Canterbury Half Marathon, Sunday 14 December 2025

Pegasus Town, Canterbury, New Zealand

Visit Event Website >> Canterbury Half Marathon

For Results >> Canterbury Half Marathon Results 2025

Congratulations to Leith’s Lars Winther who finished 5th in the Half-Marathon in 1:20:12 running in the 20-39 OM category.

 

2025 IAU Asia-Oceania 100k Champs,  22nd – 23rd November 2025

Wachirabenchathat Park (Rot Fai Park), Bangkok, Thailand

Visit Event Website >> 2025 IAU Asia-Oceania 100k Champs

For Results >> 2025 IAU Asia-Oceania 100k Champs Results

Congratulations to Leith’s Mel Aitken (NZL) who has won the Women’s Race at the 2025 IAU 100K Asia & Oceania Championships in a time of 9:04:14

 

 

Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Sunday 12 October 2025

Chicago, USA

Visit the Event website >> Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Congratulations to Leith’s James Pemberton who has completed the 2025 Chicago Marathon. His time was an excellent 03:22:32. He was running in the MM50-54 grade. His time at half way was 01:37:51

 

Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival (2025), 11th October 2025 – 12th October 2025

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Visit Event Website for results and information >> Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival (2025)

Congratulations to Leith’s Simon Cromarty who was the first New Zealand runner to finish the full marathon. His time was an excellent 02:32:04 and he was fourth in the Male 35-39 age grade, 36th Male and 37th overall. 

Cross Recreation Centre Balclutha Half Marathon (Otago Champs) & 10KM, Saturday 11 October 2025

Balclutha New Zealand

Visit Event Info site >> Cross Recreation Centre Balclutha Half Marathon

Results >> Road Results 2025

Windswept Winners >> ODT Online report (Thursday 16 October 2025)

Gusty gales and searing heat put paid to any aspirations of any race records falling. Leith athletes scored Otago Half Marathon title wins in both the Men’s and Women’s categories.  Master Men’s 50-59 runner Craig Iversen won the Otago Half Marathon title in 1 hour 20 minutes 28 seconds. Mel Aitken MW45-59 runner finished third overall winning the Otago Female Half Marathon title in 1 hour 24 minutes 27 seconds. See Leith results further below for more grade placings in the Champs.

In the 10km Leith’s Olivia Sutherland won the women’s race in 44 minutes 7 seconds. Leith’s McKay Watson won the race overall to win the men’s category in 38 minutes 40 seconds. See Leith results further below for more grade placings

Mel Aitken & Craig Iverson, Otago Half Marathon Champions

 

 

 

Leith Otago Half Marathon Championships Podiums Results

Leith Results Overall

Half Marathon Results:

1    Craig Iversen  MM50-59  1:20:27.2
3    Mel Aitken  MW45-59  1:24:26.9 
4    Chris Bisley  VM40-49  1:24:48.4 
5    Richard Campbell  VM40-49  1:26:14.0
7    Mark O’Neill  VM40-49  1:28:15.6 
8    Margie Campbell  VW35-44  1:28:41.9 
10  Kimberley Iversen  OW  1:31:17.1 
11  Sam Bradbury-Leather  OM  1:32:36.5 
12  Jack Dent  OM  1:35:09.
7    Jessica Bray  OW  1:36:21.7
30  Donna Tumaru  MW45-59  2:08:25.0 

10km Results:

1    Mckay Watson  OM  38:39.3 
5    Olivia Sutherland  OW  44:06.6 
10  Steve Aitken  LM60-99  56:04.9
22  Craig Walters  VM40-49  1:01:54.2 

5km:

39    Ailish O’Neill  U18W  35:00.4 
40    Robyn O’Neill  MW45-59  35:02.6 
41    James O’Neill  U18M  35:05.1 

 

NZ 6 DAY ULTRA MARATHON, 29 Sep – 5 Oct 2025

Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand

Visit the Event Website for a full description of the format >> NZ 6 DAY ULTRA MARATHON

For full results >> NZ 6 Day Ultra Marathon Results

Various events were available : NZ 6 Day Ultra Marathon, NZ 72 Hour Ultra Marathon, NZ 48 Hour Ultra Marathon, NZ 24 Ultra Marathon

Congratulatons to Leith’s Andy Smith who won the NZ 72 Hour Ultra Marathon. He achieved a distance of 359.94 km in  71:41:24.2.  An incredible performance.

 

NZ Road Relay Championships, Saturday 4 October 2025

Feilding, New Zealand

Visit Event Website >> NZ Road Relay Champs 2025

Full Results >> NRR Champions Results 2025

THE ULTIMATE TEAM RUNNING EXPERIENCE
The 2025 Geneva Wellbeing NZ Road Relay Championships is the biggest team race on the calendar

Congratulations to our Leith teams. Awesome running from our three Leith teams. All just narrowingly missing out on a podium in each grade. The Leith Senior Women put in a performance for the ages, missing the podium in the quality Senior Women’s A Grade by just one position. See Leith results below:  We will have a full report on here soon. 

