Race Results
2004
4/5 December 2004 NZSS
Track & Field Champs
Venue: Hamilton
Simon bucknell won the Senior Boys 1500m in 4:06.7
Andrew Haigh 2nd in the Senior Boys 3000m in 8:43.14
Biruk Belachew 1st in the Junior Boys Road Race in 13:15 (4000m)
William Harris 59th in the Y9 road race in 11:04 (3000m)
FULL RESULTS
Saturday 31 October 2004 Auckland BMW Half-Marathon
Venue: Auckland
The boys go toe to toe!!
| Place | Name | Grade | Grade Place | Gun Time | Net Time |
| 18 | Ian Sussex | M4044 | 6 | 1:16:04 | 1:16:03 |
| 19 | David Moorman | M4044 | 7 | 1:16:06 | 1:16:05 |
Saturday 2 October 2004 NZ Road Relay Champs
Venue: Nelson
JUNIOR REPORT By Mr Bean
After assembling a team with time in hand this year without any last minute call ups the Junior Men's team was ready for a big performance.
The team got away to a fine start, with Simon Bucknell running well for 6th place at the change over a little more than 30 seconds from the leaders. Simon tagged Biruk who proceeded to attempt to make up the deficit in the first km, However Biruk found the hill tough going - "harder than Waiatarua" was one of the only quotes we are allowed to print infact. Despite this he slugged out the grueling lap and kept the team in contention when he tagged Adnan aka "the black zebra". With a Beige Jacket performance Adnan was the 7th Fastest Junior Male on his lap, leaving a Hill city runner floundering in his wake as he descended the hill, improving the team's position. Next up was William Curtayne who very nearly snatched the Beige Jacket from Adnan, when he powered up the hill, taking 4th fastest time on his lap (Wesley's best individual placing). Andrew Curtayne, Spurred on by a combination of his brothers performance and his Team Powerade wonder fluid, worked hard to catch a Wellington Harriers runner, taking 40 seconds out of him (if you couldn't tell the difference between the Curtayne Brothers, Andrew was the one hobbling about on Sunday recovering from his downhill lap). Andrew Haigh, awaited Andrew at the next change over. At this stage the team were in 6th place, just one short of the aim of 5th. Andrew shrugged off concerns about his ability to make it all the way to the finish after his national cross country dramatics to pass the Wellington Harriers runner about 5km into his 8km lap and held on to 5th place till the finish.
With all the team back next year and the
team is hoping to go four places better!
| Distance | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Lap 3 | Lap 5 | Lap 5 | Lap 6 |
| (40.7) | (6.8) | (6.8) | (6.1) | (6.1) | (6.8) | (8.1) |
| 1 Wellington Scottish A | M. Van Banneveld | T. Rodway | S. Hunt | T. Ejigu | B Christophers | T. Hodge |
| 2.19.06 | 21.36 (3.11) | 27.11 (4.00) | 19.33 (3.12) | 24.01 (3.56) | 21.38 (3.11) | 25.07 (3.06) |
| 1= 1=JM | 4 4 JM | 1 1 JM | 2 2 JM | 2 2 JM | 3= 3=JM | |
| 5 Wesley | S. Bucknell | B. Belachew | A. Islam | W. Curtayne | A. Curtayne | A.Haigh |
| 2.26.03 | 22.18 (3.17) | 28.34 (4.12) | 21.47 (3.34) | 24.36 (4.02) | 22.49 (3.21) | 25.59 (3.12) |
| 6 6JM | 10= 10=JM | 8 7JM | 4 4JM | 6 6JM | 8 8JM | |
FULL RESULTS
Saturday 25 September 2004 Honey Pot Mile
Venue: 1:30pm, Epsom Methodist Chuch Hall, Manukau/Pa Road, One Tree Hill
Despite the rather dodgie conditions and a slow wet course through the finishing area there were some fine performances. Fossie slowed some of his returning powers by pushing young Haggis all the way but those young fresh legs had just enough kick to hold him out. William Harris improved by an incredible 35 seconds from the Beehive Mile and Thomas Sussex bought home the junior field.
