Leith Harrier & Athletic Club

Dunedin, New Zealand

Harriers, Roadrunning, Track and Field, Mountain Running, Recreational Walking

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Chingford Park,
North East Valley.
Postal Address:
PO Box 1507
Dunedin
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The 2009 Otago Cross Country Championships will be held on Saturday 11 July 2009 at the Waikouaiti Race Course. The Leith Entry Steward is taking Leith entries now. Email Entry Steward if you wish to enter. For details of races and entry requirements
>> 2009 Otago Cross Country Champs

National Road Relay Championships 2009, Akaroa Relay, Christchurch, Saturday 10 October 2009. The entry steward is taking entries for this event now. Please email entry steward if you wish to enter this event. Check link below for the criteria for this event before you email
>> National Road Relay 2009

Mike Wakelin of Hill City has won the Rosebank Lodge Half Marathon at Balclutha on Sunday 28 June 2009, winning the incorporated 2009 Otago Half Marathon Open Men's Championships title in the process. Ariki's Sarah Chisnall won the Otago Open Women's Half Marathon title. For full results
>> Balclutha Half-Marathon (full results in html)
or >> Results page for .xls results download

Leith regained the Chingford Challenge Shield from University of Otago Harriers after a tough tussle on Saturday 13 June 2009 at Chingford Park. Neale McLanachan returned to form in splendid fashion by taking charge from the word go and led from start to finish winning the Leith Senior Men's Cross Country title as well as spearheading the Leith team to a fine win. Barbara Roy, Uni's W19 star runner, and Leith's Kirsty Morris fought out a tremendous duel with Roy winning by just one second from Morris in the Open Women's race. Uni won the Open Women's team's race and Morris won the Leith XC Senior Women's Cross Country title in the process. For links to the results and a race report + photo album
>> Chingford Challenge/Leith XC Champs 2009

Callan Moody of Ariki won the Edmond Cup Main Open Men's race. He finished just 2 seconds ahead of his clubmate Nathan "Guns" Baxter in bitingly cold hail and sleety conditions on Saturday 6 June 09 at Wingatui Race Course. Caversham's Lyndon Brown was third. A full Leith report will be available on the Leith site on Sunday. For full provisional results see Athletics Otago Website.
>> Edmond Cup 2009

>> Results via Leith site

>> Photo Album

Leith and Civil Service Athletic Club enjoyed combined runs and walks from Leith's Chingford Park Clubrooms on Saturday 30 May 2009. For a full report including Civil Service's super elite runner Peter Frew's fast pack performance, including his groundbreaking run down North Road.
>> >> Harrier reports 2009

The Caversham Senior Men's No. 1 team won the 29th Leith Cross Country Relays (The Ponydales). Ariki 1 finished second with Hill City 1 third, Caversham 2 fourth and Leith fifth. The Hill City Senior Women's No. 1 team won the Senior Women's race, Otago University 1 were second and Leith White were third. Full Results are now available.
>> Ponydales 2009

The Three Peaks Mountain Race took place on
Sunday 5 April 2009. Norman Dunroy won the race with Tom Hunt the 2008 winner finishing second. For a race report and result information please click on the image below >>


Grant McDougall gives an enthralling account of his run in the 2008 Sydney Marathon which took place in September. Check the story and photos
>> Sydney Marathon 2008

Leith's Master Men's 40 team ran an excellent race to win the bronze medal after a tough battle with Lake City and Wellington Harriers in the National Road Relay Championships held out at Mosgiel and Outram on Saturday (4 October 08)
>> Leith NRR Feature Page
A Leith photo album and a general (all clubs) medal winning team photo album is now available.
>> Photo Album

Leith took part in the Otago Cross Country Championships out at the Wakouaiti Race Course on Saturday 12 July. Andrew Lonie won the MM35 race, Sue Cuthbert won the MW35race, Jan Craig won the MW50 race, Kirsty Morris was second in the SW, Brian Pascoe finished second in the MM50 and John Winsbury was fourth in the SM. >> Winter Harrier Reports
>> Photo Albums
>> Results

Bill Kenny (Leith) finished second in the USA M70 2000m Meter Steeplechase Championships with an excellent time of 9 mins 36.35 seconds. Great going Bill. He has also now finished second in the M70 800m USA Championships with a time of 2:55.50 and third in the M70 1500m Championships with a time of 6:12.82.

