April - Tauranga Ramblers

April 2009North Island Secondary Schools’Track & Field Champs, 3-5 AprilWellingtonWell done to those who attended: JosephMillar returned home with the double:100m & 200m Golds and anotherawesome 100m time of 10.88 (3.1+ windassisted).Mariah Ririnui back from injury narrowlymissed out on gold in the Long jump by.01m - so close, and also scored silver inthe 100m.Amy Christopher won the Senior GirlsJavelin and medalled in the Triple Jump.Livvie Duggan threw well to receivemedals in Javelin & Discus and KylieTietjens ran well in the 800m, for bronze.Mariah Ririnui SG100m 1 st H1/2 12.38100m 2 nd final 12.16Long Jump 2 nd 5.30m4x100m WBOP relay team 2 ndKylie Tietjens SG800m 3 rd 2.17.781500m 6 th /9 4.51.07Esther McArthur SG800m 5 th 2.21.431500m 4 th /9 4.47.69Livvie Duggan SGDiscus 2 nd /11 36.26mJavelin 3 rd /10 31.24mAmy Christophers SGJavelin 1 st /10 36.59mTriple Jump 3 rd /14 10.91mJoseph Millar SB100m 1 st H2/3 10.98100m 1 st final 10.88200m 1 st H3/3 22.34200m 1 st final 22.17Khanum Elisaia IGDiscus 5 th /13 33.83mShotput 8 th /15 10.64mVanessa Hill IG100m 3 rd H1/3 12.93100m 7 th final 12.78Triple Jump 11 th /11 9.72mGenelle Vanderschantz IG100m 2 nd /H1/3 12.90100m 9 th final 12.97200m 4 th H2/3 27.45Emma Jackson IG400m 4 th H1/2 1.00.67400m 6 th final 1.02.2580m Hurdles 4 th H2/2 13.4380m Hurdles 8 th final 13.68Rebekah Millar IG400m 5 th H2/2 1.04.61Shelby Goddard IG800m 5 th H2 2.26.47800m 6 th final 2.28.85Ella Mangan-Walker IG3000m 5 th /22 10.46.76Sophie Millar JG100m 2 nd H3/3 13.11100m 7 th final 13.16200m 3 rd H1/2 27.46200m 5 th final 27.50James Hunt JB80m Hurdles 7 th final 13.39*************************ROUND THE MOUNT RELAYA glorious, fine autumn day, perfectconditions for a run.72 secondary school teams took part, withTauranga Boys College lead out by ReganBones winning the Senior Boys race. In49.54 overall.Tauranga Girls College, featuringRamblers Esther, Ella, Julia & Shelbywon the Senior Girls relay in 58.49Opening Club Run for WinterSeason , Maxwells Rd 18/4/0824 Runners took part in a low key eventwhile several other non-running Ramblersand followers enjoying the sunshine at thestart/finish.Distances varied from 3km -8kmdepending on ability.Great to see a few new faces show up toexperience the Ramblers scene along with1-2 oldies, including life member KenSmith making a comeback.Ray Young gave out some spot prizes atthe finish.Half4Heart Half Marathon & 10km 7/4/09, from Ferguson ParkThe course was a bit short and I hear they didn’t do the extra circuit around the park,and chopped a bit off elsewhere too. The Half Marathon was won byMark McKeown in 1.01.29.Grahame Fitzgerald was 3 rd in 1.12.87Barry Watson 15 th 1.18.51.First woman was Erin Furness (17 th overall) in 1.19.45Petra Creighton 2 nd woman (21 st ) 1.22.01First home in the 10km race was Mike Brechett in 39.24John Addy 4 th 43.11Ken Smith 8 th 44.23Ashley Clements 21 st (5thW) 47.402 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

