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PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB
NEWSLETTER July 2010

PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB
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Port Hills Athletic Club, PO Box 12-069, Beckenham.
Clubrooms: Hansen Park, Hawford Road, Opawa. Telephone: 337-1363
Contact names and Phone numbers
PRESIDENT George Edwards 960-3993
VICE-PRESIDENT ————
SECRETARY Peter King 341-1154
TREASURER Dave Kennedy 942-2222
XC & ROAD CLUB CAPTAIN
Peter Watts 332-1964
XC & ROAD CLUB CAPTAIN (Jnr) ——
T & F CLUB CAPTAIN
Dave Riddell 337-0200
T & F CLUB CAPTAIN (Jnr)
Sue Leadbeater 366-2376
SELECTORS
Kevin Knight 358-7220
Peter Watts 332-1964
COMMITTEE
Peter Bayliss 980-8395
David Gleaves 322-8332
Wahren Hensley 389-8944
Elizabeth Keenan 322-1006
Glen Watts 332-1964
Les Woods 981-3581
Y o u r N e w s l e t t e r
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received by 15 th August 2010. Please post
articles to PO Box 12-069, Beckenham; Or leave
them in the mail box at the clubrooms; Or email
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George Edwards 960-3993
george.marg@paradise.net. nz
Tom Jarman 332-9877
Tom_Jarman@christchurchstar.co.nz
John Caughley 980-4435
john.caughley@paradise.net.nz
This month’s Contents
Club Captains’ columns p 3
Notices pp 3, 4
Events & Results pp 6—11
Advertising pp 3, 5
Photos pp 6, 8—11
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Cover photo: Glen and Pete in Tahiti
THE CLUB WEEK
This is intended as a guide to regular club
activities for members and interested persons. Please
phone the contact numbers, as holidays or rather lack
of regularly updated information may render the following
misleading or inaccurate.
MONDAY
4.30pm Children’s Cross Country training, Halswell Quarry
Philip Chapman (322-4266).
5.00pm Variable workouts: Pete Watts (332-1964).
5.15pm Speed endurance: Diana Illston
(332-4911 - home or 027 4644-366).
TUESDAY
5.00pm Hill training run: Pete Watts (332-1964).
WEDNESDAY
9.30am Club Run, Hansen Park. Hill run/walk, All levels,
Glen Watts (332-1964).
5.00pm Training run: Pete Watts (332-1964).
5.15pm Speed endurance: Diana Illston
(332-4911 home or 027 4644-366).
THURSDAY
5.00pm Training run: Pete Watts (332-1964).
FRIDAY
9.30am Club Run: Hansen Park. A flat run/walk or cycle –
all fitness levels. Graham White (322-7147).
SATURDAY
2.00pm Club Run. Queries: Pete Watts (332-1964).
SUNDAY
7.30am Training run: Pete Watts (332-1964).
COMING EVENTS
NB Check the Sports Draw in Wednesday’s Press
July
24 th 2pm Canterbury XC Champs Halswell Quarry
2pm Club run/walk at venue
31 st 12pm PTH u/16 Relay Cashmere Club,
1pm Riverside Relay
in Hunter Terrace
2pm Club run/walk at venue
August
7 th 9.30am Governors Bay – Lyttleton 10k Hcp
2pm U/17 XC Relay (help needed) Hansen Park
2pm Club run/walk
Hansen Park
NZ XC Champs
Waikanae
14 th 2pm Club run/walk Hansen Park
Greta Valley Marathon Relay
21st 2pm Club run/walk
Hansen Park
Canterbury Road Champs Spencer Park
28th 2pm Club run/walk
Hansen Park
September
4th 2pm Club run/walk Hansen Park
NZ Road Champs
Spencer Park

PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER July 2010. Page 3
CLUB CAPTAIN’S REPORT
Here we are again, with the winter season moving
really fast. By the time you get this newsletter,
the last XC race will have been run, that being the
Canterbury XC Champs.
We have had our Club XC Champs, which were
held at the Halswell Quarry, with a good turn-out
of members considering it was such a cold and
wet day. The course was very wet and muddy, but
was enjoyed by most of the runners. Thanks to
Olympic, who helped set up the course and
shared their champs with ours.
Kennett Cup Steeples, which were held at the
QE2 field, were well represented by the fluoro
uniform with masters and children well to the fore
in their various grades. It’s great to see that the
effort put into training is paying off.
Club runs have been going well, with a large
number turning up to our house. A good run was
had by all. Thanks to everyone who turned up – it
was a great afternoon.
It’s good to see Chris Arnold looking better after
his recent trip to hospital and scaring everyone to
bits. Don’t forget – gently does it!
Well, not much more to say at this point except
keep up the good training and you will get the
results.
Pete Watts
PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
Wednesday 18 th August 2010
The Annual Meeting of the Port Hills
Athletic Club Incorporated is to be held
in the Clubrooms,
Hansen Park, Hawford Rd, Opawa
7.30pm Wednesday 18 th August 2010.
Provisional Agenda:
1. Apologies
2. Approval of proxies
3. Approval of minutes of the 2009 AGM
4. Consideration and approval of
Annual Report
5. Consideration and approval of
Financial Accounts
6. Election of officers
7. Setting of Club fees
8. General business
See page 4 for a notice about submitting
Remits, Notices of Motion and Nominations.
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PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER July 2010. Page 4
Port Hills Athletic Club Incorporated
Annual General Meeting
7:30pm Wednesday 18 th August 2010
Port Hills Athletic Clubrooms
Hansen Park, Hawford Road, Opawa
Annual General Meeting call for remits/notices of motion.
The Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held at the Clubrooms, Hansen Park on
Wednesday 18 th August 2010. Remits/Notices of Motion must be lodged with the Secretary
no later than Monday 19 th July to allow these to be sent to all members with the formal
notice of meeting.
Nominations for Office
Nominations are sought for the committee positions as listed on the nomination form.
Nominations must be on this form or a photocopy of it and must be received by the
Secretary no later than Monday 26 th July 2010. Under the constitution nominations for any
position may only be accepted at the meeting when no prior nominations have been received,
and a member can only hold one committee position at one time.
Any nominee for a committee position must be a financial member of the Club and must be
nominated by two financial members of the Club who have been members of the Club for at
least three months. Please note that in the case of members who are under the age of 15 years
a parent or guardian may be nominated for a committee position and/or may act as a
nominator.
Port Hills Athletic Club Committee Nomination
We hereby nominate ……………………………………………….
For the position of President, Vice President, Track & Field Club Captain, Track & Field
Junior Club Captain, Cross Country & Road Running Club Captain, Cross Country & Road
Running Junior Club Captain, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee position representing Track
& Field, Committee position representing Cross Country & Road Running, Committee
position representing Children on the Port Hills Athletic Club Committee. [Please circle the
appropriate position.]
Name of Nominator ………………………….. Signature …………………………..
Name of Nominator ………………………….. Signature …………………………..
I accept the above Nomination ………………………….... Signature of Nominee
……………… Date
Address for remits, notices of motion and nominations:
The Secretary
Port Hills Athletic Club
P. O. Box 12069, Beckenham
Christchurch 8242
or put in the Clubroom mail box
or email to rayma_k@xtra.co.nz
(Copies of this form can be down-loaded from the Club website)