Leith Results

4th Leith MM35 (11 Teams): 22nd overall 4:02:25

Leg 1 101 Ben Pigou 34:42 (26th) (5thMM35)

Leg 2 101 Mark O’Neil 32:29 (32nd) (7th MM35)

Leg 3 101 Andrew Lonie MM50+ 29:16 (32nd) (6th MM35)

Leg 4 101 Simon Cromarty 41:37 (9th) (1st MM35)

Leg 5 101 Nathan Shanks 35:35 (20th) (3rd MM35)

Leg 6 101 Lars Winther 28:26 (19th) (3rd MM35)

Leg 7 101 Craig Iversen MM50+ 40:21 (31st) (7th MM35)

5th Leith SM B Grade (10 Teams): 24th overall 4:07:04

Leg 1 113 Sean Galdeman 36:12 (34th) (8th SM B)

Leg 2 113 Sam B-Leather 30:11 (18th) (3rd SM B)

Leg 3 113 Adrien Auvray Matyn 27:20 (23rd) (6th SM B)

Leg 4 113 Dan Hayman 44:33 (25th) (6th SM B)

Leg 5 113 Theo Nicholson 38:43 (30th) (6th SM B)

Leg 6 113 Fraser Bailey 30:37 (30th) (6th SM B)

Leg 7 113 Stephen Johnson 39:27 (22nd) (4th SM B)

4th Leith SW A Grade (10 Teams): 41st overall 4:35:25

Leg 1 122 Kimberley Iversen 38:40 (43rd) (4th SW A)

Leg 2 122 Claudia Sole 38:15 (52nd) (6th SW A)

Leg 3 122 Caitlin O’Donnell 29:52 (35th) (2nd SW A)

Leg 4 122 Mel Aitken MW50+ 50:21 50th) (7th SW A)

Leg 5 122 Stephanie Wilson 40:44 (40th) (5th SW A)

Leg 6 122 Alice Cuthbert 33:06 (43rd) (6th SW A)

Leg 7 122 Jessica Bray 44:26 (41st) (4th SW A)

 

 

Otago 5km & Age Group Road Running Championships, 11am, Saturday 27 September 2025

9 Kitchener Street, Dunedin

For full Championship Results plus webscorer results >> Road Results 2025

Run along Te Aka Ōtākou shared path (East Harbour) – Start/finish, Old Watercooled Sports site to Vauxhall. All runners complete an out and back course over varying distances. Open to both Community & Club Registered Runners & Walkers BUT only a Registered Competitive Athletics Otago Athlete can take an Otago Title. Distances 5km, 4km, 3km, 2km

Overall Results Summary

Leith’s Grayson Westgate took the Senior Men’s title in 15:44 with HCU Master Men 35-39 runner Oliver O’sullivan finishing second across the line in 16:23 (1st MM35-49). 

One of the highlight performances of the day was the Leith Master Men’s 50-54 runner Craig Iversen who took it to the younger guys with an amazing third place finish in 16:42 (1st MM50-64). 

The oldest runner in the field was the Wellington Harrier & Athletic MM75-79 athlete Tony Dawbin who ran the 5km in an amazing 25:17. 

Caversham’s Andrew McCaig won the MM65-69 grade in an excellent 21:51 in a welcome return to top form.

Leith won the SM team title – Grayson Westgate, McKay Watson, Bryan Staunton. 

Caversham’s Becky De La Harpe won the Senior Women’s title finishing 10th overall in an excellent 17:35. 

Leith won the SW team title – Caitlin O’Donnell, Olivia Sutherland, Stephanie Wilson.  

The youth runner from HCU, Caleb Dobier finished 5th overall winning the BU16 in 16:54 

Leith’s MU20 runner Adrien Auvray Matyn won the MU20 title finishing 9th overall in 17:32

Leith’s Jessica Bray won the WU20 finishing in 0:18:49

Leith’s Mel Aitken won the MW45-49 title finishing in 0:18:53

See further below under Leith Specific Results and team wins

We have some photo collages with LYNETTE CAMPBELL IMAGES and Leith photographers David Liddell and Alice Cuthbert doing outstanding work, supporting and catching all the action

Awesome photos of the lead bunch at the start taken by LYNETTE CAMPBELL IMAGES 

View more of today’s action by visiting facebook group LYNETTE CAMPBELL IMAGES

 

Fantastic photos below taken by David Liddell and Alice Cuthbert

 

Leith Specific Results & Report

Men Under 20 5km 2025 Otago Road Championships
1 Adrien Auvray Matyn LEIT 5km Run MU20 Male 0:17:32
No teams

Women Under 20 5km
1  Jessica Bray LEIT 5km Run WU20 Female 0:18:49
2  Kimberley Iversen LEIT 5km Run WU20 Female 0:19:13
No teams

Men 20-34 5km
1  Grayson Westgate LEIT 5km Run SM Male 0:15:44
2  Mckay Watson LEIT 5km Run SM Male 0:16:53
3  Bryan Staunton LEIT 5km Run SM Male 0:18:14
Team’s Race: 1 Leith 1, 2, 3    6 points

Women 20-34 5km
2 Caitlin O’Donnell LEIT 5km Run SW Female 0:18:26
3 Olivia Sutherland LEIT 5km Run SW Female 0:19:08
4 Stephanie Wilson LEIT 5km Run SW Female 0:19:16
Team’s Race: 1 Leith 2, 3, 4   9 points

Masters Men 35-49 5km
2 Ben Pigou LEIT 5km Run MM35-39 Male 0:16:55
3 Phil Petersen LEIT 5km Run MM40-44 Male 0:17:01
4 Nathan Shanks LEIT 5km Run MM35-39 Male 0:17:20
5 Chris Bisley LEIT 5km Run MM45-49 Male 0:18:05
6 Mark O’ Neill LEIT 5km Run MM40-44 Male 0:18:40
Team’s Race: 1 Leith 2, 3, 4   9 points

Masters Women 35-49 5km
1 Mel Aitken LEIT 5km Run MW45-49 Female 0:18:53
No teams

Masters Men 50-64 5km
1 Craig Iversen LEIT 5km Run MM50-54 Male 0:16:42
No teams

Masters Women 50-64 5km
2 Sue Cuthbert LEIT 5km Run MW55-59 Female 0:23:19
No teams

