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NZSSAA Track, Field and Road Race Championships, 6-8 December, Timaru

26 August 2024 9:30am

The NZSSAA Track & Field Championships are to be held over two and a half days, commencing on Friday 6th December 2024 at 12.00 pm at Trust Aoraki Athletics SC All Weather Track, Aorangi Park, Timaru and being completed at approximately 5.00pm on Sunday 8th December. The Road Race Championships will be held at Caroline Bay, Timaru on Sunday from 8.00 am-11.00 am.

Note: We now only accept payment for entries by bank deposit. Entries are confirmed when payment is received. Unpaid athletes will not be able to compete (i.e. competition bibs withheld) without the Entry Secretary’s permission. Please attend to entry fees payment with urgency after entries close.

** After submissions received by 27 September some updates have been made to the draft programme in red print. All parties should note that this is only draft until time of entries closing and read the notes of guidance around the programming.

Merchandise

Orders have now closed until just prior to the Championships. A window will be available for online orders just prior and after the Championships and orders will be able to be taken at the Championships.

All orders made online by 8 November will be available for pick up at Timaru.

NZSSAA Teams Announcement

14 November 2024 5:00pm


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2024 NZSS Track & Field and Road Championships Team
Once again NZSSAA will select a Championship team for athletes performing with excellence at their annual Championships in Timaru. This is a large team selected across all events including the road race. The selection is announced at the end of the Championships. Each athlete earning selection earns a $250 travel award to be used in pursuit of their athletics competitions and a product item from SAS sports.

2025 NZSS Track & Field Classics Tour
NZSSAA will select a NZSS Track & Field team for 2025 Central Classics Meets (Cooks, Capital & Potts). The team will be supported by an appointed team manager for the three Central Classics. Athletes will be eligible to compete at other Athletics NZ Summer Permit Meets in their NZSS representative singlet provided they have been named in the Classics Tour team. Selection criteria and Expressions of Interest will be announced before the NZSS Championships.

2025 NZSS Track & Field USA Tour
NZSS are excited to announce a new initiative for 2025. NZSSAA will select a Track and Field team of 16-18 athletes to tour to the USA, West Coast in April 2025.
Exact dates to be confirmed, approximately 9-22 April. Selection criteria will be compulsory attendance and achievements at NZSS Championships at Timaru 6-8 December 2024.
Final selection opportunities will be available at the Capital, Cooks and Pott’s Classic Meets January 2025 with the team announced early February.
Athletes must be returning to Secondary School in 2025. Approximate cost $8,000. EOI to be completed on the link which will be available during the 2024 Championships.

North Island Champs age group changes

11 November 2024 1:00pm

The date for determining age grades at the North Island Champs has changed from being under a particular age on January 1 to December 31 in the year of competition. This change has been made to align with World Athletics, Athletic NZ and NZSSAA using December 31 as the determining date for all their age grades. See the attached for further information.

NZSSAA AGM – Online 22 August – 4.30pm

12 August 2024 4:00pm

Second call for an AGM of NZSSAA – Thursday 22 August 4.30pm

Due to not quite convening a quorum on Wed 7 August we will be calling a second meeting at the above time and date. Please register to access a meeting link if you didn’t previously.

The 2024 NZSSAA Annual General Meeting will be held online at 4.30pm 7 (now 22) August.

All delegates are asked to register to receive the Meeting Link.

Documents available for the meeting:

NZSSAA Inaugural Road Relay Festival, Pakuranga, Auckland, Thursday 5th & Friday 6th September [WTW]

25 July 2024 11:00am

New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association will hold its first two-day Road Relay Schools Festival Event during this year 2024 Winter Tournament Week hosted by Pakuranga Athletics Club with the event hub being at the Pakuranga Sailing Club, Howick Auckland.

Results

Event information

The event is only a team event with relays for Individual School Teams on day 1 [Thursday afternoon] and for Interprovincial Regional Teams [like Cross Country] on day two Friday morning. There is a planned student welcome dinner on Wednesday evening – see details below.

Both relay events will be 4 person teams running a total of 10 km.

  • Day 1 – Thursday 5 September 1.00pm – NZSS Individual Schools Road Relay Challenge Event
  • Day 2 – Friday 6 September 10.00am – NZSS Interprovincial Teams Road Relay Challenge Event (similar format to NZXC Interprovincial Relay)

NZSSAA Cross Country Championships Team 2024 Christchurch

22 July 2024 12:00pm

Congratulations to the athletes selected into the NZSSAA Cross Country Championships Team 2024.

Selected team to compete at the All Schools Australia Cross Country Champs, Yarra, Victoria 19th - 24th August

9 July 2024 9:00am

Congratulations to the athletes selected for the team to compete in the 2024 All Schools Australia Cross Country Champs,
Yarra, Victoria.

Assistant Team Manager/Coach Positions at 2024 Australian All Schools Cross Country Champs

16 June 2024 1:00pm

Expressions of interest are called for the position(s) of an Assistant Team Manager/Coach for the NZSSAA team to the 2024 Australian All Schools Cross Country Championships, in Melbourne, Victoria from 19-24 August 2024. NZSSAA will be looking to appoint at least one female for this role.

