Race Results 2001
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28 October 2001 Auckland BMW Marathon & Half Marathon
A shame there was no Wesley corporate team for the Auckland Half as the boys would have cleaned up- esp with no rego#'s to fill in. A good effort by Al to stay ahead of the leading women. Wesley picked up Silver and Bronze in the Auckland Marathon Champs thanks to some consistent pacemaking by Ian for the first 20kms and some great support for Rodders and Mike round the back from Al and Rob. David
Moorman picked up a 4th in the half, his first competitive effort in the vets grade (his Dad placed one better in the 75+ division). Great 1st half by young Andrew Haigh and more improvement from the now Magee coached JD. Nice picture of Mike Meyer on the back of the Herald too.

Auckland BMW Marathon- Auckland Championships

Place	Name	Actual Time	Gun Time	Grade	Grade Place
2	Mike POTTER	02:33:31	02:33:33	M0139	2
4	Rodney HELLYER	02:42:58	02:42:58	M0139	4
44	Brohn TORCKLER	03:05:24	03:05:26	M4044	8

Auckland BMW Half Marathon

Place	Name	Actual Time	Gun Time	Grade	Grade Place
6	Alan MEREDITH	01:13:23	01:13:25	M0139	6
13	Ian SUSSEX	01:15:21	01:15:21	M0139	10
24	David MOORMAN	01:18:55	01:18:57	M4044	4
25	David ROWBOTHAM	01:19:17	01:19:17	M0139	17
65	Andrew HAIGH	01:26:27	01:26:29	M0139	40
344	Jonathan DRAKE	01:38:48	01:39:05	M0139	195
869	Malcolm MCALLISTER	01:46:00	01:49:30	M5054	51
2265	Mark MEYER	02:07:03	02:07:10	M0139	1013
4840	Mel MOORMAN	03:03:46	03:04:43	M7599	3
4955	Linda TORCKLER	03:04:05	03:08:48	F4044	364

22 September 2001 NZ Road Relay Champs
Venue: Christchurch - Takahe to Akaroa

2001 9th in A Grade Weather - sunny & warm
Lap	Name	Ind Time	Grade Place	Place Overall	Kms
1	Brent Foster	34:44	17 SM	23	9.6
2	David Rowbotham	36:47	14 SM	16	10.4
3	Alan Meredith	31:44	4 SM	4	10	RECORD
4	Dean Foster	34:27	13 SM	26	9.1
5	Mike Potter	39:33	13 SM	16	11.1
6	Ian Sussex	28:31	4 SM	5	6.9	RECORD
7	Rob Jessop	31:55	15 SM	19	9.6
8	Rodney Hellyer	35:05	13 SM	15	9.9
		4:32:46			76.6

22 September Tasman Road Champs
2nd place overall to Phil Wright(ex Wesley) 1st vet in 34:26, 7 sec behind the winner, in hot windy conditions(not bad for 5k). Well done Phil. Wesley B team Manager role is still up for grabs!

22 September Auckland Road Relay Champs
Venue: Ti Papa Equestrian & Special Events Centre, Brookby Road, Brookby, Manukau City
Senior Men 's race comprises of 7 legs over varied terrain. The course follows the loop road around the Centre three times.

Unfortunately three key pullouts during the final week took its toll on the Wesley A and B team performances. Gutsy A Team debuts by Andrew Haigh and Michael Skea kept the team in with a chance but no medal this year. Great team spirit was shown to get the B team around to the finish line, with lap 6 demonstrating great team ingenuity with a 3 man effort(luckily the referees didn't notice the metamorphose of the Wesley runner changing size, hair colour, shorts, you get the idea!).