Our thanks to the Craddocks from ACA for assisting with the timing and to Dave Moorman and Mark Robinson is tracking in the juniors and uttering words of encouragement.
| Race Place | Name | Time | Beehive | |
| 1 | Andrew Haigh | 4:29.9 | 1st Junior | 4:18 |
| 2 | Brent Foster | 4:33.9 | 4:41 | |
| 3 | Ian Sussex | 4:42.9 | 4:48 | |
| 4 | Dean Foster | 4:48.0 | 4:38 | |
| 5 | Adnan Islam | 5:00.0 | 2nd Junior | |
| 6 | William Harris | 5:19.5 | 3rd Junior | 5:56 |
| 7 | Colin Harris | 5:51.0 | ||
| 8 | Grant Unkovich | 6:00.0 | ||
| 9 | Thomas Sussex | 6:11.0 | 1st B11 | 6:17 |
| 10 | Jack Robinson | 6:17.0 | ||
| 11 | Toby Robinson | 6:19.0 | ||
| 12 | Marcus Pearson | 7:57.0 | 1st B13 | |
| 13 | Jemma Pearson | 8:04.0 | 1st G13 |
Saturday 11 September 2004 Auckland Road Relay Championships
Venue: Papakura
Masters Men took out Bronze whilst our Junior Men's team collected Silver. Good effort at short notice by the boys. Well done to the composite team who took out their grade also not of championship standing.
Results
Saturday 11 September 2004 World IAU 100km Championships
Venue: Winschoten, Europe
Report from Mrs Potter
Got a phone call from Mike just after the race (7.45am NZ time) to say that
he did a personal best on the flat course: 7 hours 34 minutes 10 seconds
(we think in the top 30 places - there were 2 women ahead of him.) He was
very pleased as his training time had been shortened beforehand. He did the
first 50 km in 7hr20m speed but had nothing in his legs to carry on. Was
doing 10km in 44 min and the last 10km he did in 45 min. So a fantastic
effort I think! Now seriously thinking of doing the World 100km Champs in
Japan next year...perhaps with the whole family in tow...
He bet Mark Bright by 40 seconds - he had
stomach troubles earlier in the
race but had recovered. The other NZ man, Greg Hannah from Dunedin,
had to
pull out earlier in the race unfortunately. The women are still
comming
home as I write this.
New Zealand Results
Men (placings are based on male finishers)
33 Mike Potter 7:34:07 (22nd M20) WESLEY
34 Mark Bright 7:35:07 (9th M40)
dnf Greg Hannah
Women (placings are based on overall
finishers)
132 Val Muskett 9:32:16 (2nd W50)
139 Carolynn Tassie 9:40:46 (3rd W45)
167 Annie Faletanoai 10:23:46 (13th W40)
187 Karen Neale 10:58:01 (16th W40)
Saturday 4 September 2004 New Zealand Road Championships
Venue: Inglewood
Brent and Ian represented Wesley and Auckland at the Champs and
came away with glory. Brent and Ian making up the GOLD winning
Auckland 35-49 Masters Men's team and in turn Ian picking up
Bronze for 3rd in the MM40-44. Sadly Brent just missed the medals
with a 4th place in the MM35-39.
M35-39 10,000m
| Name | Year Team | Time |
| 1 Dagg, Chris | Southern Stars A | 32:18.0 |
| 2 Sexton, Glenn | Waibop | 33:38.1 |
| 3 Mudgway, John | Athletics Manawa,Am | 33:46.4 |
| 4 Foster, Brent | Athletics Auckland | 34:14.9 |
M40-44 10,000m
| Name | Team | Time |
| 1 Mulcahy, Rob | Athletics Auckland | 34:08.1 |
| 2 Chudley, Tony | Waibop,Wbp | 34:17.0 |
| 3 Sussex, Ian | Athletics Auckland | 34:55.5 |
Full Results
Saturday 28 August 2004 John Riddell Relay
Venue: Cornwall Cricket Club, One Tree Hill off Greenlane Road
A great day and some excellent performances. Record number of teams competed to burgle the handicap/first home prizes. Two disqualified teams resulted in the Presbytarian team taking out the top prize supported by Wesleys own K Pascoe!
