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No 669, Feb 7th, 2017 Clubs, please print this and pass on to your members or send their email address to [email protected] so more in our sport can be added to the circulation list

Lindsay"Ginger" Redman 3.10.1931 to 30.1.2017. Gore Athletic club lost one on its Life Members last week. Ginger aged 85, was a LIfe Member of the Gore Club and had received a Long Service award from the Southland Centre for Athletics. He was heavily involved in athletics during the 1970s-80s while daughter Pam Flaus (nee Redman) competed as a coach and committee member of the Gore club. He was always seen with a stop watch in his hand on the finish line at Surrey Park on Saturdays at competitions. He continued to have an interest in the Gore club into the early 2000s. (This is a heap of important information in this issue – make sure you are up with requirements by noting details from page 4 on) Records and Success for Southland Athletes from All Over! It was a bit of here, there and everywhere for Southland athletes over the week, with Southland and records included. 1. Surrey Park Friday evening. With more than a dozen Southlanders intent on competing at the New Zealand Combined Event Champs in Dunedin in two weeks the modified CE competition of quadrathon and pentathlon was an ideal sharpener, although the blustery weather didn’t help much. Anna Skerret continued her good form from recent Colgates with an impressive total for four events that included an excellent while Tim Baker’s total from five events was outstanding. The associated other events had Jack Welsh giving the Southland M19 discus record a fright. His 46.61 throw with the 1.75 kg implement was just 18cm short of Marshall Hall’s record (see later). His coach Chris Knight says the 19 year old has a good chance of achieving the mark and will have another crack at this weekend’s combined junior and senior meet. Jessica Senior showed hwr talents are not just with the javelin, throwing a PB in the discus and cracking the 35m barrier for the first time. Emma Wilson also was in PB mode throwing 35m in the hammer for the first time since moving up from the 3 to 4kg. Many of the athletes felt a little flat, as result of many having their first week back at school and getting used to a different routine again after the long holidays, Chris observed. Even so, a dozen performances made the standard to get on the national rankings. Combined Events Women’s Quad Points 100H HJ SP 200 80H ------WU16 1 Skerrett, Anna - 1.41m 12.08m 28.97 14.44 St Pauls w: 1.3 w: 3.3 2244 - (523) (666) (556) (499) ------1

2 Stewart, Sarah - 1.29m 6.55m 30.11 14.52 Athletics Invercargill w: 1.3 w: 3.3 1669 - (399) (306) (474) (490) ------3 Dempster, Ruby - 1.38m 5.21m 31.72 15.27 Athletics Invercargill w: 1.3 w: 3.3 1484 - (491) (221) (369) (403)) ------4 Baird, Tessa - 1.38m 6.27m 32.07 16.19 St Pauls w: 1.3 w: 3.3 1434 - (491) (288) (347) (308)) ------WU18 1 Wilson, Ella NH 10.08m 29.75 16.29 Winton Athletics Club w: 1.3 w: 3.3 1333 (0) (535) (500) (298)) ------2 Humphries, Sarah NH 7.21m 31.75 14.93 Winton Athletics w: 1.3 w: 3.3 1156 (0) (348) (367) (441)) ------WU20 1 McDowell, Andrea 18.05 1.38m 8.34m 28.16 - St Pauls NWI w: 1.3 2013 (483) (491) (421) ( 618) (0) ------2 Findlay, Hollie 19.61 1.35m 6.75m 32.14 St Pauls NWI w: 1.3 1457 (335) (460) (319) (343)) ------Men’s Pent Points 100 LJ SP HJ 300 ------MU16 1 Woodd, Shaun 12.39 5.70m 8.40m 1.68m 42.93 Winton Athletics Club w: 3.9 w: 4.2 2461 (576) (523) (390) (528) 444) ------2 Colyer, Sam 12.51 5.69m 7.49m 1.56m 45.40 St Pauls w: 3.9 w: 2.5 2180 (554) (521) (336) (434) (335) ------3 Henderson, Ben 12.75 4.88m 11.15m 1.35m 43.86 St Pauls w: 3.9 w: 2.7 2110 (511) (360) (555) ( 283) (401) ------MU20 1 Baker, Tim 11.70 6.22m 8.86m 1.62m 36.95 Winton Athletics Club w: 3.9 w: 3.4 3005 (711) (635) (417) (480) (762) ------Other Events, Friday Girls 13&U Hammer Throw 1 Wilson, Emma 18 Winton Athletics 35.76m 1 Singer, Syke 13 St Pauls 25.39m 2 Ryan, Emma 18 St Pauls 35.03m Women 14-15 Hammer Throw Men 20+ Hammer Throw 1 Ashley, Teegan 14 Riverton Athleti 27.06m 1 Welsh, Jack 20 St Pauls 38.45m 2 Knapp, Gabby 14 Wyndham Athletic 22.93m Girls 13&U 3 Humphries, Sarah 15 Winton Athletics 19.72m 1 Singer, Syke 13 St Pauls 24.18m Women 16-19 Hammer Throw Women 14-15 Discus Throw

