PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER April 2012 PORTHILLSATHLETICCLUB http://www.porthills.org.nz Port Hills Athletic Club, PO Box 12-069, Beckenham. Clubrooms: Hansen Park, Hawford Road, Opawa. Contactnam esand Phonenum bers THE CLUB WEEK PRESIDENT GaryMcIlroy 354-1005 VICE-PRESIDENT KevinJago 980-2457 This is intended as a guide to regular club SECRETARY PeterKing 341-1154 activities for members and interested persons. Please phone the contact numbers, as TREASURER DaveKennedy 942-2222 holidays or rather lack of regularly updated XC&ROADCLUBCAPTAIN information may render the following PeterWatts 332-1964 misleading or inaccurate. XC&ROADJUNIOR,CLUBCAPTAIN MONDAY PaulJohnston 3 3 2 - 1 8 9 4 4.30pm Children’s Hill Training - T&FCLUBCAPTAIN Halswell Quarry Philip Chapman (322-4266). GeorgeEdwards 960-3993 5.00pm Steady state OR speed workouts - T&FJUNIOR,CLUBCAPTAIN Ayr St, Hagley Park: Pete Watts (332-1964). SueLeadbeater 366-2376 SELECTORS TUESDAY KevinKnight 358-7220 5.00pm Hill reps or Circuit training - PeterWatts 332-1964 meet 31 Dunn St: Pete Watts (332-1964). COMMITTEE 5.00pm Children’s Cross-Country Training - PeterBayliss 980-8395 Hansen Park Paul Johnston (332-1894) WahrenHensley 389-8944 WEDNESDAY ElizabethKeenan 322-1006 9.30am Hill run/walk for all levels - KerryRutherford 981-0941 Hansen Park: Glen Watts (332-1964). GlenWatts 332-1964 5.00pm Steady state training MikeNewland 332-6411 Ayr St, Hagley Park: Pete Watts (332-1964). Your Newsletter THURSDAY Contributionsforthe nextissue should be 5.00pm Steady state OR speed workouts - r e c e i v e d b y 2 0 t h M a y 2 0 1 2 . P l e a s e p o s t Ayr St, Hagley Park: Pete Watts (332-1964). articlesto PO Box 12-069,Beckenham ;Orleave 5.00pm Children’s Cross-Country Training - them in the m ailbox atthe c l u b r o o m s ; O r e m a i l Ayr St, Hagley Park Paul Johnston (332-1894) (textonly please)to one ofthe editorialteam : GeorgeEdwards 9 6 0 - 3 9 9 3 FRIDAY [email protected]. nz 9.30am A flat run/bike/walk for all fitness levels – T o m J a r m a n 3 3 2 - 9 8 7 7 Hansen Park Graham White (322-7147). [email protected] SATURDAY John Caughley 9 8 0 - 4 4 3 5 [email protected] TBA See Club Calendar (Mar 2012 Newsletter) and Coming Events for details for Saturdays. Thism onth’sContents SUNDAY PresidentandCaptains’columns p3 7.30am Hill run (Long run on the Port Hills) - ComingEvents p4 meet 31 Dunn St: Pete Watts (332-1964). Notices pp4-5 Events&Results pp8-11 U n i f o r m s Advertising pp5-7 A dults’:available from Faye Fyfe,Ph 942-3366 Photos pp5,11. Singlets $40, Crop tops $40, Jackets $90. Coverphoto: M um s’A w ardsrecipients Children’s:from Sue Leadbeater,Ph 366-2376. atthe C hildren’s Prize-giving cerem ony.(See page 11.) NEWSLETTERADVERTISINGRATES M orephotosm ay beseen on theClub website. 1/4 page: $10/issue; $100/year(11 issues) 1/2page: $20/issue; $180/year Fullpage: $35/issue; $350/year C a l l T o m J a r m a n o r John Caughley PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER April 2012. Page 3

A Pleased President TRACK & FIELD CLUB CAPTAIN’S As the weather gets better and better, it REPORT, MARCH- APRIL would seem, we are now back in cross- country mode, which of course, means that The last month has been the climax of the winter is on its way. season for most of our athletes , with the NZ As you probably know, I am a strong believer Track & Field Championships in , South that the winter is a great time to build up your Island Secondary Schools Championships in Nelson,The Interprovincials in Auckland and the strength and endurance. Most elite athletes Canterbury versus Tasman meeting in Nelson. perform at their best when they have Club