20 April 2017
 
 
 
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Well, the Grade 12 & 13 Interprovincial is behind us now, just the World Masters Games to go in Auckland starting this weekend!

You may have seen from our Weekly Roundup, there are plenty of Kiwi athletes in action in the USA. There's a mixture of athletes on scholarships, tour groups and individual athletes chasing post season competition.

So it's full steam ahead for the winter season now with some of the traditional Cross Country races coming up very soon. The biggest one of them all, the NZ Secondary Schools XC Champs is just eight weeks away.

In this issue of Athletics in Action we talk to javelin thrower Tori Peeters, we chat to three Kiwi athletes taking part in the World Masters Games and we catch up with Para sprinter Jacob Phillips for our “Five minutes with …” segment.

There's much more news in this issue of Athletics in Action, so keep reading.

 

 

World Masters Games kick off this week

With the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 World Masters Games on Friday set to herald the start of ten days of exhilarating action in Auckland, we pick out three competing athletes who are all set to participate in the quadrennial multi-sport festival.
Read more ...

 

Secondary Schools

It's been a fantastic Secondary Schools summer season.  From the NZ Champs at Waitakere in December to the North and South Island Champs in Dunedin and Inglewood, it's been a summer of wonderful performances, great contests and a lot of fun for thousands of athletes.
The next Secondary Schools major event will be the Cross Country Champs in Christchurch 17-18 June.
Find out more ...  

 

Children's Athletics

It was an exciting end to the season for hundreds of children from all over New Zealand at the Grade 12 & 13 Interprovincial in Masterton over Easter.
Representing regional teams from Northland to Southland, enthusiastic athletes battled for points to find out the top regions for 2017.
Congratulations to everyone involved from athletes, to officials, coaches and team managers. 
Points and top athletes
Full Results
See you all next summer!

 

Member Benefits



One of the advantages of belonging to an Athletics NZ affiliated club, and automatically becoming a member of Athletics NZ, is that you can access the Athletics NZ Member Benefits programme. The programme can save you money on accommodation, rental cars, insurance, sports gear, sports medical products and more, just by being a member of your local athletics club. We feature some of our Member Benefits Partners below.
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How to save on your power

 

Where to find what you need

We have so much information for members and fans, it can sometimes seem a little daunting, so here are some quick links:

 

What's next?

April 2017
23-30 World Masters Games        Auckland

May 2017
6      Rotorua Marathon                   Rotorua
7      NZ 100km Championships     Christchurch

June 2017
17-18 NZ Sec Sch XC Champs      Christchurch
18    NZ Marathon Championships  Wellington
 
 
 

 

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Tori finally reaps rewards

Tori Peeters has set no less than three national javelin record during a memorable domestic campaign. However, as the Dunedin-based thrower tells Steve Landells it has not been a trouble-free road. 
Read more ...

 

Five minutes with Jacob Phillips

Rio Paralympic sprinter Jacob Phillips is an emerging talent in the sport with a bright future. We found out more about the Para-Athlete from the Waikato as he answers our Five Minutes With questions.
Read more ...

 

Winter season ahead


We now officially head into the winter season with many harrier clubs already in action with races, pack runs and training. If you have been involved in athletics over summer and want to keep your fitness levels up over winter, check out your local club. 

 

More Masters Matters

Hundreds of New Zealand masters athletes  will be in action starting Sunday. Get on down to The Trusts Arena from Sunday 23 April and AUT Millennium from Monday 24 April to support over 1100 athletes from all around the world - and good luck to the Kiwis.
Three Kiwi athletes
World Masters Games website
Check out NZ Masters Athletics

 

High Performance Topics

Assistant Coaches appointed
We've recently made two appointments to our High Performance coaching team.
Brent Booker is the new Assistant Pole Vault coach (part time) based in Auckland working with Jeremy McColl, while Amanda Murphy will next week take up the assistant throws coach role in Christchurch, working with Dale Stevenson. Welcome to the team guys! 
There have been a number of recent team announcements for upcoming representative teams:
Para Athletics World Championships
Para Athletics Junior World Championships
IAAF World Track & Field Championships
World University Games Athletics
World Mountain Running Championships

Watch out for Oceania Area Championships and Youth Commonwealth Games team announcements soon.
Other HP News can be found HERE

 

Official Chat

The summer might officially be over but the work of officials continues, with the World Masters Games starting this weekend. 
Online Athletics NZ Officials registrations are now open for the 207/2018 season.
We have a limited number of the latest prints of the IAAF Rule Books, The Referee and IAAF Combined Events Scoring Tables available.
Head to our Online Shop
Find out more about officiating ...
Join as an official

 

Coaching Corner

Athletics New Zealand Coach Memberships for the 2017/18 season are now available!
Make the most of the support Athletics NZ offers by Renewing Your Membership or Joining Online Now 

 

Upcoming New Zealand Championship Events

Coming up are the Athletics NZ 100km Championships on 7 May and the Athletics NZ Marathon Championships 18 June. And watch out for the New Zealand Cross Country Championships in July.

 

Rankings & Records

We've entered the results that satisfy the relevant criteria from the North and South Island Secondary Schools Championships and the Grade 12/13 Interprovincials as well as recent USA results, so our rankings are up to date.

The latter parts of this season have been particularly hectic and our statistician has been very busy. Consequently,  there have been many new profiles added and numerous changes in ranking positions. There are now over 77,100 performances in our system from 3,775 athletes.
Athletics NZ Rankings and Records

 

Previous issues of AiA

If you are new to Athletics in Action and would like to check out some previous issues, head to Athletics in Action

 

Are you up to date?

We want to keep all our members and fans right up to date with all the important news and happenings in the sport. Check out the latest offerings:

   Weekly Round-up (new)
   Club Chat Newsletter
   Official Focus Newsletter
   Athletics NZ website (updated)
   Athletics NZ High Performance (updated)
   Athletics NZ Rankings & Records (updated)
 

 
 
  
 
 

 

  

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