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1 Senior, Jessica 15 Winton Athletics 35.36m 2 Wilson, Emma 18 Winton Athletics 25.72m 2 Wilson, Ella 15 Winton Athletics 30.08m Men 16-19 Discus Throw Women 16-19 Discus Throw 1 Tudor, James 18 St Pauls 22.39m 1 Ryan, Emma 18 St Pauls 33.19m Men 20+ Discus Throw 1 Welsh, Jack 20 St Pauls 46.61m 1 Welsh, Jack 20 St Pauls 43.40m 2 Singer, Lorne 21 Unattached 29.11m 2 Singer, Lorne 21 Unattached 28.07m Girls 13&U Shot Put Girls 13&U Long Jump 1 Singer, Syke 13 St Pauls 9.19m 1 Baird, Tessa 13 St Pauls 4.34m 2.7 Women 14-15 Shot Put Women 16-19 Long Jump 1 Ashley, Teegan 14 Riverton Athleti 11.01m 1 Hopcroft, Emma 18 Athletics Gore 5.36m 2.4 2 Knapp, Gabby 14 Wyndham Athletic 8.13m 2 McColl, Emma 17 St Pauls 4.82m 3.5 Women 16-19 Shot Put Women 16-19 100 Meter Run 1 Ryan, Emma 18 St Pauls 9.91m 1 Hopcroft, Emma 18 Athletics Gore 12.97 2.0 2 Wilson, Emma 18 Winton Athletics 7.95m 2 McColl, Emma 17 St Pauls 14.14 2.0 Men 16-19 Shot Put Men 16-19 100 Meter Run 1 Tudor, Norman 16 St Pauls 9.26m 1 Norman, Adam 17 Winton Athletics 11.90 2.1 2 Men 20+ Shot Put 1 Hamilton, Tyler 18 Winton Athletics 11.90 2.1 2 1 Trehan, Kunal 21 St Pauls 12.36m 3 Forde, Dylan 18 Winton Athletics 12.03 2.1 2 2 Welsh, Jack 20 St Pauls 12.13m 4 Tudor, Norman 16 St Pauls 12.74 2.1 2 3 Singer, Lorne 21 Unattached 9.90m Men 20+ 100 Meter Run Girls 13&U Javelin Throw 1 Belesky, Scott 35 Fiordland Athlet 12.30 2.1 2 1 Singer, Syke 13 St Pauls 17.17m Men 20+ 200 Meter Run Women 14-15 Javelin Throw 1 Thomson, Bruce 40 St Pauls 28.59 1.9 1 Senior, Jessica 15 Winton Athletics 27.45m Men 16-19 1500 Meter Run 2 Wilson, Ella 15 Winton Athletics 26.44m 1 Forde, Dylan 18 Winton Athletics 4:30.03 Women 16-19 Javelin Throw 2 Hillis, Adam 16 Athletics Gore 4:39.75 1 Wilson, Emma 18 Winton Athletics 21.64m Men 20+ 1500 Meter Run Men 16-19 Javelin Throw 1 Hatton, Alastair 35 Athletics Inverc 6:48.42 1 Tudor, James 18 St Pauls 41.67m Men 20+ 300 Meter Run 2 Tudor, Norman 16 St Pauls 36.13m 1 Thomson, Bruce 40 St Pauls 45.57 Men 20+ Javelin Throw