athletes featured well in all the events and wintered successfully. details are given in reports later in the newsletter. Congratulations to all of our prize winners from the summer season and all those that The NZ Track and Field Championships at Wai- takeri Stadium were a step up on previous as re- achieved their goals and gained new PB’s. gards entertainment and hype with a big screen A big thanks to all that those that have given and over the top commentaries. Our five athletes up their time and energy to make it possible in the Canterbury team acquitted themselves well for our athletes to compete and represent the in tough competition, with not as many medals as club so successfully. in previous years reflecting the stiff contests. Do keep involved with Port Hills during the Our five athletes in the Canterbury Interprovincial winter season. team competing in Auckland contributed greatly I have written a report on the Hansen Park to the teams points which gained Canterbury third repairs in this month’s newsletter (page 4) place in a fiercely competitive environment. There but in summary, things seem to be taking were lots of personal bests, with one, by Summer shape and we should be good to go for next Rutherford in the G12 80m hurdles, setting a new season. Canterbury record. (Details on page 10.) Have a fabulous month and keep up the A record number of fifteen club athletes repre- training. sented Canterbury in the children’s contest with Gary McIlroy Nelson in Nelson, and again a number of President personal bests were recorded. XC&RCLUBCAPTAIN’SREPORT Again in Nelson the South Island Secondary H i M e m b e r s , Schools Track & Field championships saw a W elcom eto thecrosscountry season.W ehave number of club athletes competing for their schools with good results being recorded, as is had good lead-up racesto startw ith,nam ely Link noted in the report later in the newsletter. Relay atthe H alsw ellQ uarry,in w hich PortH ills had big num bersand good results.Thisw as So looking back it was a season like no other, follow ed by H agley Trialsheld atCurletts where despite difficulties with facilities and train- Reserve.Theafternoon w aslovely and w arm and ing, club athletes still produced performances of the highest calibre, and this was reflected in the racing w ascom petitive forboth adultsand child- prizegiving and breakup on March the 20th where ren.Follow ing these eventsw e held theTurkey a great crowd of athletes and parents gathered at TrotatHansen Park over6km .Runnershad to the Manning Intermediate school hall to celebrate estim ate the tim e thatthey thoughtthatthey our successes. Well done to all of you for produc- w ould do forthedistanceand hand in their ing some great performances and results, and we w atches. O urfirstinterclub race w asthe H agley look forward to next season. (See page 11.) Relays.PortH illshad them ostteam sentered and To wrap up we are planning a meeting of anyone ourbestnum bersfortw o seasons,w ith the interested to recap on the past season and to M astersw om en picking up firstplace.O verall, plan for the future – this will be advised soon. ourteam sbattled on,w ith som e good individual Have a great winter and see you in the spring. tim esforearly in the season. George Edwards Training hasbeen going very w ell,w ith Pauland Igetting good num bersattending and results starting to show .D on’tforgetTuesday training forthe w interisleaving from 31 D unn Streetat 5 p m . W ellm em bers,notm uch m oreatthisstage– keep up thegood work. P e t e W a t t s PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER April 2012. Page 4