Masters Men 65+ 5km
2 35 Ash Dustow LEIT 5km Run MM65-69 Male 0:23:26
3 36 Marc Boulle LEIT 5km Run MM70-74 Male 0:23:44
4 39 Steve Aitken LEIT 5km Run MM65-69 Male 0:23:49
Team’s Race: 1 Leith 2, 3, 4    9 points

 

 

Emersons Dunedin Marathon, Otago Marathon Champs, Sunday 14 September 2025

Dunedin, New Zealand

Organised by Caversham Harriers

Visit Event Website for Results and details >> Emersons Dunedin Marathon 2025

Full Results of all events from Marathon to 5km >> Road Results 2025

Otago Marathon Champs Results >> Otago Marathon Champs Results 2025

Leith’s Dan Hayman and Margie Campbell are the 2025 Otago Marathon Champions

Leith Highlights of the Marathon

Leith’s Dan Hayman has won the Otago Marathon Championships in a quality time of 02:39:48 despite the cold windy conditions. Completing the podium trifecta for Leith were James Davies who won Silver in 2:45:38 and Theo Nicholson who won Bronze in 2:58:18

Margie Campbell secured the Gold medal for being the second female (including second MW35-49) to finish but first registered athlete. Her time was an excellent 02:54:31 and she finished 13th overall. Mel Aitken was 4th female to finish and she secured the Silver medal in the MW35-49 grade in 03:03:23 . Kimberley Iversen got the Silver medal in the Female under 35 grade in 03:13:06.

Leith got another trifecta, this time in the Master 35-49 grade when Nathan Shanks won Gold in the Master 35-49 grade in 2:52:25.  Silver to Phil Petersen in 2:54:55 and Bronze to Hamish Vodane in 3:14:47

Graig Iversen won Gold in the Master 50-64 grade, his time was 03:13:07. Lee Flowers won the Silver in the Master 50-64 grade in 03:31:19. 

The evergreen Dave McLean (M70-74) won Gold in the Master 65+ grade in 5:38:04

See Leith results list in finishing order below with Otago Championship podium winners highlighted: 

1 DAN HAYMAN   02:39:48 Senior (under 35) (1) Male (1)
4 JAMES DAVIES  02:45:36 Senior (under 35) (4) Male (4)
8 NATHAN SHANKS  02:52:24 Masters (35-49) (3) Male (8)
13 MARGIE CAMPBELL 02:54:31 Masters (35-49) (2) Female (2)
15 PHIL PETERSEN  02:54:55 Masters (35-49) (6) Male (13)
18 THEO NICHOLSON 02:58:17 Senior (under 35) (9) Male (16)
24 MEL AITKEN  03:03:23 Masters (35-49) (3) Female (4)
35 KIMBERLEY IVERSEN  03:13:06 Senior (under 35) (2) Female (5)
36 CRAIG IVERSEN  03:13:07 Masters 50 and over (2) Male (31)
40 HAMISH VODANE 03:14:44 Masters (35-49) (16) Male (33)
51 ROCKY ALLAN  03:18:37 Senior (under 35) (21) Male (43)
60 ADRIEN AUVRAY MATYN  03:26:54 Senior (under 35) (25) Male (50)
74 LEE FLOWERS  03:31:11 Masters 50 and over (4) Male (62)
164 MATT DENT  03:57:23 Masters (35-49) (40) Male (127)
443 DAVE MCLEAN  05:38:04 Masters 50 and over (26) Male (315)

Leith Highlights of the Half-Marathon

Seventh placed Sam Bradbury-Leather was the first Leith athlete to finish the Half Marathon and he was third in the Masters (35-49) in a time of 01:19:10.  Ben Bigou finished 16 overall  in 01:19:10 and was third in the Masters (35-49). Jessica Bray was second female overall and in the Female Under 35 grade in 01:22:45. Special mention here must be Leith’s M75-79 grade runner Steve Smith’s excellent 01:52:30 in the Master 50 category

See Leith results list below with podium winners highlighted: 

Leith Results List

7 SAM BRADBURY-LEATHER  01:16:07 Senior (under 35) (5) Male (7)
13 SEAN GALDEMAN  01:16:47 Senior (under 35) (11) Male (13)
16 BEN PIGOU  01:19:10 Masters (35-49) (3) Male (16)
23 MCKAY WATSON  01:21:25 Senior (under 35) (18) Male (23)
27 BRYAN STAUNTON  01:22:11 Senior (under 35) (21) Male (26)
34 JESSICA BRAY  01:22:45 Senior (under 35) (2) Female (2)
51 FRASER BAILEY  01:24:47 Senior (under 35) (39) Male (48)
61 SIMON LEANING  01:26:38 Masters 50 and over (1) Male (58)
77 JENNIFER DUFFY 01:28:14 Senior (under 35) (5) F (5)
78 RYAN WHITBURN  01:28:29 Senior (under 35) (54) Male (73)
96 ARMIN BURGMEIER 01:30:00 Masters (35-49) (23) Male (88)
109 NINA BATUCAN 01:31:31 Senior (under 35) (10) Female (10)
146 CROYDON PATON 01:34:54 Masters 50 and over (7) Male (132)
258 ADELAIDE ROPER 01:42:13 Senior (under 35) (35) F (43)
279 ROD MCCALL 01:43:20 Masters 50 and over (16) M (231)
418 SEAN MARR 01:48:20 Masters (35-49) (82) M (325)
512 STEVE SMITH  01:52:30 Masters 50 and over (33) Male (375) his actual grade was M75-79
549 CALAN MCDERMOTT 01:53:05 Senior (under 35) (264) M (393)

Leith Highlights of the 10km

Congratulations to the Leith and friends athletes in the quarter marathon. Simon Cromarty won the race in 00:33:03. Stephen Johnson was third overall in 00:34:35. Stephanie Wilson  was the second female overall finishing in 00:39:56. Simon Perry finished third in the Masters (35-49) grade in 00:40:13. Hayden Scorringe finished in 00:41:14 and Tessa Molloy won the Females Masters 35-49 and finished third female overall in 00:41:36. Robyn O’Neill was third in the Masters Female (35-49) grade in 00:45:38.

