Junior Interclub

Junior Interclub events are half day competitions for 7 to 15 year olds, running from approximately 10am to 2pm. There are six Interclub events spread out over summer and these are all held at Newtown Park except the second interclub which is held at Colin Pugh Sports Bowl in Masterton.

All LHAAC athletes are encouraged to participate in Club and Interclub events. All athletes improve with regular competition.

2025/26 Interclub dates:

Interclub 1: Sunday 2 November 2025 - Newtown Park

Interclub 2: Sunday 16 November 2025 - Colin Pugh Sports Bowl, Masterton

Interclub 3: Sunday 30 November 2025 - Newtown Park

Interclub 4: Sunday 14 December 2025 - Newtown Park

Interclub 5: Sunday 15 February 2026 - Newtown Park

Interclub 6: Sunday ​​​​​​​1 March 2026 - Newtown Park

Interclub event schedules can be found here.

Interclubs are a great opportunity for young athletes to test themselves against athletes from other clubs, and make new friends along the way. For most athletes the competitive season ends with the Wellington Championships at Newtown Park in March.

Our club coach Owen Westerhout will be at each meet to provide a club warmup, and advice throughout the day.

For more information, visit the Athletics Wellington Junior Interclub page.

Interclub registration

To participate at Junior Interclub meets this season, you must complete a one-off registration with Athletics Wellington in advance and pay the registration fee.

The cost is $25 per season ticket, reduced to $14 in January if just entering the remaining two meets after Christmas. Once you have a season ticket, entry to all interclubs is free. Tickets can be purchased here: events.mygameday.app/event/awjuniorinterclubseason2526.

Important: Athletes must complete their season registration by 6:00pm on the Friday prior to the next Interclub meet. New season entries or payments will not be accepted on the day.

How Interclub works

Club uniform (LHAAC singlet with black shorts) and competitor bibs must be worn during competition at Interclubs.

Children just need to report in to their scheduled events, prior to competing, wearing their club uniform and age flash (no on the day registration required). You will need to check the program (which will be emailed out in advance and can be found on our Facebook page) to ensure your child goes to the correct event. Children only need to compete in the events they want to compete in. They do not need to compete in all of them. The events are:

Events for children in groups 7-9        Events for children in groups 10-15

60m                                                         100m

100m                                                       200m

200m                                                       400m

Long jump                                               800m

Shot put                                                  1500m

Discus                                                     Long Jump

                                                                 High Jump

                                                                 Shot Put

                                                                 Discus

                                                                 Hurdles 80m +*

*These events are for children in Grade 12 – 15

All results from Interclubs are provided on the Wellington Athletics website and live via "Track Meet" App. They are also listed in the results section of our website.

Track events

For track events the officials will put the children into groups and place them on the track. Each child will race once per event, where they will be timed and final placings will be based on their time in their age group.

Field events

For field events each child will get one practice round and then have three measured attempts where they are placed accordingly.

Club relay teams

Club relay teams are managed by the club relay liaison. Only the liaison is authorised to enter club relay teams for AW endorsed events that have electronic registration including Colgates Games and Wellington Champs. This also includes interclubs being used as practice for the above events, including Interclub 4 and 6. If you have any relay queries, please contact our 2026 Liaison, Owen Westerhout. 

Club location

We sit together as a club in the main grandstand, by our banner, to support each other and share information on the day. This is also to provide guidance to newbies. Please look out for the red LH banner and don't be afraid to ask for help. Nick Horspool our Interclub Lead will be available on the day, as will anyone else wearing the LH red!

Interclub points

While there is no prize-giving at each interclub, results at these events contribute to each individual athlete's interclub points tally.

Points are awarded to athletes who place in the top four within each event at each scheduled junior interclub event. Note that no points are awarded for optional or fun events as marked on the interclub programme.

Place points:
1st     4 points
2nd    3 points
3rd     2 points
4th     1 point

If multiple athletes achieve the same top four placing, they share the points available. This means if four throwers each throw 26.26 metres to win discus - they would share 1,2,3, and 4 points betrween them, i.e. available points/divided by 4, (4+3+2+1)/4 = giving 2.5 points each. The only exception is high jump where count backs apply to determine actual placings where the same height is achieved.

Points tally and awards

Individual points are tallied throughout the season for individuals to determine winners and placings (top three). Points are also tallied by athletics club to determine the club with the highest overall points for all competitors (7-15 yrs) at the end of the season. In addition, points are tallied by just junior athletes (7 - 9yrs) to determine the top junior club trophy.