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See the latest updates to Leith
runs, coaching and training schedules
>> Coaching/Training/Runs
Sue Cuthbert, John Bayne, Jim Kerse
(full-marathon), and Andrew Lonie (half-marathon) all had
great runs at the 2009 Southland Marathon (ANZ Marathon Champs)
held on Sunday 22 November 2009. Cuthbert won the
gold medal in the MW40-49 grade. Bayne won the silver medal
in the ANZ Marathon MM45-49 grade. Jim Kerse won a bronze
in the MM60-64 grade. For results and report and to see how
the rest of the Leith contingent fared:
>> Summer
Reports
Discussion of the pros and cons
of a merger of athletics & harriers clubs in Dunedin.
Using as an example - the theory of a merger of Hill City
and Leith - by Andrew Lonie and Ollie O'Sullivan. This
is a discussion only and once you have read the full document
you are welcome to email
Marc with your views on this matter. Note: Your
views will be discussed with the general committee of Leith
Harriers.
>> Discussion
pros/cons merger
The Leith Masters Women's team excelled
at the National Road Relay Championships 2009, Akaroa Relay,
held from Christchurch on Saturday 10 October 2009.
The team of Jan Craig, Louisa Andrew, Joy Wylie, Viv Eyers,
Jill Alexander, Jan Brosnahan, Meredith Molloy and Sue Cuthbert
won the Silver Medal for Leith. The Leith Open C Team finished
third in the C grade. For more news, results and reports on
this prestigious event
>> National
Road Relay 2009
Leith Children's Section. For
full details please go to the Children's Athletics on this
website
>> Leith Children's Athletics
Glen Ferguson finished second overall
in the Dunedin Moro Half-Marathon held on Sunday 13 September.
He was also first Master runner to finish. To cap
a great day for Leith, Richard Hendry took out the Master
Men's title in the full Marathon, while Sue Cuthbert finished
second woman overall and first Masters Women. Louisa Andrew
also featured in the Half-Marathon.
>> Dunedin
Moro Marathon
National Road Relay Championships
2009, Akaroa Relay, Christchurch, Saturday 10 October 2009.
The entry steward is taking entries for this event now. Please
email entry steward
if you wish to enter this event. Check link below for the
criteria for this event before you email and also current
Leith entry list.
>> National
Road Relay 2009
Athletics New Zealand Cross Country
Championships, Christchurch, Sat 1 August, 2009. Leith
athletes representing Otago have excelled at the National
XC Champs: Glen Ferguson 2nd in the MM45-49 (equal time to
winner), Louisa Andrew 2nd in the MW35-39 grade, Jan Craig
2nd in the MW50-54. For full results
>> Athletics
New Zealand XC Champs 2009
and Leith report
>> Leith Harrier
Reports
Grant McDougall gives an enthralling
account of his run in the 2008 Sydney Marathon which took
place in September. Check the story and photos
>> Sydney
Marathon 2008
Leith's Master Men's 40 team
ran an excellent race to win the bronze medal after a tough
battle with Lake City and Wellington Harriers in the National
Road Relay Championships held out at Mosgiel and Outram on
Saturday (4 October 08)
>> Leith
NRR Feature Page
A Leith photo album and a general (all clubs) medal winning
team photo album is now available.
>> Photo Album
Bill Kenny (Leith) finished second
in the USA M70 2000m Meter Steeplechase Championships
with an excellent time of 9 mins 36.35 seconds. Great going
Bill. He has also now finished second in the M70 800m USA
Championships with a time of 2:55.50 and third in the M70
1500m Championships with a time of 6:12.82.
Bill Kenny (Leith)
was crowned the Scottish Athletics Masters M70 1,500m champion
on the weekend of the 14/15th July 2007. The 1,500m
was run on the Saturday and Bill finished in a time of 6.13.45
in managing to outlast fellow M70 competitor Thomas O'Reilly
who finished in a time of 6.19.14. Sunday saw Bill competing
in the 800m. This time around Thomas O'Reilly turned the tables
finishing in a time of 2.55.0. Bill settled for second just
3 seconds behind in 2.58.0. The championships were held in
Grangemouth Stadium in Edinburgh.