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PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER July 2010. Page 6
HOLLOWAY MEMORIAL XC
12 June 2010
ANGLICAN BLOCK RELAY
19 June 2010
MW, 8 km
1 st 32.11 Fiona Gilroy
3 rd 34.48 Maree Greig
6 th 36.05 Robyn Daly
7 th 36.29 Mary Hart
8 th 37.18 Sue Haines
15 th 42.35 Christine Bycroft
MM, 12 km
14 th 47.26 Tom Jarman
20 th 48.56 Phil Chapman
23 rd 50.29 Dave Burne
24 th 51.14 Paul Johnston
53 rd 60.42 Terry Warren
57 th 64.23 Mike McFie
61 st 69.16 Stew Hill
62 nd 69.21 John Caughley
The FOXDOWN RUN
Sunday 13 th June
We met at the Belfast tavern at 7.30 am. The
next stop was at the end of Foxdown Road,
Scargill. It was nice and fine. About 15 or so
of us (only 4 from Port Hills) ran or chugged
up the hill. It was really good – I was almost
tempted to take my jacket off – Oh yea! Up
near the top I reckon the breeze was coming
through the saddles at about 70 to 90 kph,
bringing much wind-chill and damp cloud
with it.
The next trick was to play “dodge the cow
pats” and the sharp-edged granite and Oh yes,
stay upright in the wind. Hughie next decided
to throw high-speed hail at us, then snow, so
we just trotted on and on in the lee of the
hills. The snow was just fluttering (quite
nice).
Then we got into the mud department – more
on and on, then Lo and Behold, a farm house
roof appeared, A beauty, bring it on! The cup
of tea and hot shortbread was very welcome
for sure.
Much thanks to Wendy and the support crew
(Kings and Fifes). At the Greta Valley
Tavern (suckling Veletto Rosso) and yes, the
log fire was sure a bit of all right as well!
Wahren Hensley
Team Gross Place Net Time Clock Time Net Place
MM3 2 nd 1.50.49 2.12.49 13th
21.24 Sue Haines
24.34 Christine Bycroft
20.46 Hugh Conly
22.56 Maureen Averill
21.09 Brent Mahony
MM1 11 th 1.30.01 2.16.01 3rd
16.18 Gary McIlroy
19.09 Michael Smith
18.06 Tom Jarman
18.40 Mel Orange
17.48 Charlie Nolan
MM2 12 th 1.42.12 2.16.12 10th
19.30 Paul Johnston
19.00 Phil Chapman
20.53 Len Millward
20.13 John Shivas
22.36 Chris Arnold
SM1 1 st 2.03.26 2.14.26 11th
21.04 Mike Newland
23.45 Terry Warren
26.15 Stew Hill
24.26 Eric Saxby
27.56 John Caughley
SW Dsq 1.20.39 1.55.39
19.52 Maree Greig
21.20 Robyn Daly
21.02 Mary Hart
18.25 Whitney Greig
(Whitney, who runs for NC was a last minute
replacement for Fiona who injured just prior to the
start)

PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER July 2010. Page 7
Kennett Cup –
South Island Cross Country Champs
Saturday 3rd of July
For the first time in a long time, we had some
decent weather for the South Island champs
with the sun out in full force and a warm 13
degrees. I’ve been told that in years gone by
this is the coldest event on the calendar and
there’s even been snow for this weekend. It
almost felt a bit warm to be running, to be
honest, but I think I may have acclimatised to
the cold weather running, especially when 13
degrees seems too warm!! We had some
excellent results across all of the grades and
several medals for Port Hills runners so well
done to everyone. There was a lot of people
in the top 3 for their age groups and overall
team places saw some great results too with a
lot of results again in the top 3. All the good
efforts by everyone have put us in to 3rd
equal placing for the Canterbury Winter Club
of the Year award with 4 events left on the
calendar giving us a great shot at keeping that
place if not improving on it.
Individual results in order of the events is as
follows:
Men 16 – 6.2 Km
4th 22:09 Braeden Botica
Girls 11 – 3.2 Km
5th 13:36 Georgia Hendry
6th 13:58 Tayla Clarke
Girls 13 – 3.2 Km
2nd 12:13 Frances Daly
Boys 11 – 3.2 Km
13th 13:36 Farran Landars
Boys 12 – 3.2 Km
7th 13:00 Gerry Whearty
11th 14:05 Jared Boyle
12th 14:27 Corey Johnston
Boys 13 – 3.2 Km
7th 12:55 Isaac Johnston
9th 14:16 Isaac Robertson
Girls 8 & Under – 2.3 Km
5th 10:11 Maria Hendry
13th 11:51 Robyn Van der Voort
16th 12:02 Samantha Robins
Girls 10 – 2.3 Km
12th 9:50 Louise Daly
16th 10:41 Caitlin Dickinson
23rd 12:09 Holly Johnston
Boys 8 & Under - 2.3 Km
9th 11:42 Micah Landars
Boys 9 - 2.3 Km
2nd 9:09 Ayrton Shadbolt
11th 11:42 Thijs Selis
Boys 10 – 2.3 Km
19th 10:32 Nik Bull
Women 16 – 5.2 Km
9th 23:54 Kirsty Taylor
Women 40 – 5.2 Km
1st 20:16 Fiona Gilroy
5th 22:21 Mary Hart
7th 24:24 Margy Gilpin
Women 45 – 5.2 Km
1st 22:14 Robyn Daly
2nd 22:45 Sue Haines
Women 50 – 5.2 Km
1st 21:26 Maree Greig
3rd 25:58 Christine Bycroft
Mens 40 – 9 Km
12th 36:56 Paul Johnston
13th 37:30 Mike Glen
Mens 45 – 9 Km
5th 36:00 Charlie Nolan
7th 37:15 Antony Kinrade-Emmerson
Mens 50 – 9 Km
3rd 35:18 Tom Jarman
Mens 55 – 9 Km
3rd 39:36 Len Millward
Mens 65 – 9 Km
1st 40:07 John Shivas
5th 47:04 Wahren Hensley
Mens 70 – 9 Km
2nd 46:31 Eric Saxby
3rd 51:56 John Caughley
Teams Results
2nd Open Women – Fiona Gilroy, Maree Grieg,
Robyn Daly, Mary Hart
1st Masters Women – Fiona Gilroy,
Maree Grieg, Robyn Daly, Mary Hart
7th Open Men – Tom Jarmen, Charlie Nolan,
Paul Johnston,
Antony Kinrade-Emmerson
3rd M35 – 49 – Charlie Nolan, Paul Johnston,
Antony Kinrade-Emmerson,
Mike Glen
2nd M50+ - Tom Jarman, Len Millward,
John Shivas, Eric Saxby
Photos on page 11

PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER July 2010. Page 8
Oceania Masters Athletics Championships
4—11 July 2010, in Papeete, Tahiti
A smaller than usual contingent of Port Hills athletes
made the trip to Papeete for the 2010 Oceania Masters
Athletics Championships but still came back with a
successful haul of medals. The Pater Stadium was a
great venue with brand new track and good facilities.
Only the cross-country course was below par with no
real “country” territory available within reasonable
distance. In fact the event was well managed with only
some hitches with the transport to the stadium causing
patience to be tested. Fortunately friendly locals came
to the rescue a number of times with private rides to
the venue when competitors would otherwise have
missed out due to very late buses.
The most successful Club competitor was Glen Watts
with her unbelievable haul of 5 Golds, 3 Silvers and 2
Bronzes in the women’s 65-69 age group. Barbara
Bird 1 Gold and 2 Silvers in the W70-74, Bob Fyfe 1
Silver in M70-74, Pete Watts 1 Silver and 1 Bronze in
the M70-74 and John Waite 1 Silver in M65-69 were
other members to make it onto the podium. Pete even
made it onto the sports page of the local newspaper
with a photo in his first ever race walk! Overall the
conditions were rather hotter and more humid than
expected which made the longer distances in particular
tough going and resulting in times being regularly
slower than expected. There are full results at the end
of the newsletter.
A fantastic experience for all those who took part in a
very different environment to our usual athletics venues.
So get training for Tauranga – it is only two years
away.
Port Hills members’ results
Barbara Bird W70
2nd Shot 6.74
1st Javelin 20.96
2nd Throws Pent 2587 points
Bob Fyfe M70
2nd 5000m 26.48
4th 8k XC 56.22
Andrew Reese M50
8th 5000m 25.57
1/2 Marathon 2h 11min
John Waite M70
5th 800m 4.13.19
5th 1500m 8.30.25
8th 5000m 28.52
6th 8k XC 50.09
2nd XC Teams Race
Pete Watts M70
2nd 1500m 9.15.97
3rd 10k Race Walk 1h 35m 59s
Glen Watts W70
3rd 60m 13.11
3rd 100m 21.30
2nd 800m 4.33.03
2nd T. Jump 6.18
2nd Javelin 16.96
1st Shot 7.18
1st Discus 19.03
1st Hammer 25.04
1st Weight 10.71
1st Throws Pent 3353 points
Back row:
John Waite, Pete Watts, Bob Fyfe, Peter King
Front: Glen Watts, Faye Fyfe, Rae King, Nyala Waite
John Waite and Bob Fyfe in Cross Country

PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER July 2010. Page 9
CLUB Cross Country CHAMPS
26 June 2010
Despite the nasty winter conditions twenty- eight
hardy souls took part in the club cross country champs.
Held at the Halswell Quarry and shared with Olympic
Club, the course could only be called true cross country
– not the glorified “track courses” that we seem to
see nowadays. There was water, water everywhere, not
to mention MUD, I bet the wives – partners – mums
were looking forward to cleaning those shoes and
clothes afterwards. It was wonderful to see all the
youngies get “stuck in” and pleasing to see that nobody
drowned. Hardy Loris popped up and, with a
typical gutsy run, took out the women’s event from
Robyn and Pauline, who is back after her effort in the
SBS marathon. Also nice to see Margy (who doesn’t
like xc), and Annie, putting on their water wings. Gary
won the blokes race, with an impressive run from
Braeden to come home 2 nd , followed by a tactical race
from Charlie to sneak away from Tom on the last lap.
Mel, Paul and Michael S finished not too far off the
pace, but look at old Lord Module (Pete Daly) putting
his tuppence-worth in to be 1 st old fart (O’60) in.
Great effort by you all.
Women 3 laps
1st 23.02 Loris Reed
2nd 23.14 Robyn Daly
3rd 23.34 Pauline Poore (see photo)
4th 25.54 Margy Gilpin
5th 26.31 Christine Bycroft
6th 27.01 Annie Yau
Men 4 laps (see photo)
1st 24.20 Gary McIlroy
2nd 25.33 Braeden Botica JM
3rd 6.07 Charlie Nolan
4th 26.14 Tom Jarman (see photo)
5th 27.51 Carl Chapman (guest)
6th 27.59 Mel Orange
7th 28.11 Paul Johnston
8th 28.24 Michael Smith
9th 28.48 Phil Chapman
10th 29.08 Tony Kinrade-Emmerson
11th 29.38 Mike Glen
12th 29.54 Barry Finch
13th 30.13 Peter Daly
14th 30.28 Len Millward
15th 30.35 John Shivas
16th 32.09 Peter Bayliss
17th 32.31 Brent Mahony
18th 33.08 Hugh Conly
19th 33.11 Geoff Stark
20th 34.21 Mike McFie
21st 34.26 Rick Harlow
22nd 34.35 Tom Reihana
23rd 35.42 Terry Warren
24th 36.17 Eric Saxby
25th 36.59 Wahren Hensley
26 th 40.47 Stew Hill
27 th 47.50 John Caughley
28 th 48.20 Kevin Knight

PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER July 2010. Page 10
Pictures from Oceania Masters Athletics,
Tahiti, Taken by John and Nyla Waite
Pete in the 10k walk
John in the Cross-country
Glen at the end of 800m race
Kiwis on the track—Pete, above
John below
NZ Cross-country team

PORT HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER July 2010. Page 11
Kennett Cup / S I Cross-country Champs
Photos taken by Cathy Robins
Above: Paul Johnston & Mike Glen
Below: Louise Daly setting a good pace
Right top: Start of youngest children’s race
Right centre: Samantha Robins sprinting to the finish
Right lower: Frances Daly receives silver medal for
Girls 13 yrs.

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