See Leith and friends results list below: 

Leith Results List

1 SIMON CROMARTY 00:33:03 Masters (35-49) (1) M (1)
3 STEPHEN JOHNSON  00:34:35 Senior (under 35) (2) Male (3)
16 STEPHANIE WILSON  00:39:56 Senior (under 35) (2) Female (2)
17 SIMON PERRY  00:40:13 Masters (35-49) (3) M (15)
19 HAYDEN SCORRINGE  00:41:14 Masters (35-49) (4) Male (17)
21 TESSA MOLLOY  00:41:36 Masters (35-49) (1) Female (3)
41 CHRIS TIPPER  00:45:04 Masters (35-49) (9) M (34)
43 ROBYN ONEILL 00:45:38 Masters (35-49) (3) Female (9)
68 RACHEL OLSEN  00:48:28 Masters (35-49) (6) F (18)
86 PATRICK MARR  00:49:19 Senior (under 35) (40) M (62)
164 CASEY PEARCE  00:55:56 Senior (under 35) (61) M (95)
257 ELIZA J ROTHERY  01:00:48 Senior (under 35) (88) F (131)
321 PADDY OU 01:03:57 Senior (under 35) (82) M (137)

Leith Highlights of the 5km

24 CALLUM SCORRINGE 00:24:42 Under 12 (10) M (19)
35 BEN CLARK  00:25:37 Open (14) M (30)
40 THOMAS CLARK  00:25:59 Under 12 (18) M (34)
41 CHRIS CLARK  00:26:00 Open (17) M (35)
46 JAMES O NEILL  00:26:21 Under 12 (19) M (36)
49 AILISH O NEILL  00:26:53 Under 12 (3) F (11)
50 MARK O’ NEILL 00:26:53 Open (20) M (39)
135 ALEX SCORRINGE  00:32:55 Under 12 (35) M (83)
208 INDIANA WHITBURN  00:35:40 Under 12 (23) F (99)
482 SUSAN CRAIG 00:58:03 Open (232) F (295)

Photo Collages of all the action

Podium Photos by Simon Perry

 

TCS Sydney Marathon, Sunday 31 August 2025

Sydney, Australia

Visit event website for details and results >> TCS Sydney Marathon 2025

Congratulations to James Pemberton who proudly wore the Leith singlet in his marathon effort on Sunday running the race in 3 hours 17 minutes 22 seconds. 

Finishing statistics for James PEMBERTON
TIME: 03:17:22
Overall Place: 3112 OF 30090
Male: 2831 OF 20053
50-54: 186 OF 2094

 

NZ 10km Road Championships, Saturday 30 August 2025

Cambridge, New Zealand

Live Results >> NZ 10km Road Champs 2025 Results 

Congralutions to Leith’s MEL AITKEN  who finished in an excellent 00:38:33 and won the Gold Medal in the F45-49 grade and was third female overall in the MW35+ grade

Leith’s GRAYSON WESTGATE  finished in an excellent time of  00:31:36  finishing as 13th Senior Male

Leith’s STEVE AITKEN finished in 00:50:20 and was 7th in the M60-64 grade and was the 45th male to finish

 

Port Road Race, Saturday 30 August 2025 

Port Chalmers to Dunedin

Visit Event Website >>  Port Road Race 2025

Full results >> Road Results 2025

Congratulations to Leith’s Tess Molloy (MW40-44) who has won the female grade on handicap finishing 3rd overall. Her finish time was 1 hour 28 minutes 40 seconds and her actual time was an excellent 41:38 so she also was the fastest female in the field.  See Tess with her two trophies below – achieving the magnificent triple – including being the first member of the winning 6 member Leith team across the line on handicap.  All Leith runners played their part in helping the first 6 Leith runners to count win the title

Leith have won the teams race. The team of Tess Molloy, Sam Leather, Nathan Shanks, Bryan Staunton, Jame Davies and Ben Pigou took out the prestigious teams prize. Fastest time honours went to Graham Fisher with his 35:25 effort

 

Southland 10km/5km Champs, Saturday 16 August 2025

Teretonga Park Raceway, Invercargill

Full results >> Road Results 2025

Leith had two representatives at these champs. Congratulations to Craig Iversen and Kimberley Iversen who both ran faster than they thought they would. Read Craig’s story further below:

1 Sagar Khemani Fiordland SM20-34, 10km 34:09.0

2 Craig Iversen Leith MM50+ 34:19.0

1 Kimberley Iversen Leith SW 38:32.0 PB

1 Debbie Telfer Invercargill MW60-69, 5km 23:53.0

1 Craig Junior Iversen Invercargill BU14, 5km 17:11.0

2 Sean Iversen Invercargill BU14, 5km 18:52.0

Craig had this to say about their performance

Kimberley and I entered the 10km Road Champs in Invercargill at the Teretonga Speedway circuit and to be honest, we’d both had a tough time with our training lately. Myself with persistent DOMS for the last 10 days, Kimberley coming out of an illness that had been hanging around since the week leading into Cross Country nationals. We both had decided to give it all we could, but both were also realistic about the possibilities. Kimberley ran a 38:47 on the track last year and thought she’d struggle to get near 39mins today but managed to pull out a pretty good 38:31! Last year I ran 35:20 on the course, although despite my training issues managed to pull out a surprising 34:15. We were both pretty pleased with this and it gives a lift to know that when problems fade away that the underlying ability is still there! Sean (11) ran a very handy 5km at 18:50 and CJ (13) took his 5km PB down to 17:09, so it was a really good day out for us all!

