather in Wellington provided one of its more
challenging days for running, serving up strong winds
that swirled around the park during the course of the
day, slowing performances from their usual standards.
Only one master’s women contested the event, Michelle
Van Looy finishing in 20:26. The men’s race had more
competition. Grant McLean continued his winning ways
by finishing first in the masters in 16:30. Second master
was Michael Wray in 17:07, with Tony Price third in
17:51.
Peter Baillie was 1st in the 3000m walk at the Palmerston North
regional meet in a time of 16:35.90
Coaching Corner
by Mike Weddell
There are many of us masters athletes that coach, but I
am not sure that makes those of us that coach any easier
to be coached either when coaching ourselves or when
we are being coached by someone else. Coaching and
coach education is part of my job and helping coaches to
improve is one of my briefs. I was asked to compile a list
of tips to improve coaching, here they are.
•
•
Michael Wray was 1st in the M45 5000m at the Nth Island champs
in a time of 17:25.14
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•
Don’t try to cover too much in a session; repetition is
the key to learning but use lots of variations
•
Have a coaching outline for the whole season,
training days and competitions so there are no
surprises
•
Coaching is about developing people, so coach
people, not a sport
Be punctual and don’t let your athletes be late for
sessions
•
Everything in a coaching session should have a
purpose – no time fillers
Be well organised; don’t spend half the session
getting things going
•
Don’t talk too much. Listen more
•
Always be prepared to learn, as you will never know
it all.
•
Know your athletes, what their goals are and what
motivates them
•
Plan each session; only very experienced coaches
can get away with making it up on the day
And make sure your athletes read the list too.
From L to R: Geoff Iremonger 1st M65 in a time of 21:00.84
and Daphne Jones 1st W70 in 21:01.05
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News
News
Tasman
Otago
by Derek Shaw
NZ Road Relay Champs – 4 October 2014
Tasman Master’s members were again involved in the
Athletics Nelson masters men and open grade teams
that lined up on the start lines of the familiar Sign of the
Takahe to Akaroa relay course. The M40 and OM60+
teams were hoping to make it three wins in a row while
the OM50 team was hoping to make a return to the
top of the podium following the recruitment of Robbie
Barnes and the return to Nelson of former Triathlon NZ
coach Greg Fraine.
The OM60 team of Herman van Gessel, Derek Shaw,
Mike Morrissey, Barry Dewar, Ian Carter and Ian
Morrison was the same as for 2013 with the first and
last lap runners swopped over. With several runners
recovering from recent injuries the strategy was to try
and establish an early buffer so that the later runners
would not be under too much pressure and at risk of
their injuries reoccurring. By the end of the second of
the 6 laps the team had a lead of over three and half
minutes which dropped to just under 3 minutes after
the third lap, following Gavin Smith’s fastest lap run
for second placed Athletics Tauranga – the only one
not taken out by Nelson runners. The lead was steadily
stretched out over the last three laps for a total time of
2:46:42, a winning margin of over eight and half minutes
which was more than twice that from the previous year.
On the 8 lap course the OM50 team got off to a flying
start with Neil Whittaker giving the team a 20s lead.
Robbie Barnes who had been sick in the lead up to
the event was not able to hold out Auckland City’s
Ken Walker on the second lap. However, a strong run
from Ian Courtenay put Nelson a few metres behind
Auckland City by the end of the 3rd lap and Bill Revell
regained the lead on the fourth lap to finish the lap with
a 46s margin over Wellington Harriers.
The next three Nelson runners, Cliff Bowman, Patrick
Meffan and Tim Cross, extended the lead to 2 minutes
37 seconds by the end of the penultimate lap. Greg
Fraine completed a fine team effort crossing the finish
line on the Akaroa Domain in 4:57:21, 2:17 ahead of
pre-race favourites Wellington Harriers. Their winning
time was comfortably under the 5 hours exactly
recorded by the gold medal winning Tasman Tigers M50
team on the same course at the 2009 championships.
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The M40 team, in the absence of top runner Phil
Costley and with some runners recovering from recent
injuries, had a challenge to extend their winning streak.
John Kennedy gave them a strong start finishing
alongside Papanui Toc H’s Jason Baillie, 7s behind
Wellington Scottish’s Michael Wray. Strong runs by
Brian Kemp, Ian Thomas, Kazu Abe and Simon Mardon
kept Nelson in the top three. However, despite Simon
Leaning, Peter Versey and Graeme Taylor taking out
fastest laps on the last 3 laps, the gap to Hamilton
Hawks and Papanui Toc H (which included Simon
Mardon’s brother Chris) was unable to be bridged
and they finished with the bronze medals 1:32 behind
Hawks.
