Author: hillcityadmin

Hill City update 27th April 2017

Hi all,

Hope you have had a good week? This weekend we have a Club run and walk from our clubrooms, meeting from 1.30 to leave at 2pm. There will be a kids pack too, so our little adventurers get their next installment of Saturday fun. Please bring something to share for afternoon tea.

The Lovelock relays: are to be held on the 6th May, please let us know if you are keen to be in a team, whether it be age graded or in one of our popular social teams. The kids race is always good fun too. Please see Helen, Howden or Oli at the clubrooms on Saturday to get you club singlet and arrange payment.

HELP: We will also need help to run the Lovelocks on the 6th, so if you are able to help with setting up the course, and taking it down after, as well as some odd jobs in between, please put your hand up. We have a whole host of events we need to provide marshals for over the season, so please if you can committ to one or two, it means everyone shares the load and we can continue to have a great selection of events in Otago. THe Mothers day run is another event on the 14th May that we need 2 helpers for, so if you are a Dad, and Mum is running, please lend a hand. Send me an email so i can pass on your details.

Registrations are due by the tart of June too please, so put this at the top of your list. Let us know if you need help with this.

Thanks everyone, enjoy the rest of your week

Merrilee (Currently melting in Samoa 35 degrees)

HCU update 20th April 2017

Hi everybody,

I hope you all had a great Easter break, it was fantastic to see so many at the club rooms for a run/walk in the sun last weekend, lots of happy faces to enjoy our first 3.15pm heads or tails game, what great fun that was. Congratulations to Cathy, our first winner, and to Bruce Beath for the great idea.

Already our running calendar is getting busy, here are a few things coming up. And a link to the event description from our website for a little extra information, https://hillcity.org.nz/harrier-season-summary/ Thanks to Mike Wakelin for making this for us.

Dont forget to get online and get your registration sorted as soon as possible please, and ask on Saturday about purchasing your club singlet ready for the Lovelock Relays.

Lovelocks: The trials for Lovelocks are this Saturday at our normal club time. If you want to be in a team, but cant be here for the trial, please email us and we can put you in a team. This is a great competitive event, but also we put social and kids teams in, so there is something for everyone. The Lovelocks are held on the 6th May.

There will be a club run/walk following this dependent on time, but the walkers, and kids will still head out. Cathy will take our ever growing kids group out this week:)

Millennium Track: Club outing to Henley to run.walk the Millennium track. This is on the 27th May, so get your name down, and let us know if you want to bring friends or family to join us. Only $5 each.

All the best of luck to our members heading off to the World Masters Games starting this weekend, keep us posted on how you go.

Thanks

Merrilee

2017 Winter Harrier season

Club opening day for the new 2017 season is Saturday 1st April, 1:45pm at the Hill City-University club rooms. The new season programme will be available here very soon.

Registrations will be done through the newly released Athletics New Zealand portal which will also go live on the 1st April. We will explain how to access this new portal on opening day. See you all there!

New club members very welcome, and we also look forward to seeing existing and past club members for a fantastic new season of running.

Autumn fun run series 2017

Its with much excitement that we are able to present the new Autumn Fun Run Series for 2017.

The dates for this are Thursday 16th, 23rd and 30th March, registrations from 5:45pm, and a slightly later start time.The venue is Otago University Rowing club on Magnet street (due to the cricket at Logan Park) with a fast, scenic, out and back course on the Ravensbourne cycle-way.

All 3 events will be there, for consistency and allow people to compare times from event to event if they wish.

There are a few major changes this year, to hopefully renew the interest in the series by providing a fresh course and race format, with rewards for every participant as the cross the finish line for each event. On the final night, there will be a prize-giving, with prizes from our fresh new sponsors, and hopefully a BBQ.

Club members: We would appreciate some assistance with marshaling (3 people please) each week, or registrations if you are not running. Please let the club know.

More info

Entry: $10 per adult, $2 for kids, $5 for students
Dates: 16, 23, 30 March 2017
Venue: Otago University Rowing Club
Times: Registration: 5:45pm, Walkers: 6:15pm, Runners: 6:30pm

Club run 16 July

Saturday 16th July – there will be a club run and walk from our Clubrooms at Logan Park, HCU is hosting the Caversham club.

Please meet at 1:30pm with a briefing at 1:45pm and bring a plate for afternoon tea.

Otago cross country champs

Members who want to enter the Otago Cross Country champs please refer to Athletics Otago website for entry details.

Peninsula relays

Members who want to be in included in Peninsula Relay teams are to email hcyharriers@gmail.com by July 22nd.

Edmond cup

The Edmond Cup will be held this Saturday, self entry details below through links, have also included the Athletics Otago link re Otago XC and Peninsula Relay (an email will come out calling for names for teams).

Edmond Cup entries close at midnight on Thursday 7 July. Entries are accepted for this event after this time on payment of a $5 late fee. Entries in the Boys and Girls Under 8 fun run and Boys and Girls Under 13 races are taken on the day and no entry fee payment is required.

Edmond Cup Duty Club

Hill City-Uni is duty club and is responsible for everything so we need a lot of people to help set up the course / marshall / time keep / do the results / start / finish / afternoon tea etc, If you can help please email back so we can compile a list, even if you are running and can help out in some small way or can bring someone to help out that would be appreciated. The clubrooms will be closed. Please bring something for afternoon tea thanks.

Thanks to everyone who has emailed to date but we still need more people to help.

Registration numbers

If you were registered with the club in 2015 you should wear your number from last year.  If you are a brand new registration to Hill City-Uni or weren’t registered in 2015 you will be issued a number.