LEITH HARRIERS Report for Sat 22 March 2014
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Leith athletes enjoyed the last Athletics Otago interclub track and field meeting of the season held on Saturday at the Caledonian Ground. Mark O’Donnell took the tough option and ran both the 800m (2:18.48) and the 1500m (5:09.33) to end his season. David Barton once again competed well in both field and track. He finished first in the MM35 grade Javelin Throw (800g, 31.88m), the 100m sprint (14.36sec) and the 60m sprint (8.89sec). Cliff Kelway-Pope achieved a personal best in the senior men’s 800m with a time of 2min 32.57sec. He also ran the 100m and the 200m. Kelway-Pope ended the season as the winner in the senior men’s Leith aggregate points table with 144 points. David Barton won the MM35 aggregate with 74 points. Mel Aitken won the master women’s aggregate with 3 points
LEITH HARRIERS Report for Sun 16 March 2014
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Cliff Kelway-Pope kept the Leith flag flying at the Athletics Otago inter club track and field meeting held on a rain drenched Sunday morning at the Caledonian Grounds. As a warm up for the Caledonian Society Handicap Mile, he ran the 100m and 400m sprints. He achieved a personal best for the 400m of 68,77 seconds. Kelway-Pope ran well to his handicap in the mile keeping a good steady pace through most the race finishing in a creditable fifth place across the line in an actual time of 6 minutes 2.03 seconds. Kelway-Pope again extended his lead in the Leith Senior Men’s aggregate points table and now has 135 points. David Barton still leads the MM35+ aggregate points table with 62 points. Mel Aitken leads the master women’s’ table with 3 points
Otago Interclub, Sat 22 February 2014
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Leith had just two athletes competing in the weekly Athletics Otago Interclub track and field meeting held at the Caledonian on Saturday. Mark O’Donnell won the master men’s 35 grade 1500m race in 4 minutes 50.87 seconds. Cliff Kelway-Pope improved his personal best for the 1500m to 5 minutes 25.87 seconds. Kelway-Pope also ran the 200m (33.41 seconds) and the 400m (74.40 seconds) in a good all-round performance. Kelway-Pope extended his lead in the Leith Senior Men’s aggregate points table and now has126 points. David Barton still leads the MM35+ aggregate points table sitting now with 62 points. Mel Aitken leads the master women’s table with 3 points. Thanks to those Leith members who helped with the track and field duties
Otago Track and Field Championships, Sat 15 & Sun 16 February 2014
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Leith athletes were among the podium finishers at the Athletics Otago track and field championships held on Saturday and Sunday at the Caledonian Ground. Glen Ferguson won both 1500m and the 3000m master men’s 50+ titles with times of 4min 33.85sec and 9min 46.39sec respectively. Mark O’Donnell won the master men’s 35 title for the 3000m with a time of 10min 27.92sec and came second in the 1500m in 4min 48.03sec. David Barton won the master men’s 35 titles in both the javelin throw (34.24m) and the long jump (4.45m). Danny Knudson won the master men’s 50+ title in the 3000m walk in 23min 25.65sec. Cliff Kelway-Pope finished third in the senior men’s 200m sprint. Kelway-Pope extended his lead in the Leith Senior Men’s aggregate points table and now has 117 points. Barton also extended his lead in the MM35+ aggregate points table sitting now with 62 points
Otago Interclub & 5000m Champs, Sat 8 February 2014
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Glen Ferguson broke the Otago Master Men’s 50-54 age grade 3000m record during the Otago Interclub track and field meeting held at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday. He ran a superlative 9 minutes 29.34 seconds. Neale McLanachan won the Otago 5000m Master Men’s 35+ championships in a time of 15 minutes 54.57 seconds. Mark O’Donnell ran the 800m in 2min 18.71sec. David Barton entered four events winning the MM35+ Discus Throw (27.28m), Shot Put (8.90m) and the 60m sprint (9.45s). Cliff Kelway-Pope ran the 100m sprint (14.85sec), the 200m sprint (32.17sec), the 800m (2:46.24), the 60m sprint (9.54sec). Marc Boulle ran the 800m, 3000m and 60m sprint. Kelway-Pope extended his lead in the Leith Senior Men’s aggregate points table and now has 105 points. Barton also extended his lead in the MM35+ aggregate points table with 50 points. Mel Aitken leads the master women’s’ table with 3 points
Otago Interclub, Sun 2 February 2014
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
The Athletics Otago interclub track and field meeting was held on Sunday at the Caledonian Ground. The weather was great for some good times being sunny with light winds. However some Leith athletes were competing in the Masters Games track and field events instead. Cliff Kelway-Pope being a senior runner competed in the interclub competition running the 1500m in a time of 5min 40.44sec and the 400m in a time of 78.24sec. He increased his lead in the senior men’s Leith aggregate points table to 93 points. David Barton still leads the master men’s table with 35 points. Mel Aitken leads the master women’s’ table with 3 points. Thanks to those Leith members who helped with the track and field duties