Special mention should be made of Robos entry into GROTY Award for 2001. Whilst in the final moments of preparation for his lap, you know - the double knotting of the laces, the grooming of the hair, tucking in of the singlet, the smoothing of the shorts - oh whats this ?!?!?! my lining is showing, no tuck it in, no it won't go ..... meanwhile Dean Foster is powering his way down the mountain and now only 300 yards from the transition .... no it can't be .... yes Robo has his shorts on inside out ... yes I kid you not .. and he even dresses himself!!!! Don't worry I yell just go for it noone will notice, but style has always been higher on the agenda than performance for our Great British Miler... off to the fence line whilst Nicky Foster stands with camera in hand but being the lady she is she looked forward cheering on Dean as he approached the line...I look oh no shame Robo has dropped his daks and is bearing all for any who care to look...has any greater shame been bought on the Wesley singlet??????? I do not know ... can anybody verify a greater moment for the black & yellow singlet? I can say that for a white pommie he does have an all over tan! Eventually, life did stand still for a moment or two, Robo heads for the line and reaches it just as Deano crosses the line exhausted from his efforts and relieved that the yellow singlet appeared, just in time, out from the clamoring crowds. Robo you are the WEAKEST LINK ... good bye.

I am relieved to confirm that Nicky is recovering well from the experience and there is not expected to be any lasting effects.

Place	Club	Time
1	Counties Manukau	2:52:48
2	Carlito's Way	2:55:00
3	Lynndale A	2:57:53
4	Pakuranga	3:06:14
5	Wesley A	3:09:04
6	Auckland City	3:16:26
7	Papakura	3:33:05
8	Lynndale B	3:37:14
9	Wesley B	3:52:05

Lap	Wesley A	Times	Wesley B	Times	Fastest
1. 6km flat/up/down	Dean Foster	22:30	Chris Vernon	26:12	20:49
2. 9k flat	David Rowbotham	30:33	Chris Vernon	40:22	28:19
3. 5.3k flat/undulating	Andrew Haigh	19:50	Mark Meyer	27:10	17:43
4. 6.4k up/down flat	Michael Skea	26:42	Asher Freeman	30:48	22:38
5. 7.3k flat	David Moorman	27:18	Dean Foster	28:47	24:02
6. 9.8 flat/undulating/up/down/flat	Ian Sussex	34:56	David Rowbotham	43:46	32:29
7. 7.3k flat(same as lap 5)	Mike Potter	27:15	Bob Elder	35:00	24:40
	Team Time	3:09:04	Team Time	3:52:05

15 September Honey Pot Mile(Lemon-Suck Mile)
Venue: Cornwall Park. Reverse of the Beehive Mile course
Despite last minute protests the course was reversed for the first time in its history and was subsequently renamed by some bitter competitors. Sussex and Potter headed field over the first half and once in the clear there was no stopping the Beehive Mile champion of 1983/84. Thanks to Pascoe(calf injury) who managed to start the race overtake the runners and be there at the finish to record the times.

Place	Name	Time
1	Ian Sussex	04:44
2	Mike Potter	04:55
3	Dean Foster	04:56
4	David Rowbotham	05:01	1st Great British Miler
5	Andrew Haigh	05:10	1st Junior
6	Kevin Pugh	05:38
7	Michael Skea	05:40
8	Dave Moorman	05:47
9	Chris Vernon	05:57	1st Veteran
10	Jonathan Drake	06:14
11=	Alan Meredith	06:42
11=	Darren Keenan	06:42
13	Mark Meyer	07:11

1 September NZ 100KM Road Champs
While some of us were braving the cold in Auckland, Wesley was establishing another NZ Champion over the roads of Rotorua. KB Pascoe, coach extraordinaire, had decided late in the piece to guide his runner remotely and remain in his mountain retreat, carefully planning Mikes every move. Unfortunately he forgot to move himself and was thereby restricted to the occassional cell phone instruction via fiance Anne undertaking her first ultra race. Despite Pascoe's efforts and intermittant instructions Mike held together well and came home strongly to wrestle first place off Mark Bright in the closing kilometres - well done Mike, Anne & Blobby.

Official record of events courtesy of www.coolrunning.co.nz;
"Light rain and drizzle characterised this years running, on a slightly changed course. The event saw two records set, Mike Potter on his first time at the Rotorua 100 set a course record, while in 15th place overall walker Gerald Manderson set not only a course record but national 100km record. Very pleasing to see no DNFs, despite a mishap for 5 of the competitors who covered an additional 4km or so due to a wrong turn in the dark, early in the 100k event."