 

SOLIHULL 5k, Half Marathon, Sunday 10 August 2025

Birmingham, UK

Event Website for full results link >> SOLIHULL 5k, Half Marathon

Congratulations to Leith’s Nina Batucan who ran her first half marathon on Sunday in Birmingham UK. 

Her racing stats:

Gun Time 01:38:29, 188/174 overall, 9th of 283 in her age group, 11th female
Chip Time 01:37:33, 191/1754 overall, 9/283 in her age group, 12/540 female

Here is what Nina had to say about her achievement

The day was forecasted to be hot and sunny, and sun beat down indeed. I think it was between 20-22 C, so was pleased with the decision to carry a water bladder. The terrain was undulating and the last 5K had a long section of a gentle uphill. Familiarity can bring comfort, so when it got tough, a mental strategy I did was to imagine people who have similar looking “back view” as running mates I know of. For example, one lady with a ponytailed blonde hair looked like Aly C. from behind so I pretended it was her, who I managed to lap eventually (probably something I couldn’t have done if it was actually Aly!). Doing so placed me in a similar ambience as when doing the grunt work on Sole Tuesdays. I was aiming for 1:40 and managed 1:37 so was really chuffed; I was 9th in my age group and 12th overall female category. Really happy with the effort and sets a good baseline for future halfs

 

South Island Half Marathon, Sunday, 3 August 2025

Lake Hood, Ashburton

Vist the Event Website >> South Island Half Marathon

Full Results >> Spa South Island Half Marathon Results 2025

Includes 21km half marathon, 7km 1/6th marathon and 1.5km Kidz Dash events. Around the beautiful Lake Hood, with amazing water views throughout the run.

Some impressive performances from the Leith athletes, some were winding down from the grueling NZ Cross Country Champs the day before though. Leith’s Simon Cromarty had a brilliant run, winning this race in 1:10:51. James Davies shaved 6 minutes off his half marathon PB as well as posting PBs over the 5km and 10km along the way. Steve Smith showed that his 3 hr 53 min Dunedin Harbour Marathon time last year was no fluke and who despite recent injury ran an excellent 1:56:05 to win the MM70+ category (he is actually 75+) – congratulations are definitely in order here!

21.1km

1st  Simon Cromarty, Age Group 20-39 OM  Time 1:10:51
4th  James Davies, Age Group 20-39 OM   Time  1:16:35  (Third Open Male)  Personal Best
18th  Craig Iversen, Age Group 50-59 ClaM  Time  1:22:48  (First Male 50-59)
32nd  Mel Aitken,  Age Group 40-49 VetF  Time  1:28:27  (First 40-49 VetF)
46th  Kimberley Iversen, Age Group JunF   Time 1:31:58  (Fifth 10-19 JunF)
147th  Steve Smith Age Group  70+ SeaM  Time 1:56:05  (First SeaM MM70+)

7km

16th  Steve Aitken, Age Group 60-69 VinM   Time  33:51   (First 60-69 VinM)

 

Simon Cromarty wins and James Davies shaves 6 minutes off his Half Marathon PB

James had this to say…

“First time I’ve raced a half in a few years, so wasn’t really sure what to expect. Had a 1:20 goal, trying to eclipse my previous half PB set on a mid-winter Monday night post work last year.

Last couple weeks have been “fun” with training, from concussion, to taper, but following Margie’s guidance, came out swinging.

Simon (Cromarty) took the field out hot, I finally settled in after about 5km to a nice rhythm. Ignore the fact I ran 5km and 10km PB’s, was stoked to finish just over an hour, 16minutes, shaving 6minutes off last years misery”

 

The Brighton to Green Island, 10km Handicap Events, Saturday 26th July 2025

Brighton to Green Island, Dunedin, New Zealand

For full results >> Road Results 2025

Organised by Caversham Harriers. Leith was kindly invited to take part in this event with Sam Bradbury-Leather taking part (see Sam in the picture below)

Congratulations to Sam Bradbury-Leather who finished 12th  in 1:52:38  off a handicap of 1:14:00.  His actual time was 38:38 and he was second fastest in the field.  

 

Te Aka Ōtākou Tānga: The Winding Vine Relay, Saturday 19 July 2025

Portobello to Port Chalmers, Dunedin

Visit Event Website for H&S and other important information such as route maps etc >> Athletics Otago The Winding Vine Relay

Pleminary Results >> The Winding Vine Relay Results 2025 (Provisional only, may need corrections)

Starting in Portobello, teams of 6 run various distances, between approximately 3 to 8km, to the finish in Port Chalmers. The race is handicapped with slower teams receiving a “head start”.

