You are invited to take part in a social fun day for members and non-members.

WHAT

This is a 4 person relay along the Historic Otago Central Rail Trail.

WHERE

The start of the relay is from the old Hyde Railway station to the Waipiata Railway Station (Tavern).

WHEN

Saturday 19 June, Leaving Dunedin 9:30am, 11:15 am Start time. Returning to Dunedin 2pm (leaving Waipiata).

HOW

We will be looking to utilise individuals vehicles. Anyone wishing to volunteer driving would be appreciated. We will look to hire a couple minivans if the numbers support this idea.

YOUR INVOLVEMENT

We need people to register interest as soon as possible by emailing hcyharriers@gmail.com

We will allocate teams so that all teams finish as close to possible to each other.

If you wish to enter your own team/run it individually, cycle, or walk a section, then you will not be eligible for the title of champion Shunter and Grunter team. However, you will be eligible for bragging rights, and fastest leg titles/records.

The aim of this event is to have fun, and experience one of Otago’s most stunning running environments.

We will hold the prize giving at the Waipiata Tavern, where people can have a drink and a snack.

Lap 1

Hyde Railway Station to Tiroiti, 8km, Flat with gentle rise to finish.

Run 1.6km to Hyde township and continue on over rail-bridge. After covering 5.3km negotiate your way through long rail tunnel. The slightly curved Hyde Tunnel at 151 metres long gets pretty dark in the middle section (lights encouraged). The basalt based Hyde Tunnel is the only completely bricked tunnel on the Trail.

At 6km runners cross a 91 meter long bridge which is 32 meters above the Taieri River. There must be no more than 5 runners at any time on the bridge and no bungy jumping is allowed.

The Capburn Railway Bridge is 40 metres in length and 7 metres in height.

The first change is reached after running over Tiroiti bridge and arriving at the shed positioned just before the intersection of the main road with Horseburn Road.

Lap 2

Tiroiti to Daisybank, 5.0km, mainly flat, some slight undulations.

Several single width gates to run through. Finish lap by crossing main highway and changing alongside beware sign. Extreme care must be taken when crossing the road. A Marshal will be in attendance to signal runners when to cross.

Lap 3

Daisybank to Kokonga, 4.2km, flat with some uphill and downhill undulations.

The main feature of this lap is that there are two standard width farm gates to clamber over during the final Kilometer. Observe the pitted volcanic rocks blown from the extinct Flat Cap Volcano beside the trail. The second of these gates marks the completion of the lap.

Lap 4

Kokonga to Waipiata, 9.3km, Mainly flat with gradual 500m climb before downhill descent to finish.

Those with a passion for bridges will enjoy fast footing it across the 97 meter long Waipiata bridge before tackling the only challenging uphill section of the entire relay. The 97m long and 6m high Taieri River Rail Bridge is the only crossing of the Taieri River on the Rail Trail. The relay ends at the rail-head opposite the Waipiata Tavern.

Results 2021

2021 Programme

Invitation to clubs (click here)

Entry Form (click here)

Team Change form (click here)

Programme 2021

Race 1:      1:30 pm – Social/Mixed

Race 2:      2:10 pm – Under 12/Primary School

Race 3:      2:25 pm – Masters Women (35+), High School Girls & High School Boys

Race 4:      2:55 pm – Senior Women & Masters Men

Race 5:      3:20 pm – Senior Men

Team Changes

Must be done on the Team Change sheets provided & handed to the computer operators not less than 30 mins prior to the race start.

Lap Stewards

Please notify officials when your runners are about to change/team is finishing.

Fill in the Lap Steward cards provided & return them along with ALL race numbers ASAP after each race. Clubs will be charged $10 for missing race numbers. No Exceptions.

Entry Fees

Team captains to collect money and return with race numbers.

Results

Will be emailed to clubs, included in the ODT and posted on our website: http://www.hillcity.org.nz   Copies may be available at Prize Giving.

Feedback

Please email hcyharriers@gmail.com. We are always looking for ideas to make the event more successful.

2020 Clock Tower Video

Entries for the Yvette Williams Memorial meet close on the 20th of December.