PortH illsNew M em bers COMING EVENTS A specialwelcom eto ournew m em bersthis NB Check the Sports Draw in Wednesday’s Press m o n t h : C hristine B urnett May ElleanorB ell 5th Children’s Forest Relay, Bottle Lake Hanmer Half /10k, Hanmer Domain G eorgia Sevier 2pm Club run/walk, Hansen Park Isabella Levestam 6th (Sun) 10am N.B./Oly 15k Road Race, Greenpark Jam ieHawker 10th (Thurs) ChCh Sec Schools Road Champs, N. Hagley J o J o h n s t o n 12th 2pm Club Hill Climb Champs, Hansen Park M a r k W e b b Please bring a plate N y a l a W a i t e 19th 1.15pm Jane Paterson XC races, Rawhiti Domain R osie Zinzan-D ickie 2pm Club run/walk, Same venue Sam anthaBenson-Pope th 26 9.45am N.B./Oly 5k Road Race, Rawhiti Domain Trinity G ilm our 2pm Club run/walk, Hansen Park th 29 (Tues) ChCh Secondary Schools XC Champs, Hansen Park Grounds & Clubhouse Repair. Halswell Quarry Like much of Canterbury’s rebuild, the repair of June our Hansen Park grounds and clubhouse is a 2nd 2pm Club run/walk, Hansen Park slow process. 3rd ChCh Airport Marathon/ Half Marathon/10k We have been working with the council and as From theQuarry you will probably have seen, the track area has (M ondays,starting at4.30 pm ) been levelled and reseeded. In the last few weeks, the new grass has begun to appear and A notherw interhasarrived,so it’stim e to get things should be great for next season. those longerspikesout. Some minor clubhouse repairs have been carried TheRim Run /HillClim b hasstarted again with out by our own members, “Thank you”, but acoupleofm inorchanges.W ew illputthetim er delays have occurred to the main repair work, on theotherside oftheroad thisyearand take all due to lengthy negotiation with the insurers etc. the children acrossin one supervised bunch,after The insurers eventually approved a structural ourw arm -up session.Lotsofparenthelp is engineer to give his recommendation on how the required atthe startand finish,particularly w ith clubrooms should be fixed. the youngerchildren. His thoughts were to jack-up the roof structure to Iam in theprocessofdeveloping alongerrun for level, pull down the existing block walls on the ourolderchildren.Thisw illbe based on age and eastern and southern sides, put a new level floor on top of the existing foundation slab and then ability,and involvesa route via K ennedysBush rebuild the block walls. This method will also Road,which sould take15 to 20 m inutes.Ineed a mean we get a cosmetically better job done. supervisorofm oderate running ability to The next stage, which is due very soon, will be to chaperonethegroup – isthisyou?Thisw illbea meet with the builder who will carry out the work, s l o w run w here the children stay togetherasa hopefully sooner rather than later. pack – atleastuntilthe lastcouple ofhundred We will keep you updated. m e t r e s ! Gary McIlroy President M ondaysattheQuarry areopen to anyone,so if yourschoolfriendsare training forthe zonesor Canterbury Secondary SchoolsCham pionships- Canterbury finals,they are m ostw elcom e to O m issionsand Addenda com eand run with us. U nfortunately in the rush to m ake the deadlines,som e ofthe clubsathletesresultsw ere m issed outofthe last RECORDCARDS .Iw illredraw the w hite board new sletter.A pologiesto those concerned,and here- overthe nextcouple ofw eeksand allocate w ith an attem ptto rectify the situation. num bersto new people.Please help the children IsaacJohnston cam eninth in theJuniorboys1500m in adjusttheirtim esifthey geta PB (PersonalBest). a tim e of4.53.30. Thiscan betricky to w ork outasthesecondsare Braeden Botica cam e a creditable fourth in the senior i n b a s e 6 0 . boys3000m with atim eof9.49.90. KateKeenan com peted in theUnder14 girls800 and Enquiriescan bem adeto 1500m ,butdid notm anageto m akeitto thefinals, Philip Chapm an P h 3 2 2 - 4 2 6 6 with a3.07.06 800m and 6.18.09 1500m . G ood efforteveryone! G e o r g e PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER April 2012. Page 5

