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2 and 5 Months to go (April 22)

Hi everyone, ex PSC team members and FOS old boys and girls....Happy Easter to you all....

TODAY marks TWO MONTHS exactly till the PSC Cross Country at Halswell Quarry where the Year 5/6 team is selected and the Year 7/8s qualify for the next round (by the way, Year 7/8s will start at the same place as Year 5/6s and do a 2km lap followed by a 1km lap up the hill - this will avoid congestion at the start).
It is also FIVE MONTHS exactly to the IRXC2011 in Blenheim. I have just been there and all is go for our three days there. The course looks good, could be pretty muddy....has a few narrow tracks but also wide spaces and sheep and cow pooh also...a few small rises and is great for spectators...I have video of the whole course so will show that later in July.

There is a cool new Aquatic Centre being built which we plan to visit...a neat venue for our meal that takes 200...the accommodation is all booked....as is Tutis Cafe for lunch on the way back in Kaikoura...so all is go and Nicky from Blenheim, the organiser, is excited about us coming.

Year 9s - a reminder Canty Sec. Schools Road Race is Thursday 19 May, Canty. Sec. Schools CC is Tuesday 31 May and NZ Sec. Schools CC is Saturday 18 June in Ashburton.

Everyone - SBS Mara'Fun is ON....Sunday 5 June .... 2.5km for aged 12 and below and 5km for aged 13+ (age on day)...also NZ Cross Country Champs are in Christchurch on Saturday 23 July (must be registered with a club to run in these).

See you all later
Paul:)

2011 Dates:

Sunday 5 June 2011:
SBS 2.5km and 5.5km Mara'Fun
Wednesday 22 June 2011:
PSC Cross Country - Halswell Quarry - Year 5/6 PSC CC Teams selected
Wednesday 6 July 2011:
Year 7/8 Primaries vs. Intermediates Cross Country - Halswell Quarry (or possibly Roto Kohatu if Halswell is wet) -Year 7/8 PSC CC Teams selected
Thursday 22 September 2011:
IRXC2011 - Inter Regional Cross Country 2011 - Wither Hills Reserve, Blenheim

Phil Costley Cross Country Shield Shared

The Phil Costley Shield, the symbol of Primary and Intermediate Schools’ Cross Country supremacy, was shared between the Canterbury and Wellington Regional teams at Hanmer Springs on Thursday. Over 275 Year 5 to 8 school children from Canterbury, Tasman and Wellington took part in sunny and windy conditions with a backdrop of snow covered hills in the sixth Inter-Regional Cross Country Championships (IRXC). Canterbury, who had wrestled the shared shield from Wellington in Nelson in 2009, were dominant in the Year 7 age groups, due to having Athletics New Zealand 2010 Cross country champion, Ari Graham (no.704) , winning the girls’ race and Angus Bailey (no.752), winning his third IRXC title in a row in the boys. Wellington’s strength was in the Year 8 age groups. IRXC 2007 winner Kelsey Forman, led in four of her team mates for a clean sweep in the girl’s race. With one race to go over the very testing 1.1km course, the shield lay in the balance with Wellington trailing by one point. The final race of the day saw IRXC history being made when Wellington’s Noah Billingsley took out his fourth Inter-Regional title in a row after a competitive race with Tasman’s Sam Mackay-Wright and Canterbury’s Fergus Eglesfield. Billingsley’s victory ensured a win for his team and the shield would be shared for the second time.

The closest race of the day was in the Year 5 Girls’ race where Canterbury’s Georgia Stroud, daughter of Canterbury Tactix Coach, Helen Mahon-Stroud, out sprinted her team and school mate, Mya Graham, on the line, to win by 0.38 seconds. Tasman were very competitive in the younger age groups, winning two team silver medals. They also won their first IRXC title for two years when Nelson’s Ben Hamer dominated the Year 6 boys’ race.

World Schools’ Cross Country Champion, Margot Gibson and New Zealand running legend, Phil Costley, whom the shield is named after, presented the Shield and Medals.

2010 Inter Regional Cross Country Championships

Thursday 23 September, Woodland Walk Reserve, Hanmer Springs

W = Primary Sport Wellington, C = Primary Sports Canterbury, T = Tasman Schools (Nelson and Marlborough)

Year 5 Girls 2200m

Georgia Stroud(C) 10.50.00 1, Mya Graham(C) 10.50.38 2, Eden Bastiaanse(C) 11.00 3.