Report by Dr Kelvin Broad
Former
Leith Runner competing in Canada: Emily Solzberg has been
sighted competing in Canada. For report and photos >>
Click here
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Peninsula Relay 31
July 2010
Caversham White has
won the 2010 Peninsula Relay today Saturday 31 July 2010.
Caversham Black earned fastest team time of 2 hours 6 minutes
29 seconds. First Leith team to finish was the Leith Blue
which finished 9th. Leith White finished in 14th position.
For provisional results
>> Athletics
Otago Homepage >> Leith Harriers Reports (Pending)
>> Photo Album (Pending) >> Leith
results page
Otago Cross Country
Championships
Saturday 24 July 2010
On a day when Ariki
dominated the Senior Men's race spearheaded by Dougal Thorburn's
fine win over Caversham's Bevan Stevens, Leith's Andrew Lonie
(running in the SM grade) will be satisfied with his seventh
place finish. Kirsty Morris
was third in the Senior Women's race and Alan Funnell second
registered runner (third overall) in the MM35 race. Provisional
results are now available and a photo album that is
partly finished is viewable
>> Athletics
Otago Homepage >> Photo
Album (still being updated) >> Harrier
Reports 2010
BRIGHTON GREEN ISLAND
Helen Chignell (Hill
City) won the Brighton to Green Island Handicap Open 9.6km
road race on Saturday 17 July 2010. First Leith runner home
was Murray McCloy who finished in seventh place.
>> Harrier
Reports 2010
>> Results Page
A small group of juniors
and seniors gathered for a club run from the Chingford Park
Clubrooms on Saturday 17 July 2010.
For a small report
>> Harrier
Reports 2010
HUGHES MEMORIAL RACE
Bill Kenny won Leith's
Hughes Memorial Handicap Open Grade road race for the first
time on Saturday 10 July 2010. The
race was held from the corner of Wickliffe and Fryatt Streets
(opposite the transmission station) and the distance this
year was 10.23km. For the minor placings and results of the
junior grades races.
>> Hughes
Memorial races 2010
EDMOND CUP CROSS
COUNTRY
Kirsty Morris (Open
Women) and Chris Sole (Master Men 50) won their grades at
the Edmond Cup Steeplechase races on Saturday 26 June 2010
at Wingatui Racecourse. Andrew Lonie finished
a magnificent fourth in the Open Men's race while Alice Cuthbert,
Katie Hendry and Claudia Sole won their junior grade races.
For details on these races and for provisional results
>> Edmond
Cup Races
>> Results Page
>> PhotoAlbum
CHINGFORD CHALLENGE
LEITH XC CHAMPS
At the Leith XC Champs
held at Chingford Park on Saturday 19 June 2010, Andrew Lonie
won the Leith XC Men's title as well as winning the MM35 title.
Kirsty Morris won the Senior Women's title with Louisa Andrew
winning the Master Women's 35 title. Leith won the Leith/Varsity
Chingford Challenge taking out both the Open Women's and Open
Men's title with Otago University unable to field full teams
due to exams.
For results and report summary
>> Leith
Cross Country Champs 2010
At the Barnes Cross
Country Handicap Races held on Sunday 13 June 2010 at Kettle
Park, Ariki's Alan Nichols won the Open Men's race in a thrilling
finish from club mate Dougal Thorburn. Leith's Andrew Lonie
was just a second back in third place. Barbara
Patrick of Hill City won the Open Women's race with Leith's
Megan Balchin securing fastest time. Leith's Sam Cuthbert
won the Boys 12 and Under race with the Leith team of Cuthbert,
Jonty Horwell (5th) and Bruce Knox (6th) winning the Boys
12 teams event. The Leith team of Erin Knox (=2nd),
Heidi Aarsen (=2nd) and Alice Cuthbert (4th) won the Girls
12 & under teams event.
For a report and results summary:
>>
Barnes 2010 >> Barnes
Photo Album
Leith enjoyed runs
and walks at the invitation of the Caversham Harriers Club
from its Middleton Road Clubrooms on yesterday Saturday 12
June 2010. Once
again Caversham proved to be fantastic hosts with great refreshments
and hospitality laid on afterwards.