Otago Interclub, Sat 25 January 2014
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Mark O’Donnell was Leith’s sole competitor in the master men’s 35 grade 1500m at the Athletics Otago Interclub track and field meeting on Saturday at the Caledonian Ground. He did well by finishing second in 10min 34.29sec. Cliff Kelway-Pope was a bit rusty from a long break over the festive season, but he was still able to compete in two races. He ran 15.63sec for the 100m dash and he ran the two-lapper in 2min 49.62sec. He still leads the senior men’s Leith aggregate points table with 87 points. David Barton still leads the master men’s table with 35 points. Mel Aitken leads the master women’s’ table with 3 points. Thanks to those Leith members who helped with the track and field duties
Otago Interclub, Sat 18 January 2014
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
There was a keen tussle between Julian O’Hagan and Glen Ferguson in the master men’s 35 grade 1500m race at the Athletics Otago Interclub track and field meeting held at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday in mild overcast and cool conditions. O’Hagan finished first in 4min 33.17sec to pip second placed Ferguson (4min 33.53sec) by just fractions of a second. Ferguson later also ran the 5000m race winning the master men’s 35 grade in 9min 44.11sec. Cliff Kelway-Pope maintains his lead in the Leith senior men’s aggregate points with 81 points. David Barton still leads the master men’s table with 35 points however O’Hagan and Ferguson have made inroads into this lead and stand at 24 and 23 points respectively. Mel Aitken leads the master women’s’ table with 3 points. Thanks to those Leith members who helped with the track and field duties
Otago Interclub, Otago 10,000m Champs, Sat 14 December 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
It was good to see more Leith athletes competing at the weekly Otago interclub track and field meeting at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday. Mel Aitken won the Otago Master Women’s 35+ grade 10,000 metres championships in 40min 16.25sec. David Barton finished first in the MM35+ long jump (4.47m, wind 1.5), 2nd MM35+ shot put (8.9m, 7.26kg), first MM35+ 100m (14.46sec, wind -3.9), first 200m (29.81sec, wind -3). Cliff Kelway-Pope achieved another personal best of 5min 24.32sec in the 1500m. He also ran the 400m (78.02sec) and the 200m (33.26sec, wind -1.6). Mark O’Donnell won the MM35+ grade 1500m in 4min 46.53sec. David Rush was second in 4min 48.83sec. O’Donnell also ran the 400m in 63.75sec. Kelway-Pope leads the Leith senior men’s aggregate points table to 81 points. David Barton leads the master men’s table with 35 points. Mel Aitken leads the master women’s’ table with 3 points
Otago Interclub, Sat 7 December 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Leith had a good representation in the master men’s grade 1500m event at the Athletics Otago Interclub track and field meeting on Saturday at the Caledonian Ground. Competing in this grade for the first time on the track, Neale McLanachan won the grade in 4min 18.38sec. Glen Ferguson was second in 4min 42.63sec. Mark O’Donnell was third in 4min 49.04sec. Cliff Kelway-Pope continues to show great improvement. He achieved a personal best of 4 seconds in the 1500m by running a time of 5min 25.19sec. He then capped that off by running 32.94sec for the 200m. Kelway-Pope continues to lead the senior men’s aggregate points table with 72 points while David Barton leads the master men’s 35 table with 23 points. Thanks to all those Leith members who helped with club duties
Otago Interclub, Sat 30 November 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Just two Leith athletes competed at the Athletics Otago Interclub track and field meeting on Saturday afternoon at the Caledonian Ground. Both entered multi events. David Barton won the Men’s 35+ discus throw with a best heave of 29.29 metres. He also did well in the Men’s 35 grade long jump (4.15 metres, wind reading 2.8), Shot Put (7.26kg, 8.74m), 100m sprint (13.75sec, wind reading 5.3). Cliff Kelway-Pope concentrated on the sprints: the 100m (14.7sec, wind reading 5.3), 200m sprint (34.6sec, wind reading 3.7), 800m (2min 45.08sec). Kelway-Pope is leading the Leith senior men’s aggregate points table with 66 points and David Barton has overtaken second placed Julian O’Hagan and now leads the master men’s grade with 23 points. Thanks to the Leith members who helped with the club duties