Wesley A recorded 2nd= fastest time
| Team | Runner | Lap Time |
| Wesley A | David Moorman | 28:56 |
| Wesley A | Andrew Taylor | 30:10 |
| Wesley A | Ian Sussex | 25:53 |
| Wesley A | Brent Foster | 25:54 |
|
2nd= fastest time |
1:50:53 | |
| Wesley B | Peter Graham | 28:56 |
| Wesley B | John Norton | 32:16 |
| Wesley B | Chris Vernon | 31:31 |
| Wesley B | Grant Unkovich | 35:26 |
| Team time | 2:08:09 | |
| Kumfs | John Robertson | 38:24 |
| Presy Gazelles | Kerry Pascoe | 31:51 |
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Relay Full & Final Results
Saturday 21 August 2004 Auckland Road Champs & Teams Champs
Venue: UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Carrington Rd, Mt Albert
Disappointing numbers at the Auckland champs for Wesley but some
fine performances by those you did get out and put it on the
line. Mike Potter is showing signs of form as he finalises his
preparation for the World 100km champs coming up in a few weeks
and Foster returns from an injury layoff to hold off a fast closing
El Presidente.
| Grade Place | Name | Grade | Time | Distance | Race Place | Auckland Champs |
| 4 | Toby Robinson | U11B | 10:36 | 2600m | 4 | |
| 7 | Jack Robinson | U11B | 10:59 | 2600m | 7 | |
| 7 | William Harris | U15B | 17:22 | 4450m | 7 | |
| 1 | Mike Potter | MM35 | 34:05 | 10000m | 3 | 1ST |
| 2 | Brent Foster | MM35 | 34:41 | 10000m | 7 | 2ND |
| 5 | Ian Sussex | MM40 | 34:42 | 10000m | 8 | |
| 15 | Grant Unkovich | MM40 | 49:20 | 10000m | 40 |
Full Results
Saturday 7 August 2004 New Zealand Cross Country Championships
Venue: Hastings
Unofficial reports have Mr A Haigh DNF in U20M after being infected by the deadly wobblysidewaysalmosthomebutnotquitegetoutofmywayDad virus. Meanwhile Biruk just missed out on the medals with a 4th place - still one more year in the grade. Auckland officials including Mr G Haigh performed to their usual high standard. Well done to all.
| Place | Name | Centre | Club | Time |
| 1 | Terefe Ejigu | WLGC | Wellington Scottish Athletics | 20:18 |
| 2 | Hamish Carson | WLGC | Kapiti Harrier & Multisport | 20:46 |
| 3 | Jake Robertson | WBPC | Hamilton City Hawks | 20:59 |
| 4 | Biruk Belachew | AKLC | Wesley Athletic & Harriers | 21:16 |
| 5 | Fetalow Zomo | AKLC | Auckland City Athletics Club | 21:22 |
Saturday 31 July 2004 Glen Eden 10 Mile & Wesley 10 Mile Champs
Venue: West Auckland Mountains!