HOWYOUMIGHT KILLYOURCLUB BOOK ON AND MURRAY Y ou m ay haveseen som ething sim ilarto this HALBERG ERA (1956-1965) already butitw illstand anotherairing because Since November, 2010 Vern Walker has been som eofitm ayapplyto ourown club. working on a daily basis to create a book that will Theaim ofyourclub isto supportitsm em bers probably be entitled: FAST FEET UPON THE and itssuccessdependsupon thesupportgiven to EARTH. It will be a book with a lot of new data as well as many new photos, and will also feature itby thosem em bers.Howeverifyou arean , , John Davies, Neville opponentofyourclub therearem any w aysin Scott, , and all of w hich itcan bedestroyed.H erearesom e the great runners of the above decade. e x a m p l e s : — Vern competed against and trained with all of 1. Seldom ,ifever,attend m eetings. these runners (except Marise) and was a Ifyou do attend,spend plenty oftim e finding nationally ranked three mile runner (13.45.7) and faultw ith the w ork ofthe officers,and the rest got 3rd in the nationals in this event (1961) ofthe tim e chatting to those around you. chasing Halberg and Magee. 3. N everseek office.Itis easierto criticise Vern is currently gathering a list of addresses of othersthan to do thingsyourself. those who may be interested in such a book. 4. Ifasked atam eeting to giveyouropinion, About mid-late 2014 everything will be have nothing to say,keep ittillyou get completed, at which time those on his mailing list o u t s i d e . will be contacted giving full details along with the 5.Neverdo athing foryourclub.Butwhen price. At that time you have the option to othersuse theirabilitiesto help,you can claim purchase - or otherwise. thatthe outfitisrun by a clique. If you are interested please contact Vern directly 6. N everrecord avote,butcom plain thatyour at [email protected]. valuable opinionsare neversought. If you are currently still active within a club, 7.W hen socialeventsare held,neverattend,b u t kindly provide the email of your secretary so t e l l e v e r y onethatm oney isbeing w a s t e d o n promotion of the book can be made to club blow outsw hich costa lotand accom plish members. n o t h i n g . I look forward to your reply, as well as your 8. W hen no socialeventstake place,scream t h a t expression or your interest - as well as any the place isdead. names and addresses of family/old running 9. D on'ttelltheclub how itcan help you,and mates, etc. then ifitdoesnothelp you,threaten to resign. Vern Walker 10.Pourallyourtroublesin the secretary's e a r , 104/66 Avonleigh Road that'sw hathe isthere for,and besides,he has Pinesong Retirement Village no troublesofhisow n. Waitakere 0604 11.K eep youreyesopen forsom ething wrong - Auckland w hen you find it,talk about i t,butdon'ttry to NEW ZEALAND fix itorim prove it. Ph ++64 9 817 6002 12.Take allthe club has to offerbutnevergive it a n y t h i n g . 13.A gree w ith everything said ata m eeting,and loudly disagree outside. 14.W hen asked forinform ation,don'tgive it. 15.A buse the com m ittee forlack ofinform ation. 16.Never spend a penny for your club, but com plain aboutthe costoffees. 17.Think only of yourself - the other m em ber s don'tm atteradam n anyway. 18,W hen you attend a meeting, vote to d o som ething and then proceed to do exactly the o p p o s i t e . 19.G etfullatevery opportunity and alw ays use TheCanterbury Team plenty ofbad language. atthe InterProvincialC hildren’s A thletics. (Seepage10) From a clipping provided byStew H ill.