Team Handicaps (as at 1814hrs Friday 18) >> The Winding Vine Relay Teams Handicaps 2025

Leith Report Summary

Spectacular day out at the Winding Vine relay. Well done everyone! Thanks to the huge volunteer and officiating effort that goes into the big event. Leith Mixed: Grape Expectations finished third on handicap. Leith “Prime Time” Senior Men got fastest time of 1:48:08 with Leith “Midlife Fast Lane” Masters Men 1 getting second fastest time of 1:52:22.  More details soon when the results are confirmed as being perfectly correct

Some great collages below

Leith Teams

Take note that Leg 5 is 8.3km (not 7.5km)

Start 0:15:00
Leith Mixed: Grape Expectations
Leg 1 Glenda Norris MW70-74
Leg 2  Chris Sole MM65-69
Leg 3  Rachael McKinney MW50-54
Leg 4  Jocelyn Springthorpe MW65-69
Leg 5  Steve Stewart MM50-54
Leg 6  Donna Tumaru MW50-54

Start 0:55:00
Leith “Greatest Hits” Masters Men 2
Leg 1  Pete Murray MM65-69
Leg 2  Steve Smith MM75-79
Leg 3  Marc Boulle MM70-74 (Captain)
Leg 4  Dave McLean MM70-74
Leg 5  Lee Flowers MM50-64
Leg 6  Ian Morison MM65-69

Start 0:58:00
Leith Mixed: Grapest Hits
Leg 1  Christine Montgomery MW55-59
Leg 2  Hope Duncan SW
Leg 3  Claire Charleton SW
Leg 4  Jared Brensell SM
Leg 5  Sándor Toth SM
Leg 6  Kelly Toth SW

Start 1:12:00
Leith Lasses: Off to a Grape Start
Leg 1  Robyn O’Neill MW40-44
Leg 2  Tess Molloy MW40-44
Leg 3  Ange Bishop MW35-49 (Captain)
Leg 4  Sue Cuthbert MW55-59
Leg 5  Mel Aitken MW50-54
Leg 6  Alice Barach MW45-49

Start 1:15:00
Leith SW: The Grape Escape
Leg 1  Caitlin O’Donnell SW
Leg 2  Nina Batucan SW (Captain)
Leg 3  Claudia Cooke SW
Leg 4  Adelaide Roper SW
Leg 5  Stephanie Wilson SW
Leg 6  Olivia Sutherland SW

Start 1:17:00
Leith “Wisdom and Wheels” Open Men
Leg 1  Craig Walters MM35-49
Leg 2  Christopher Tipper MM35-39
Leg 3  Armin Burgmeier MM35-49
Leg 4  Luke McKinlay MM50-54
Leg 5  Bryan Staunton SM (Captain)
Leg 6  Adam Clarke MM35-49

Start 1:37:00
Leith “Midlife Fast Lane” Masters Men 1
Leg 1  James Pemberton MM50-64
Leg 2  Mark O’Neill MM40-44
Leg 3  Ben Pigou MM35-39 (Captain)
Leg 4  Andrew Lonie MM50-64
Leg 5  Nathan Shanks MM35-39
Leg 6 Phil Petersen MM35-49

Start 1:40:00
Leith “Prime Time” Senior Men
Leg 1  Nathan Hill SM
Leg 2  McKay Watson SM
Leg 3  Tadhg Ryan Charleton SM
Leg 4  Fraser Bailey SM
Leg 5  Stephen Johnson SM
Leg 6  Sam BradburyLeather SM (Captain)

Asics Gold Coast Marathon, Sunday 6 July 2025

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Visit Event Website >> Gold Coast Marathon

Leith athletes travelled to Australia to compete in this iconic event. See the after race happy photo of David Liddell, Bryan Staunton, Ryan Whitburn, Alice Cuthbert and Sue Hendry below:

Leith Results Full Marathon

Ryan Whitburn
FINISH TIME: 03:23:44
Place 2339 OF 12700
Male 2095 OF 8605
30-34  527 OF 1767

Alice Cuthbert 
FINISH TIME: 03:27:51
Place 2735 OF 12700
Female 324 OF 4087
25-29  106 OF 1013

Bryan Staunton
FINISH TIME: 03:48:52
Place 4728 OF 12700
Male 3911 OF 8605
30-34  933 OF 1767

Sue Hendry
FINISH TIME: 03:49:24
Place 4788 OF 12700
Female 835 OF 4087
55-59  13 OF 153

David Liddell
DNF 
25km  02:13:50 

 

Gazley Volkswagen Wellington Marathon, Sunday 29 June 2025

Wellington, New Zealand

Visit the Event Website for full results and details >> Gazley Volkswagen Wellington Marathon

Leith had a number of athletes competing with great success in this event. Mel Aitken was the winner of the female category and finished first in the female 40-49 category in the full marathon in 2 hours 52 minutes 52 seconds. Jessica Bray finished first in the female under 20 category in the half marathon in 1 hour 24 minutes 4 seconds.  See the full Leith results below:

10km (Mizuno 10K 1,336 Starters 1,156 Finishers AVG 01:04:55)

8  TADHG RYAN CHARLETON 00:35:21 M 8 M30-39 1

26  BRYAN STAUNTON 00:38:42 M 24 M30-39 6

21.1km (Shoe Clinic Half Marathon 1,849 1,626 Finishers AVG 02:02:44)

82  JESSICA BRAY 01:24:04 F 8 FU20 1

636  STEVE AITKEN 01:54:28 M 494 M60-69 19

752  CLAIRE CHARLETON 01:58:10 F 183 F30-39 43 PB

Marathon (Gazley Volkswagen Marathon 544 Starters 467 Finishers AVG 04:02:24)

23  MEL AITKEN 02:52:52 F 1 F40-49 1

46  HAMISH VODANE 03:05:55 M 41 M18-39 32

 

Windermere Marathon, Sunday 15 June 2025

Lake Windermere, Lake District in Cumbria, United Kingdom

Visit the Event Website for full results and details >> Windermere Marathon 2025

Lee Flowers flew the Leith Blue and White flag (or rather singlet) at this fantastic and scenic marathon event held around Windermere Lake

He finished 71/444, Male 68/326, MM55 2nd 2/22 in a time of 3:39:37

 Here is Lee’s story

I am currently visiting friends and family back in the UK. Catching up with old friends and family invariably means eating and drinking far too much.