Foster, Pascoe and Vernon headed West to face the challenge of the Waitaks and in their own way defied gravity and scaled the dizzy heights of success.
| Overall Place | Name | Grade | Grade Place | Time | Wesley 10 Mile |
| 10 | Dean Foster | M35-39 | 5 | 65.53 | Fastest Time |
| 28 | Chris Vernon | M45-49 | 5 | 73.15 | Handicap Winner |
| 30 | Kerry Pascoe | M45-49 | 6 | 74.22 |
Sunday 25 July 2004 Auckland Cross Country Championships
Venue: Auckland Domain
What a day - wow and for a change no mud bath. Track was pretty dry all the way and Wesley had some excellent results with 2 Auckland Champs - congrats to Andrew & Biruk. Some other runners who put in outstanding performances included Jordan Sussex and William Harris. William has continued to improve each race this season and on Sunday he went to a new level again - fantastic - well done.
| RACE PLACE | GRADE PLACE | Name | GRADE | TIME | DISTANCE | AUCK CHAMPIONS |
| 6 | 6 | Jordan Sussex | U11B | 8:00 | 1950m | |
| 12 | 12 | Toby Robinson | U11B | 8:08 | 1950m | |
| 13 | 13 | Jack Robinson | U11B | 8:19 | 1950m | |
| 15 | 15 | Thomas Sussex | U11B | 8:31 | 1950m | |
| 37 | 19 | Hamish Elley-Brown | U13B | 13:54 | 3030m | |
| 41 | 19 | Felicity Gunn | U15G | 14:18 | 3030m | |
| 7 | 7 | William Harris | U15B | 15:31 | 3850m | |
| 1 | 1 | Biruk Belachew | U17B | 21:52 | 6250m | 1ST |
| 1 | 1 | Andrew Haigh | U20M | 29:06 | 8150m | 1ST |
| 9 | 9 | Adheesh Khajuria | U20M | 33:16 | 8150m | |
| 84 | 17 | Grant Unkovich | MM35 | 42:42 | 8150m | |
| 12 | 5 | Ian Sussex | MM40 | 30:37 | 8150m | |
| 63 | 15 | Kerry Pasoce | MM45 | 37:12 | 8150m | |
| 65 | 17 | Chris Vernon | MM45 | 37:56 | 8150m |
Full Results
Sunday 10 July 2004 Massey Cross Country
Venue: Moire Park, Massey
Saturday 3 July 2004 North Island Cross Country Championships
Venue: Spa Park, Taupo
A quality team headed to Taupo for the annual North Island champs. With the team being lead off the field by G Haigh and on the field by A Haigh success was never going to come easy. The Top Ten holiday camp was base for a two day stint in Taupo and provided all the comforts of home including burnt pancakes on Saturday night.
Race day was reasonably fine, although the one serious downpour occured during the U13G race which meant support for Jemma and Felicity was at an all time low. A Haigh looked good for 85% of the race until a serious downturn in form lead to a less glorious finish. The performance of the weekend was a Bronze by Biruk who has another year to run in the U17M grade.
All in all it was a great weekend away and flying down the Rotorua ludge was a fitting end to a thrill a minute weekend.
A Haigh triumps again conquering all sleeping records and in the process entering "The Swan" competition.
| Place | Name | Grade | Distance | Time |
| 12 | Thomas Sussex | U12B | 2000m | 08:22 |
| 15 | Toby Robinson | U12B | 2000m | 08:32 |
| 17 | Jack Robinson | U12B | 2000m | 08:41 |
| 38 | Felicity Gunn | U13G | 3000m | 14:22 |
| 51 | Jemma Pearson | U13G | 3000m | 16:05 |
| 22 | Renee Gunn | U17W | 4000m | 18:33 |
| 3 | Biruk Belachew | U17M | 6000m | 20:38 |
| 5 | Andrew Haigh | U20M | 6000m | 20:09 |
| 11 | Ian Sussex | MM40 | 6000m | 21:29 |
Full Results
19 June 2004 NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs - Dunedin
Conditions: Overcast & mild, Very muddy underfoot
Once again Wesley's own Biruk Belachew, the self-proclaimed Mohamed Ali of Cross Country Running proved too strong for his field in the Junior Boy's 4000m Event. After staying back inside the top 10 in the 1st lap he moved up in the early part of the 2nd lap and moved past the race leader with 1 km to go and held him out by 6 seconds for his 2nd consecutive National Secondary Schools Cross Country title (won the Year 9 race last year). Congratulations Biruk!
