Tom Walsh plots to stay on top
World champion Tom Walsh returns to the major championship stage next month seeking to retain his World Indoor crown. Steve Landells caught up with the Kiwi to assess how his life has changed over the past six months and how his preparations have gone for his latest major test in Birmingham.
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Five Minutes With Anna Percy
New Zealand 400m hurdles champion Anna Percy is among a crop of very exciting younger talent in the sport. Here the 20-year-old Cantabrian answers our Five Minutes With questions.
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Classic Series over for 2018
The Porritt Classic, the final meeting of the Classic Series for the 2018 summer season, lived up to its billing with Tom Walsh and Connor Bell putting on amazing displays to set New NZ records. Peter Wheeler and Olivia Burne had decisive wins in the NZ 3000m Championships and there were many other excellent performances.
Porritt Classic report Porritt Classic results
World Indoor Championships
A team of four athletes has been named in the NZL team for the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham on 1 – 4 March. Two were predictable, but two just qualified at the end of the qualifying period.
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This Weekend
Athletics fans are spoilt for choices this weekend! There are two NZ Championships - Combined Events and 10,000m, the NZ Distance Carnival on Friday evening and many centre chamionships as well. Have a good weekend wherever your athletics is!
Jennian Homes NZ Track & Field Championships
The Jennian Homes NZ Track and Field Championships are just over two weeks away!
Find out more and enter HERE
Games squad primed
Athletics NZ International Series coming soon
We've got a big Athletics NZ International Series set to go in March leading up to the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Five Meetings
Five Cities
Eleven Days
Timaru Super Shot, The Big Shot, SKYCITY Vertical Pursuit, Sir Peter Snell International Track Meeting, Sir Graeme Douglas International Track Challange
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New half marathon course at Rotorua Marathon
The Half Marathon course at Rotorua Marathon has had a big facelift with the course now heading into some great trails in the Whakarewarewa forest. You are going to love this!
Check out the new course
If you're thinking about running the full Rotorua Marathon, don’t forget the special for Athletics NZ members. If you are a member of an affiliated Athletics NZ club, you can get $15 off the entry fee. There’s also a special Valentines Day prize draw for all those entering any of the events by the end of February.
Enter now!
High Performance Topics
Recent updates from the HP department
2018 World Indoor Champs team named
2018 World Half Marathon Champs
2018 International options for Under 18 athletes
You can check out all the latest updates from our High Performance team HERE.
Anti Doping update
Coaches, managers and support personnel – your role in clean sport
Support personnel are essential to create a culture of clean sport that rejects the use of performance enhancing drugs and methods. Few people will have greater influence on an athlete’s approach to training and competing than their support personnel.
Your own attitude towards doping and following the rules is crucial in ensuring that the athletes you work with compete clean. To complete the clean sport ‘Coaches e-learning programme’ online, please click here
Out of Stadia Information
At times Athletics NZ, through our Out of Stadia Coordinator, John Bowden, would like to communicate relevant information to the community regarding selection policies, coaching clinics, camps and other news related to your particular events.
We’d like to generate two way communication between Athletics NZ and out of stadia athletes and coaches.
To subscribe to the Out of Stadia communications list click here
Where to find what you need
We have a lot of information for members and fans, it can sometimes seem a little daunting to locate what you want on our website, so here are some quick links:
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