Matariki King & Queen of the Maunga
There's a long standing tradition of holding Owairaka club races on public holidays - so what better way to mark our brand new public...
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Simon Mace
- May 16
- 2 min
2022 NZ Senior Marathon Championships – Reboot: The Athletes' Marathon
Sunday 15 May 2022 It was dark, cold and damp when the small field started warming up for the one-off Christchurch Reboot marathon. Covid...
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owairakaathletics
- May 9
- 1 min
2021-22 Junior Athletics Prizewinners announced
Well done to all of our junior athletes, and to parents, committee members, Kelly Sports and others who helped run our club champs this...
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Natasha Muschamp
- May 7
- 12 min
President's Report 2022
presented by Natasha Muschamp at the Owairaka Athletics AGM, Wednesday 13 April This last year has posed its obvious continued...
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owairakaathletics
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Athletics Auckland Track & Field Championships 2022
The end of Cyclone Dovi also marked the end of the Athletics Auckland Track & Field Champs this year. Conditions were accordingly wild...
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Peggy Taylor
- Jan 18
- 2 min
North Island Colgate Games 2022 in Wellington
This year Nina Chalmers and Peggy Taylor headed down to Wellington to represent Owairaka Athletics in the North Island Colgate Games, and...
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owairakaathletics
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
UPDATED: COVID-19 Health & Safety at Owairaka Athletics
The club is operating in a limited capacity under the Covid-19 Protection Framework (Red). We have completed a risk assessment for club...
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owairakaathletics
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
From Arch's Archives: Auckland Cross Country Champs 1960
Legendary running coach Arch Jelley joined Owairaka in 1959, and started his coaching journey at the club the next year in 1960. Arch has...
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Tony Brunt
- Sep 7, 2021
- 1 min
Road to Rome: Farewelling our Olympians, 30 July 1960
Thanks to Tony Brunt for finding these amazing pictures and sharing this story. Buried away in the Rykenberg photo collection of Auckland...
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nickmoore01
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
2021 Athletics New Zealand Cross Country Championships
New Zealand Cross Country Champs 2021 - race report by Nick Moore
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Soham Patel
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
New course records at 2021 King & Queen of the Mountain race
New course record holders Nick Moore, who ran the mountain in 16:53, and Sophie Broome, whose time was 22:25 After a torrential downpour...
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owairakaathletics
- May 3, 2021
- 12 min
Athletics in a COVID year: President's Report 2021
presented at the Owairaka Athletics AGM, Wednesday 14 April 2021 This last year has posed its obvious challenges. Repeated Lockdowns due...
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nickmoore01
- May 3, 2021
- 4 min
Athletics Auckland Grand Prix Series 2021: the Owai guide
Athletics Auckland organises a series of inter-club cross country and road racing through the winter each year (May to September) for all...
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Keith Burrows
- Mar 28, 2021
- 2 min
IAU 6H Virtual Global Solidarity Weekend: 191 laps, 76.67km...Go Keith!
Last Sunday Keith represented NZ in the 2021 IAU 6H Virtual Global Solidarity Weekend at the Lovelock Track, completing a huge 76.6 km...
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Kate
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Junior athletics tonight is cancelled due to rain
Such a shame but it's very soggy out there! Hope to see you all in better conditions next week.
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Peggy Taylor
- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
2021 Colgate Games in Taranaki
At this year’s North Island Colgate Games in Inglewood, Taranaki, five young athletes proudly represented Owairaka Athletics, and came...
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Simon Mace
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Race report: Kerikeri Half Marathon
by Simon Mace The day dawned still and calm with great conditions for the 2020 Kerikeri Half Marathon. A sizeable group of Owairaka...
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owairakaathletics
- Nov 24, 2020
- 3 min
Race report: Owai 5 2020
by Race Director Julian Ng Planning for the Owai 5 Miler event 2020, like many running events was beset by the challenge of Covid-19 and...
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owairakaathletics
- Nov 4, 2020
- 5 min
Keith Burrows analyses his Auckland Marathon
We had a fantastic turnout of blue singlets at the Auckland Marathon last weekend, what a great event to be part of. Nick chatted to...
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owairakaathletics
- Oct 7, 2020
- 8 min
New Zealand Road Relay Champs wrap up 2020
The New Zealand Road Relay Champs took place in Feilding on October 3rd, once again hosted by Feilding Moa. We had three Owai teams competin
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