Mobeen Rostamy, also running in the junior Boys race crossed the line in 97th place.
Felicity Gunn competed well in her first national cross country, finishing 54th Out of a large Year 9 Field. Felicity's sister Renee also had a good run, finishing 74th in the Senior Girls race, with a year left in the grade.
In the Senior Boy's
Race Andrew Haigh finished 9th, Andrew Curtayne 28th, Simon Bucknell
31st, And William Curtayne 42nd, with both the Curtaynes having
a further year in their grade.
Year 9 Girls - 3000m
| 1 | Kelsi Patterson | Pakuranga College | 11.07 |
| 2 | Camille Buscombe | Cambridge High School | 11.18 |
| 3 | Ashleigh James | St Cuthbert's College | 11.24 |
| 58 | Felicity Gunn | Mt Roskill Grammar | 13.41 |
Senior Boys - 9000m
| 1 | Dino Bozzone | Rangitoto College | 20.09 |
| 2 | Hayden McLaren | Shirley Boys High School | 20.12 |
| 3 | Terefe Ejigu | Wellington College | 20.15 |
| 9 | Andrew Haigh | Mt Roskill Grammar | 20.54 |
| 28 | Andrew Curtayne | St Kentigern College | 21.37 |
| 31 | Simon Bucknell | Waitakere College | 21.48 |
| 42 | William Curtayne | St Kentigern College | 22.06 |
| 1 | Biruk Belachew | Mt Roskill Grammar | 13:25 |
| 2 | Josh Jepson | Rangiora High School | 13:31 |
| 3 | Lyndon Brown | Kings High School | 13:42 |
| 97 | Mobeen Rostamy | Mt Roskill Grammar | 16:04 |
Senior Girls - 4000m
| 1 | Sarah Morgan | Matamata College | 15:11 |
| 2 | Kate Campbell | Diocesan School for Girls | 15:19 |
| 3 | Rachel Kingsford | Matamata College | 15:30 |
| 74 | Renee Gunn | Mt Roskill Grammar | 18:07 |
| 92 | Erin Edwards | Mt Roskill Grammar | 18:48 |
Saturday 12 June 2004 AUCKLAND TEAMS CROSS COUNTRY
Venue: Hayman Park, Manukau
| GRADE PLACE | RACE PLACE | NAME | GRADE | TIME | DISTANCE |
| Fun Run | |||||
| 4 | William Curtayne | U20M | 7:49 | 2550m | |
| 5 | Biruk Belachew | U17B | 8:00 | 2550m | |
| 7 | Andrew Curtayne | U20M | 8:09 | 2550m | |
| 15 | Caleb Shaw | U20M | 9:10 | 2550m | |
| 16 | Mobeen Rostamy | U17B | 9:14 | 2550m | |
| 20 | Renee Gunn | U17G | 10:42 | 2550m | |
| 5 | 5 | Jordan Sussex | U11B | 8:57 | 2220m |
| 13 | 14 | Thomas Sussex | U11B | 9:44 | 2220m |
| 14 | 15 | Toby Robinson | U11B | 9:45 | 2220m |
| 30 | 49 | Jack Robinson | U11B | 12:41 | 2220m |
| U11 Boys 2nd in Teams Event (4 to count) | |||||
| 23 | 70 | Jemma Pearson | U13G | 12:52 | 2550m |
| 14 | 42 | Felicity Gunn | U15G | 10:52 | 2550m |
| 10 | 14 | William Harris | U15B | 17:50 | 4490m |
| 4 | 16 | Ian Sussex | MM40 | 35:12 | 10000m |
| 8 | 29 | David Moorman | MM40 | 36:53 | 10000m |
| 1 | 1 | Andrew Haigh | U20M | 19:31 | 5940m |
| 2 | 2 | Simon Bucknell | U20M | 20:06 | 5940m |
| 9 | 14 | Abdi Abdirahman | U20M | 23:04 | 5940m |
| 10 | 16 | Joseph Nunweek | U20M | 23:49 | 5940m |
| 1st in U17/U20 Teams Race (inc. fun run runners - 4 to count) | |||||
Full Results
Saturday 29 May 2004 ACA Pairs Race
Venue: One Tree Hill (above Observatory)
The testing 2.5k over One Tree Hill was further enhanced by a huge number of black/dark brown bomb sites that had been dropped over the past week. Whilst negoitating the course and the brown slicks the junior boys ran extremely well to finish 8th against most teams that had up to 2 x U15 runners in them.
