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Race 6 Shoe Clinic Series- Wyndham Race Course 21 Runners Participated In This Event 3 Volunteers Assisted In The Set Up And Running Of The Event It was a hardy bunch of runners who travelled to Wyndham on Saturday for our 6th race of 8 in the Shoe Clinic Series. Firstly a huge thank you to the Wyndam Race Course committee who entertained our crazy idea of running a few laps of their “horse” racing course. The variety of event locations this year has been excellent and I know that everyone who attended this Saturday, was challenged by what they perhaps though would be a few simple laps of the racecourse. As we all sat together in the old grandstands looking out across the Young Quinn Raceway their were plenty of jokes about placing bets, and who had the best odds for a win. Even a few race horse names tossed around, before the event started, for different runners. What was even more entertaining was that despite being given the option of running 1-5 laps of the 1.5km course, a majority of the runners chose 5 laps. Thank you Grant Baker who was our race director, starter, timer, place getter and result recorder!! The rest of us took off, not knowing exactly who was chasing how many laps. One or two of our juniors even took off in gumboots. Then came the challenge of deciding were to place your foot. Despite looking like a straight forward run, everyone commented on the fact that it was a challenge to find the best route around the horse hoof imprints as we made our way around the track. The inside was clean of prints but a bit like running on sand, some hoof imprints were deeper then others, so don't step in those!! By the 5th lap you could start to see the runners shoe imprints on course and where most of us had decided was the path of least resistance. The big winner of the day I think was Emma Smith who found herself a lucky horseshoe on her last lap. Congrats Emma and thanks for bringing a friend along!! Thank you everyone who joined us, a lot of organization goes into all the events we hold and we almost never cancel!! Spot Prize Winners: Junior-Flynn Douglas, Senior- Linda TeAu and Evan McIntosh  |
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St Pauls Street Mile@ Ascot Park Hotel The St. Pauls Street Mile will be held this year at the Ascot Park Hotel, corner of Tay Street & Racecourse Road, Invercargill. The Ascot Park Hotel is a safe road venue for St. Pauls to use for this always exciting event. Mass Start, 1 mile (1.60934km) for all ages. PLEASE NOTE: This event is on SUNDAY 25 August and the start time of the race will be at 12.00 noon. A different day and earlier start time than our normal events. REGISTRATION!!: Everyone will need to register for this event. It is a standalone event and not part of the Shoe Clinic Handicap Series. Use registration link below or email southlandharriers@gmail.com: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=348265
Entry fee is $5 per runner, cash on the day, please bring this with you! We will need extra volunteers for this event to Marshall at one or two intersections, please email or message us if you would like to help. This is a quick event, and you will have great views of the all the runners on the course. |
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TUATARA TERETONGA TEN K DATE: AUGUST 31st, 2024 TIME: 2pm (1pm check in) PLACE: Teretonga Race Track, Oreti We are very excited to host this years Road Champs at Teretonga, on what we hope will be a fast and safe course for all our runners and walkers to test themselves on. This event is open to all runners and walkers, and we welcome runners and walkers who are not registered with a Southland Athletics Club. For the young ones, we offer a fun 2.5km (one lap) around Teretonga. For everyone else 10km (4 laps). For all non-club entries, please choose from the Open Options when filling out the registration info. All entrants go into the spot-prize draws. STRICT NO ENTRIES ON THE DAY. Registration Link: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=348266 SOUTHLAND ATHLETICS REGISTERED RUNNERS Please enter the appropriate age group. Juniors and Seniors, age as of December 31st. Masters, age on the day. STRICT NO ENTRIES ON THE DAY. To be eligible for club trophies and medals you will need to be registered with a Southland Club and running in your club singlet/top. Awards ceremony will be held at The Tuatara Café after the event, approximately 4:00pm. Club runners will run their age group distance. Under 14: 2.5kms 15 to Under 18, and Over 60's: 5kms. Everyone else: 10kms. If you run outside of your category distances you will not be eligible for medals or trophies. The committee is okay with this, but please email us early and let us know. Entry Price, to be paid on the day, when you check in. Strictly no late entries on the day, please pre-register. Under 18: $5 Adults: $10 Any questions please email us at southlandharriers@gmail.com |
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Looking for information on future events here are some handy links, and the website has the full seasons programme!! Results: https://www.webscorer.com/southlandharriers |