2. Marshall Hall, , Feb 1st Southland Record, Marshall, holder of seven national senior discus titles, upped his own Southland record last week at Auckland with a throw of 60.77m, his first time over 60m. This puts him up in very heady company, placing the Invercargill club representative fourth on the New Zealand all-time list behind , and . 3. Jack Beaumont Dominates Roys Peak Sky Run, Wanaka, Saturday. The Roys Peak Sky Run is 16km of grinding uphill and precarious downhill – 8km of each. Jack was using the race as part of his build up towards the N.Z. Mountain Running Champs and hopefully, selection to the world champs in Italy. The N.Z. and world champs are up and down races (up and down alternates with straight up at championships, year by year) and Jack’s downhill running is not his forte. However at Wanaka he got to the top with around a three minute lead then showed he has some downhill ability to extend it to 8 minutes at the finish. His time for the 16km was 1:24.25

4. Greer Alsop, TJ meet record, USA. Greer won the triple jump at the Cougar Indoor Invitational at her university’s Pullman stadium, jumping 12.66, her best for the season and demolishing the meet record of 12.49 set back in 2006.

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5. Now, the best of the week – three NZ masters records and a Sth record at Dunedin, Saturday Fiordland masters dominated! At the Otago centre meet Fiordland’s Gail Kirkman smashed two N.Z. Masters records and Tracy Excell added another while Dyani Shepherd Oates upped a Southland hammer record. Gail ran 2:46.39 to set a new W65 800m record. The old mark was 3:05. Then she cleared 1.21m to set a new high jump record, considerably improving on the old record of 1.15. She came close to these performances at the Gore President’s shield last week so was confident of the records at a meeting with a required number of qualified officials, And club member Tracy took out the W35 60m record, running 8.46 seconds. At the other end of the age scale, Fiordland’s Dyani Shepherd Oates increased her own Southland WU18 hammer record with a throw of 46.99m. This also has her ranked second nationally for the year to date. Emma Wilson and Emma Ryan carried on their hammer contest from Friday night at Surrey Park to place in the same order in Dunedin, (Of interest, Emma Ryan and Emma Wilson are ranked third and fourth respectively in the WU20 hammer, showing the strength of the event here). The Otago steeplechase champs were part of the meet, but St Pauls steeplechase champs would be more appropriate as Buddy Small, Jack McNaughton and Albie Small took the first three places, Southland results from Otago meet Discus Shot put Les Scown M60 22.42 Dyani Shepherad Oates WU18 10.01 Dyani Shepherd Oates WUI18 31.86 60m Ella wilson WU18 27.95 Warren Green MM60 9.00 (2.3) Emma Ryan WU20 32.14 Les Scown MM60 9.29(2.3) Emma Wilson WU20 27.65 Tracy Excell MW35 8.46 (NZW35 R) Hammer 100m Emma Wilson WU20 35.47 Warren Green MM60 14.14 (0.0) Emma Ryan WU20 34.43 Emma Ryan WU20 13.59 (0.0) Dyani Shepherd Oates WU18 46.99 (Sth R) Tracy Excell MW35 13.24 (0.0) Ella Wilson WU18 19.84 200m High jump Les Scown MM60 32.64 (0.0) Les Scown MM60 1.24 Tracy Excell MW35 27.52 (0.0) Warren Greer MM60 1.18 2000m steeplechase Gail Kirkman MW65 1.21 (NZ W65 R) Buddy Small MU18 6:43.55 Javelin Jack McNaughton MU18 6:49.90 Anton Scheroder MU20 46.07 Albie Small MU18 6:56.58 Emma Wilson WU20 24.13 3000M Emma Ryan WU20 23.41 Albie Small MU18 9:38.17 Ella Wilson WU18 25.06 800m Dyani Shepherd Oates WU18 18.63 Jack McNaughton MU18 2:07.12 Long jump Liam Turner MU20 1:58.86 Les Scown MM60 3.93 Les Scown MM60 2:56.76 Warren Green MM60 3.46 Warren Green MM60 3:09.46 Gail Kirkman MW65 2:46.39 (NZ W63 R) Ashlee Turner WU16 2:46.21

Looking Ahead Combined Junior and Senior Meet - Sunday 12th, 10am start Waverley Shield Programme A - Senior Athletes will follow the Grade 14 programme Meet Manager – St Pauls, BBQ – Winton Also although the World Shearing Champs will be finished, the LOC will be packing up so there could a number of large trucks around so be very careful in the car park and come early as parking close to our gates maybe still be limited.