Click here to enter

Club run:

On Saturday , the medium pack went down Butts Road and along Anzac Avenue, before crossing the railway line at St Andrew Street. We then continued along Thomas Burns Street and Wharf Street towards the harbour. Next, we pulled off at Kitchener Street to the outside of Watercooled sports and along the Kitchener Street reserve- where the upcoming Otago 10km Road championships will start and end. We followed this course, along Portsmouth Drive, until the Andersons bay inlet- at which point we turned around. The return leg was largely the same, however, we ran along Fryatt Street doing two-minute tempo bursts before crossing the water of Leith using the new bridge at the end of Magnet Street. We hugged the stadium before exiting back down Butts Road and back to the clubrooms. It was a beautiful (if perhaps a bit hot) day with really enjoyable company. It was particularly nice to have a newcomer to the club, Conal, joining us! We had a wonderful time and were unanimously glowing about the Otago 10km Road Championships course which promises to make for an exciting race.
Tom led the scenic pack and Bruce led the walkers pack.

NZ National Road Relays

In the weekend our senior men represented Hill City-University at the New Zealand Road Relay Championships. A big thank you for the support from Hill-City University and the committee.

The team consisted of Josh Baan, Oli Chignell, Jacob Priddy, Russell Green, Jared Monk, Ollie O’Sullivan, and Logan Slee.

The HCU team were lucky to be put up by Josh Baan’s parents in some pretty awesome accomodation (this was massively appreciated by the whole team). We travelled the course in the team vehicle to get an appreciation for all of the challengers to come. The team had a relaxed meal on the evening before the race and had some good discussions of logistics and tactics for race day.

Leg 1 – Josh Baan:

Josh Baan (still recovering from being sick) dug deep and had a great performance on leg one. He worked and commanded the leading pack behind Andy Good (Canterbury University), in a very well controlled performance. His leg contained a final hill section that was one of the toughest segments of the day.

Leg 2 – Oli Chignell

Oli Chignell demonstrated his pure class and composure on this relay leg. He was voted by the team as having the performance of the day (and received the HCU relay baton as a result). Oli ran the longest leg of the relay and was only 15 seconds outside the record. He also recorded fastest time on his leg. His performance was a demonstration of pure master class running, where he mowed down a number of athletes and put 50 seconds into Hamish Carson (Wellington Scottish). Oli Brought HCU into third place and a commanding position.

Leg 3 – Jacob Priddy

HCU used Jacobs strength on what we considered probably the hardest leg of the relay. Jacob continued our strong start to finish his leg with HCU still in 3rd place. He took time out of a number of teams and provided a great buffer for our final runners in the team. Jacob recorded one of the fastest lap times on his leg.

Leg 4 – Russell Green

Russell had a great run on leg 4. He demonstrated that he has a huge amount of strength to go with his raw speed. This was a longer race for Russell that he usually races, but that did not impact his performance at all. He recorded one of the fastest lap times and continued HCU through in 3rd place.

Leg 5 – Jared Monk

Jared returned to the racing scene in style. It has been 18months since Jared has raced after suffering a serious injury and surgery. However, his experience and speed were demonstrated on his leg. Jared also recorded one of the fastest leg times and showed his impressive speed out kicking a competitor in the final 200m before the finish line. A very impressive run and return to the racing scene.

Leg 6 – Ollie O’Sullivan

After I was lost during the warmup I eventually made it to the start line with a bit of worry for the team mates. My tactics were to start slightly easy and work hard from there. The leg was undulating and climbing, followed by a steep downhill in the last KM (this couldn’t have come sooner). Team support was a massive motivator and helped me continue my focus throughout the race. Was a really tough run and finished with noting left. This was where we were caught for 3rd place and moved into 4th position.

Leg 7 – Logan Slee

Logan had the final leg of the race and smashed home the final leg back into fielding. He was struck with some unfortunate luck when his shoe lace came undone, but this didn’t slow his determination over the final stages where he finished out the relay with a really strong performance to finish the relay with Hill City- University finishing 4th in a performance we can all be proud of.

Celebration team shot post finishing fourth

This week we have a morning club run with two options. The club room will open at 7:00am. We will leave the club rooms at 7:30am for a warmup and an 8am park run start. Runners can meet at the club rooms or at the start of the park run. Please bring your Hill City Singlet for the run. Option two is group runs from 7:30am at the club rooms. Breakfast and coffee will be served after the park run.

Next week 18/10/20 we have the Otago 10km road champs and Hill City 5km. Please see the attached links to the event.

Otago 10km website

Otago 10km Facebook page

Register online click here

Visit the Hill City-University Children’s page click here

Download PDF of above poster

On Friday night we also had several members compete in the Otago 3000m Spring challenge.

Rebekah Green defended her title to claim the winning female time (9:44). Zara Geddes 3^rd Female (10:32). Josh Hou finished Fourth man home (9:08), Joel Carman 6^th (9:16), Finn Molloy 7^th (9:28), George Hamilton 9^th (9:34), Nico Alvarez Ray 10^th (9:38), Luke Geddes 16^th (10:26). A full set of results can be found at:

As a result of the Port Chalmers road race being cancelled, Hill City-University brought forward the Colin Holmes/Alice Baker Memorial Handicap 5km race. It was a great day for a race, and awesome to see everyone there on such short notice.

What is a handicap race without some controversy surrounding the results… Some course confusion left the 5 leading athletes to take a wrong turn, and although they still completed the 5km, they were all eventually disqualified.

Dianje Strang had an exceptionally strong run, running a personal best time, only to be led the wrong way and then be disqualified (27:32) Myrtle Rough (29:06) held out Lou Collins (29:08) on her first ever running race. They finished 2^nd and 3^rd however, due to the wrong turn were also disqualified. Although they took a wrong turn, their times were still considered accurate and they all completed 5kms.

Georgy Pakeho in the end was the overall winner of the event with a strong run (22:44) Sarah and Anya Rhodes swapped their handicaps to challenge Anya on closing the gap. Sarah must have dug deep to maintain the gap and finish in second place (32:03), and Anya performed well to clinch Sarah’s time by 1 second (22:02).

David Mackle was first male home (31:37), followed by Matthew Bolter (17:51) and Luke Geddes (18:44). Very impressive runs by Matthew and Luke. Luke ran a strong race the day after the spring 300m challenge. Pretty tough stuff.

Fastest times went to Shireen Crupton (20:06) and Ollie O’Sullivan (16:28)

The race was followed by the AGM and afternoon tea

A full set of results can be found at https://hillcity.org.nz/2020/09/13/2511/

This week we have a morning club run 19/09/20. We will meet at the club rooms from 8:30am and will split into two groups. One group will complete an unofficial park run, and the other group will complete the desired training sessions. We will allocate groups on the day. Breakfast and Coffee will be supplied before and after the run from 8am. Any questions please touch base with Harrier manager oliver.osullivan@gmail.com.

On 26/09/20 we are competing in the Peninsula relay. If you wish to compete, or assist with marshalling please email: hcyharriers@gmail.com

NAME	HANDICAP	TIME	ADJUSTED TIME	POSITION
Georgie Pakeho	9:00	31:44	22:44	1st Female
Sarah Rhodes	10:00	32:03	22:03	2nd Female
Anya Rhodes	10:15	32:17	22:02	3rd Female
David Mackle	0:30	32:07	31:37
Matthew Bolter	14:30	32:21	17:51	1st Male
Luke Geddes	13:45	32:29	18:44	2nd Male
Shireen Crumpton	12:30	32:36	20:06	Fastest Female
Tim Dawbin	12:00	32:48	20:48	3rd Male
Ali Cragie	12:30	33:01	20:31
Richard Fogarty	12:30	33:08	20:38
Ollie O’Sullivan	16:45	33:13	16:28	Fastest Male
Mark Geddes	13:30	33:48	20:18
Helen Collins	0:00	34:05	34:05
Elliot O’Sullivan	15:45	34:06	18:20
Dwayne Sheddan	14:00	34:41	20:41
Dianje Strang (DQ’d)	3:30	31:02	27:32
Myrtle Rough (DQ’d)	2:00	31:06	29:06
Lou Collins (DQ’d)	2:00	31:08	29:08
Lachlan Crumpton (DQ’d) (2.8km)	9:00	31:11	22:11
Sue O’Sullivan (DQ’d)	2:00	31:30	29:30
Tim Bolter (DNF)

