UC Track & Field
Summer Season - October to April
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At UC Track & Field our goal is to provide a structured pathway for former children's members as they move into senior competition (15 years +), & offer quality training opportunities to all senior athletes including Secondary School & University of Canterbury students. Our programme draws on the strengths of our very successful UC Juniors section to give athletes the option to train in a squad environment with our experienced & qualified coaches.
Our club registration fees include the compulsory Athletics NZ levy for athletes who wish to compete in weekly interclub or national competitions. There is also a small club membership fee which allows all athletes access to exclusively booked facilities & our equipment. UC Athletic Club student members are able to utilise the Ilam Fields track (when the grounds are not booked by other UC clubs). Athletes who intend to compete also need to purchase a club singlet or crop-top.
Important Dates 2011/12 Season
Some dates & venues are from the provisional Athletics Canterbury Calendar - subject to change
2011
28 July Athletics Canterbury T&F AGM
14 September Online registration opens
17 September Open registration day Westburn School 10am-12noon
9 October Squad Coaching begins Papanui HS
12:00 - 3:00pm grounds available to all UC athletes for use
15 October Interclub competition begins Burnside High School 1:30pm (Programme 1)
+ 22/10 (2), 29/10 (4) Timaru, 5/11 (3), 12/11 (1), 19/11 (2), 26/11 (3) Timaru,
3/12 (4), 17/12 (1) 15 October South Island Masters Games Nelson
19 November Canterbury 10,000m Champs Burnside HS 4:45pm
26 November Athletics Nelson - Harold Nelson Classic Nelson
2-4 December South Island Masters Champs Timaru 10-11 December NZ SS T&F & Road Race Champs Newtown Park, Wellington
17 December Last Interclub competition before Christmas break Rawhiti Domain *UC Duty Club*
Masters 5000m Champs 4:45pm Christmas Break 2012 3 January NZ 10000m Champs Tauranga
7 January Lovelock Classic Meeting Timaru 9:30am
14 January Interclub Resumes Rawhiti Domain 1:30pm (Programme 2)
Masters 3000m Champs 4:45pm
+ 21/1 (3) Timaru, 28/1 (4), 11/2 Timaru, 18/2 (1), 25/2 (2), 3-4/3 Timaru, 10/3 (3)
21 January Sylvia Potts Classic - NZ M19/W19 3000m Champs Hastings
21-22 January Canterbury Combined Events & Steeplechase Champs Timaru 11:30am
22 January South Island Grade 14/15 Teams Meeting Timaru 11:30am
23 January Capital Classic Wellington
27 January Cooks Gardens Classic Wanganui
28 January Canterbury 3000m Champs Rawhiti Domain
4 February International Track Meet Christs College Grounds, Christchurch 4:00pm
4-5 February NZ Combined Events Champs Palmerston North
11 February Porritt Classic Hamilton
18 February NZ SM & SW 3000m Champs Dunedin
19 February Canterbury Masters Champs Rawhiti Domain
2-5 March NZ Masters Champs Auckland
3-4 March Canterbury Champs Days 1 & 2 Timaru
13 March Canterbury SS Prelims Venue TBA
17 March Canterbury SS Champs Venue TBA
23-25 March NZ T&F Champs Auckland
31 March-1 April South Island Secondary School Champs Nelson
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Message from Athletics Canterbury
Interclub athletics meetings from January 14 will be held at Rawhiti Domain
**Online Registration** For all new registrations with UC Athletics for the 2011-12 Track & Field season (any athletes not registered during the 2011 Winter) and/or all athletes wanting to receive squad coaching including Secondary School athletes. Please follow the links above to registration & squad coaching for details
Uniform (including the new crop top) can also be purchased through this online form
Payment can be made by internet banking (preferred), cheque, or cash
Please email us for a link to the form and once received fill out the relevant sections
New Zealand Track & Field Champs 25 - 27 March 2011, Caledonian Stadium, Dunedin
University of Canterbury Athletes Senior Men Matthew Harris 800m, 1500m Malcolm Hicks 1500m Luke Hurring 5000m Tim Jones 100m, 200m Brett Tingay 1500m, 3000m Steeplechase Senior Women
Fiona Crombie 3000m Steeplechase Kellie Palmer 1500m, 5000m Men 19
Jesse Bryant Long Jump Lewis Commons 1500m Richard Fernando 400m, 4x400m Relay Alex Fowler 5000m, 3000m Steeplechase Thomas Holmes University of Canterbury 5000m William Lentjes 100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay Ben Meikle 10000m Race Walk Phillip Meikle 10000m Race Walk Women 19
Flora Brocherie 1500m, 3000m Steeplechase Kate Hewitt 5000m, 3000m Steeplechase Nicki McFadzien 5000m Laura McPhail 100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay Rowena Meikle University of Canterbury 3000m Race Walk, 10000m Race Walk Sarah Meikle University of Canterbury 10000m Race Walk Angela Smit 400m, 800m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay Men 16
Jesse Bryant Long Jump, High Jump, 4x100m Relay 16 Guy Greenslade University of Canterbury 800m, 300m Hurdles Ben Meikle 3000m Race Walk Phillip Meikle 3000m Race Walk Women 16
Madeline Carruthers Javelin, Discus Annabelle Cleland Long Jump Rosa Flanagan 1500m, 3000m Sarah Meikle University of Canterbury 3000m Race Walk Annabelle Vincent 800m, 1500m, 4x400m Relay Total 27 UC Athletes, 23 Canterbury Representatives New Zealand Masters Track & Field Champs 4 - 7 March 2011, Regional Sports Park, Hastings
Report from Malcolm Cornelius Just a short time after the 6.3 quake rocked Christchurch, a few committed members of the University of Canterbury Athletic Club travelled up to Hastings for the 2011 NZ Masters Champs. With everything that happened on the 22nd Feb and the days following fresh in their minds, Julieana Findlay, Michael Bond and Malcolm Cornelius kept up the proud tradition of UC and Canterbury athletes performing well at National level. The stress and sadness was temporarily replaced with steely determination to do their best for Canterbury and those athletes that were unable to come due to the disaster. For Julieana this was even harder because of the tragic loss of her coach, Brian Taylor. When she arrived, she also had to deal with a stomach bug, but with real heart and the fantastic support of her partner, still managed to remain competitive. She ran a tough 4:57 1500m on the Sat feeling ill, and then a very good 2:23 800m on the Sun after recovering a little over-night. Julieana had put in a tremendous amount of work over the last 6 months getting back to her best, and she definitely would have gone faster without the illness and quake stress. Results: W40 800m Gold 2:23.22, W40 1500m Gold 4:57.93 Michael Bond once again proved age is no barrier to performance with outstanding times in his three events that guys years younger would be happy with. As Michael has only been running track for the last couple of seasons, he is still adjusting to racing but looks to be feeling more comfortable with each race. Results: M65 1500m Silver 5:54.43, M65 5000m Silver 21:26.84, M65 2000m Steeplechase Silver 9:17.04 Malcolm Cornelius gave it all he had in the 1500m on the Sat to slice 3 secs off his previous best. With a little bit of luck he could have achieved his goal of doing a 2:10 800m the next day. Unfortunately, he didn’t go out fast enough at the start and got held up behind a couple of the other runners, and this let the leaders and a fast time slip away. He finished the season with a 2:11.24 800m a week later at the Timaru T&F meet. Results: M40 400m Bronze 59.93, M40 800m Silver 2:14.71, M40 1500m Silver 4:27.10 (PB) A great effort to bring home a total of 2 Golds, 5 Silvers and a Bronze. |