U11/U13/U15 Race
| Team | Time | |
| 1st Pair | Toby & Jack Robinson | 11:36 |
| 2nd Pair | Thomas & Jordan Sussex | 11:07 |
| Total Time for 8th place out of 18 Teams | 22:43 |
Seniors/Masters
| Grade Place | Team | Time |
| 3rd Masters | David Moorman & Ian Sussex | 9:03 |
Saturday 22 May 2004 Macrennie Construction Cross Country
Venue: Lloyd Elsmore Park, Cascades Road, Pakuranga
| GRADE PLACE | NAME | GRADE | TIME | DISTANCE | RACE PLACE |
| 12 | William Harris | U15B | 18:18 | 4100m | 14 |
| 14 | Felicity Gunn | U15G | 13:47 | 3000m | 28 |
| 6 | Renee Gunn | U17W | 19:07 | 4100m | 14 |
| 1 | Andrew Haigh | U20M | 19:22 | 5700m | 1 |
| 4 | Simon Bucknell | U20M | 20:15 | 5700m | 5 |
| 5 | David Moorman | MM40 | 34:02 | 8600m | 16 |
Full Results
Wednesday 19 May 2004 Auckland Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs (Mr Bean)
Venue: St Kentergins College
A warm sunny afternoon at St Kents with alittle mud in some places after heavy rain last week. It was a successful day for Wesley, with 3 of its members taking medals (Biruk, Simon, Andrew), And in the Senior Boys event getting 4 inside the top 8!!
1st up for the day at 1.30 were the junior girls. Felicity Gunn ran the 3km lap well finishing a creditable 37th. Half an hour later at 2pm William Harris ran to finish 67th place In only his 2nd cross country. Next came the intermediate girl's race at 2.30 where Renee Gunn ran extremely well, finishing 14th in her grade.
The intermediate Boys event was an exciting event. Mathew Mildenhall of Auckland Grammar built up a big lead leaving the two Mt Roskill boys, Biruk Belachew and Fetalow Zomo to fight it out for second place. The pair tracked each other over the last lap and Biruk won on the line in an exciting sprint finish.
In the Senior Girls event Erin Edwards had a barnstorming start, leading the field around the first bend, and finished a solid 39th place.
At 4 o'clock it was time for the Senior Boys race. Dino Bozzone of Rangitoto College outran the field, Beating Andrew Haigh into 2nd place, and Simon Bucknell running strongly for 3rd despite carrying a cold. The next Wesley runner in was Andrew Curtayne of St Kents College in 5th place, with his brother William following him in with 8th place. Adnan Islam, a past member signaled his comeback from retirement finishing 37th and fast improving Caleb Shore finished 53rd in his first interschool event.