Bill Kenny (Leith) was crowned the Scottish Athletics Masters M70 1,500m champion on the weekend of the 14/15th July 2007. The 1,500m was run on the Saturday and Bill finished in a time of 6.13.45 in managing to outlast fellow M70 competitor Thomas O'Reilly who finished in a time of 6.19.14. Sunday saw Bill competing in the 800m. This time around Thomas O'Reilly turned the tables finishing in a time of 2.55.0. Bill settled for second just 3 seconds behind in 2.58.0. The championships were held in Grangemouth Stadium in Edinburgh.
Report by Dr Kelvin Broad

Former Leith Runner competing in Canada: Emily Solzberg has been sighted competing in Canada. For report and photos >> Click here

Timaru Round the Gorge Relay: Leith No. 1 Team comes second in A grade. Results Updated >> Click here

 

 

The Hughes Memorial Handicap Races which were to take place today, have now been postponed due to harsh weather conditions and unavailability of officials due to flu.
>> Hughes Memorial Races

Peninsula Relay, Saturday 18 July, 2009. Start at John Wilson Drive. If you wish to enter this teams event, please email entry steward
Teams selection will begin next week so please get your name in early. Details will be posted here this weekend.

Brian Pascoe won the Otago Master Men's 50 Half Marathon title at the Rosebank Lodge Balclutha Half-Marathon at Balclutha on Sunday 28 June 2009. Sue Cuthbert won the MW35 title and Geoff Williamson was 2nd in Open Men's champs, Louisa Andrew was 2nd and Rosie Hodson 3rd in the Open Women's Champs, while there were more Leith podium finishes in the various events:
For full results >> Results page
For full Leith report >> Harrier reports 2009

On Saturday 27 June 2009, Leith hosted the Hill City Harriers & Athletics Club at Chingford Park for runs and walks from its clubrooms. A full report is now out
>>
Harrier reports 2009

Kirsty Morris of Leith won the Women's Race at the Edmond Cup XC races held at Wingatui Race Course on Saturday 6 June. She spearheaded a fine win for the Leith team with Sue Cuthbert 2nd and Rosie Hodson 5th. Greta Knarston of OUHC was in third place. A full Leith report is available on the Leith site. For full results see Athletics Otago Website.
>> Edmond Cup 2009

or >> Results via Leith site

>> Photo Album and Leith Harrier Reports

Tom Clark of Civil Service won the The Barnes Cross Country Open Men's race, which took place in bitterly cold wet weather on Sunday 24 May at Kettle Park, Dunedin. Results, photo album and report are now available.
>> Photo Album Barnes 2009 now available

>> Barnes 2009 Athletics Otago Link

>> Results Page Leith results page

Steve Prescott won the Joe Cowie Memorial Handicap race held on Saturday 9 May 09, Leith at Chingford Park. For a full report and results
>> Joe Cowie Memorial Races

Leith's Masters Men's No; 1 team won their grade in a close tussle with Hill City Master Men's No. 1 team on Saturday 2 May 09, at the Lovelock Relays at the University Cricket Oval, Logan Park. For results and report and photo album.
>> Lovelock Relays

Neale McLanachan won the Leith Lovelock Relay Trials Open Men's race at Chingford Park on Saturday afternoon 18 April 2009. For report and results >> Lovelock Relays Trials

John Winsbury of Leith finished fourth in the grueling 60km Kepler Challenge Mountain Run on Saturday 6 December 2008. His time was 5 hours 13 minutes 45 seconds. For full results and more Leith athletes results visit the official race website
>> Kepler Challenge

The Otago Half-Marathon Championships took place on Sunday 12 October. Check the new and exciting Hill Free website out for results
>> Hill Free Website

Leith held its winter-windup and Patrons' run on Saturday at Chingford Park. The winter prize-giving also took place.
For a full report on this function >> Harrier Reports


For a small photo portfolio of this event
>> Photo Album

Leith did well in the Otago Road Championships on Saturday 20 September. Sue Cuthbert won the MW35 title, Glen Ferguson finished second in the MM35 race. Jason Palmer and Kirsty Morris each finished third in the Senior Men's and Women's 10km races respectively. A small Photo Album of some of the races is due out soon.
A Leith report is now out
>> Harrier Reports
For full
results
>> Results Page

Sue Cuthbert finished second in the Women's 40-44 grade at the National Road Champs on Saturday (6 Sep 08).
A report summary will be out on Monday. For full results
>> ANZ Road Champs 2008
And for Leith athletes report
>> Winter Harrier Reports

Grant McDougall won the Hughes Memorial 10.24km Road Race yesterday (Saturday 30 August).
For race report and full results
>> Hughes Memorial Homepage
Photos are now available too
>> Photo Albums

Great Naseby Water Race
2008 race was held on Saturday 23rd August 2008. For report and results
>> Links

Sam Kidd of Otago University lived up to his favourite status to win the Edmond Cup Steeplechase Open Men's race, on Saturday 14 June 2008 at Wingatui Racecourse. For provisional results
>> Edmond Cup (Athletics Otago)
The leith report will be out soon meanwhile check The Photo Album for this race (two albums now)
>> Photo Albums

Billy Kenny and Kelvin Broad training in Scotland.
>>
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