Athletics Nelson had their best ever club performance
at the relay champs, with four of their five teams
winning medals as their JW were also third. This gave
them one more medal than the four clubs from much
larger centres who won three medals each – Auckland
City Athletics, Hamilton Hawks, Wellington Harriers
and Wellington Scottish. However, due to recent
changes in the points scoring system which weighted
the points in favour of senior, junior and young masters,
the club was not able to repeat their 2013 champion
club title.
With each club’s top three teams counting towards the
club title, Athletics Nelson had 46 points, equal with
Hamilton Hawks, but behind the 50 points obtained
by Auckland City, Wellington Harriers and Scottish.
A count back process determined that Scottish won
the best overall club title which they last won in 2012,
when they narrowly beat Nelson by one point under the
previous points system. Under the old scoring system
Nelson would this year have been first equal with
Auckland City.
The 2014 South Island Masters Track and Field
Championships hosted by the Otago Masters
Association over the weekend of November 28-30
turned out to be a very happy and successful three
days of competition. Weather over the three days
proved variable the Friday evening competitors having
to contend with bitterly cold wind coupled with squally
showers however conditions on the Saturday proved
much better than forecast and improved further
throughout the day. Entries totalled 68 a slight increase
on 2013 and it was pleasing to have a small number of
overseas athletes included among the final numbers.
The Saturday competition was held in conjunction with
the Athletics Otago Children’s Interclub Meeting in the
morning and the Senior Track and Field Meeting in the
afternoon. The timetable worked extremely well and
was commented on favourably at the AGM chaired
by NZMA President Mike Weddell held during the
lunch interval on Saturday. The feeling was conveyed
that future South Island Championships should look
to combine with other scheduled events due to the
small number of available venues and to attract greater
interest and support.
Although the hosting of the championships was
definitely a team effort no praise can be too high for
Championship Coordinator Fiona Harvey who oversaw
the whole operation in such a calm and efficient
manner. Fiona’s meticulous attention to detail was the
catalyst for a smooth trouble free event which all OMA
organises and members can be satisfied with. As well as
her huge administrative input, Fiona still found time to
excel herself in competition winning the W50 3kg Shot
Put (8.14m),500g Javelin (22.87m), 7.26kg weight throw
(10.06m) and 3kg Hammer Throw (27.48m). Team Mate
Winifred Harding was equally dominant in the W55
winning the W55 7.26kg Weight Throw (10.06m),1kg
Discus (18.64m), and 3kg Shot Put (7.87m).
The Saturday Evening BBQ held in the Upstairs Function
Room at the Caledonian Ground provided a further
enjoyable element to the championships weekend with
many positive comments received as to the quality
of the food provided. Thanks to Raylene and Craig
Bates for their work in organising the catering and
presentation for us. The unscheduled arrival of the local
Fire Brigade due to a malfunctioning smoke alarm did
nothing to spoil the relaxed and convivial atmosphere
prevailing among all competitors and officials.
The Otago Masters Association hopes everyone
enjoyed their three days in Dunedin for the 2014
South Island Championships and wish you all a merry
Christmas and a successful and prosperous 2015.
PHOTO: Malcolm Taylor
Last lap runner Ian Morrison had the distinction of
crossing the finish line to make it his second three-peat
in gold medals at NZ Road Relay Championships after
having been a member of Tasman Tigers teams that won
three successive titles in the OM50 grade. It was also
Derek Shaw and Mike Morrissey’s 6th gold medal in
road relay championships, having also been in winning
Tasman Tigers teams in the OM50 grade.
by John Stinson
Nelson Sports Awards
Paula Canning, who was third in the W40 age group
at the World Masters Mountain Running Champs in
September and won her age group at the NZ Mountain
champs, was nominated in the Masters category along
with Phil Costley and the Athletics Nelson OM60+ team
- for their third successive win in the NZ Road Relay
champs. Costley was 2nd senior in the NZ Mountain
Champs and 2nd in the NZ Marathon champs and 1st
kiwi runner. At the awards dinner on 28 November the
winner was… Phil Costley. Congratulations Phil.
NI Track and Field Champs
Steve Low was the only Tasman Master who managed
to make it to either the NI or SI champs. Like everybody
else he found the windy conditions in Hastings
challenging. He had a good win in the M55 400m in
1:03.97 but had to settle for third in the 200m (29.55).