Results - 100km

Place	Name	Age	Affiliation	Time	Cat	Comment
1st	Mike Potter	35	Wesley	7h.34.56	1st S.M.	NZ Champion
2nd	Mark Bright	37	Lynndale	7h.41.22	2nd S.M.	Silver Medal
3rd	Gavin Smith	48	Tauranga Ramblers	8h.54.58	1st V.M.	Bronze Medal

1 September Club Road Championships (Snr/Vets) 10.3km
Venue: Greenwoods Corner
Due to a lack of officials it was decided that the first one home would record the times. As a result we can only speculate as to the actual time of the winner, but win he did and England can again be proud.

1	David Rowbotham	34:55	1st Wesley Title
2	Ian Sussex	35:05
3	Dean Foster	39:07	On the come back
4=	Alan Meredith	41:20
4=	Darren Keenan	41:21
6	Dave Moorman	41:27
7	Michael Skea	42:00
8	Jonathan Drake	46:14
9	John Robertson	46:29	1st Vet
10	Mark Meyer	48:20

26 August Auckland Road Champs
Venue: Viaduct Basin, Waitemata Plaza, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Highlight of the day was Andrew Haigh's bronze medal in the Auckland Champs - another great performance for this up & coming athlete(surely his Dad has nothing to do with it!)
Mike Potter also looks in excellent condition for his 100km debut, powering through the field in the 2nd half - "He ran just as I had told him" gloated his coach from the North Shore residence. He will be firing next week and I'll be there every step of the way to help & guide him.

U16 Boys 5,000m

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	SIMON SCOTT	ACA	17.08	Athletics Auckland Champion
2	ZANE EYRE	ACA	17.16
3	SIMON BUCKNEL	TAKAPUNA	17.17	Athletics North Champion
4	DINO BOZZONE	TAKAPUNA	17.23
5	ANDREW HAIGH	WESLEY	17.44	BRONZE

Senior Men - 10,000m

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	PAUL HAMBLYN	NHB	32.03	Athletics North Champ
2	ANT. CONCANNON	LYNNDALE	32.04	Auckland Champ
3	MARK TURNER	NHB	32.22
4	DAVID SHARP	COUNTIES MANUKAU	32.24
5	SEATON MEREDITH	LYNNDALE	32.39
6	MIKE POTTER	WESLEY	32.57	4th Aucklander
12	BRENT FOSTER	WESLEY	33.55	steady
16	DAVID ROWBOTHAM	WESLEY	34.10	hmmmm
19	RODNEY HELLYER	WESLEY	34.52	oh my!!

18 August John Riddell Memorial Relay
Sponsored by Kumfs Shoes(www.kumfs.co.nz) & La Maison du Chocolat (www.houseofchocolate.co.nz)
Venue: Cornwall Park Cricket Club rooms, Cornwall Park
This year's event although down on numbers ran extremely well and was enjoyed by all. Thank you to those who assisted and to our sponsors.

	FINISHING TIME ORDER				ACTUAL TIME ORDER
Place	Team	Elps Time		Place	Team	Act Time
1	Presy Burglars	03:08:34		1	Lyndale A	02:14:38
2	Lyndale Women	03:08:58		2	Wesley A	02:19:06
3	WACAS	03:11:48		3	WACAS	02:28:43
4	ACA Specials	03:12:57		4	Lyndale Women	02:28:58
5	Lyndale B	03:13:54		5	ACA Specials	02:39:57
6	Wesley All Stars	03:14:03		6	Lyndale B	02:40:24
7	Wesley A	03:14:36		7	Wesley Invitation	02:42:03
8	Honda Coleone	03:16:51		8	Lyndale C	02:45:34
9	Wesley Invitation	03:17:33		9	Honda Coleone	02:55:51
10	Presy Flyers	03:17:51		10	Wesley All Stars	02:58:33
11	Lyndale A	03:18:13		11	Presy Burglars	03:06:34
12	Lyndale C	03:18:19		12	Presy Sharks	03:15:25
13	Presy Sharks	03:20:25		13	Presy Flyers	03:17:51

