NZ Sotheby’s International Realty Queenstown Marathon, Saturday 15 November 2025

Queenstown, New Zealand

Visit Event Website >> NZ Sotheby’s International Realty Queenstown Marathon

For Results >> NZ Sotheby’s International Realty Queenstown Marathon 2025 Results

Leith Results that we found

Half Marathon

41 MEL AITKEN (#4438) 01:25:38 NZL | 45-49 (1) Female (10)
99 ARMIN BURGMEIER (#5080) 01:31:29 DEU | 35-39 (14) Male (77)
125 BRYAN STAUNTON (#9648) 01:32:55 NZL | 30-34 (16) Male (94)

 

Clyde Classic, 8am Saturday 1 November 2025

Clyde, New Zealand

Visit Event Website for results and details >> Clyde Classic  

Congratulations to those Leith athletes who competed in this event. Here are some of the results we found

Half Marathon

90th. 10 Rachael Mckinney Veterans Female 56+ Dunedin 2:12:39

10km

7th. 485 Claudia Cooke Open Female 16-39 Waitati 46:21

185th. 473 Simon Cromarty Open Male 16-39 Dunedin 1:49:50  (took a wrong turn)

 

 

2025 IAU 24H World Championships, Saturday 18 October

Albi, France

The IAU 24 Hour World Championships is an international event where athletes run for 24 hours, aiming to cover the longest distance. This year there was a mix of bitumen and track surface

Visit the Event Website >> 2025 IAU 24H World Championships

Leith’s legendary ultra athlete John Bayne was selected by Athletics New Zealand to compete alongside fellow Kiwi runners >> Fifteen Ultra Athletes Named for 2025 IAU 24HR World Championships in France

John seen after the race, with his coach and with Aleksander Soroken, world record holder 100km, 100mile, 200km & 24hour

Congratulations to Leith’s John Bayne who completed an amazing 187,539 km in the 24 hour World Championships in France finishing fourth in the MM60 category despite having had to stop running due to stomach problems.

The New Zealand team results

27th NZL 598,627 km

(H) N°152 BEALE Sam Distance: 213,045 km
(H) N°151 HUGHES Stuart Distance: 198,042 km
(H) N°154 BAYNE John Distance: 187,539 km

 

Meridian Hydro Half Marathon, Saturday 2 August 2025

Te Anau, Southland, New Zealand

Vist the Event Website >> Meridian Hydro Half Marathon

Full Results >> Sportsplits Meridian Hydro Half-Marathon 2025

Leith’s Nathan Shanks competed in the half marathon finishing an excellent second overall and winning the Masters Male category in 1 hour 21 miinutes 7 seconds.  Past long time Leith member Megan Balchin competed in the associated 10km race

Half Marathon [360 Finishers, 195 F]

2 NATHAN SHANKS (#14) 01:21:07 30-39 years (1) M (2) 1st MM

Mitre 10 km [391 finishers, 304 F)

81 MEGAN BALCHIN (#844) 00:59:23 40-49 years (9) F (37)

 

Mackenzie Half Marathon, Saturday 12 July 2025

Fairlie Village Green, Fairlie, Mackenzie

For results visit the Event website >> MacKenzie Half Marathon & associated races

Leith’s Donna Tumaru and Lars Winther took part in this awesome with Lars winning the 10km event and Donna running the Half-Marathon.   Donna finished 278th out of 358 competitors. She was 14th in the female category F50-49. Her time was 2 hours 44 minutes 27 seconds.

Lars won the 10km in an excellent time of 37 minutes 36 seconds, he was also naturally first in the Male M30-39 category.

Donna writes…..

Today I competed in the McKenzie Half Marathon in Fairlie. It was a well organized Community event with 1000 competitors.
I saw Lars when I was finishing, (along with Georgia his supporter).
We were the only two there from Leith.
Lars won the 10 km race.
My race was thru the river 6 times, up some big gravel hills, thru very muddy and slippery farm paddocks.
At the top there was beautiful views overlooking Fairlie with snow covered mountains.
The downhill from the top was very steep, slippery and technical.
By the time I got to the bottom trail with around 6 kms to go my legs were so heavy. We still had 3 river crossings to tackle which made my legs numb with coldness.
Colin was there at the finish line to greet me.
I’ve run much longer distances in events but this is the first Half Marathon Race I have run in years.
A very hard event but I’m wrapt to have run it…all wearing my Dress Stewart Kilt.

 

INVERCARGILL ENDURANCE CHALLENGE, 29 June 2025

Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Visit Event Website for full results and details >> INVERCARGILL ENDURANCE CHALLENGE

Well done to Leith’s Craig Iverson and Kimberley Iverson who competed in the 3 hour challenge event finishing in an excellent first and second place respectively.

In the alloted time frame, Craig and Kimberley both completed 10 laps with Craig running the 42.2 kms in 2 hours 45 minutes 42 seconds and Kimberley running the 42.2km in 2 hours 53 minutes 8 seconds.  Each loop was 3.8 km around the Estuary walkway.

 

TK Cowan Handicap Races, 1.30pm Saturday 24 May 2025

Ocean Grove Domain Hall, 307 Tomahawk Road, Ocean Grove

Full results (provisional) >> TK Cowan Results 2025

Big ups to everyone who competed today. The Hill City-Uni Harriers who organised the event. Perfect conditions with sand a bit soft but not too bad. Thanks to all the supporters, marshals and other helpers. We all had a had great time.  We will have some photos of the action here too as well as a summary of how the Leith athletes fared!

