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End of Season Awards.

51st Bays Relay : Saturday 11^th August 2018

Timing boards are considered as official times, not own recorded times, but any discrepancies above 20 sec’s will be considered and looked into. email brendon.flanagan@xtra.co.nz, with details. Name corrections also.

The winning SW Bays Relay team. From left to right: Esther George, Sarah Drought, Kelsey Forman, Melissa Black and Maiya Christini.

OTHER NEWS

Resnick Cup results.
Winner on handicap was Doug Hancock and fastest time of 0:21:16 by Nathan Tse.

Weekly News

In this week’s newsletter: First up … Success At The Colgate Games Memorial For Julian Davidson See Nick Willis Run At Newtown Medal Day 2019 Honest 10 WHAC Draft Strategic Plan Results Upcoming Events First up … This is a last-minute call for volunteers for Friday evening at the Capital Classic in Newtown Park. …

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WELCOME

Welcome to the home of Wellington Harrier Athletic Club, Wellington’s oldest and most prestigious harrier club.

Founded in 1903, Wellington Harriers is in its 116th year of competition. Everyone is welcome to join WHAC. We cater for all levels, ages and events for those wanting to improve fitness through to regional and national competition. We host a number of club runs, interclub and social events throughout the year.

During the winter, training is based from our clubrooms nestled in the heart of Wellington, on Mt Victoria. In the summer months we train and compete at Newtown Park’s all-weather Track and Field facility.

For up to date news, photos and results check out our facebook page.

Welcome aboard!

Calendar

2018 Winter Calendar

March	10	Club clean up prior to sign up	Clubrooms
	10	Open sign-up day	Clubrooms
	17	Unofficial Club runs / walks	Clubrooms
	17	NZ Mountain running champs	Queenstown
	18(Sun)	Honest 10	Evans Bay
	24	Unofficial Club runs / walks	Clubrooms
	31(Easter)	Unofficial Club runs / walks	Clubrooms
April	7	Official Harrier Season Opening followed by club runs & afternoon tea (bring a plate)	Clubrooms
	6th-8th	NI Secondary Champs	Cooks Gardens Whanganui
	8th-15th	Commonwealth games	Gold Coast
		School Holidays April 14th-30th
	14	Donaldson Memorial relay	Clubrooms
	15(Sun)	Honest 10	Evans Bay
	21	Club runs / walks	Clubrooms
	21	Wellington Mountain Running Champs	Wainuiomata
	28	Shaw Baton Relays (inter-club)	Battle Hill
May	5	NZ Marathon champs	Rotorua
	5	Club runs / walks	Clubrooms
	9 (Wed)	Inter College XC Relays	Karori Park
	12	University Cross Country Relays	Mackays Crossing
	19	Vosseler Shield (inter club)	Clubrooms
	20(Sun)	Honest 10 (Winter season from Freyberg)	Freyberg
	26	Club runs/ Walks	Clubrooms
	27(Sun)	Masters classic Relay	Trentham
	30	Wellington secondary schools XC	Harcourt Park
June	2	Club runs / walks	Clubrooms
	9	Dorne Cup (inter-club)	Trentham
	16	Club runs / walks	Clubrooms
	17	Honest 10k	Freyberg
	16-17	NZ Secondary schools XC & Relay	Taupo
	23	Press/Palmer cups	Clubrooms
	30	Club runs/walks	Clubrooms
July	1	Wellington Marathon, half, 10k & 5k (inc Wellington Half Marathon Champs)	Westpac Stadium
	7	North Island XC champs	Taupo
	7	Club runs/walks	Clubrooms
		School Holidays July 7th-24th
	14	Wellington Cross Country Champs	Grenada North
	14	Urban Ultra	Mt Kaukau
	15	Honest 10k	Freyberg
	21	Olympic hosting Club runs/walks	Johnsonville
	28	Resnick Cup Road Race	Clubrooms
August	4	Whac hosting Scottish & Olympic Club runs/walks	Clubrooms
	5(Sun)	New Zealand Cross Country Champs	Grenada North
	8	Wellington Secondary Schools Road Races	Trentham
	11	Bays Relay & Walks(inter-club)	Island Bay
	18	Wgtn Secondary Schools Road Races	Trentham
	18	Wellington Road Running Champs	Wainuiomata
	18	Wellington Road Walking Champs	Trentham
	19	Honest 10k	Freyberg
	20	AGM	Clubrooms
	25	Club runs/walks	Clubrooms

September	1	Club runs/walks	Clubrooms
	2	New Zealand Road Championships	Cambridge
	8	Old Boys MemorialRoad Race	Clubrooms
	15	Henderson Relay (U14) and club runs / walks	Clubrooms
	16	Honest 10k	Freyberg
	22	Wellington Scottish hosting Club runs/walks	Scottish clubrooms
	29	Club runs/walks	Clubrooms
	29	School holidays Sept 29 – October16
October	6	NZ Road Relays	Christchurch
	13	Harrier Section Prize giving & AGM followed by afternoon tea (bring a plate)	Clubrooms
	14	Masterton Marathon, Half, 10k, 5k (Inc Wellington Marathon Champs)	Masteton
	20	Bernie Potenski Memorial Handicap	Titahi Bay
	21	Honest 10k	Freyberg
November	4	Masters 10k	Lower Hutt
	18	Honest 10k	Evans Bay
	25	Perlorus Half, 10k, Kids Mile.	Petone

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The Vosseler Shield

The Vosseler Shield is arguably one of New Zealand’s toughest interclub races on the winter calender. Held annually on Mt. Victoria, the event features over four hundred athletes from various clubs across the lower North Island. The shield was named after Frederick Vosseler, a prominent Wellington businessman who helped found the Wellington Harrier club in 1903. In 1923 he presented the Vosseler Shield to his old running club for the annual cross-country fixture. In its early days the Vosseler Shield race started from Lyall Bay and went around the hills above Moa Point. It became a Mt Victoria event in the 1950s, when Wellington Harriers relocated to Alexandra Road.

History

Wellington Harrier Athletic Club is one of the oldest harrier and sporting clubs in New Zealand. Founded in 1903, the first pack run set off from the Basin Reserve on the afternoon of April 29th. In the early years most of the club’s activities revolved around a weekly pack run held each Saturday. The location of the start varied week to week between various church halls and private homes around the district, a practice that still continues today from our clubrooms located on Mt. Victoria in the heart of Wellington.

The first Wellington Harriers Cross Country Championship was held in 1905. The race was held over five miles at the local Island Bay Racecourse with eleven starters. Wellington Harriers first came to prominence at the 1909 NZAAA National Cross Country held in Timaru finishing second in the club race behind Caversham. Since then Wellington Harriers has become widely recognised both Nationally and Locally as being one of New Zealand’s most successful harrier clubs. In 1984, Wellington Harriers Senior Men secured their first off two National Road Relay titles during the decade. A decade which included a host of National medals and New Zealand Representative’s such as the house hold names of Froude, McCallum and Drake.

Caption: A young Dallas McCallum

The 1990’s saw the rise of Wellington Harrier’s as a stable for producing some of New Zealand’s best female athletes. In particluar Barbara Moore (Bronze 1990 CWG 10,000m), Hare, O’Rourke and Humphries leading the charge. On the 22nd March 1997 it was unanimously agreed that Wellington Harriers would merge with the local Wellington Track and Field Club (WTFC) to form Wellington Harrier Athletic Club (WHAC). Since the formation of WHAC the club’s involvement in he track and field scene has continued to grow, to the point where we may now be considered the premier track and field club in the region, among the top T&F clubs in the country. WHAC has also developed a strong Children’s athletic’s programme which usually sees over 100 children at club days.

In 2003, WHAC celebrated 100 years of running and is proud to be one of New Zealand’s longest standing Harrier and Athletic Clubs. The club continues to grow with over four hundred members from children through to masters.