Fastest Times - Women

Place	Team	Runner	Lap Time
1	Lyndale Women	Donna Churton	28:05
2	WACAS	Elizabeth Orchard	28:29
3	Lyndale Women	Bridget Baxter	29:00

Fastest Times - Men

Place	Team	Runner	Lap Time
1	Lyndale A	Leyton Tremain	24:11
2	Wesley A	David Rowbotham	25:13
3	Wesley A	Brent Foster	25:36
5	Wesley A	Mike Potter	26:11
11	Wesley Invitation	Allan Neil	28:44
13	Wesley A	David Moorman	28:58
14	WACAS	Andrew Haigh	29:08
19	WACAS	Brohn Torlker	30:39
20	Wesley Invitation	Michael Skea	30:40
23	Wesley All Stars	David Lockhart	31:32
26	Wesley Invitation	Chris Vernon	31:51
27	Wesley All Stars	Kerry Pascoe	31:57
30	Wesley A	Jonathon Drake	33:08
32	Honda Coleone	Allan Jones	33:29
34	Wesley Invitation	Graeme Meachen	33:59
40	ACA Specials	Jonathon Drake	36:22
41	Wesley Invitation	Alan Meredith	36:49
42	Wesley All Stars	John Robertson	36:49
43	Wesley All Stars	Bob Elder	37:06
45	Honda Coleone	Dave Cole	39:45
50	Wesley All Stars	Mark Meyer	41:09

4 August Glen Eden 10 Mile Road Race
Venue: CERAMCO PARK, GLENDALE RD, GLEN EDEN
Awaiting official results.

28 July Lynndale Piha Handicap Race
Venue: United Surf Clubrooms, North Piha Beach @ 2pm
Distance: 8.0 km
Race format: All road, handicap start
Course: Out & back, flat/undulating with 3 short (100-150m) climbs(& descents).
"Kerry - You'll be pleased to know that the Wesley club achieved a steal @ the prestige Lynndale Howells Cup event held at United North Piha Surf Club today.
Due to your none too brilliant handicapping skills, Bob Elder - with your est time of 43:20 butchered for outrageous guesswork to 42:00 - finished in an actual time of 39:33 for the calibrated 8.0km course, thus cleaning out 2nd & 3rd blokes across the line, Messrs Foster & Rowbotham (also (yawn) Wesley) some 3 min further back.
Should not have started these two together as they keyed off each other and were only 8 secs apart @ the finish! They were both within 40 secs of est times, however on your effort with Bob E...the big DCM for you boy..lookin' for a new job... maybe Lap 7 @ Akaroa 0n 6 Oct, eh?"

Wesley boys
Est Actual Place H/cap

Bob Elder 43:20 39:33 1st male
Brent Foster 27:30 26:51 2nd male
Dave Rowbotham 27:30 26:59 3rd male

Fastest times:
Men Leyton Tremain 26:14
Women Bridget Baxter 30:30

Regards
Geoff(Lynndale Organiser)

22 July Nike Grand Prix Final Race 5 - Nike AUCKLAND CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
Venue: Auckland Domain Grandstand
Conditions turned out to be pretty good despite the expected bog the rain had dried out in most places. The conditions were still very soft under foot and the introduction of a couple of hurdles this year made life interesting for a few(eh Rodney!). I'm sure Phil Wright would of love to have been here to show his style over the barriers. Finally the perfect conditions Phil and you weren't here! Well done to those who made it to the centennial event and got to meet/see many of the champions of the past including our own AB Magee and Evan McGuire - maybe next year Wesley will be back on top - hey Andrew?

Special mention must be made of the appearance of one other past champion(Junior Men mind you & not good enough to be part of the official photographs!!) - Mr B Pascoe(Blobby). After being witness to many of Kerry's start line adventures over the past decade, this year I was priviledged to be a contributing party. Not knowing his start time and then being late for departure, Pascoe was wisked to the Domain from his North Shore residence during which he got dressed and mentally prepared himself by realising what he had left behind. "I was all organised until that phone call just as you arrived!!".