Junior Girls - 3000m
| Place | Name | School | Time |
| 1 | Kelsi Patterson | Pakuranga College | 11.02.43 |
| 37 | Felicity Gunn | Mt Roskill Grammar | 13.31.83 |
Junior Boys - 4000m
| 1 | Otis Maddison | Auckland Grammar | 13.46.83 |
| 67 | William Harris | St Peters College | 16.17.17 |
Intermediate Girls - 3000m
| 1 | Renee Kraakman | St Kents college | 15.35.05 |
| 14 | Renee Gunn | Mt Roskill Grammar | 17.13.57 |
Intermediate Boys - 4000m
| 1 | Mathew Mildenhall | Auckland Grammar | 12.58.40 |
| 2 | Biruk Belachew | Mt Roskill Grammar | 13.19.39 |
| 3 | Fetalow Zomo | Mt Roskill Grammar | 13.19.85 |
Senior Girls - 4000m
| 1 | Kate Campbell | Diocesan | 15.01.38 |
| 39 | Erin Edwards | Mt Roskill Grammar | 19.22.77 |
Senior Boys - 6000m
| 1 | Dino Bozzone | Rangitoto College | 19.40.06 |
| 2 | Andrew Haigh | Mt Roskill Grammar | 20.02.47 |
| 3 | Simon Bucknell | Waitakere College | 20.19.90 |
| 5 | Andrew Curtayne | St Kents College | 21.07.55 |
| 8 | William Curtayne | St Kents College | 21.38.02 |
| 37th | Adnan Islam | Mt Roskill Grammar | 23.33.62 |
| 55th | Caleb Shaw | St Kents College | 24.28.06 |
*Wesley runners in BLUE. Sorry Adnan & Erin you stay in black font until you join…
I think that is all the Wesley runners, please email me if I have missed you out.
Saturday 8 May 2004 HEB Cross Country
Venue: Clevedon
| PLACE | NAME | GRADE | TIME | DISTANCE | RACE PLACE |
| 22 | William Harris | U15B | 15:39 | 3700m | 33 |
Full Results
Sunday 2 May 2004 Glen Eden Childrens Relay
Venue: Glen Eden
Top effort by the young guns in beating many teams with older boys - watch these boys go!
| Wesley A | Grade | Dist | |
| A | Jack Robinson | 11 | 3k Road |
| B | Jordan Sussex | 11 | 1.5k XC |
| C | Toby Robinson | 11 | 1.5k XC |
| D | Thomas Sussex | 11 | 3k Road |
|
13th Place in a time of |
42:41 |
Saturday 1 May 2004 Rotorua Marathon (New Zealand Championships)
Venue: Rotorua
A change of starting venue, a small course change and new promotors lead to some new hype and excitement at the start of this years event. Pascoe was still trying to get his eyes in as the runners waited for the gun - still at least it would be a better story then getting caught in the bushes and failing to break 2.5hrs! A good number of Wesleys & Ex-Wesley comebackers chatted before the race each with their own set of excuses as to why PBs weren't on this year. Potter arrived in fine form coughing and spluttering his excuse - although making it to the line some of his good form was still likely to show through.
For those who ended up on the track for a while the day was a little unpleasant for those of us who benefited from a bit of training the wet weather was a ok. The new organisation was certainly an improvement and with the new 5k & 10k this event is one for the whole family. See you there next year?
| Name | Team | Grade | Grade Place | Overall Place | GunTime | HalfWay | NetTime |
| Mike POTTER | Wesley | M0139 | 16 | 19 | 2:43:01 | 1:22:24 | 2:43:00 |
| Ian SUSSEX | Wesley | M4044 | 5 | 34 | 2:47:36 | 1:25:13 | 2:47:35 |
| Kerry PASCOE | Wesley | M4549 | 43 | 369 | 3:32:01 | 1:45:21 | 3:31:53 |
| John NORTON | Wesley | M4044 | 171 | 997 | 4:07:10 | 1:36:10 | 4:07:08 |
| Murray POTTS | Wesley | M4044 | 235 | 1435 | 4:33:32 | 2:00:23 | 4:32:08 |
| Steve BENSLEY | Wesley | M4549 | 129 | 1000 | 4:07:27 | 1:58:12 | 4:06:41 |
| Graeme EVERETT | Whakatane | M4044 | 20 | 81 | 3:02:03 | 1:31:39 | 3:01:56 |
| Hans OBERST | M4549 | 68 | 521 | 3:41:24 | 1:49:10 | 3:40:48 | |
| Dagmar OBERST | F4549 | 70 | 1950 | 5:20:26 | 2:39:09 | 5:17:36 | |
| Brohn TORCKLER | EnergyCity | M4549 | 12 | 136 | 3:10:00 | 1:34:16 |
Full Results
Saturday 24 April 2004 Southland Centennial Relays
Venue: Lovelock Track, Sandringham
Some great performances by some of the young guns in the club. Biruk started off the day in fine fashion demolishing the field and showing a clean pair of heels to all the competition. The Prasad family made up most of the AllStars team and did a great job with plently of smiles and encouragement from Dad. Special mention for William Harris who had his first run for the club and ended up taking Michael Grey's place and performing with great credit in bring the Gallopers home in 2nd place (results incorrectly shows an all boys team in 2nd). Well done also to Andy Haigh and Simon Bucknell who were the fastest non NSBays runners.