Teams: (first 4 runners to count) Canterbury A 10 (Stroud, Graham, Bastiaanse, Rhian Brotheridge 4) 1, Tasman A 38 2, Wellington A 40 3.

Year 5 Boys 2200m

Nikolai Allen(W) 9.49 1, Byron Heath(C) 9.56 2, Callum Brooker(W) 10.03 3.

Teams: Wellington A 15(Allen, Brooker, Patrick White 5, Matthew Sutcliffe 6) 1, Canterbury A 25 2, Wellington B 45 3.

Year 6 Girls 2200m

Lucy Turner(C) 10.24 1, Madison Nydham(W) 10.37 2, Harriet Bush(C) 10.40 3.

Teams: Canterbury A 17 (Turner, Bush, Tegan Duffy 5, Arlia Schurr 8), Wellington A 19 2, Wellington B 50 3.

Year 6 Boys 2200m

Ben Hamer(T) 9.37 1, Eden Cruise(W) 9.45 2, Arlo Herriot(W) 9.48 3.

Teams: Wellington A 16 (Cruise, Herriot, Gus Reece 6, Joshua Nairne 8) 1, Tasman A 25 2, Canterbury A 34 3.

Year 7 Girls 3300m

Ari Graham(C) 15.45 1, Jessica Anderson(C) 15.54 2, Georgia Grenfell(W) 16.11 3.

Teams: Canterbury A 12 1 (Graham, Anderson, Ella Harris 4, Saskia Lane 5) 1, Wellington A 25 2, Canterbury B 44 3.

Year 7 Boys 3300m

Angus Bailey(C) 14.24 1, Tom Moulai(C) 14.38 2, Cameron Bartlett(C) 14.52 3.

Teams: Canterbury A 11 1 (Bailey, Moulai, Bartlett, Josh Primmer 5) 1, Wellington A 25 2, Canterbury B 48 3.

Year 8 Girls 3300m

Kelsey Forman(W) 15.19 1, Josie Kozyniak(W) 15.38 2, Alison Andrews-Paul(W) 15.49 3.

Teams: Wellington A 10 (Forman, Kozyniak, Andrews-Paul, Phoebe Anderson 4), Canterbury A 31 2, Wellington B 40 3.

Year 8 Boys 3300m

Noah Billingsley(W) 14.13 1, Sam Mackay-Wright(T) 14.24 2, Fergus Eglesfield(C) 14.28 3.

Teams: Wellington A 18 (Billingsley, Jonathan Beresford 4, Andrew Kelly 6, Logan Archer 7) 1, Canterbury A 31 2, Tasman A 43 3.

Phil Costley Shield (overall top region)

Canterbury 19, Wellington 19 1st=, Tasman 10 3rd

Phil Costley Shield Shared (again)

Phil Costley with the shared Shield named after him

The Phil Costley Shield is off to Wellington....but only for six months....as both Wellington and Canterbury have shared it after the IRXC2010 in Hanmer Springs on Thursday 23 September.

Wellington's strength in the Year 8 events secured the shared result after the Primary Sports Canterbury team took a strong hold after super runs from both the Canterbury Year 7 teams.

Canterbury were the holders of the Phil Costley Shield from the 2009 competition in Nelson after sharing it with Wellington in 2008.

For full results go to IRXC2010 Results look at the bottom of the page

Christchurch Avon Road Champs 11.9.10

Club/ School Code:
CHA = Christchurch Avon
PSC = Primary Sports Canterbury CC Team
UNI = University
PHO = Phoenix
PHL = Port Hills
SUM = Sumner
FOS = Fendalton Open-air School
CPS = Cashmere Primary
COB = Cobham Intermediate

Race Place Name Grade Club Time Distance

17 Thomas Clarke B7 CHA 8.33 2km

13 Jamie Marshall-Lee B8 FOS 8.14 2km
18 Renzo Makoni B8 FOS 8.34 2km
22 Nick Cooke B8 CHA 9.04 2km
25 Michael Hermans B8 CHA 9.20 2km
28 Fin Smith B8 CHA 10.12 2km

