The first open cross country event of the WBOP season on the Cambridge Green Belt attracted a pleasing 49 teams and Hawks had 51athletes taking part which was an excellent club effort. As always Cambridge turned on a well run event on a challenging course with 12 obstacles that included water jumps, hay bales and […]
Two of our boys went to the 3rd race of the Run Auckland Series yesterday and did the 2K kids race. It’s the one in Bucklands Beach where they have to sprint down that hill for 1km, turn round and run back up. There was only one age group (16 and under), but they still […]
This year 10 x three person teams fronted in the autumn sun and ran together over a 2000, 4000 and then finally a 6000 dropping off the slowest runner each lap. There was a great deal of laughter, interference and encouragement for slower members as the event gained speed and progressed to its exciting climax. […]
Tongariro T42 trail run/bike. At least eight Hawks took part with last year’s winner Kerry Suter winning again and smashing his own course record. Kerry reports from the event that Chris Savage was third in the MW 58km mountain bike and Dot Larsen was 2nd in the MW run. Great efforts by all. (editors note […]
Extract from The Don, Hawks newsletter – 8 May 2013 Newsletter: 49th Rotorua Marathon and T42 Challenge dominate news this week. The iconic, picturesque lap of the Rotorua Lake marathon attracted over 4000 participants in four running/walking events. Next year should be a boomer with 50 years being celebrated and Race Director Murray Fleming is […]
Despite the weather trying to disrupt the day a good field of 43 people turned up for the Inter club challenge between the Hawks and Cambridge. The rain held off and running conditions were quite good with a heavy track. It was great to see a lot of juniors attend and see Charlie Millar have […]
Saturday’s Sing Relay saw a good number of entrants, and an interesting cross-section of starters. Helen Hall-King quite literally kept everyone in line, while the selection process of pairing up the team-mates took place. The format this year was the same as last year with the Hawks Car Park used to form a line, and […]
For the Nugget, Waihi and Waihi Beach dawned very soggy after a night of torrential rain and flooding. Several hardy and brave Hawks were convinced that the multi-sport event would be cancelled for safety reasons, but it went ahead (most were happy about that!) and so all lined up at the start line of their […]
A very pleasant morning turned to rain about an hour before the start of the first race. The weather plus other events may have contributed to numbers being down for the same event for previous years. However, the rain eased off just in time for the first race, the combined 2km and 3km events for […]
The Te Awamutu Athletic Club Golf Course Fun Run was an off road run with 3km for school students, 3km, 6km, 12km and a 4 person 12km relay option. Highlighted Results: 12K 1. Tim Stewart 41:56, 2. Cory Whiting 42:06, 3. John Crane 43:51, 4. Glenn Sexton 44:51, 5. Andrew Wark 45:30 6K 1. Paul Signal 24:14, 2. Emerson […]