As it happened he was driven right to the door step given his $15 entry fee and despatched to registration. After parking the car I was amazed to see the start slightly delayed providing Pascoe the perfect warmup, 2 small circles, and he was away with no one aware of the drama prior to the start line. Unfortunately that is were the fairy tale ended and reality bit in - read on to find out the results and kids please note a 20 minute warm up is really what you need not 20 minutes in the car. Pascoe's results should be read with the knowledge that he was seen jogging very slowly trying to encourage another "top" runner of the past keep going - a true sportsman?

5. U16 Boys 1.00 pm 4,000 m

Grade Place	Race Place	Name	Club	Grade	Time
1	1	Simon Scott	ACA	U16B	14.31
2	2	Simon Bucknell	Takapuna	U16B	14.35
3	3	Zane Eyre	ACA	U16B	14.45
4	4	Andrew Haigh	Wesley	U16B	15.06

9. Vet Men 1.30 pm 8,000 m

Grade Place	Race Place	Name	Club	Grade	Time
1	1	Ian Richards	University	VM40	28.59
1	2	Gavin Stevens	University	VM45	29.54
2	3	Geoff Glass	University	VM45	29.59
2	4	Peter Blair	Pakuranga	VM40	30.02
3	6	Martin White	Manurewa	VM40	30.34
11	60	Kerry Pascoe	Wesley	VM40	39.25

11. Senior Women 1.55 pm 8,000 m

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Lesley Morton	Takapuna	31.20
2	Kimberley Smith	CMA	32.07
3	Nyla Carroll	Lynndale	32.54

12. Senior Men 2.00 pm 12,000 m

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Robbie Johnston	NHB	40.29
2	Phil Clode	CMA	40.34
3	Andrew Peskett	Scottish	41.31
4	Vaughan Craddock	ACA	42.05
5	Liam Scopes	Lynndale	42.37
16	Rodney Hellyer	Wesley	46.02
17	Ian Sussex	Wesley	46.15
22	Brent Foster	Wesley	48.43
23	Kevin Pugh	Wesley	48.59

14 July Club Cross Country Championships
Venue: Cornwall Park - 8000m
Good conditions and no rain, for a change, met the start of this year's championships. Numbers were down due to holidays, overseas trips, sickness, etc, but those that participated found the course to be as tough as ever. Jones took out the Veteran title in absence of the mighty Blobby Boy who after a week on the coast had managed to get his weekends mixed up. We look forward to a battle for the title at the road champs. Thanks to Alan for laying out the course, John for timekeeping, and Robo & Maxine, plus New love birds Dean & Nicky Foster for their sideline support - we hope to see them all running at the road champs.

Place	Name	Grade	Time
1	Ian Sussex	SM	31.46
2	Mike Potter	SM	32.41
3	Kevin Pugh	SM	37.05
4/1st VM	Alan Jones	VM	41.47
5	Jonathon Drake	SM	43.32
6	Michael Skea	SM	44.47

30 June Grand Prix Race 4 - North Harbour X-Country
Venue: Long Bay Domain
Having made a late decision to run this one myself I was glad I made the effort to have a go over this rather unfriendly short distance. The races were well organised and the combined fields meant there was plenty of competition and the race program was short. (The beautiful weather helped as well). If you haven't tried this one before make sure you give it a go next year.