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Winton Scratch Meet - at Surrey Park THIS WILL NOW BE HELD ON FRIDAY 17th 6.00pm (Hammer 5.30pm) not on Saturday 18th as advertised in the programme

Junior Pre-Champs Meet - Sunday 26th Feb This will run from 10.00am to 1.30pm only as Day 2 of the Southland Senior Champs start at 2.00pm A special programme is being composed at the moment and will be in next weeks newsletter

Tyson/Triangular Challenge – Sunday 26th March - Dunedin If your son/daughters are in grade 7-11 look out for a notice this week from your club Secretary around athlete availability for selection to the Southland Team

Calling for Official's Invercargill is hosting the following events: * Southland Secondary Schools on Thursday night 9th and all day Friday 10th March * Otago Southland Secondary Schools Friday night 24th and all day Saturday 25th March * Southland Primary Schools Saturday 8th April We need officials to assist at these large events, if you are able to help at any it would be really appreciated

Please email Debra Ashley at [email protected] with you details including which days/ what your preferred event or events are and what grading you have (if any).

Waverley Shield Cups/Shields All of these need to be returned ASAP to the St Pauls clubrooms.

Complaints/Concerns If you or your club have a complaint about a club meet please follow the appropriate procedure rather than contacting our volunteers! On the day of competition - find and have a polite chat to the Meet Manager (usually it is the person on the microphone) they will either address the problem straight if necessary or pass on your concerns to the T&F Committee Following on - If you have done the above step and feel that nothing was done or you wish to make your concerns formal please address all correspondence to the Track & Field Chair via email (currently Sue Wilson, email [email protected])

FAREWELL & GOOD LUCK T & F committee wish all our athletes who are about to leave Southland and embark on University life all the best. May you have a fabulous time, learn heaps, pass your course but stick with Athletics!

SOUTHLAND UNIFORMS!!!!!!!!!! The Track & Field committee needs all SINGLETS & CROP TOPS returned urgently. Please drop off to Lillian at the track at St Pauls Tues training or at next meet. N.Z. T & F Champs, Hamilton. Correction to notice last week Any Athlete that makes the Athletics New Zealand Entry Standards may wear the Southland Singlet but only those who make the Southland Standard will be eligible for financial assistance if there is any. Athletes are responsible for making their own entry. Entries are now open on the Athletics N.Z. website Southland NZ Championships 2017 Standards

