Summer coached running training

We run additional middle distance running training sessions for juniors aged 10–19 who want something extra than just the Tuesday night club training. Our juniors running coach Alastair Leslie runs coaching sessions on Tuesdays (at Tawa College sports field) and/or Thursdays (at Grenada North Park).

These sessions are ideally suited to:

• athletes who want to keep fit over summer or develop a fitness base for winter harriers
• those who want additional training to compete in the running events at either the junior interclubs on Sunday mornings, or the Athletics Wellington programme at Newtown Park on Saturday afternoons
• those who want to improve their running for their school events and competitions
• those who want to stay fit for other sports, like football, rugby and hockey.

Please note that this is an additional programme that is not covered by your annual harriers subscription fee; an additional subscription is required.

This programme is supported financially by:

::[ More information and registration form Updated 14 Oct]::

Competitions for secondary school athletes

Athletics Wellington holds open events most Saturday afternoons over the summer at Newtown Park. All events are graded. In the early part of the season you will race against your own age, then you’ll start to race against athletes seeded at the same level as you regardless of age. All races will be electronically timed. There are also throwing and jumping events for those who want to compete in these. To help with seeding, the first time you turn up you will need to advise your name, age and club and what events you want to compete in that day. From then on you will only need to register the events you are competing in as you will be already be in their system.

The season starts in early October with a programme of `under’ distances (60m, 150m, 600m etc) followed the introductory College Athletics Meets/open meets.

At the end of October and early in November, athletes will be encouraged to go to an interclub `regional teams’ (league) events, held in Hastings, Palmerston North and Newtown Park. At these events every athlete scores points towards a club trophy.

Other events over summer include the Capital Classic, the Scottish Night of Miles, and the Wellington Centre Champs.

The registration fee you pay to Olympic Harriers covers the cost of you taking part in these events, as long as you wear the Olympic uniform while taking part.

::[2009/10 Wellington athletics syllabus]::