1. U12 Boys / U12 Girls / U14 Girls 2:30pm 2,000m

2. U14 Boys / U16 Boys / U 16 Girls 2:45pm 2,000m

Grade Place	Race Place	Name	Club	Grade	Time
1	1	Simon Bucknell	Takapuna	U16B	6.27
2	2	Zane Eyre	ACA	U16B	6.29
3	3	Simon Scott	ACA	U16B	6.35
4	4	Andrew Haigh	Wesley	U16B	6.42
1	13	Alice Taylor	NHB	U16G	7.16
2	15	Abby Neylon	Takapuna	U16G	7.21
3	19	Kate Campbell	ACA	U16G	7.28
10	35	Sophie MacDougall	Wesley	U16G	8.00

3. SW / VW / U18 W / U20 W 3:15pm 4,000m

4. SM / VM / U18 M / U20 M 3:45pm 4,000m

Grade Place	Race Place	Name	Club	Grade	Time
1	1	Robbie Johnston	NHB	SM	11.42
2	2	Hamish Carter	NHB	SM	11.53
3	3	Vaughan Craddock	ACA	SM	11.55
13	16	Ian Sussex	Wesley	SM	12.57
14	20	Rodney Hellyer	Wesley	SM	13.17
9	60	Brohn Torckler	Energy City	VM40	14.44
14	88	Christopher Vernon	Wesley	VM40	16.22

24 June Grand Prix Race 3 - Massey X-Country
Venue: Moire Park, Granville Rd, Massey
Well done to Andrew Haigh in another great performance - inspiration for the old man we hope!

Senior Men - 9,800m

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Robbie Johnston	NHB	33.37
2	Vaughan Craddock	ACA	33.45
3	Mark Turner	NHB	33.51
19	Brent Foster	Wesley	39.05

U16 Boys - ?,???m

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Simon Scott	ACA	15.07
2	Andrew Haigh	Wesley	15.21
3	Zane Eyre	ACA	15.36

17 June Papakura 1/2 Marathon(Auckland Championships)
Venue: Garden Bar, Jolly Farmer Hotel, Great South Road, Drury. Race report from Mike P.
Sunshine and a clear sky greeted Rodney, Mike, Brohn, Mike and the other 465 runners and walkers in the Papakura 10km and 1/2. Rodney was out to run even splits on 35 minutes and was looking good to do so at 5km. Mike P was content to run steadily a little further back while
Mark Bright took charge at the front, closely followed by Ian Richards, Stephen Smith and a chasing bunch of 5 or 6. By 10km the many hills began to take their toll as Mike caught up to Rodney(35:50). The two Wesley boys then made their move through the field with Mike leading the singing and Rodney hanging in. At the front Brighty and Richards had a great battle with the Vet, a former Commonwealth Games Gold Medal cyclist, proving just too good in the
closing stages. Further back Brohn was ploughing through the hills, eventually breaking 90 minutes on what was a very tough, hilly course not helped by a perpetual headwind. Meanwhile Mike Torckler had already finished his 10km in a great time having backed up from the National Secondary Schools x- country (81st /Yr9 Boys) the day before.

Highlight of the day was the downpour timed perfectly for the start of the prizegiving. Mike managed to collect a Lynndale umbrella as a spot prize. Look out for it at future events!

Place	Time	Name	Club	Grade	Grade Place
1	01:11:27	Ian Richards	Auck.University	VM40	1
2	01:11:36	Mark Bright	Lyndale	M	1
3	01:14:24	Andrew Wyatt	Papakura	M	2
4	01:15:16	Mike Potter	Wesley	M	3
5	01:15:47	Seaton Meredith	Lyndale	M	4
6	01:16:36	Stephen Smith	Frankton	M	5
7	01:16:44	Rodney Hellyer	Wesley	M	6
8	01:17:10	Damian Brannighan		VM40	2
9	01:17:14	Mark Watson	NHB	M	7
10	01:17:54	Daniel Hapeta	OER	M	8
11	01:18:36	Brett Katterns	AU	VM45	1
12	01:18:52	Lesley Morton	Taka	W	1
54	01:29:56	Brohn Torckler	Ecity(Wesley)	VM40	6

17 June Papakura 10km
17 Michael Torckler 43:12

16 June 5 Mile Handicap (U16-Vets)
The weather held off nicely for the event and with the late arrival of the grass-catching handicapper we decided to handicap ourselves - the below results indicate we did a pretty good job. Well done to Asher who managed to hold out a fast finishing Jones boy. Thanks to Clive, the sick one Robo and the handicapper for taking times and looking pretty. Good to see the Foster boys back especially Dean after his 7 week honeymoon - pictures of the wedding are coming to the site soon.

