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nickmoore01
Dec 9, 20220 min read


Owairaka at the New Zealand Road Relay Championships
1st October 2022 Traffic Management issues meant that there was a late change to the relays this year from the historic Takahe 2 Akaroa...
nickmoore01
Oct 13, 20227 min read


100 Miles to mark Arch Jelley's 100th birthday
Recreating 1971's 100x1 mile world record relay at the Lovelock Track - a dawn to dusk celebration of Arch, of Owairaka Athletics & of...

Kate Doherty
Aug 16, 20223 min read


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...

owairakaathletics
Jun 28, 20222 min read


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...

Simon Mace
May 16, 20222 min read


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...

owairakaathletics
May 9, 20221 min read


President's Report 2022
presented by Natasha Muschamp at the Owairaka Athletics AGM, Wednesday 13 April This last year has posed its obvious continued...

Natasha Muschamp
May 7, 202212 min read


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...

owairakaathletics
Feb 13, 20221 min read


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...

Peggy Taylor
Jan 18, 20222 min read


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...

owairakaathletics
Dec 16, 20211 min read


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...

owairakaathletics
Oct 22, 20211 min read


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...
Tony Brunt
Sep 7, 20211 min read


2021 Athletics New Zealand Cross Country Championships
New Zealand Cross Country Champs 2021 - race report by Nick Moore
nickmoore01
Aug 9, 20214 min read


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...

Soham Patel
Jun 22, 20212 min read


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...

owairakaathletics
May 3, 202112 min read


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...
nickmoore01
May 3, 20214 min read


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...

Keith Burrows
Mar 28, 20212 min read


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.

Kate Doherty
Feb 10, 20211 min read


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...

Peggy Taylor
Jan 20, 20213 min read


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...

Simon Mace
Nov 24, 20202 min read
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