Otago Interclub, including Ness Cup Handicap Mile, Sat 23 November 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Leith athletes performed well on Saturday at the Athletics Otago track and field interclub meeting at the Caledonian Ground. Cliff Kelway-Pope shaved a massive 12 seconds off his personal best for the 400m by running a 70.73sec one-lapper. He also ran the 100m (15.12sec) and the 200m with another personal best of 30.88sec. Master Men’s 35 runner Julian O’Hagan continues to improve with a 200m in 27.64sec and a 400m in 60.74sec. Glen Ferguson was Leith’s sole entrant in the feature Ness Cup Handicap Mile. He finished seventh across the line and was also seventh fastest with 5min 1.9sec. This was after he had also earlier finished third in the master men’s 35+ grade 1500m in 4min 40.11sec to second placed Andrew Lonie (4min 38.98sec). Kelway-Pope is leading the Leith senior men’s aggregate points table with 57 points and Julian O’Hagan leads the master men’s grade with 21 points
Otago Interclub, Sat 16 November 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
David Barton made a return to the track and field season at Saturday’s inter-club meeting at the Caledonian Ground. He won the men’s long jump 35+ grade with a jump of 4.01 metres. He also won the men’s 35 grade 60m sprint in 8.62 seconds and competed in the 200m (29.12sec), discus throw (27.35m) and shot put (9.20m). Julian O’Hagan showed that he is no slouch in the sprints department with a 28.03 second 200m to win the master men’s 35 grade and a 2min 17.98sec 800m. Glen Ferguson (10min 10.61sec) and Mark O’Donnell (10min 18.52sec) had good runs in the 3000m. Cliff Kelway-Pope’s best result was a 14.95sec 100m. He also ran the 200m (33:80sec) and the 800m (2min 41.51sec). Kelway-Pope is leading the Leith senior men’s aggregate points table with 48 points and Julian O’Hagan increased his lead in the master men’s grade by four with 15 points
Otago Interclub, Sat 9 November 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Neale McLanachan finished second in the senior men’s 1500m grade at the Athletics Otago Interclub track and field meeting on Saturday in sunny but gusty conditions. His time was 4min 24.73sec. Julian O’Hagan took second place in the master men’s 35 grade in 4min 39.64sec. Cliff Kelway-Pope running in the B grade 1500m achieved a personal best by about 7 seconds running 5min 29.46sec. He also competed in the 200m (33.79sec) and the 400m (84.02sec). Kelway-Pope increased his lead in the Leith senior men’s aggregate points table yet again with him now sitting on 38 points. Julian O’Hagan vaulted into a one point lead over equal second placed Glen Ferguson and Mark O’Donnell on the master men’s 35+ table with 9 points. Thanks to those Leith members who helped with the track and field duties
Otago Interclub, Sat 2 November 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Neale McLanachan kept up the good work with a solid 9min 9.65sec effort finishing second in the senior men’s grade at the Athletics Otago Interclub track and field meeting held at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday. Jason Palmer made a welcome return to the track with a 9min 58.08sec to finish fourth senior man. Glen Ferguson worked his way around the 7 and a half lap course in 10min 4.74sec to finish second in the master men’s 35 grade. Mark O’Donnell ran 10min 43.28sec. Cliff Kelway-Pope entered a number of races, with his best effort being a 2min 39.76sec 800m. Kelway-Pope increased his lead in the Leith senior men’s aggregate points table with him now sitting on 29 points. O’Donnell and Ferguson are equal first on the master men’s 35+ table with 8 points each. Thanks to those Leith members who helped with the track and field duties
Otago Interclub, Sat 26 October 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Once again only a small contingent of Leith athletes competed at the weekly Athletics Otago interclub track and field meeting held in gusty but fine sunny weather at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday afternoon. Glen Ferguson tackled the 5000m winning it comfortably in 17min 30.7sec. Cliff Kelway-Pope decided to make the best of all the races on offer: In event 155 over 1500m, he posted a personal best of 5min 36.01sec. He also ran one of his fastest 200m races in 33.85secs. He ran the 400m in 1min 22.37sec. Kelway-Pope at this early stage leads the Leith senior men’s aggregate points table with 20 points. Julian O’Hagan still leads the master men’s 35+ table with 6 points. Thanks to those Leith members who helped with the track and field duties
Otago Interclub, Sat 12 October 2013
Caledonian Ground, Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Leith Harrier athletes competed at the opening Athletics Otago track and field meeting at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday. On a day with changeable weather, they put in some good early season performances. Neale McLanachan won the senior men’s grade 1500m race in 4min 22.09sec. Julian O’Hagan took first place in the master men’s 35 grade in 4min 39.21sec with Mark O’Donnell second in 4min 47.81sec. Cliff Kelway-Pope tackled a number of races: 100m in 16.24sec, 1500m in 5min 46.99sec and the 400m in 82.74sec.