Place	Name	Finish	Actual
1	Asher Freeman	36:22	36:22
2	Alan Jones	36:57	33:57
3	John Robertson	38:05	38:05
4	Brent Foster	39:21	29:21
5	Ian Sussex	39:23	26:23
6	Mark Meyer	39:33	39:33
7	Bob Elder	39:36	37:36
8	Dean Foster	39:42	29:42
9	Kevin Pugh	40:19	30:19
10	Chris Vernon	40:40	33:40

16 June NZ Short Course Cross Country Championships
St Kentigens - Conditions: Muddy

Men 4km
1. Jonathon Wyatt (Valleys United) 12:01
2. Alan Bunce (North Harbour Bays) 12:28
3. Robbie Johnston (North Harbour Bays) 12:43

Women 4km
1. Melissa Moon (Wellington Scottish) 14:28
2. K Smith (Counties Manukau) 14:45
3. F Crombie (Canterbury) 14:52

NZ Secondary Schools X-Country Champs - Junior Boys
11. Andrew Haigh - Hardest he's ever run!!(according to his Dad)

9 June Manurewa X-Country (Hayman Park, Manukau City)
Reasonably firm conditions greeted everyone except for the usual bog down behind the start/finish area. Special thanks to Al Meredity for feeling guilty enough to turn out for club despite a dodgy back. Also a special note of welcome to Michael Skea who made his debut for the club and a note of best wishes to Brohn who probably ran his last prior to heading South. Only four points separated us from 3rd place so not a bad effort given the number of guys who were overseas/sick/sitting exams/or otherwise enagaged...well done.

Place	Name	Grade	Club	Time
1	M Bailey	SM	Lyn	33:56
2	M Bright	SM	Lyn	34:00
3	L Scopes	SM	Lyn	34:32
15	A Meredith	SM	Wes	36:25
16	M Potter	SM	Wes	36:31
18	I Sussex	SM	Wes	36:39
29	R Jessop	SM	Wes	38:51
48	K Pugh	SM	Wes	41:18
61	B Torckler	40+	Wes	43:04
68	M Skea	SM	Wes	44:08

Teams Placing for Senior/Veteran Men
1 LYN 645
2 NHB 574
3 ACA 455
4 TAK 452 Takapuna has best placed 7th
5 WSL 452

U12-U16 2.5km Fun Run(Official Result)
2 Andrew Haigh

3 June Christchurch Marathon(NZ Championships)
Report from Paul Norton(Life Member now living in CHC) - stirring stuff!!
Yes we won the Gold in the teams with 2.42,2.44. 2.45 and 2.46 w e had a great team effort - 11 hours and 3 secs. actually. My calf totally blew at 16k and I literally ran with my teth gritted for 26k! I felt fit enough - 81.07 and 81.42 halves but was in agony. Couldn't walk afterwards and have already had 2 x physio sessions, so I'll be out of action for a while. Hope the 7 mans goes well.Ran with Phil Wright for 25k or so - he died a little at the end and did 2.53.

Place	Name	Address	Time	Grade	Grade Place
1	Alastair Snowdon	Hawera	02:22:12	SM	1
2	Michael Moreu	Nelson	02:26:30	SM	2
3	Grant McLean	Wellington	02:27:17	SM	3
4	Allan Sinclair	Ashburton	02:29:26	VM	1
12	Paul Norton	Christchurch	02:42:49	SM	9
30	Philip Wright	Nelson	02:53:26	VM	9

28 May Pakuranga Macrennie X-Country (Lloyd Elsmore Park)
Despite the soggy foot conditions there were pretty good numbers in the fields, although not too many Wesleys. Those that made the effort put in some pretty good performances with standout performance by Andrew Haigh finishing only 28 seconds behind the winner. Excellent effort also by Sophie in very trying conditions.