Leith at the TK Cowan – photo by Imogen (not everyone captured)

 

Leith Results and Report

Leith Athletes are highlighted in bold in the full results below. Leith’s James Davies was the first Leith athlete across the line on handicap in 1:01:54 in 5th place.  He was also the 10th fastest at 0:31:39.  Second Leith athlete on handicap was Sean Galdeman finished in 1:02:04 in 6th place. He was fourth fastest at 0:30:19. Third Leith athlete on handicap was  Graham Fisher finishing 8th in  1:02:43. He was second fastest in 0:29:28.  The fastest time of the day went to Grayson Westgate whose time was 0:29:20.  He finished 13th on handicap in 1:03:05.  Nathan Shanks was the third fastest in 0:30:09. He finished just behind Westgate in 1:03:09

In 25 place, Katie smith was the first Leith female across the line in 1:04:16. Her actual time was 0:35:16  to be fourth fastest female at 0:35:16.  Fastest Leith female and third fastest female overall was Kristy Eyles whose actual time was 0:35:13

See more action photographs of Leith athletes taken by the Sole Family further below:

8km (44 Runners, 11 F) 

Finish, Line place, Name, Gender, Total time Elapsed, Time Elapsed, Time Place, Elapsed Time, Gender Place

1 Sarah S-Warner F 0:56:59 0:47:14 39 9

2 Samuel Shaw M 1:01:15 0:32:15 12 12

3 Beno Shaw M 1:01:24 0:31:39 10 10

4 Ian McDonald M 1:01:38 0:39:08 31 25

5 James Davies M 1:01:54 0:31:39 10 10

6 Sean Galdeman M 1:02:04 0:30:19 4 4

7 Jono Miller M 1:02:23 0:33:08 18 18

8 Graham Fisher M 1:02:43 0:29:28 2 2nd M

9 Leon Miyahara M 1:02:56 0:30:26 5 5

10 Aaron Porter M 1:02:59 0:33:59 21 20

11 Royce Earl M 1:03:01 0:40:31 33 27

12 Liam Turk M 1:03:02 0:31:17 6 6

13 Grayson Westgate M 1:03:05 0:29:20 1 1st M

14 Nathan Shanks M 1:03:09 0:30:09 3 3rd M

15 Luke Geddes M 1:03:17 0:31:32 7 7

16 Sam B-Leather M 1:03:24 0:31:39 10 10

17 Ben Pigou M 1:03:38 0:31:53 11 11

18 Mark Geddes M 1:03:42 0:35:12 24 22

19 Phil Petersen M 1:03:46 0:32:31 13 13

20 Aly Craigie F 1:03:51 0:34:36 22 2nd F 1st HCU F

21 Hamish Dobson M 1:03:54 0:32:39 14 14

22 Marc Boulle M 1:04:10 0:41:40 34 28

23 Rocky Allan M 1:04:11 0:32:41 15 15

24 Corey Lewis M 1:04:13 0:32:58 16 16

25 Katie smith F 1:04:16 0:35:16 26 4

26 Meg McKay F 1:04:21 0:33:21 19 1st F

27 Jess McNeilly F 1:04:28 0:41:58 35 7

28 Anita Dunbier F 1:04:34 0:42:49 36 8

29 Jonathan Ryan M 1:04:53 0:33:08 18 18

30 Christian Nita M 1:04:58 0:33:43 20 19

31 Sue Kim F 1:05:14 0:51:44 42 10

32 Kristy Eyles F 1:05:28 0:35:13 25 3rd F

33 Claudia Sole F 1:05:33 0:36:03 27 5

34 Craig Walters M 1:06:04 0:44:39 38 30

35 David Liddell M 1:06:05 0:39:20 32 26

36 Matt Barton M 1:06:18 0:35:03 23 21

37 Jayden Toomey M 1:06:22 0:37:07 28 23

38 Nick Heng M 1:06:23 0:47:38 40 31

39 Alice Cuthbert F 1:06:48 0:37:18 29 6

40 Linda vd Kroef F 1:06:58 0:53:13 44 12

41 Gordon Wong M 1:07:19 0:43:04 37 29

42 Colin Tocher M 1:08:23 0:38:53 30 24

43 Phil Morris M 1:09:04 0:49:34 41 32

44 Merrilee Williams F 1:12:01 0:53:01 43 11

5.5 km Running Race (11/16 F):

Finish, Line place, Name, Gender, Total time Elapsed, Time Elapsed, Time Place, Elapsed Time, Gender Place

1 Lewis Anglemyer M  0:55:33  0:27:03  1 1

2 Maaike Duncan F  0:56:11  0:36:11 10 5

3 Donna Tumaru F 0:56:22 0:32:22 5 3

6 Lynne Kerr F 1:03:15 0:43:15 14 9

7 Michael Bruhn M 1:04:20 0:32:50 6 3

9 Jo Little F 1:05:11 0:38:11 11 6

11 Glenda Norris F 1:05:52 0:41:07 12 7

14 Alice Barach F 1:07:49 0:27:19 2 1

 

1.5 km Children’s Race (8):

Finish, Line place, Name, Gender, Total time Elapsed, Time Elapsed, Time Place, Elapsed Time, Gender Place

1 Layla Mcdowall F 0:16:31 0:10:01 6 3

2 Scarlett Stott F 0:16:32 0:09:02 3 1

5 Rosie Stott F 0:17:54 0:11:24 8 5

6 Ellie Pattillo F 0:19:31 0:10:01 6 3

7 Olive Stott F 0:19:32 0:10:02 7 4

Some more action photographs taken by the Sole Family