SW WU20 WU18 SM MU20 MU18 100 12.60 12.70 12.85 11.00 11.40 11.45

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200 26.00 26.30 26.50 22.00 22.60 23.00 400 57.00 58.50 59.50 49.00 50.00 51.00 800 2.13.00 2.20.00 2.20.00 1.55.00 1.57.00 1.59.00 1500 4.37.00 4.45.00 4.50.00 3.55.00 4.03.00 4.10.00 3/5000m 17.15.00 18.30. 10.45. 15.25. 16.00 9.15. s/hds 14.50 16.00 16.00 16.45 15.00 16.00 l/hds 66.00 67.00 47.00 57.00 58.00 42.00 Stpl 10.50. 12.00. 7.40 10.00. 10.30. 6.50 HJ 1.68 1.60 1.58 1.90 1.85 1.80 LJ 5.40 5.25 5.05 6.70 6.50 6.30 TJ 11.30 11.00 10.50 13.50 13.20 12.60 SP 11.20 10.50 12.00 14.00 13.50 12.80 HT 42.00 40.00 37.00 40.00 40.00 39.00 DT 40.00 33.00 33.00 40.00 41.00 40.00 JT 37.00 34.00 30.00 50.00 45.00 44.00 Ath NZ Standards EVENT SM M-U20 M-U18 SW W-U20 W-U18 100m 11.34s 11.64s 11.94s 12.74s 13.24s 13.54s 200m 22.85s 23.64s 23.94s 26.34s 26.94s 27.24s 400m 51.24s 52.84s 53.74s 61.54s 63.54s 64.24s 800m 1:58.0s 2:02.5s 2:06.0s 2:20.0s 2:25.0s 2:27.0s 1500m 4:02.0s 4:15.0s 4:20.0s 4:40.0s 5:00.0s 5:10.0s 3000m xxxx xxxx 9:46.0s xxxx xxxx 11:30.0s 5000m 16:00.0s 16:15.0s xxxx 18:20.0s 19:20.0s xxxx 110mH/100mH* 16.54s 17.54s 17.54s 16.74s* 17.54s* 17.24s* 400mH/300mH* 59.24s 60.14s 46.00s* 67.54s 69.14s 51.14s* 3k/2k* Steeples 9:45.0s 10:30.0s 7:05.0s* 12:30.0s 13:20.0s 8:30.0s* 3000m Track W 16:30.0s 17:00.0s 17:30.0s 19:00.0s 19:30.0s 20:00.0s Road Walk 20k - NS 10k - NS xxxx 20k - NS 10k - NS xxxx High Jump 1.85m 1.75m 1.70m 1.65m 1.55m 1.45m Pole Vault 3.60m 3.40m 3.20m 3.30m 2.90m 2.60m Long Jump 6.10m 5.90m 5.40m 5.10m 4.90m 4.50m Triple Jump 12.50m 11.50m 11.00m 10.40m 10.20m 9.50m Shot Put 11.50m 12.00m 11.00m 11.00m 10.00m 11.00m Discus Throw 40.00m 36.50m 33.00m 38.00m 30.00m 30.00m Hammer Throw 38.00m 36.00m 35.00m 37.00m 33.00m 30.00m Javelin Throw 45.00m 40.00m 35.00m 37.00m 32.00m 27.00m Ath NZ standards are minimum required to compete. Only non-wind aided performances will be accepted. Performances must be verifiable, and be at Centre or Inter-Club approved meetings. I.e. it is expected that most "Club-night" performances would not be acceptable unless they have appropriately graded officials. Performance therefore should be achieved under circumstances for Centre Records. Time period for performances being from 1 May in prior year to closing date of Championships.

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Sth Senior T & F Champs.  If you missed getting your entry in on time you can still enter by Email to [email protected], either by scanning the entry form or including all details on an email (name, club, event, grade) Payment can be by Cheque with posted entry or by direct credit to account 03-1750-0085175-00 If paying by Direct Credit, please ensure that you include your name and code it Southland Senior Champs. However, late entry fee now applies. ATHLETICS SOUTHLAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 Competition grades - MM, SM, MU20, MU18, MW, SW, WU20, WU18, MM, MW COST LATE FEE & ENTRY COST (RECEIVED AFTER FRIDAY FEB 3RD) Registered Athlete is $8.00 first event, then $3.00 per event thereafter Non Registered Athlete is $12.00 first event, then $3.00 per event thereafter IMPORTANT NOTES: Late Entry for Track events will only be accepted if spare lanes are available. Non-Registered Athletes are not eligible to take titles or trophies. Reporting times for all events is fifteen (15) minutes prior to the scheduled starting time. Day One of Senior Programme – Sat Feb 25, 2017 100m (Heats) All Grades Hammer All Grades 1500m All Grades High Jump All Grades 80/100/110m Hurdles All Grades Javelin All Grades 100m (Final) All Grades 400m All Grades Triple Jump All Grades 4 x 100m Relays All Grades Day Two of Senior Programme - Sunday 26, 2017 200m (Heats) All Grades 300/400m Hurdles All Grades Shot Put All Grades 800m All Grades 200m (Final) All Grades Discus All Grades 5000m Senior Grades Long Jump All Grades 4 x 400m Relays All Grades Southland Masters’ Championship placings in Sprints, Distance, Throws and Jumps will be determined on age-graded performances achieved during the Southland Championships.

N.Z. CE Champs Feb 18, 19 Note, entries close next Monday (13th) 9am. Entries must be made on line on the Athletics NZ website. Athletes are responsible for entering themselves.

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