New Balance
15km Road Race
2012 Race Information
Coming Events
28 Feb - Shoe Clinic Cashmere Downs 10k Road Race
2 Mar - NZ Masters Athletics Championships
10 Mar - Motatapu Off-Road Marathon and Adventure Run
20 Mar - Club SGM (7.30pm)
25 Mar - Christchurch Star City to Surf
Sunday February 19th, 2012
New Singlet and Club Name Competition Entries
Thank you to the members who sent in over 30 entries to the competition to design a new singlet and create a new name for our club. You can view all of the singlet design entries in the photo gallery here (click on a thumbnail to see a larger image).The next step is for you all to provide feedback and participate in the first round of voting. Just download the two entry forms (Singlet Competition Voting Form and Club Name Voting Form), choose and rank your top 5 singlet designs and top 5 club names and email the entry forms to competition@olympicharriers.co.nz.The cut-off date for your initial vote is Monday 27 February. These will then be the basis for the final vote at an SGM on Tuesday 20 March at 7:30 at the Clubrooms.
Wednesday December 14th, 2011
New Brighton Olympic Athletic Club
Name the Club and Design the Singlet Competition (New Template)
Be in to win and have the distinction of designing our new club singlet - open to ALL club members and no limit to entries.
The final decision on the uniform design will rest with the New Brighton Olympic transition committee. The new club name will require to be voted on at the SGM next year - date to be advised.
A new template was issued on 19 December for members to use Windows Paint to colour in the singlet electronically, save and then email back to the club secretary. A copy of the new template can be downloaded here. You will need to save the template to your computer and then open in Windows Paint. Full instructions on using the template can be downloaded here. A copy of the original entry form can be downloaded here.
Entries : close 31 January 2012 and can be forwarded to :-
Tony McManus 102 Bowenvale Avenue, Christchurch
or
emailed to the Club Secretary at clubsec@olympicharriers.co.nz
Prizes : Best Entry - Tranz Alpine Family Pass (2 adults 2 children) to Greymouth and a pair of New Balance running shoes. Best 10 Entries - New Balance Running Cap.
Design : Your design can differ from the examples shown on the form, however, these were options supplied by one of the suppliers. The colours shown may differ from one supplier to the next and are as a guide only.
Good luck
Tony McManus
New Brighton Olympic Transition Committee.
Sunday October 16th, 2011
Summer Season Programmes 2011/12
A draft programme for Track and Field events for 2011/12 is now available on the Athletics Canterbury website.
Sunday September 25th, 2011
Takahe to Akaroa Relay (Saturday September 24th, 2011)
New Brighton Olympic teams took out first place in both the Masters Men A and Masters Men Over 50 Grades in the 71st running of the Takahe to Akaroa Road Relay. The Masters Women team also ran well finishing second in their grade.
See the Athletics New Zealand website for results.
See the photo gallery for more photos.
Thursday September 1st, 2011
Club King and Queen of the Mountains (Saturday August 27th, 2011)
The weather last Saturday was perfect for the King and Queen of the Mountains race from Halswell quarry.
The course followed a steep climb up Kennedy's Bush Road, onto Kennedy's Bush Track, and then up and over a short hill and back down to the road.
Tony McManus left all in his wake as he equalled John Sheddan's record number of wins in this event. Judith Taylor showed her class coming in 3rd overall and first woman.