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PORTHILLSTWOPERSONRELAY 21.00 Carol Thompson 1 0 t h M arch 2012,H alswellQ uarry -3.6 km circuit 15.33 Bernie Jago th W ow -whatawindydayatthequarry!Peteand 12 52.28 Paulsetouta testing course butran outoftim e to 18.39 Eric Saxby m ake ita full4k circuit,w hich w asnevertheless 15.06 Mary Hart 19.43 Eric Saxby enjoyed by the m ajority ofparticipants.K evin K th did the pairing ofteam sw hilethisw asgoing on, 13 55.02 17.16 Robyn Daly w ith the objectbeing to try and puta faster 20.13 Warren Elliott runnerw ith a slow erone,the fasterperson 17.33 Robyn Daly running laps1 & 3.Thecourse w asinteresting, 14th 55.02 incorporating flatand hilland everybody seem ed 15.17 Phil Chapman to enjoy it.Paulw asfasteston theday w ith his 23.55 Julia Riding tw o lapsbeing one second different!Louise had 15.50 Phil Chapman t h 7 fastesttim e and firstfem ale.W hatan effort!! 15th 64.05 M eland Isaac w ere second and third fastest. 20.09 Mark Russell P e t e W a t t s 22.33 Bob Fyfe 23.23 Mark Russell 1st 47.49 16.07 Peter Daly NZ Track & Field Championships, 15.06 Corey Johnston Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, 16.36 Peter Daly 23rd-25th March, 2012 2nd 48.21 The 2012 NZ National championships were held 13.34 Paul Johnston at the Trusts Stadium, Waitakere, west Auckland, 21.14 Allan Gardiner and the club had five athletes in the Canterbury 13.33 Paul Johnston team. This is a smaller number than previous 3rd 49.36 years, and the medal haul for club members was 17.17 Jamie Houston lower than previous years also, though the Can- 14.43 Louise Daly terbury team did well, coming third in the medal 17.36 Jamie Houston count. The meet was redesigned to be more 4th 49.53 entertaining, with a big screen showing the events 14.09 Mel Orange and after event interviews, while the upbeat 20.14 Kevin Knight commentary set the tone, but didn’t always get it 14.30 Mel Orange right. The event certainly had more pizzaz and entertainment than previous years and had a 5th 50.53 better feel as a result. 18.02 Jo Johnston Our athletes ended up with a gold and two 16.24 Chris Arnold bronze medals to show for their efforts. 16.27 Corey Johnston (for Jo) th Hannah Newbould, though technically not a 6 50.59 member at the moment but intending to correct 13.41 Isaac Johnston this in the near future, won the Womens 5000m 23.04 John Waite with a time of 16.26.37, well ahead of the second 14.14 Isaac Johnston runner. She was also in the Canterbury Womens th 7 50.59 4x400m relay which was third. 16.22 Hugh Conly Kate Newitt continued her second comeback with 18.03 Ross Warmington a third in the Senior Womens 3000m walk in a 16.40 Hugh Conly time of 15,28.38. 8th 51.15 Patch Harnett competed with an injured ankle 15.45 Kieron Berry heavily strapped and under the circumstasnces 20.18 John Eastmond did well with a ninth in the M17 high jump with a 15.12 Kieron Berry 1.83 clearence, and a very close failure at 1.91m. th 9th 52.06 He also competed in the long jump coming 11 15.45 Sammy Benson-Pope with a 5.92m jump. 20.39 Fred Cooper Jarno Plenter had a frustrating weekend, coming th 15.42 Sammy Benson-Pope fourth in the M17 pole vault with 3.72m, and 13 10th 52.12 in the high jump, both below his best. 16.25 Peter King Courteny Anngow had tough competition in the 18.35 Holly Johnston W20 shot and discus, coming seventh and sixth 17.12 Peter King respectively. 11th 52.36 So overall an exciting weekend’s competition, with 15.53 Bernie Jago some outstanding performances in some events, but mostly disappointment for our clubs athletes. PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER April 2012. Page 9