| Runner | Time Place | Time |
| Biruk Belachew | 1 | 7:13 |
| Mobeen Rostamy | 4 | 7:31 |
| Renee Gunn | 40 | 9:11 |
| William Harris | 19 | 8:43 |
| Wesley Gallopers - 2nd fastest time, 17th on handicap | ||
| Runner | Time Place | Time |
| Genesh Prasad | 120 | 11:28 |
| Jemma Pearson | 148 | 12:48 |
| Priya Prasad | 143 | 12:28 |
| Gevnesh Prasad | 163 | 14:36 |
| Wesley AllStars - 43rd fastest time, 43rd on handicap | ||
| Runner | Time Place | Time |
| Hamish Elley-Brown | 99 | 10:44 |
| Felicity Gunn | 89 | 10:23 |
| Jordan Sussex | 58 | 9:34 |
| Thomas Sussex | Injured | |
| Wesley Up&Comers - unable to finish | ||
| Runner | Time Place | Time |
| Andrew Haigh | 11 | 9:21 |
| Simon Bucknell | 12 | 9:24 |
| Ian Sussex | 24 | 10:04 |
| Jeremy Elley-Brown | 52 | 11:12 |
| Brent Foster | 37 | 10:29 |
| Wesley Black - 8th fastest, 11th on handicap | ||
| Runner | Time Place | Time |
| Caleb Shaw | 59 | 11:36 |
| Gaeth Alshamsi | 63 | 11:54 |
| John Norton | 69 | 12:23 |
| Jopesh Nunweek | 62 | 11:54 |
| Ian Sussex | 72 | 12:40 |
| Wesley Gold - 16th fastest, 20th on handicap | ||
Full Results
Saturday 3 April 2004 Beehive Mile
Venue: One Tree Hill
A good turnout for the first event of the year saw some close racing with a couple of dead heats. It was great to see a number of new faces as well. The juniors finally put the old boys to the sword with Andy Haigh posting a very smart time - just off the coach's record (Mike Gallagher 4:14). I'm afraid Mike that won't last much longer .
| Place | Name | Time | |
| 1 | Andrew Haigh | 4:18 | 1st Junior |
| 2 | Biruk Belachaw | 4:35 | |
| 3 | Mike Potter | 4:38 | 1st Senior |
| 4 | Dean Foster | 4:38 | |
| 5 | Brent Foster | 4:41 | |
| 6 | Ian Sussex | 4:48 | 1st Master |
| 7 | David Moorman | 5:07 | |
| 8 | Gareth Alshamsi | 5:08 | |
| 9 | Caleb Shaw | 5:30 | |
| 10 | Renee Gunn | 5:47 | 1st Woman |
| 11 | William Harris | 5:56 | |
| 12 | Jordan Sussex | 5:59 | |
| 13 | Adheesh Khajurai | 6:07 | |
| 14 | Thomas Sussex | 6:17 | |
| 15 | Hamish Elley-Brown | 6:17 | |
| 16 | Felicity Gunn | 6:33 | |
| 17 | John Robertson | 7:00 |