These positions will be to support the head of Delegation Brad Smith with the Boys and Girls teams.

Expressions of interest should be emailed to Tony Rogers, NZSSAA Chairman by Monday 2nd July using tony@acesports.co.nz. Please provide a brief resume of your experience with secondary school cross country athletes and events. Your expression of interest should be headed “AUSXC 2024” in the subject line.

If you have any questions, please email Tony Rogers – tony@acesports.co.nz.

50th NZSSAA Cross Country Championships and the 8th NZSSAA Cross Country Relay Championships, QE2 & Ascot Parks, Ōtautahi Christchurch, June 15-16

15 June 2024 6:00pm

Results

Last Chance for Merchandise Orders
Orders can be made up until Friday 28 June. Athletes will have orders posted direct within 3-weeks of order.

NZSSAA Tour to Australian Schools Cross Country Championships 2024

7 June 2024 5:00pm

New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association are proposing to take a New Zealand Schools representative team to the 2024 Australian Schools Cross Country Championships to be held in Yarra, Victoria, Australia. Yarra is approximately 1 hour from Melbourne.

South Island Schools Cross Country

27 May 2024 3:00pm

The South Island Schools Cross Country was held at Ashbury Park, Timaru on Sunday, May 26th. Over 200 athletes participated across the various races and more than 40 schools were represented. Three weeks out from NZSS Cross Country was the perfect time for South Island runners to race hard over a challenging course in cold, but excellent conditions. Individual results are below. There were also 3 person teams results in all of the races and Shields for the top schools. Local schools Timaru Boys’ and Craighead Diocesan were able to claim these and Fairfield from Dunedin were the standout Intermediate school winning both boys and girls overall best school.

NZSSAA Team to the 2024 ISF World Schools Cross Country Championships, Nairobi, Kenya, 9-14 May 2024

21 May 2024 9:00am

Congratulations to our team who competed at the World Schools Cross Country Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. The competition format was changed from past events where there had been races for individual athletes representing their country and races for athletes representing their selected school. This year everyone ran in age grade races for girls and for boys. Our athletes, who were selected according to the previous format, performed well in very competitive circumstances.

Juliet Moorhead placed 22nd in the U15 event.

The New Zealand Girls team placed 6th overall in the U18 event. The individual results were:
26th Ava Sutherland
29th Siena Mackley
32nd Kate Currie
34th Sascha Letica
35th Courtney Fitzgibbon
39th Poppy Healy
40th Lucy McLean
43rd Maia Holden
45th Annabel Tuck
58th Giselle Kenworthy
62nd Maria Revelant

The New Zealand Boys team placed 5th overall in the U18s. Individual results being:
18th Caleb Wagener
27th James McLeay
36th Jack Erikson
37th Max Tuttle
40th Max Wildbore
45th Harry Witheridge
48th Isaac Kirkpatrick
61st Toby Caro
64th Max Doherty
72nd Stanley Bateman
75th Angus Sevier
85th Quincy Cutts

NZSSAA U17 and U18 Team to the Australian National Championships, Adelaide, April 15-19 2024

2 May 2024 8:30pm

Congratulations to our team for their fine performances at the Australian Athletics Championships recently held in Adelaide.

The Australian Athletics Nationals Experience in Adelaide 2024 was a fantastic experience for our U17 and U18 athletes. Some incredible results from our team of athletes. Highlights have to be Imogen Barlow who took out a trifecta of Gold Medals for the WU17 800m, 1500m and 3000m, and each time she was well ahead of the next runner. Para Athlete Charli Gardiner-Hall also had a number of medal successes with a Gold in the F37 Discus, Silvers in the F37 Shot Put and Javelin. Cooper Wightman also with his Gold in the MU18 800m and followed that up with a Silver in the MU18 1500m.

Our other medalists included a silver for Kendra Scally-Tu’I for WU17 200m; bronze for Zarah Rattray in the WU18 400m Hurdles, Karmen Maritz with a Gold in the WU17 Discus, Melelosaline Lose with a bronze in the WU18 Discus, Asher Robertson with a Silver in the MU17 High Jump competition, Noa King bronze medal in the MU17 400m and Jacqui Nasrabadi with a bronze in the WU17 Long Jump.

The level of competition in Australia was of a significant standard, and this was certainly appreciated by all of our athletes – because of this, the athletes achieved new PBs and were very close to podium placings.

The overall experience for our team was incredibly valuable, and it is my hope the athletes and their families continue to seek out international competition as they progress through their athletics journey in coming years.

Special thanks to Assistant Team Managers Owen Westerhout, Annmarie McDonald and Team Physio Tony Snell.

Judy Revell
Team Manager

Assistant Team Manager/Coach Positions at 2024 Australian Track and Field Championships

15 January 2024 12:00pm

Expressions of interest are called for the position(s) of an Assistant Team Manager/Coaches for the NZSSAA team to the 2024 Australian Track and Field Championships, in Adelaide, Australia. The team will travel from Saturday 13th to Saturday 20th April 2024.

These positions will be to support the Team Leader Judith Revell and a selected NZSSAA Under 18 team. Experience at major track & field championships is recommended.

Interested applicants should make an EOI before the 31st of January 2024.

See past news items in the archive.