S. I. Secondary Schools Championships, HAGLEYTRIALS Nelson, 31st March- 1st April, 2012 31stM arch,2012 This event was held on the Saxton Field in Onceagain wewereluckyenough to havegood Nelson, with those placed fifth and above in the w eatheraround the C urlettsR eserve circuit. Canterbury Schools Championships, qualifying. Thanksto Fayeand Bob forbeing such great Thus a smaller contingent from the club travelled hosts.Forty people rocked up to the startofthe up to Nelson to try to repeat their successes of the Canterbury Championships. 4k race,butunfortunately there w ere 2 w ithdraw - als.G ary and Paulheaded offthe field,w ith Isaac Summer Rutherford was a busy girl, coming and M athew sprinting in forthenexttw o places eighth in the U14 girls 100m, third in the 80m hurdles with a time of 12.96, fourth in the long and Barry show ing thathe isin reasonableform jump with 4.83 and two relay golds for Middleton to com ein 5th.M ary,Fionaand M areeshowed Grange in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. thatonce again they w illbe form idable in the Frances Daly was successfully occupied, gaining m astersw om en’sfield thisseason.O thertight seconds in the U15 800 and 3000m, with times of finisheswerebetweenHugh and M ikeM ; 2.29.69 and 10.56.02. M aureenandJam ie;andStew andJohn E. Holly Tudehope came fifth in the U15 high jump 1st 15.19 Gary McIlroy with a 1.40 leap, tenth in the 80m hurdles and her 2nd 15.42 Paul Johnston Girls High relay team was placed fifth. 3rd 16.46 Isaac Johnston Braeden Botica came a creditable second in the 4th 16.46 Matthew Jensen U19 3000m with a time of 9.12.54, a good 5th 16.59 Barry Finch improvement on his Canterbury Championship 6th 17.02 Mary Hart performance. 7th 17.25 Nick Rutter Courtney Anngow gained fourth places in the 8th 17.26 Fiona Gilroy U19 shot and discus with 9.79m and 30.31m 9th 17.33 Maree Greig hurls. 10th 17.42 Kieron Berry 11th 18.09 Len Millward The irrepressible Jarno Plenter was first in the 12th 18.15 Louis Jensen Pole vault with a 3.82m tweak of the pole, third in 13th 18.20 John Shivas the U19 110m hurdles in 16.15 and eighth in the 14th 18.41 Brent Mahony high jump with an inexplicable 1.70m. 15th 18.50 Robyn Daly All in all a satisfying end for most to a memorable 16th 19.23 Bernie Jago season. 17th 19.28 Hugh Conly George 18th 19.28 Mike McPhee 19th 19.45 Peter King H agley TrialRace-Juniors 20th 20.00 Alex Fairbairn A notherbeautifulday outatthe show groundsfor 21st 21.01 Ross Warmington allthe fam iliesthere m ade forsom e exciting 22nd 21.09 Maureen Averill resultsforboth the children and adults.R esults 23rd 21.09 Jamie Houston 24th 21.43 Terry Warren fortheyoung oneson a2.1K M courseasfollows: 25th 22.23 Catherine Moran Louise Daly 8:13 26th 22.28 John Conly (guest) Corey Johnston 8:17 27th 23.12 Wahren Hensley Farran Landers 8:36 28th 23.44 Dave Clarke Tayla Clarke 9:03 29th 24.03 Mark Russell Kate Keenan 9:34 30th 24.32 Warren Elliott