U16 Girls - 3000m
1 Kate Campbell ACA U16G 11.54
7 Sophie MacDougal Wesley U16G 12.57

U16 Boys - 4100m
1 Simon Bucknell Takapuna U16B 16.20
4 Andrew Haigh Wesley U16B 16.48

Senior Men - 9200m
1 Vaughan Craddock ACA SM 32.55
13 Ian Sussex Wesley SM 36.20

20 May Huntly 1/2 Marathon (Huntly)
A select few headed to Huntly. Al with 1/2 a back in place performed as we all know he can with house mate Rodney not too far behind. Although her husband has knobbled his elbow from competing in that dangerous sport of cycling Mrs Pugh made up for his non appearance with a sterling effort. We do wish Kevin a speedy recovery and the word is that he may actually be out next week with steel plates and screws to boot.

Place	Grade	Name	Town/Club	Time
1	MO	Dale Warrander	N.S.Bays	1:04:23
2	MO	Mark Hutchinson	Hibiscus Coast	1:07:58
3	MO	Tony Olsen	CYM	1:10:20
4	MO	Alan Meredith	Wesley	1:11:30
14	MO	Rodney Hellyer	Wesley	1:14:44
670	WO	Mrs K Pugh	Wesley-by-marriage	1:59:58

May 5 ACA Pair's Race (Cornwall Park)
Well it was a disappointing turn out from Wesley at this event, which was well supported and well run. Suggest you try it next year for a bit of a change from the usual race. What was missing in quantity was made in pure quality....

Senior Men
1st Rowbotham/Sussex

April 28 Rotorua Marathon
A number of Wesleys (past & present) were in action in Rotorua this year. The day was cool and with no rain it was pretty good running conditions and there were some good performances as a result. Ian and Mike showed prominently on the TV coverage as they were closely covered by a number of the leading women over the opening 15kms. I can confirm that none of them could manage the negative splits of the Wesley boys.

Place  Name Grade Place  Time  21  Mike Potter MO  15  2:43:03  22 Ian Sussex MO 16 2:43:13  75 Graeme Everett MO 51 2:58:28  137 Mark Forman MO 80 3:09:21  342 Brohn Torckler M40 47 3:28:39  464 Grant Stewart M40 74 3:36:11  697 Phillip Watt M45 98 3:49:41  918 Alan Neill M40 155 4:01:36  988 Malcolm McAllister M50 12 4:07:48  1013 Jennie Jones W50 12 4:09:03  1590 Mark Meyer MO 496 4:56:21  1979 Larry Jones M50 186 5:40:27

April 21 Southland Centennial Relay
The club only entered two teams this year both in the senior men's division with some pretty solid results. The conditions at Lovelock Track were firm under foot with even a bit of sunshine thrown in.

Senior Men
105 NHB 1 0:46:00
104 COUNTIES MANUKAU 0:46:50
106 NHB 2 0:47:40
130 LYNNDALE 1 0:47:45
133 WESLEY A 0:49:27
134 WESLEY B 0:59:15

A Team
Alan Meredith 09:38
Rodney Hellyer 09:46
Ian Sussex 09:53
David Rowbotham 09:58
Rob Jessop 10:12

B Team
Kevin Pugh 10.10
Peter Heyes 12.48
David Lockhart 11.42
Mike Rogers 11.53
Chris Vernon 12.40

April 14 Wesley Beehive Mile(One Tree Hill)
Potter showed some good track speed to have the race under control at halfway. Multi-previous champ Al Meredity could only manage a stop watch this time as he was suffering from an early cold. Thanks also to Barry for helping out get times, places and names all together on the same sheet of paper - not an easy achievement based on previous race experiences.

Place	Name	Time
1	Mike Potter	4:23
2	David Rowbotham	4:28
3	Ian Sussex	4:31
4	Kevin Pugh	4:48
5	Brohn Torckler	5:08
6	Ian Frechtling	5:15
7	David Lockhart	5:19
8	Mike Rogers	5:20
9	Alan Jones	5:24
10	Grant Erskine	5:31
11	Michael Torckler	5:36
12	Bob Elder	5:51
13	Mark Meyer	7:45
14	C Meyer	7:45
15	T Meyer	7:45