So, to combat the weight gain and fitness loss, I decided to run each morning at the crack of dawn (first light is around 4.30am) which is fine as I still haven’t fully switched my circadian rhythm to UK/European time zones.

But I also researched what events were taking place during my visit in the local area. There were a couple of events that looked interesting, Ultras, two-day events etc… but I said to myself not to go and do crazy stuff as my current fitness levels are not that great at the moment.

One event sang out more than the others – a marathon in the Lake District in Cumbria. Circumnavigating around lake Windermere.

Lake Windermere in the Lake District National Park is one of the most stunning parts of the world and has very fond memories for me as a child visiting this stunning part of the Country. It’s a place for all types of outdoor adventures both on the lake, in the lake or around the rolling hills/mountains and would (not often enough) head up there on long weekends in my younger days for some memorable trips.

The area is also world famous for a local author named – Beatrix Potter and the even more famous book character Peter Rabbit or this this just a British thing ? There is a house where she wrote her books you can visit, owned now by the National Trust.

Unfortunately, over the years, like most places in the UK, its fallen victim of its own success, by that I mean visitor numbers have swelled out of control. The old country lanes in and out of the area are so congested, you often think twice before taking a trip.

Anyway, race day – A marathon around a lake on mostly closed/semi closed roads, flat course you say ? that is what I thought as well, but no ! there wasn’t a single bit of flat road, I believe the elevation gain was around 650 meters, which didn’t sound too bad on paper, problem was we didn’t run on paper (haha). Also bear in mind, it’s been a long time since a ran a road marathon, almost 10 years ago but the thought of running through this beautiful scenery was something I was looking forward too.

The event itself was part of a festival of activities, including open water swims in Lake Windermere which happened to be on the same day. I wasn’t sure how many runners had entered and would be running as the event (like so many around the country) had stopped because of covid.

In all, I believe there was around 500 runners, which for me personally was a good number, it made the event more personal and not a mass major sponsored event like some events I have ran in over the years.

We all headed to the start line, where I saw and heard the organizer say that there would be pacers this year, in increments of 30 mins, starting at 3.30 mins. I have yet to break the 3.30 barrier (by quiet a few minutes) and with the pre-start mindset of just enjoying this course and the scenery coupled with the elevation of the course, now was not a good time to break any records or set PB’s.

So, against my better judgement I decided to hang with the 3.30 min pacer. I have never run with pacers before, so that was new. The pace he set was consistent to start with, with a little faster than the 5 min/km pace needed because I heard him say to another athlete that we needed to bank a bit of time for the second half of the race as there were a few more hills to tackle.

First 13 miles went well, running with a bunch of athletes of around 20 people, it felt like a Sunday jog with a group of friends as there was no one else in sight both in front and behind. I did feel however out of place with the people around me, they looked like serious club runners with their club colours on view and started thinking that I have bitten off more than I could cope with but I had my Leith Colours on, so I said yes, I do belong I said.

I did hear someone say that we were going at quiet a pace for this course and that we would pay for it later… how true that was. Straight after we passed the 13-mile marker, we turned a corner and suddenly was faced with what looked like a wall. A very sleep hill that seem to go on forever, not what you want after 13 miles. All the group including the pacer was not prepared to run up the hill, so we all walked.

At the top of this particular hill the pacer thought we had lost too much time (course was new to him) so he picked up the pace to gain the time back, this is when the wheels fell off. I lost touch with him and the group pretty soon after the hill and decided that from now on, to run my own race (it was nice while it lasted).

The next 10K or so was hard work, dark places and just focusing on one foot in front of another, each hill became harder and harder to navigate. At around the 30K mark a pit stop in the loo at an aid station and a stretch of the legs, I found a second wind and picked up the pace again pretty much to the end, picking off a few of my old 3.30 group that I hadn’t seen for a while along the way.

In the end I was only 2/3 minutes off my PB for a marathon, given the elevation I think this must be the best Marathon I have ever run.

As I crossed the finish line, what hit me the most was a sense of achievement yes but more importantly not being able to share my stories and experience with my fellow group of athletes from my own club and hearing about how they got on with their own race, that sense of pride we all share from our little community known as Leith Harriers, is priceless, I missed that side of it.

What I got from this event was actually how lucky we are in Dunedin, particularly our Leith running club, the sense of community and how we are all there for one another, no matter what level we run at.

Long may that continue, sorry for the long script but looking forward to seeing you all again in a couple of weeks

A shout out to the organisers, the event ran like clockwork, all potential issues were catered for, including a park and ride scheme to get all the athletes and swimmers into the start areas on time without causing major headaches or stress trying to find a park in the small village hamlets on top of all the summer tourist. I would fully recommend this event for anyone that happens to be in the area when the event takes place next year.

Pacific Crest Endurance Festival, Half Marathon, 10km Sunday 14 June 2025

Bend, Oregon, USA

Visit the Event Website >> Pacific Crest Endurance Festival

Well done to James Pemberton and Lucy Pemberton who took part in this festival of endurance events. James had an amazing run to win the Half Marathon in 1 hour 29 minutes 19.9 seconds. Lucy ran the 10km finishing second in the Female 50-54 age grade in 1 hour 4 minutes 53.7 seconds 

 

Selwyn Marathon, Sunday 1st June 2025

Lincoln Event Centre, Meijer Drive, Lincoln, New Zealand

For full info and results >> Selwyn Marathon. 