Lyn Tribble competing in the W55 Shot Put
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News
Southland
by Evan MacIntosh
Southland Marathon Champs
The course is from Riverton to Invercargill and this year
the weather was excellent. Some Southland masters
results were:
beside. The marathon starts at the Millbrook village,
passes through Arrowtown, onto a track alongside
the Arrow River, some good gravel backroads, a loop
around Lake Hayes, on to Frankton, alongside Lake
Wakatipu to the Queenstown Gardens, then to the
finish line. One appealing aspect is that there is only
about 30% on tarseal roads, the remainder is on good
gravel roads and well maintained mountain bike trails.
There were loads of cheering spectators along most of
the course.
Ricky Gutsell
(3rd overall and 2nd masters)
M52
2:49
Klaartje van Schie
(4th overall and 1st female)
W37
2:56
Scott Underhay
M35
3:11
Nigel Marsh
M40
3:20
Garth Fairbairn
M60
3:50
Caught out by a sudden weather change
Bill Richardson
M60
3:51
Rudi Verplancke
M40
4:24
Corey Mennell
M35
1:20
Mervyn Potter
M35
1:31
Debbie Telfer
W50
1:36
Mary Marshall
W45
2:06
Alastair Hatton
M45
2:03
Barrie Sheehy (walk)
M60
2:41
The weather conditions on the day caught many
runners out. The weather was cool but still reasonably
good for the 10km runners, and the half marathon
runners, who started first. They managed to finish
before the weather turned really bad. However,
although the marathon runners had good marathon
running conditions for the first half, the weather
conditions deteriorated quite suddenly early in the
second half of the race. The wind speed increased
markedly, the temperature dropped quickly, and the
chilling rain poured. The last 12 to 15km was all head
wind to add to the wind chill factor.
Richard Dimmock
M35
41:41
Michael Bashford
M45
49:16
Marie Muhl
W35
50:26
Gerry Wade (walk)
M80
1:30
M50
25:44
Half Marathon
(1st masters woman)
10km
5km
Bruce Thomson
Air New Zealand Queenstown International Marathon
The inaugural Air New Zealand Queenstown
International Marathon and accompanying events
attracted large entries, and entries actually closed a few
months before the event with full fields in all events.
The full marathon closed with 1,800 entries, the half
marathon around 2,500 entries and the 10km event
also closed with many entries.
It would have to be one of the most scenic running
events anywhere in the world. It is in an alpine setting
with mountains all around and two glacial lakes to run
10 shivering runners on stretchers with woollen and/
or survival blankets over them. When the St John’s
staff took me to a warmer room, I found that there
were another 25-30 runners also in various stages of
hypothermia. So it was not just me that was caught out
by the sudden weather change.
the start line, at least take it with you. Full results can be
found at www.queenstown-marathon.co.nz. The best
performance from a Southland MA registered member
came from Mary Marshall who won her W60-69 age
group in a time of 2:06 in the half marathon.
As a result of the bad weather conditions, the prize
giving, which was to have been at 3.00 p.m., was called
off and those that won prizes were advised to pick them
up the following day. I’m sure the organisers were very
disappointed that the weather let them down on the
day. We were sunning ourselves the day before and the
day after. “Murphy’s Law” again and a lesson for us all
to learn! Don’t be like me and leave your warm gear at
Be there next year
Despite what happened in terms of the weather, the
event itself is marvelous, very scenic, and very well run
by the organisers. I would recommend it to anyone, and
suggest that you get your entries in early next year as all
the events will fill up fast. Good luck to all who compete
next year and let’s hope “Huey” will be kinder to us
vulnerable mortals!
PHOTO: Evan MacIntosh
These sudden changes in weather conditions caught
many marathon runners out including myself. I had a
polyprop and sealed jacket at the ready at the start line,
but because the shower of rain had passed and there
was a nice balmy temperature I opted not to wear them
fearing that I would get too hot if I did. That was an
error of judgment as it turned out. Running conditions
were great for the first 25kms and then turned really
cold, and by 33kms I was becoming quite hypothermic
and pulled out of the race at Frankton.
A volunteer at Frankton, Don Wallace, rescued me and
gave me a ride to the finish line, for which I thanked him
at the time and again a day or two later. I’m glad that I
did pull out as my son Glenn who managed to finish the
marathon, said that the weather was even worse from
Frankton to Queenstown, with chilly headwinds and
rain.
I wondered if I was the only person to get caught out
by the sudden weather change. This question was
answered at the finish line. The St John’s Ambulance
staff, who did a marvellous job under trying conditions,
were run off their feet with marathon runners who
were in a bad hypothermic state. Their tent had around
A wet and cold Glenn MacIntosh after completing the inaugural Air NZ Queenstown International Marathon
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PHOTO: Paul Campbell
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