Takapuna Amateur Athletic & Harrier Club

Woo hoo! Our two ladies representing NZ at the Australian Cross Country championships achieved some amazing results today! Sascha Letica 5th in the U20 and Asha Edwards 10th and a team gold in U18s. Wonderful running in the NZ singlet! 🇳🇿

We wish Sascha Letica and Asha Edwards well as they travel to Australia tomorrow to represent NZ at the Cross Country Championships. Good luck for your race and we’re very proud of your NZ selection 🇳🇿

Wishing the selected NZ Secondary School athletes travelling to Australia this week all the best for the All Schools Australia Cross Country Championship.

Congratulations Sascha Letica on regaining your Senior Girls Auckland Road race title - 1st place! Congratulations also to Asha Edwards on her 4th place in the Intermediate Girls race. Well done ladies!

Massive congratulations to Ella Blincoe for winning the Year 8 Girls Cross Country title today at Zone Day. A fantastic 3rd place to Indi Holland, Kash Baskerville 7th and 9th to Jake Tuck. Fantastic results!

Congratulations Ella Blincoe on smashing the Year 8 Belmont Intermediate School cross country record by 21 seconds. Well done Ella - awesome running !

Congratulations to our two record breakers from Friday's School Cross Country!

Brodie Robinson beat the previously held record for Year 8 Boys by 32 seconds and Ella Blincoe beat the Year 8 Girls record by 21 seconds!

Full 1st - 3rd placings are in this weeks newsletter.

Thank you to Josh Simpson, Sports Coordinator, for running a smooth event, enjoyed by all.

Congratulations to Sascha and Asha on their awesome results at the National Cross Country Championships held on 3rd & 4th August in Napier. Wonderful running results ladies!

Cross Country - Medals for Sascha and Asha Year 13 Sascha Letica and Year 11 Asha Edwards competed at the Athletics NZ National Cross Country Championships, held...

Congratulations Eliza! What an incredible result - 6th in the Olympic Final! We’re so super proud of you !!

A brilliant PB in the Olympic Final for Imogen and 12th ! Bringing her absolute best to Paris. We’re so very proud of you !

⏰ Have an early night and set your alarm clocks for 4:15am tomorrow to watch Eliza and Imogen in the Olympic final! The. Olympic. Final. We’ll ALL be cheering for you both! Let’s go!

Yeeeeesssss! Eliza and Imogen BOTH through to the Olympic pole vault final !!!

Amazing result in Paris! Congratulations from us all Jacko on your 7th place !!

Woo hoo! Jacko Gill qualified for the Olympic shot put finals. So. Proud. Set your alarms for 5:35am tomorrow. Let’s go!

Can’t wait to watch Jacko, Eliza and Imogen!!! Let’s go !!!

Not long now! Sign up to one, or both, of our “Olympics @ Onewa” events and support our three Olympians - Jacko, Eliza and Imogen!

https://forms.gle/2GDnRAAxn42JE5sa8

Fantastic performances from our athletes at the London Diamond League in front of a sell out stadium. Jacko and Eliza both placing 5th in their events. Imogen also earnt 5th place in her competition in Germany. Awesome results in their last competitions before Paris!

Congratulations to our athletes that competed in the Auckland Cross County Championships at Barry Curtis Park, East Tamaki yesterday. Some fantastic results below. Special mention to Mefa and Mila running in their first club cross country. The course was wet and muddy with some competitors losing their shoes! Ka pai!

*Mefa Kailahi U8 - 5th
*Mila Kailahi U10 - 15th
*Emma Davies U16 - 8th
*Asha Edwards U18 - 4th
*Sascha Letica U20 - 2nd

A very handy guide to when the NZ athletics team will be competing! Love this !

Good luck Jacko and Eliza for the Diamond League! Our Olympians will be competing around midnight NZ time. Live on TVNZ! Details below. 🇳🇿

On Saturday night/Sunday morning Tori Peeters, Tom Walsh, Jacko Gill, Eliza McCartney, Livi McTaggart, and Hamish Kerr will be competing in the London Wanda Diamond League as their last performance before the 2024 Paris Olympics

💎 Tori Peeters
Javelin 11.50pm NZT 20 July

💎 Tom Walsh and Jacko Gill
Shot Put 12.23am NZT 21 July

💎 Eliza McCartney and Livi McTaggart
Pole Vault 12.36am NZT 21 July

💎 Hamish Kerr
High Jump 1.21am NZT 21 July

TVNZ will be covering from 1am-3am 21 July
Livestream here -> https://www.tvnz.co.nz/sport/athletics/wanda-diamond-league/london-united-kingdon
Results -> https://london.diamondleague.com/lists-results-london/

📣Come and join us at our Club rooms on Mon 5 August @ 8:15pm to watch Eliza and Imogen compete in the women’s pole vault qualification 📣

We’ll provide pizza and drinks. 🍕

Please RSVP using the google form below.

https://forms.gle/2GDnRAAxn42JE5sa8

Hope to see you there 🇳🇿

Get a relay team together and message us if you’re keen. We’ll do the rest. Boys and Girls grades Under 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 year olds. You’ll need a team of 4 (2 sets of pairs). 3km Cornwall Park Saturday 27th July 2024. Relays are always fun!

Wow! Wow! James Ford - 4th place in the Senior Men’s 1,000m at the Monaco Diamond League last night. He’s 18! Phenomenal running and unofficial Under 19 NZ record. 👏🏻

Congratulations Sascha Letica and Asha Edwards on your selection to represent New Zealand at the Australian Schools National Cross Country Championships in Melbourne next month! Wonderful achievement- good luck ladies!

Congratulations again to our three Olympians! We can’t wait to watch you in action Imogen, Eliza and Jacko! We’re so incredibly proud of you and have all our support! 🇳🇿

📣Come and join us at our Club rooms on Sun 4 August @ 5am to watch Jacko Gill compete in the men’s shot put final📣

We’ll provide a delicious BBQ breakfast. 🥓🍳

Please RSVP using the google form below. https://forms.gle/i23Ga844ne25tnxg8

Hope to see you there 🇳🇿

See our runners at 4:30pm today

Looking forward to our AGM this Wednesday at 6:30pm

Congratulations James Ford! Huge achievement to be selected to represent New Zealand. 🇳🇿 We’re very proud of you.

Five further athletes added to World U20 team - Athletics New Zealand Five additional athletes were today added to the New Zealand team for the 2024 World U20 Championships in Lima, Peru (27-31) to bolster the total team size to 17 – the joint largest in the 38-year history of the biennial championships.

Our AGM is this Wednesday 26th June from 6:30pm at the club rooms. We would love to see you there.

Go Kate!

Athletics: Kate Hallie - cracking on in athletics The Sports Department sat down with the 2023 winner of Senior All Rounder (female) asking the big questions like,...