CALLIOPE CAPERS

11 September 2013

RACE RESULTS

Athletics Auckland Road Relay Champs 2013 / No Calliope runners.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday 14 September 2013
10.00am Start / RED STAG RELAY
ROTORUA / For those that are going please see attached page.
Wed 25thSeptember 2013 6.00pm start / THE LEGEND / This 18-odd km annual event starts at the running club, heading down Onewa Road, up Sylvan and past the Northcote Shops. Head towards the lake Pupuke and run around the lake, back up Ocean View Road and back to the club. For those not up to 18km - miss out the lake!
Saturday 28 September 2012
2.00pm Start / KOHN CUP / This is a team relay from Clubrooms to Beach Haven and back. Meet at clubrooms at 2.00pm for a 2.30pm start.
Monday 30th September 2013
6.15pm walkers/6.30 runners / NORTHCOTE TAVERN FUN RUN/WALK / 5km course leaving from Northcote Tavern. Gold coin donation which goes back into the community. Spot prizes.
Saturday 5th October 2013 / New Zealand Road Relay Championships / 73rd Takahe to Akaroa Road Relay
23 – 24 November 2013 / ROTORUA RUNNING FESTIVAL / Entries open for first ever Rotorua Running Festival. Details are on the noticeboard.
8th/9th November 2013 / Taranaki Steelformers Around The Mountain Relay & 100 mile Solo race / This is a team relay, needing 10 participants. Details can be found at
30 November at 7p.m.
Auckland Domain / WALKING STARSsupporting Cancer Society / Walking Stars is New Zealand’s first night-time, walking, half marathon, taking place in Auckland, to raise vital funds for the Cancer Society of New Zealand. The walk begins after sun down and takes you on a magical starlit walk past some of Auckland’s finest landmarks. Website See flyer on the noticeboard for more details.
Sunday 23rd February 2014 / STIRLING SPORTS HALF MARATHON / ALL HANDS ON DECK!!! Please diarise this date as YOU will be asked to help out.

Gaye is away overseas until 8 October. Please contact Sandra for items for the Capers.

RED STAG RELAY, ROTORUA

Saturday 14 September 2013

This race starts at 10.00am. Please be at race start earlier than this.

Paul will be handing out race numbers on the morning of the race.

Teams have been entered as follows:

Our runners and walkers must note that all must run/walk in the order shown on this entry below and while an emergency can replace an athlete entered it is not permitted to rearrange the running order.

Lap / Est time / Lap / Est time
Masters Men 1 / Composite 1
1 / Nic Alley / 21:05 / 1 / Sandra Haynes / 24:40
2 / Paul Rourke / 21:30 / 2 / Daniela Clark / 25:45
3 / Peter Jonkers / 23:15 / 3 / Sara Arnold / 25:50
4 / Jamie Wotherspoon / 26:55 / 4 / John Rhodes / 27:30
5 / Greg Arnold / 21:50 / 5 / Sarah Fairley / 29:50
Total / 114:35 / Total / 133:35
Female Youth / Male Youth
1 / Abril Clark / 17:00 / 1 / Seth Arnold / 18:00
2 / Nicola Arnold / 17:30 / 2 / Isaac Gordon / 18:45
3 / Natasha Gordon / 19:00 / 3 / Ethan Clark / 19:00
4 / Samantha MacDonald / 16:30 / 4 / No runner - team withdraws end lap 3
Total / 70:00 / Total / 00:00
Walkers 1 / Walkers 2
1 / Alan Moore / 32:00 / 1 / Werner Schmidt / 34:30
2 / Steve Fairley / 33:30 / 2 / Rob Purdie / 37:00
Total / 65:30 / Total / 71:30
Walkers 3 / Walkers 4
1 / Dave Lampitt / 42:30 / 1 / Robyn Fairley / 44:00
2 / Malcolm Wade / 41:30 / 2 / Megan Gordon / 46:30
Total / 84:00 / Total / 90:30

The Cleveland Motel, 113 Lake Road, Rotorua has been booked for this. Please contact Paul Rourke for details.

1.For those that haven’t paid the club their accommodation fees please do so this week. See Murray.

2.Remember to take your camping, folding chairs for our BBQ. Useful at prizegiving after the race too. Otherwise you stand.

3.Take pool towels. This motel does not allow their room towels for pool use.

4.For those arriving after 8pm check-in Friday night, there will be a note on the office window, left by a fellow clubbie eg Your unit keys can be picked up from [name] at Unit …. The motel has agreed to this course of action.

South Africa Distance Running Tour 2013

Albin Bengtsson

On the 13th of July, 2013 me and 14 other boys my age and 3 adults including my coach went on a distance running tour to South Africa for Westlake boys’ high school for 3 weeks. It was an amazing experience as we did and saw so many extraordinary things that you can’t find in NZ. When we went to S.A. we stayed in Cape Town first and spent 6 days there. In Cape Town we went to Robben Island where Mandela spent most of his years in prison. We also went to the top of Table Mountain where we could see all over Cape Town. Cape Town was a lovely experience, but we sadly had to move on to Johannesburg where we spent 7 days. In Johannesburg we went to Gold reef city amusement park and Sun City Water Park, which was full of adrenaline and excitement. We also went to a cultural village to learn about all the different South African cultures. Half our time in Johannesburg we stayed in tents where there was rhinos and wild dogs etc, which was quite scary but cool. Our first race was a 6km club race which was in the middle of Soweto, where all around us were shanty towns. The Africans were super-fast and pretty hard to beat. Johannesburg wasn’t as beautiful as Cape Town, but it was a great experience. But we had to be on our way and we headed off to Marloth and Kruger Park where we saw all the wild animals from zebras to lions. It was not like the zoo, they were out in the wild with no cages. We stayed there for 5 days and they were one of the most exciting 5 days of the trip, but sadly 5 days went fast and we had to be on our way back to Johannesburg where we spent our last days in South Africa. When we got back we had a 10km in Johannesburg where we raced more fast Africans and also talked to them. After the amazing experience we headed back to boring New Zealand.