Leith’s Theo Nicholson has won the Selwyn Marathon. His time was 2:52:04. He won the race overall as well as being first in the 18-39 Open Men’s category18-39 Open Men’s category

 

Chase the Sun ASICS Runaway Noosa Marathon, Saturday 24 May 2025

Noosa Parade, Noosa, Queensland

Visit the Event Website for details and results >> Chase the Sun ASICS Runaway Noosa Marathon

Well done to Leith’s trail running captain Laura Bungard who competed in the 10km event. She finished 148th in a time of 00:43:27. She finished 8th in the female 18-29 category and was 24th female overall (8) F (24)

 

Sydney Runaway 21km, Sunday 4 May 2025

Sydney, Australia

Visit the Event Website for full results >> Sydney Runaway 21km 2025

Leith athletes were out there again this weekend. Well done to Bryan and Craig!

Bryan writes: “Fantastic day for it. Very tough course with around 280m of elevation gain. Ran a time of 1 hr 24 which I was happy with considering the elevation. Narrowly beat the first 80+ runner – incredible!”

Bryan Staunton 01:24:36, finished 219th overall (of 20527), 204th Male (11315), 61st (of 2414) 30-34 grade

Craig Walters 02:10:04, finished 12790 (of 20527), 8335th Male (of 11315), 461st (of 701) 45-49 grade
Place

 

MT Outdoors Southern Lakes Half Marathon and 10km, Saturday 3 May 2025

Wanaka, Central Otago, New Zealand

For event website >> MT Outdoors Southern Lakes Half Marathon and 10km

For full results >> MT Outdoors Southern Lakes Half Marathon and 10km results

There were fantastic results for the Leith athletes on Saturday.  We may have missed a few, but will have a full report by Sunday evening with photos too

Half-Marathon

Dan Hayman
21km
Male Age 20, Award Winner, Male Open (19-39), 2 of 84
Gun Time 1:09:40.64, Pace 3:19, Overall 2 of 376, Gender Place: 2

Craig Iversen
21km
Male Age 50, Award Winner Male Vet2 (50-59), 1 of 17
Gun Time 1:12:32.33, Pace 3:28, Overall 4 of 376, Male Vet2 (50-59) 1 of 17, Gender Place: 4

James Pemberton
21km
Male Age 52, Gun Time 1:24:43.65, Pace 4:02, Overall 36 of 376, Male Vet2 (50-59), 7 of 17, Gender Place: 34

Kimberley Iversen
21km
Female Age 19, Award Winner Female Open (19-39), 3 of 174
Gun Time 1:25:13.7, Pace 4:04, Overall 38 of 376, Female Open (19-39), 3 of 174, Gender Place: 3

Simon Perry
21km
Male 46
Gun Time 1:25:47.21, Pace 4:05, Overall 39 of 374, Male Vet1 (40-49) 9 of 32, Gender Place: 36

10km

Aaron Eyles
10km Run
Male Age 41, Award Winner Male Vet1 (40-49) 1 of 6
Gun Time 34:37.39 Pace 3:28, Overall 2 of 99, Male Vet1 (40-49) 1 of 6, Gender Place: 2

Kristy Eyles
10km Run
Female Age 41, Award Winner Female Vet1 (40-49) 1 of 18
Gun Time 36:39.39, Pace 3:40, 4 of 99, Female Vet1 (40-49) 1 of 18, Gender Place: 1

10km Walk

Susan Craig
10km Walk
Female Age 59, Award Winner Female Vet2 (50-59) 1 of 8
Gun Time 1:17:34.68, Pace 7:45, Overall 1 of 11, Female Vet2 (50-59) 1 of 8, Gender Place: 1

 

 

 

 

Frontrunner Christchurch Marathon, NZ Senior Marathon Champs, Sunday 13 April 2025 

Christchurch, New Zealand

Visit Event Website >> Frontrunner Christchurch Marathon, NZ Senior Marathon Champs

Awesome news. Well done to Leith’s Mel Aitken who in the NZ Senior Marathon Champs, finished third female overall but claimed the Open Women’s NZ silver medal in a time of 2:53.54

Leith Results

10km (1,379 finishers)

11 SAM HOSKINS 00:36:15 M 11 OM 9
34 JESSICA BRAY 00:39:54  F 4 W20 1
245 STEVE AITKEN 00:58:13 M 170 VM40-99 57

21km (3,189 finishers)

58 NATHAN SHANKS 01:18:08 M 55 M20-39 48
84 AARON EYLES 01:20:09 M 75 VM40-49 9
98 SARAH BRYANT 01:21:32  F 10 VW40-49 1
111 BRYAN STAUNTON 01:22:22 M 99 M20-39 77
123 RICHARD CAMPBELL 01:23:01 M 110 VM40-49 15
128 SAM LEATHER 01:23:25 M 115 M20-39 90
281 ALICE CUTHBERT 01:30:14 F 41 W20-39 30
436 DAVID LIDDELL 01:36:37 M 363 M20-39 271
702 SUE HENDRY 01:45:09 F 137 VW50-59 5

42.2km (1,111 finishers)

60 MEL AITKEN 02:53:53 F 3 VW40-49 2  (Silver Medal NZ Marathon Champs)
119 JAMES PEMBERTON 03:04:33 M 113 VM50-59 7  (Personal Best)
126 GALLIEN CHANALET-QUERCY 03:05:37 M 119 VM40-49 30 (Personal Best)
153 KRISTY EYLES 03:10:44 F 10 VW40-49 3