1 Byron Heath B10 CHA/PSC 6.50 2km
2 Cole Dwyer B10 PSC 6.51 2km
4 Callum Haughin B10 PSC 7.26 2km
5 Alex Emslie B10 CHA/PSC 7.30 2km
6 Saxon Morgan B10 UNI/PSC 7.33 2km
8 Celyn Richards B10 CHA 7.45 2km
9 Nathan Cochrane B10 UNI/PSC 7.53 2km
10 Matisse Makoni B10 FOS 7.57 2km
15 George Cooke B10 CHA 8.20 2km
16 Temwa Chileshe B10 CHA 8.29 2km
19 Logan Anderson B10 UNI/PSC 8.46 2km

3 Ben Marshall-Lee B11 UNI/PSC 7.19 2km

30 Holly Groeneweg G7 CHA 10.22 2km

24 Denver Stocks G8 CHA 9.09 2km
27 Maria Hendry G8 PHL 9.39 2km

12 Mya Graham G9 PHO/PSC 8.04 2km

7 Lorna Pairman G10 CHA/PSC 7.45 2km
14 Laura Clarke G10 CHA/PSC 8.14 2km
20 Isabella Sullivan G10 CPS 8.52 2km
21 Bayley Anderson G10 FOS 9.00 2km
23 Sophia Kennedy G10 SUM/PSC 9.06 2km
26 Charlotte Freeman G10 CHA 9.22 2km
29 Samantha Fairhall G10 CHA 10.13 2km

11 Georgia Hendry G11 PHL/PSC 8.03 2km

38 Callum Long B11 PSC 11.34 3km
46 Lwamba Chileshe B11 CHA/PSC 12.08 3km
48 Ben Smith B11 CHA 12.15 3km
52 Chris Dryden B11 CHA 12.27 3km

33 Angus Bailey B12 CHA/PSC 10.47 3km
36 Sam Summerfield B12 PSC 11.03 3km
37 Josh Primmer B12 CHA/PSC 11.15 3km
47 Jayden Beckett B12 CHA/PSC 12.11 3km
55 Robert Sewell B12 CHA 14.29 3km
56 Jake Bevan B12 CHA 14.29 3km

31 Sean Eustace B13 CHA 10.23 3km
32 Matt Prest B13 CHA 10.26 3km
34 Cameron Avery B13 CHA/PSC 10.52 3km
39 Joseph Dwyer B13 PSC 11.36 3km
41 Jacob Reese-Jones B13 CHA 11.52 3km
60 Takanzwa Makoni B13 COB 16.08

35 Ari Graham G11 PHO/PSC 11.01 3km
49 Paige Waddington G11 CHA/PSC 12.17 3km
50 Savannah Wilson G11 CHA/PSC 12.23 3km
54 Anna Reese-Jones G11 CHA 13.44 3km

40 Georgia Freeman G12 CHA/PSC 11.50 3km
43 Dominique Heath G12 CHA/PSC 11.57 3km
44 Ella Hutchinson G12 PSC 11.58 3km
51 Laura Thomas G12 PSC 12.25 3km
57 Gabriella Kennedy G12 SUM 14.34 3km

42 Natalie Dryden G13 CHA/PSC 11.53 3km
45 Kate Meynell G13 CHA 12.04 3km
53 Libby Vincent G13 UNI/PSC 13.19 3km

58 Lauren Beckett G14 CHA 14.40 3km

PSC CC Team News 8.9.10

Hi everyone
Well, what a few days we have had! Some important news below with Sunday being cancelled the main news. Children now need to make 6 out of the 8 official sessions as listed previously.

Below, there is also some information about some races this Saturday and the Maryland's relay also as well as info. about our next training session on next Thursday, 16 September...and birthday boy Rainer wins GOLD...

Thanks to everyone who has sent in Cabin requests and Bio. info.

1. OMAKA CANCELLED THIS SUNDAY
I have been contacted by the Omaka Scout Camp and they say that we are not able to use their premises on Sunday due to problems associated with the Earthquake. We will therefore cancel the event planned for this Sunday. Sorry if this disrupts your plans. I have looked at alternate venues but places like Roto Kohatu and Halswell Quarry are not open either with Roto Kohatu especially in bad condition - look at link below from Dave Holland from CHA, if you are interested.
"We had a walk round Rotokohatu today - amazing. Pictures here; http://picasaweb.google.com/110316155414548875921/RotokohatuAfterEarthquake. The whole side of the lake has slipped so that the trees that were on the bank are now about 30-40m into the lake."

