Southland Harriers eNewsletter

ROAD CHAMPS IMPORTANT-ALL SOUTHLAND REGISTRED ATHLETES

EVENT REGISTRATION CLOSE THURSDAY NIGHT AT 11PM!!! NO EVENT REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED AFTER THURSDAY.

Please note, we need everyone to pre-register for this event. If you are a Southland Club member, you still need to go online and register via Webscorer or email:southlandharriers@gmail.com, for Road Champs. You are not automatically entered.

It is simple too hard to figure out on the day who is registered with a Southland Athletics Club and who isn't. If you register and then something comes up on the day and you cant make it, we can manage this, its easy. So please, please, please pre-register. We do not want to turn anyway away on the day!! At the moment there are a lot of names missing, hint, hint.

Click on the link below and do it now, it takes less than a minute.

Webscorer Link: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=348266

St. Pauls Street Mile@ The Ascot Hotel

31 Runners Participated In This Event

14 Volunteers Assisted In The Set Up And Running Of The Event

For approximately 85 years, the St. Pauls Street Mile has been held on Queens Drive, Invercargill. This year things changed. Change is hard, but not always a bad thing.

For club runners who have been around “awhile” we have watched the slow demise of community run road events. There are many factors that have contributed to this, but at the end of the day, small regional athletics clubs can no longer afford to carry the cost or risk of running open road events, even when they take less then 10 minutes. So we thank the Ascot Hotel for providing Southland Harriers with a venue to safely hold this annual event.

Holding the Street Mile this year at the Ascot Hotel was an overall success. Thank you to all the volunteers who pitched in at the entrances/exits, and kept all of our racers safe on the course. It was noted that the majority of our runners exceeded the 15km per hour speed limit, vs most of the vehicles who drove past us pre and post event at a snail pace. Just to throw out a few stats, Craig Iversen you exceed the speed limit by 4.31km per hour, Luke Dunlea you were just over by 0.62km per hour.

Was it a slower course, hard to say. Having a look back at past results, some of us were slower, some of us faster this year, and there would be to many variables to consider. With the corners, most of us would agree the course is probably slightly slower. However many of us who participated commented on the mental aspect of running a mile, and that mentally yesterdays street mile felt different, even a little easier perhaps, then Queens Drive or the ILT track. Its to bad the legs and the mind don't always work well together!!

It was a perfect day condition wise, no sleet, no rain, no wind, three factors which historical have contributed to results on the day.

A special shout out to Grant Baker, who was up early making sure the course was free of any large obstacles (cars). Also to Lillian Tudor, who took the time to recognize the efforts of all participants. Fastest female-Charlotte Hawke, Fastest male-Craig Iversen, Youngest Runner at prizegiving -Theo Garret, Oldest Runner-Evan McIntosh, and for Volunteer effort- Mr. and Mrs. Sanginiti.

Buddy Small might have been a bit shy, but it was great to hear his St. Pauls Mile story. Buddy might have tripped up at the start-line of his first Street Mile, as a junior runner but it did not stop him from representing Southland and wearing the silver fern when he competed at the World Mountain Running Champs in 2019. Here is a link to an article from 2019 for all the mid-pack young runners: https://www.southlandsport.com/blog/2019/7/18/their-own-words-big-race-for-buddy-small.

Massive Congratulations to Sienna Miller, and Millie McFadzien (far left) who travelled to Yara Glen, Victoria and competed in the Australian Schools Cross Country Championship.

These two Southland Fillies (so named by Neville), produced outstanding results. Sienna placed 2nd in a time of 17:12 and Millie 14th in a time of 17:59 in their 16-17 year old age group over a 4.3km course. Both runners efforts contributed to a gold medal for the NZ team.

The Southland Harriers are very proud of you both. Here is a link to the New Zealand Secondary School Athletics Facebook page for more photos and results: https://www.facebook.com/NZSecondarySchoolsAthleticsAssociation

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