Friday 11 September	Twilight Meet – Lovelock 3000m	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 10 October	Season Opening – Invite a Friend	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 17 October	Senior Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Thursday 22 October	Twilight Meet	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 31 October	Senior & Children’s Combined Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 7 November	Senior Interclub	Caledonian Ground
14-15 November	SI Masters and Combined Events Championship Modified Seniors	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 21 November	Senior Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 28 November	Senior and Children’s Combined Interclub	Caledonian Ground
	Morning 10K Champs, 9am	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 5 December	Senior Interclub – Permit meet	Caledonian Ground
11-13 December	New Zealand Secondary School Championships	Tauranga
Saturday 12 December	Senior & children’s Combined Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 19th December	Hurring event + Grades 12,13 & 14	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 9 January	Lovelock Classic	Timaru
11th or 12th January	Twilight -Yvette Williams Meet?	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 16 January	Colgate Games
Saturday 23 January	SI Teams Event- Modified Senior meet	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 30 January	Senior Interclub – Permit Meet	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 6 February		Caledonian Ground
Saturday 13-14 February	Otago Championships – Permit Meet	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 20 February	Seniors and Children’s Combined Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 27 February	Senior Interclub- Permit Meet	Caledonian Ground
5-7 March	NZ Track & Field Championships	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 13th March	Otago Secondary School Champs	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 20 March		Caledonian Ground
Saturday 27 March		Caledonian Ground

Athletics Otago Interclub Programs 2020/2021

Track 1		Track 2
1:15pm	100m	1:00pm	2km/3km Steeples
1:40pm	1500m	1:30pm	Long Hurdles
2:10pm	Short Hurdles	1:50pm	200m
2:25pm	400m	1:10pm	800m
2:30	60m	3:00pm	3000m
2:45	5000m/walks	3:20	100m
3:30	Relays	3:40pm	Relays

Time	Field 1	Field 2	Field 3	Field 4
12:30pm	Pole Vault	Long Jump	High Jump	Triple Jump
12:30pm	Hammer	Discus	Javelin	Javelin
1:30pm	High Jump	High Jump (8)	Triple Jump	Pole Vault (8)
1:30pm	Shot Put	Shot Put	Discus	Shot Put
2:30pm	Long Jump	Triple Jump	Pole Vault	Long Jump
2:30pm	Discus	Javelin	Hammer	Hammer

Each week rotation goes:

17 October 2020	Track 1 + Field 1		05 December	Track 2 + Field 2
31 October 2020	Track 2 + Field 2		30 January 2021	Track 1 + Field 3
07 November 2020	Track 1 + Field 3		6 February 2021	Track 2 + Field 4
21 November 2020	Track 2 + Field 4		13 February 2021	Track 1 + Field 1
28 November 2020	Track 1 + Field 1		27 February 2021	Track 2 + Field 2

Congratulations to all the Hill City-University athletes that competed at the New Zealand Cross Country Challenge. The club had several athletes that claimed medals and had exceptional performances. Racing on Saturday provided similar conditions to the Otago champs from 3 weeks earlier.

Oli Chignell returned to the racing scene and impressively claimed the bronze medal in the Senior Mens event. This was a hotly contested race with a number of Hill City athletes performing well.

Becky Greene had another great run, claiming the Silver Medal. This is an improvement on 2019 where she finished third. The top three athletes of this race worked well together. Becky and the eventual race leader eventually split from third place, and entering the final lap the race could have gone either way.

Zara Geddes had another impressive run to finish second in the girls under 16 event. Zara finishes a standout cross country season, where she is rapidly stamping her authority across the running scene.

Phil Morris performed well to finish third in the master’s men 65-69 age group. This backs up several strong performances from Phil over the season.

Shireen Crumpton claimed the title for master’s Women 45-49 age group, and Georgina Pakeho took the bronze medal. Shireen proves once again how tough she is across all running events.

Barbra Patrick had a strong run to finish second in the 70-74 age group and Myrtle Rough finished first in the 75-79 age group. Both running well paced and strong runs. Very impressive stuff.

Please see the link to the results:

Additional photos can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/HillCityUniversity

https://www.facebook.com/AthleticsNZ