Well done to all the Owai athletes who made the trip down to Christchurch for the New Zealand Cross Country Champs at the weekend. What an amazing turn out from the club and some really good performances in cold, muddy, slippery Christchurch conditions! Liz, Mariano and Nick all came away with individual medals but lots contributed to strong Auckland team performances. It's always a great event - a good chance to race against the top cross country runners in your category an

Race report: 2026 Matariki King & Queen of the Mountain. A quiet Puketāpapa with only a handful of kite-flyers atop, blue skies stretching out over the Wesley neighbourhood and a gentle nor’westerly greeted runners on Matariki afternoon for the 2026 iteration of Owairaka Athletics Club’s King and Queen of the Maunga event.

20 June 2026 - What a great night on the track! A cool, calm winter's night - perfect time trialling conditions and this was borne out by 21 new PBs set tonight. Fastest man was Anton Weatherhead with a blistering quick 15:21 (a new pb). Katrina Andrew was the fastest woman with 16:57. There is a good story behind the Time Trial Trophy pictured here. It was last awarded in 1966 and has been missing since then - yes for 60 years. Then it resurfaced in Whangarei when a relative

President's address, delivered by Tim Morrison at the Owairaka Athletics AGM, 19 May 2026