PSC CC Team News 3.8.09

Hi everyone
What a fantastic training session we had a week ago at Roto Kohatu - a real good workout and a 95% turnout approx. - AMAZING. Thanks to the Christchurch Avon Athletic Club older runners who came to help us out also - but great to see lots of parents trying to keep up!.

Well done to all of you who ran on Saturday at the NZXC Champs at Halswell Quarry - great to see a number of PSC CC Team singlets in the 1.5km Fun Run doing so well. See results later of the Grade 12 and Grade 14 races where our runners were involved.

As you can see below we have three sessions over the next 10 days, Wednesday at Woodend, Saturday see the Port Hills CC Races and next Thursday we have our Barnett Park Hill run to the caves.

1. Training @ Woodend Domain: 4.30-5.15pm Wednesday 5 August
A reminder that our second team training session is on Wednesday 5 August. Please meet by 4.30pm at WOODEND BEACH DOMAIN-
Woodend Beach Road - look at this map and zoom in. Head North (those coming from town) and turn off just before Woodend township at Woodend Beach Road and go right to the end. We will do some hill springing and hill running on the sand dunes followed by a group run. It will again be a tough workout!

2. Port Hills Cross Country Races this Saturday (our third official training run) 8 August
Saturday 8 August: Port Hills U17 CC Races at Hansen Park, Hawford Road, Opawa
All PSC CC Team members are able to run - please wear your club singlet or your PSC CC Team singlet (you have to ask your running club if they will let you wear this).
Please enter at the Port Hills Clubrooms by 1.30pm - entry is free and open to anyone.
Race Times, Ages and Distances:
2.00pm Boys and Girls 10 and Under as at 31/12/09 2km
2.10pm Boys and Girls 11 and 12 as at 31/12/09 2km
2.20pm Boys and Girls 13 and 14 as at 31/12/09 3km
2.20pm Boys and Girls 15 and 16 as at 31/12/093km
Spikes may be worn as the course is all on grass.
Playground available for the little ones, no coffee close by really.
We have a few other runners running trying to qualify for the team.

3. Next training run: 4.30pm Thursday 12 August Barnett Park, Main Road, Redcliffs

4. New Zealand Cross Country Champs Results from Saturday - PSC CC Team Runners
Girls 2000 Metre Run CC 12&Under
1 432 Power, Maeve 97 Pakuranga Athletic Club 7:24

7 461 Daly, Frances 97 Port Hills Athletic Club 7:50
8 236 Dryden, Natalie 97 Christchurch Avon AC 7:51
9 237 Freeman, Georgia 98 Christchurch Avon AC 7:55 2nd G11
11 498 Ireland, Olivia 97 Sumner Running Club 7:57
12 242 Keenan, Sabine 97 Christchurch Avon AC 7:57
13 529 Vincent, Libby 97 University Canterbury AC 8:00
14 243 Meynell, Kate 97 Christchurch Avon AC 8:00
15 449 Brotheridge, Hannah 98 Papanui Toc H Athletic Cl 8:06
17 241 Heath, Dominique 98 Christchurch Avon AC 8:17
18 337 Lane, Saskia 98 North Canterbury Athletic 8:18
19 496 Harrison, Sophie 97 Sumner Running Club 8:22
20 494 Gale, Simone 97 Sumner Running Club 8:23
22 497 Ineson, Imogen 97 Sumner Running Club 8:25

Boys 2000 Metre Run CC 12&Under
1 442 Pallister, Jake 97 Pakuranga Athletic Club 7:00

4 339 Eglesfield, Fergus 98 North Canterbury Athletic 7:20 1st B11
7 459 Stamper, Caleb 97 Papanui Toc H Athletic Cl 7:24
8 257 Eustace, Sean 97 Christchurch Avon AC 7:26
9 328 Taylor, Corey 97 New Brighton Athletic Clu 7:36
12 530 Boyd, William 98 University Canterbury AC 7:58
13 258 Fairhall, Latham 98 Christchurch Avon AC 7:58
14 268 Primmer, Joshua 98 Christchurch Avon AC 7:59
15 502 Beckett, Liam 97 Sumner Running Club 8:01
16 249 Bailey, Angus 98 Christchurch Avon AC 8:02

Girls 3k Run CC 14&Under
1 355 Lynch, Susannah 96 Olympic Harrier Club 11:22

13 448 Ashton, Emily 96 Papanui Toc H Athletic Cl 12:29
14 336 Ladd, Zoe 96 North Canterbury Athletic 12:29
16 322 Maisey, Olivia 96 New Brighton Athletic Clu 12:49
20 450 Lyons, Mary 97 Papanui Toc H Athletic Cl 13:36

Boys 3k Run CC 14&Under
1 304 Muggeridge, Andrew 95 Hinemoa Aac 10:13
2 343 Oliver, Craig 95 North Canterbury Athletic 10:20 PSC CC Team Captain 2008

8 254 Coats, Daniel 96 Christchurch Avon AC 10:55 2nd B13
11 532 Greenslade, Guy 96 University Canterbury AC 11:10
15 259 Findlay, Nicholas 96 Christchurch Avon AC 11:50
21 506 Pritchard, Ryland 96 Sumner Running Club 13:03

A number of PSC CC Team runners ran in the 1.5km Fun Run - there are no official results but some great running from Zander Wager for 3rd and Paige and Taylor Waddington 4th and 5th approx, and Chris Dryden up there too.
Sorry if I missed you from the results by mistake.

5. Consent/Medical/ Principal Permission forms and Fees
Please bring any remaining consent forms and fees to Woodend/Port Hills/ Barnett Park so we can get out a phone/address/email list to you so you can pool transport etc. Your details will only appear on this list if you have filled in the consent form. We also needed signed permission from your principal (and ask them for financial support too at the same time!).

6. Photos
David Eglesfield david_louise@xtra.co.nz has probably already sent you a link to his Snap fish albums where you can order his excellent photos of our runs and races. If he hasn't, email him. If you do not want photos on our blog page, please email me and I will do the best I can to make sure they don't appear. What super shots from Roto Kohatu - some of them are on a slideshow on our blog.

7. Lost Property
There has been a Polo Shirt lost from the first meeting on Tuesday 21 July taht was used for sizing. It was a size 10 and belongs to Hamish Findlay. If you have it please email Ann-Marie

That's about it now. Just remember you should be tired by the tough training you are doing now - so don't be disappointed if your racing isn't producing results - training now takes effect 4-5 weeks later!

See you Wednesday at Woodend Domain.
Paul and team.
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