>> Harrier
Reports 2010
PONYDALES
Caversham Senior Men's
No. 1 team has successfully defended its Open Men's title
after a titanic struggle with the strong Ariki team at the
30th Leith XC Relays (Ponydales) which this
year took place again at the Dunedin Pony Club, Three Mile
Hill, Dunedin on Saturday 15 May 2010. The
University of Otago Senior Women's No. 1 team won the Open
Women's title
from a quality Hill City team. For results, reports and images
which are being updated regularly this week..
>> Ponydales 2010
JOE COWIE MEMORIAL
HANDICAP RACES
Ray Knox narrowly won
the 2010 Joe Cowie Memorial Open Handicap Race held at Chingford
Park on Saturday 8 May 2010. For more on this and
the other races
>> Joe Cowie
Memorial races
Caversham has won the
Senior Men's Lovelock Relay title for 2010 and the Leith Master
Men's No. 1 team has won the Master Men's 35+ grade relay
at the University of Otago Lovelock Relays held at the University
Oval, Logan Park on Saturday 1 May 2010 and the Leith Masters
Women 35 team has won the Master Women's 35 title. For
more results and news (latest: "provisional" results
are now on line and a full Leith Harrier report will be out
soon.
>> Lovelock Relays
Andrew Lonie won the
Mile Race at the Leith Lovelock Relay trials held at Chingford
Park on Saturday 24 April 2010. He also won the
Master Men's 35 grade. Second across the line was Neale McLanachan
who was the first Senior Man to win. For the full results
>> Leith Lovelock Relay
trials
Open
Men's runner Dougal Thorburn won the 27th Three Peaks Mountain
Race in a fast time of 1 hour 55 minutes 44 seconds.
Second across the line was last year's winner Norman Dunroy
in 2 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds. Dunroy was also the first
Master Men's 35+ runner. Andrew Lonie (Leith) was third overall
in a personal best time of 2 hours 6 minutes finishing second
in the Master Men's 35+ grade. Fourth overall and second Open
Man was Simon van Rij in 2 hours 16 minutes 1 second. For
a report and result summary click on Three Peaks logo on the
right.
For a report on Leith's
club runs and walks held on Saturday 17 April 2010 at Chingford
Park
>>
Harrier Reports 2010
Leith Athletes did
well at the King of the Mountain Race held from Whare Flat
on Sunday 11 April 2010. Glen Ferguson won overall
as well as the MM35+ grade. Alan Funnell finished 2nd overall
and 2nd in the MM35+ grade. Geoff Williamson won the Open
Men grade finishing third overall. For full results >>
Results Page
The club held its official
opening runs and walks and summer trophy presentations on
Saturday 10 April 2010 at 1.45pm from the club's Chingford
Park clubrooms, North East Valley. For a full report
>>
Harrier Reports 2010
The Club AGM took place
on Tuesday 23 March 2010 at Chingford Park clubrooms, North
East Valley and the new club officials and committee were
selected. Congratulations to Ron McLay-Barnes on being selected
as the new club president for 2010 and 2011.
The Annual Report for 2009/10 is downloadable
>> Documentation
Alan Funnell won the
ACC NZ Masters Games 10km Road Race held from the Caledonian
Ground and taking in the Butts Road course around Logan Park
on Wednesday evening 4 Feb 2010. Sue Cuthbert won the Women's
race. For full results and general information
on the track and field at the Masters Games
>> Athletics
Otago NZ Masters Games info page
>> New
Zealand Masters Games Website
>> ODT
article on Funnell's win
>> Athletics
Otago Homepage
At the New Balance
Hill Free Half-Marathon and 10km Road race held on Sunday
4 October 2009 out at Outram, Leith senior men’s runner
Jason Palmer finished second in the 10km Road with a time
of 35 minutes 3 seconds. Megan Balchin finished third in the
women’s grade with a time of 40 minutes 28 seconds.
For full results
>> Hill
Free Half-Marathon Website
Billy Kenny and Kelvin
Broad training in Scotland.
>> More
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