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nickmoore01
Nov 11, 20246 min read
2024 Auckland Marathon Race Report
Owai had lots of success at the 2024 Auckland Marathon and Half Marathon on 3rd November. In the marathon, Joel Bickers ran to a superb...
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winonalee
Jul 1, 20243 min read
Matariki King and Queen of the Mountain 2024
The King/Queen of the Mountain is one of Owairaka’s longest running events. Blue skies and cool temperatures this year - good for records!
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Kate Doherty
Apr 5, 20242 min read
Northburn 100 race reflections: Konoka Azumi
Congratulations once again to Konoka Azumi. Hot on the heels of her Tarawera success, she won the Northburn 100K, in a time of...
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nickmoore01
Feb 28, 20243 min read
"Behind the Scenes: Exclusive Interview with 2024 Tarawera 100 Miler Winner Konoka Azumi"
Konoka has had a some stellar results over the last few years but winning the TUM 100 miler a couple of weeks ago is an incredible...
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nickmoore01
Nov 27, 20234 min read
Kerikeri Half 2023 - Follow your gut
Race report by Joel Bickers The feeling on the startline of a race will always make me uncomfortable. It’s the anticipation of the...
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owairakaathletics
Oct 5, 20235 min read
Loburn 68: New Zealand Road Relay Champs
Three teams, two podiums, some unfinished business...our NZRR teams report back from the weekend in Canterbury. Senior Men's Team by...
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nickmoore01
Sep 18, 20235 min read
When it's your day, it's your day
Nick Moore on the National Road Champs, 10th September 2023, Massey Campus, Palmerston North
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nickmoore01
Jul 16, 20231 min read
Matariki King and Queen of the Mountain 2023
Thanks everyone who came along to run up our little maunga, eat soup and spend their Matariki holiday with us. What a race. For the men...
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nickmoore01
Feb 24, 20236 min read
World Cross Country Championships Bathurst 17-19 Feb 2023
Bathurst was a dream / obsession that started sometime in 2019 way before COVID. Hearing that the World Cross Country Champs were coming...
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nickmoore01
Oct 13, 20227 min read
Owairaka at the New Zealand Road Relay Championships
1st October 2022 Traffic Management issues meant that there was a late change to the relays this year from the historic Takahe 2 Akaroa...
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Kate Doherty
Aug 16, 20223 min read
100 Miles to mark Arch Jelley's 100th birthday
Recreating 1971's 100x1 mile world record relay at the Lovelock Track - a dawn to dusk celebration of Arch, of Owairaka Athletics & of...
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owairakaathletics
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Matariki King & Queen of the Maunga
There's a long standing tradition of holding Owairaka club races on public holidays - so what better way to mark our brand new public...
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Simon Mace
May 16, 20222 min read
2022 NZ Senior Marathon Championships – Reboot: The Athletes' Marathon
Sunday 15 May 2022 It was dark, cold and damp when the small field started warming up for the one-off Christchurch Reboot marathon. Covid...
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owairakaathletics
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Athletics Auckland Track & Field Championships 2022
The end of Cyclone Dovi also marked the end of the Athletics Auckland Track & Field Champs this year. Conditions were accordingly wild...
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owairakaathletics
Oct 22, 20211 min read
From Arch's Archives: Auckland Cross Country Champs 1960
Legendary running coach Arch Jelley joined Owairaka in 1959, and started his coaching journey at the club the next year in 1960. Arch has...
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nickmoore01
Aug 9, 20214 min read
2021 Athletics New Zealand Cross Country Championships
New Zealand Cross Country Champs 2021 - race report by Nick Moore
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Soham Patel
Jun 22, 20212 min read
New course records at 2021 King & Queen of the Mountain race
New course record holders Nick Moore, who ran the mountain in 16:53, and Sophie Broome, whose time was 22:25 After a torrential downpour...
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Keith Burrows
Mar 28, 20212 min read
IAU 6H Virtual Global Solidarity Weekend: 191 laps, 76.67km...Go Keith!
Last Sunday Keith represented NZ in the 2021 IAU 6H Virtual Global Solidarity Weekend at the Lovelock Track, completing a huge 76.6 km...
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Peggy Taylor
Jan 20, 20213 min read
2021 Colgate Games in Taranaki
At this year’s North Island Colgate Games in Inglewood, Taranaki, five young athletes proudly represented Owairaka Athletics, and came...
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Simon Mace
Nov 24, 20202 min read
Race report: Kerikeri Half Marathon
by Simon Mace The day dawned still and calm with great conditions for the 2020 Kerikeri Half Marathon. A sizeable group of Owairaka...
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