Joshua Clarke 10:04 31st 25.10 Amanda Landers Bradley Robins 10:11 32nd 25.25 John Caughley Holly Johnston 10:38 33rd 25.35 Stan Gawler Vivien Guttman 10:45 34th 25.43 Kevin Knight Trinity Gilmour 11:04 35th 27.49 Stew Hill Robyn Van der Voort 11:25 36th 27.49 John Eastmond Jaime Van der Voort 11:33 37th 27.58 John Waite Jemesa Landers 11:59 38th 31.40 Colleen Donaldson Matthew Clarke 12:01 Micah Landers 12:01 Zachary Landers 13:13 Samantha Robins 17:07 P a u l PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER April 2012. Page 10

LINKRELAY 20th Comfortably Numb 1.08.52 (1.02.00) 2 4 t h M a r c h , 2 0 1 2 14.40 (14.00) Braeden Botica 18.07 (15.30) Isaac Johnston 1st One For The Road 1.26.41 (1.32.00) 17.58 (16.00) Mathew Jensen 20.10 (21.30) Jamie Houston 18.07 (16.30) Dylan “Smith” 20.44 (22.30) Terry Warren 21st Could Be 1.47.57 (1.55.00) 24.55 (24.00) Fred Cooper 29.15 (27.00) Stew Hill 20.52 (20.52) Eric Saxby 24.25 (26.00) John Caughley 2nd Madacascar 1.17.59 (1.20.00) 23.49 (23.00) Mark Russell 22.00 (24.00) Sasha Fairbairn/Mary 30.28 (29.00) Colleen Donaldson 17.56 (18.00) Mary Hart 19.48 (20.00) Andrew Fairbairn N Z C hildren’sA thletics,G rades12/13 18.25 (18.00) Isaac Fairbairn Inter-provincialsA uckland 2012 4th Team Mac 1.08.10 (1.08.30) 17.05 (17.05) Kieron Berry During the Easter weekend I was privileged to 16.05 (16.30) Whitney Greig accompany the defending champion Canterbury 18.13 (18.00) Robyn Daly children’s interprovincial team to A uckland as an 16.47 (17.00) Maree Greig assistantm anager.The team consisted of44 children; 7th Camelot Crew 1.40.26 (1.40.00) (11 each ofGrade 12 girls & boys and 11 each of 27.27 (26.00) John Waite G rade 13 girlsand boys)selected from the Canterbury 25.00 (26.00) Kevin Knight clubs. The com petition washeld overtwo daysatM t 24.10 (24.00) Warren Elliott Smart Stadium, Auckland with 330 children 23.49 (24.00) Bob Fyfe representing 12 provinces from throughout New 9th Two Plus Two 1.15.19 (1.17.00) Zealand. The team stayed at Auckland Grammar 19.00 (19.00) Louise Martin schooland the w eatherw asfantastic. 22.07 (20.00) Wahren Hensley Five of our Port H ills club athletes had their strong 18.31 (18.00) Brent Mahony season recognised by being selected in to the team : 15.41 (20.00) Paul Johnston (for Jo) Grade 12 Girls 10th Bad To The Bone 1.04.25 (1.02.30) Ella Apps 14.41 (14.00) Gary McIlroy Tayla Clarke 16.40 (16.30) Len Millward Summer Rutherford 16.20 (16.00) Mike Glen Grade 12 Boys 16.24 (16.00) Kevin Slattery Jed Cookson-Ryan 11th 2 Oldies 2 Newies 1.12.25 (1.11.00) Fraser McKay 17.48 (18.00) Peter Bayliss 17.35 (18.00) Chris Arnold O urfive athletescom peted w elland achieved:4 top 3 19.12 (18.00) Jenny Miller placing,8 personalbests,4 club bestperform ances, 17.50 (17.00) Sammy Benson-Pope also Sum m erRutherford m anaged to achievea Canterbury Childrensbestperform ance in the 80m 15th Team Hendry 1.18.47 (?) H urdleswith atim eof12.63s(previousPB was 21.44 Maria Hendry 12.77s)thisisstillpending ratification by the C C A A 19.27 Georgia Hendry c o m m i t t e e . 19.08 Stuart Hendry 18.28 Phil Chapman The eventis prim arily a team com petition with each 16th French Connection 1.19.07 (1.16.30) athlete striving to achieve m axim um points in each of 18.54 (18.30) Peter King their four events; by trying to exceed their PB or 24.01 (22.30) Doug Armishaw achieve as close as they can to it.Please note forall 18.26 (18.00) Hugh Conly you younger athletes thatw ould aspire to be selected 17.46 (17.30) John Shivas in future years,you need to have a strong ability in a num berofevents,so m ake sure you participate in the 18th Right Of Way 1.21.15 (1.17.00) m axim um fourevents every Saturday atinterclub and 16.13 (16.00) Mel Orange do yourbest! 17.59 (16.30) Jamie Hawker 16.39 (17.00) Frances Daly The Canterbury team proudly finished third thisyear 30.24 (28.00) Pete Watts w ith 116,111 points,thisw as1000 m ore pointsthan 19th Taken For Granted 1.30.40 (1.24.30) lastyear’sw inning total,w hich indicateshow strong 18.38 (17.30) Paul Rutledge the com petition w asthisyear.W ellington w on forthe 20.12 (18.00) Ross Warmington firsttim esince1979 and A uckland cam ein second. 24.00 (24.00) John Eastmond (Seephoto on page5.) 27.50 (25.00) Julia Riding PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER April 2012. Page 11

In addition to the team com petition they also recognise Junior Men the top individual athletes in each grade. This year 1 Jarno Plenter Sum m erRutherford placed 2 n d overallin the grade 12 Senior Men girls.Lastyearthe grade 12 girlswaswon by ourown 1 Ben Loh Larissa M cKewan who was sadly missed this year from the grade 13 girlsteam due to injury. Track and Field JuniorAward W inners In addition to the athletic com petition there is an 2 0 1 2 unofficialchanting com petition.Iw ould have invested M cCannTrophy- in som eearplugsifIhad ofknown whatIwasin for. BoysU 10M ostImproved M atthew Clarke The chanting really added to the atm osphere from the W ingham Trophy- tim e we arrived atthe ground on Saturday m orning to GirlsU10 M ostIm proved G racie Pratten the prize giving held Sunday night.Iam sure a few of the kidshad little voice leftatthe end ofthe w eekend. LeadbeaterTrophy forG irls Sum m erRutherford Iwould have to say this is one ofthe bestchildrens Girls10+ M ostPB’s Brenna Carson events I have attended with top G12 & 13 athletes from alloverN Z,allteam s in uniform ,chanting and LeadbeaterTrophy ForBoys- excellentorganisation. Boys10+ M ostPB’s D r e w M a c k a y Kerry & H elen Rutherford B rislane Trophy Som eonewho Gives110% ,BestTrier,Doesn’t PORTHILLSCLUBCHAMPS necessarily achieve results - K a t e K e e n a n PRIZE W INNERS2012 JuniorSprinterO fY ear Sum m erRutherford GIRLS U8 JuniorRunnerOfYear GregorM ackay 1 Kate Herman 32 2 Catherine Carroll 29 JuniorJum perOfYear Sum m erRutherford 3 Gracie Pratten 25 JuniorThrowerO fYear Larissa M ckewen GIRLS U10 1 Brianna Fidow 32 JuniorA thlete O fY ear Larissa M ckewen 2 Francesca Williamson 24 3 Olivia Wrathall 19 GIRLS U12 1 Brenna Carson 58 2 Lily Taitimu 32 3 Penny Burridge 26 GIRLS U14 1 Summer Rutherford 55 2 Ella Apps 48 3 TaylaClarke 38 GIRLS U16 1 Holly Tudehope 48

BOYS U8 1 Nathan Carolan 32 2 Xavier Fidow 29 A bove:G irlsunder8 w ith certificates. 3 Hugo Wrathall 26 Below:Drew M ackay with LeadbeaterTrophy. BOYS U10 M orephotoson theClub website. 1 James Coates 34 2 Matthew Ownsworth 32 3 Clayton Shadbolt 23 BOYS U12 1 Gregor MacKay 42 2 Ayrton Shadbolt 37 3 Drew Mackay 34 BOYS U14 1 Fraser Mackay 54 2 Callum Pierson 36 3= Farran Landers 34 3= Sam Mackay 34 BOYS U16 1 Isaac Johnston 66