2. CONGRATULATIONS TO RAINER!...a report just through from his mum.......
"We have a little extra information hot off the press for Rainer’s profile details, (if it’s not too late, I know we’re past the deadline). He has just competed in the NZCT AIMS Games Multisport event and he came 1st. Yeha! We are very proud of him. He came out of the kayaking section third to last, (something we should work on!), then made it up in a massive effort in the mountain biking, and a tactical and fast run to finish off in first place. A great Birthday Bonus for his birthday today!"

3. MORE CANCELLATIONS.....if you are involved these events have been cancelled/postponed
- SCHOOLS' ORIENTEERING this weekend 11 and 12 September (Saturday at Halswell and Sunday at Woodend) has been postponed to an unknown date......
- TAKAHE to AKAROA Relay (maybe some parents/older siblings) on Saturday 18 September has been cancelled and may be replaced by some road race of some sort...

4. WELLINGTON and NELSON ARE VERY KEEN! Alison and the Wellington team are thinking of us all here in Canterbury as they gear up to take back the shield (yeah right!)...I received an email from them yesterday and they will have 3 bus loads of runners flying down then coming to Hanmer! Nelson athletes had a special IRXC trial race for their team last Saturday at Saxton Field (last year's venue for the IRXC09) and their coach says they are looking good!

5. RACES THIS SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER.... with the cancellation of the NZ Road Champs and now Omaka we need some races to help us get "race fit" so our bodies are ready to race hard in two weeks time...there are still two opportunities this Saturday to get in a race...so if you can make them, please try to get there...even if they are on the Road they still will be good opportunities to practice your race routine and try out some race tactics...will let you know if they are cancelled or have venue changes.....

1. North Canterbury Road Champs (with Papanui Toc-H, New Brighton, Port Hills and Rovers Clubs invited).
Venue: Nth Canty. Clubrooms, AMI Centre, East Belt, Rangiora (opposite Rangiora Highschool)
2.00pm B/G Under 10 2km
2.10pm B/G Under 12 and 14 3km
For more details and course map see:

Final details

2. Christchurch Avon Road Champs
CHA Club Road Championships - North Hagley Park, 11.9.10
Meet 1.45pm at Corner Deans Ave and Riccarton Ave (opposite Riccarton Road) for a mass start at 2.30pm. Grade B/G10 and Under 2km, Grade B11-13 and Grade G11-14 3km, Grade W15+ and M14+ 5km.

6. NEXT TRAINING: 4.30pm-5.15pm THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER HALSWELL QUARRY: (If the Quarry is still closed I will advise as soon as I can of an alternate venue)

This will now be an important event and we will have races...so you can get ready...so the day will be as follows:
4.30pm SHARP Meet and greet - PSC Booklets will be handed out with Biography Details of team members, Itinerary, Gear List, Transport list, Sleeping arrangements and other details
4.35pm Teams do their own warm up over 1km lap
4.45pm Year 5 (and under) and Year 6 Race - Boys and Girls 2km (2 laps)
4.55pm Year 7 and 8 Race 3km (3 laps)
5.10pm Warm Down
Please try to make it to this event. IT DOESN'T MATTER where you come in this race but use it as a practice for a week later -ie prepare for it in the same way with no food for 3 hours, warm up etc. and wear shoes and gear you will at Hanmer. Try your race tactics out etc.

Another event that would be ideal to attend as a lead up to 23 September is......

7. SUNDAY 19 September: Marylands Children's Relay 19.9.10 (Not an official PSC Training event but well worth having a go!))
Everyone is invited to run in this 4 x 1km relay at 1.00pm at Marylands Reserve. No need to be with a running club and it is all on grass and a great opportunity for a blow out over 1km with your spikes before resting up.

If you would like to run (and are not already running in a club team), please fill in the below form by SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER - anyone can run, no need to be registered or a club member. I will put you in a team. See this form:

CHILDREN'S RELAY ENTRY FORM SUNDAY 19.9.10

That's all for now. Do keep safe and do try to get out for a run if you can but I understand if you can't. Attached is a photo of part of Castle Rock that fell off on Saturday morning...I ran past it yesterday and it is huge..glad it didn't come down any further towards my house!

See some of you on Saturday or next Thursday.

Paul:)