RamblingsA New Rambler (and futurechampion of everything) is born:Congratulations to Jess & Ben -Baby Samuel James Ruthe was a bit quickout of the blocks, arriving on EasterSunday, 4 weeks earlier than planned.Weighed 6lbs 6 ounces.Lion Foundation RotoruaMarathon, 2 May 2009Well, I just got back from the Caribbeanand missed this event by a couple of days,but since my April newsletter is a fewdays late and a bit short of results I’vesquished the Marathon into it.He has been keeping the Ruthe’s on theirtoes. First being early, then as he wasbreach Jess had an emergency C section,then his lungs were underdeveloped so hewas on Oxygen treatment for 4 days and atone point was going to be flown toHamilton but came right after a chemicalwas fed into his lungs. Things are nowwell under control, however Ben’sRotorua marathon training suffered a bitof a setback.World 10k with a buggy record attemptto be held in January. Current record34:19.**********************************NZ Mountain Running Champs:Glenn Hughes from Wellington Scottish(& ex-Ramblers) won the 12km event.Lara Phillips won the woman’s 8km title.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Everyone’s Run/Walk, MaxwellsRd, 2/4/09- 5kmFinal night for season 75 entries1 st Ben Ruthe 14.482 nd Iain MacDonald 15.163 rd William Marshall 16.104 th Russell Lake 17.336 th Ian Walker 18.0813 th John Addy 20.3114 th Mike Powell 20.5217 th Ashley Clements 21.2820 th Murray Clarkson 22.26Walk1 st Malcolm Taylor 29.422 nd Chanelle Bryan 29.58Came across this sign while exploring thegrounds of the Wyndham Resort on StThomas, US Virgin Islands. Well, it isawfully hot there- pretty mad doing muchmore!MILLENNIUM TRACK TRUST AGMAt the AGM on 4 th May Garth Mathieson,Karen Smith & Tony Lugg stood down .Lloyd Christie, Murray Clarkson, FrankVosper, Ross Fletcher, Graham McCabe& Ray Young were elected.Congratulations to Alex (Macca)McKenzie who has been chosen torepresent NZ in the inauguralCommonwealth Ultra Distance 24Hours Championships in England inSeptember. Last November Macca ran200km in the Sri Chinmoy NZ champsin Auckland.+++++++++++++++++++++++++Heidi WrigleyIain MacDonaldWow : I watched the video, what a closefinish! My heart goes out to Rotorua’sSteve O’Callaghan who came so close towinning, but who stumbled and fell just afew metres short of the line, allowingScott Winton through to steal the 1 st prize.Well done sto Iain MacDonald in hisdebut marathon and 3 rd placing, headingoff clubmate Ben Ruthe.Heidi Wrigley did it for the girls, runninga fantastic time, placing her 5 th F16-34and beating most of the Ramblers men.Lastly, we can’t forget Sid Pavett’s recordbreaking run in the 75-79 age group. Sidtook around 20minutes off the old recordand in doing so also beat all the 70-74graders home.There were 1913 starters in the fullmarathon run and 3211 overall in allevents. Ramblers placed 3 rd team. FirstWoman home was Lara Phillips ofChristchurch in 2.55.49 (28 th overall)followed by Vicki Humphries ofWellington in 2.56.37 (32 nd ).1 st Scott Winton 2.27.142 nd Steve O’Callaghan 2.27.203 rd Iain MacDonald 2.29.004 th Ben Ruthe 2.29.259 th John Caie (2 nd M40) 2.44.29106 th Heidi Wrigley (5 th W 16-34) 3.14.17162 nd Macca McKenzie (18 th M45)3.22.09177 th Barry Watson (14 th M50) 3.23.14184 th Stu Smith (9 th M55) 3.23.42256 th Peter Kennedy (18 th M55) 3.29.04269 th Les Dobson (34 th M45) 3.29.59339 th Malcolm Smith (78 th M16-34)3.36.59384 th Andrea Evason (12 th F40) 3.39.51444 th Sid Pavett (1st M75 record)3.49.59594 th Mathew Smith (121 st M16-34)3.54.08821 st Dave Whitehead (67 th M50)4.07.0825 th Walk: Keith Still (6 th M55) 5.07.39######################• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •3