CHA 1km Challenge 14.8.10

Hi guys
Great to see some of the PSC CC Team (in RED) at the 1km Challenge today.....
Below are the results of our CHA 1km Challenge at Bottle lake Forest. We had 86 runners (from CHA, UNI, PSC CC Team and friends) and everyone won an award! Well done! Thanks to the parents for their support and to those who took times etc. Please email us if you see any errors. Thanks

Ella Harris's mum (Rachel) has also taken some super photos of the event see: http://cid-c84cea90c87dca3f.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/CHAV%201km%20Challenge%20-%2014%20August%202010

Riley Richards M 5 Gold 4.44
Beau Sayer M 5 Gold 4.51
Robson Foulkes M 5 Gold 5.25

Easton Stocks M 6 Gold 4.45

William Emslie M 7 Gold 4.15
Josh Keenan M 7 Gold 4.17
Thomas Clarke M 7 Gold 4.19
Moe Gath M 7 Gold 4.33
Ryan Cochrane M 7 Gold 4.40
Michael Hermens M 7 Gold 4.40

Zak Foulkes M 8 Gold 4.02
Nick Cooke M 8 Gold 4.19
Mitchell Langley M 8 Silver 4.49
Fin Smith M 8 Bronze 4.59
Shilo Edmonds M 8 Bronze 5.11

Alex Emslie M 9 Gold 3.50
Liam Foulkes M 9 Gold 3.58
Jay Sprott M 9 Silver 4.08
Louis Harris M 9 Silver 4.08
Logan Mehlhopt M 9 Bronze 4.37
Tom Hadfield M 9 Bronze 4.49

Harrison Brown M 10 Gold 3.28
Byron Heath M 10 Gold 3.33
Nick Moulai M 10 Gold 3.40
Nathan Cochrane M 10 Gold 3.41
Saxon Morgan M 10 Gold 3.42
Jordan Mehlhopt M 10 Silver 4.05
George Cooke M 10 Silver 4.08
Satori Dobbie M 10 Silver 4.12
Cairo Stocks M 10 Bronze 4.18
Christian Firth M 10 Bronze 4.25

Josh Primmer M 11 Gold 3.25
Chris Dryden M 11 Silver 3.47
Ben Smith M 11 Silver 3.52
Jacob Bevan M 11 Silver 3.58

Tom Moulai M 12 Gold 3.13
Andrew Jones M 12 Gold 3.24
Jacob Reese-Jones M 12 Silver 3.33
Robert Sewell M 12 Silver 3.50

Tannock Blair M 13 Gold 3.06
Sean Eustace M 13 Gold 3.06
Jake Marryatt M 13 Gold 3.09
Caleb Stamper M 13 Gold 3.12
Matt Prest M 13 Gold 3.14

Matt Dryden M 14 Gold 2.59
Guy Greenslade M 14 Gold 3.01
Josh Kokich M 14 Silver 3.29
Liam Tyrrell M 14 Silver 3.31

Holly Groeneweg W 6 Gold 4.36

Maria Hendry W 7 Gold 4.17

Lucy Kokich W 8 Gold 4.06
Denver Stocks W 8 Gold 4.14
Gaby McKellar W 8 Gold 4.25
Molly Leckie W 8 Silver 4.31
Eva Watson W 8 Silver 4.51
Meg Kokich W 8 Silver 4.53
Baileigh O'Sullivan W 8 Bronze 5.16
Olivia Findlay W 8 Bronze 5.39

Georgia Stroud W 9 Gold 3.45
Laura Clarke W 9 Gold 3.46
Tara Keenan W 9 Gold 4.13
Stephanie Lee W 9 Silver 4.41

Lorna Pairman W 10 Gold 3.50
Lousie Daly W 10 Gold 3.53
Charlotte Freeman W 10 Silver 4.23
Brittany Findlay W 10 Bronze 4.49

Taylor Waddington W 11 Gold 3.44
Paige Waddington W 11 Gold 3.46
Savannah Wilson W 11 Gold 3.47
Dominique Heath W 11 Gold 3.49
Sammy Kokich W 11 Silver 3.51
Charlotte Blair W 11 Silver 3.53
Georgia Hendry W 11 Silver 4.03
Anna Reese-Jones W 11 Silver 4.07

Frances Daly W 12 Gold 3.25
Georgia Freeman W 12 Gold 3.32
Ella Harris W 12 Gold 3.32
Natalie Dryden W 12 Gold 3.37
Sabine Keekan W 12 Gold 3.38
Laura Thomas W 12 Gold 3.39
Rebecca Gillett W 12 Silver 3.48
Ella Hutchinson W 12 Silver 3.53
Charlotte Hadfield W 12 Silver 3.55
Millie Johnstone W 12 Silver 3.56
Abby Williamson W 12 Silver 3.59

Kate Meynell W 13 Gold 3.29

Awards Categories:TARGET TIMES (age on the day)
BOYS GIRLS
Gold/Silver/Bronze AGE Gold/Silver/Bronze
5m20/5m50/6m20 5yrs 5m30/6m10/6m35
5m00/5m30/6m00 6yrs 5m10/5m50/6m15
4m40/5m10/5m40 7yrs 4m50/5m30/5m55
4m20/4m50/5m20 8yrs 4m30/5m15/5m45
4m00/4m30/5m00 9yrs 4m15/4m50/5m30
3m45/4m15/4m40 10yrs 4m00/4m35/5m10
3m35/4m05/4m30 11yrs 3m50/4m20/5m05
3m30/3m55/4m20 12yrs 3m45/4m10/4m55
3m25/3m45/4m05 13yrs 3m40/4m05/4m45
3m15/3m40/4m00 14yrs 3m35/4m00/4m35
3m10/3m35/3m55 15yrs 3m30/3m55/4m25
3m05/3m30/3m50 16+yrs 3m25/3m50/4m15

PSC CC Team News 11.8.10

Hi everyone
Great to see 70 out of the 82 of the team at Barnett Park tonight with the Year 7 boys having a full turn out - well done boys and the Year 6 and 7 Girls and Year 5 and 6 Boys only having one missing. The track was great today and many of you are very fit as I can say it was the fastest we have ever made it up to the cave and with no big gaps either - well done to the heroes who did a second lap: Ari and Ella Harris for the girls, Zander and Callum Haughin and lots of the Year 8 boys - well done guys! Sophie discovered a very quick way down the hill - on her bottom and we didn't see a "hobo" in the cave but a few people tried out his shower!

1. Freddo Frog winners today were: (from memory - please let me know mistakes)
Year 5 Girls: Mya and Eden
Year 5 Boys: Iain and Mitchell
Year 6 Girls: Liberty and Zoe (great to meet Liberty today, all the way from Hinds!)
Year 6 Boys: Nick and Harrison
Year 7 Girls: Laura and Saskia
Year 7 Boys: Jayden and Jaiden-Lee
Year 8 Girls: Beanie (Sabine) and Libby
Year 8 Boys: - hadn't come back by the time I left - hopefully they still aren't out there!

2. (Non Compulsory) THIS SATURDAY 14 August - CHA 1km CHALLENGE meet 1.45pm for a 2.30pm time trial start at Bottle Lake Forest, Waitakiri Drive - go to the blue CHA ezi-up: EVERYONE WELCOME! To help with recording, if possible, sign up here by Friday: CHA 1km CHALLENGE
Your chance to win a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award depending on what time you can do for a 1km time trial on the road at Bottle Lake Forest - depends on your age on the day. Run 500m out and then 500m back. The standards are Internationally based and last year we had some super performances and many gold certificates handed out. Anyone is able to run, all ages and non club members welcome. For those not wanting to run a 1km, there is the forest tracks for a good training run too.
Awards Categories:TARGET TIMES (age on the day)
BOYS GIRLS
Gold/Silver/Bronze Gold/Silver/Bronze
4m40/5m10/5m40 7yrs 4m50/5m30/5m55
4m20/4m50/5m20 8yrs 4m30/5m15/5m45
4m00/4m30/5m00 9yrs 4m15/4m50/5m30
3m45/4m15/4m40 10yrs 4m00/4m35/5m10
3m35/4m05/4m30 11yrs 3m50/4m20/5m05
3m30/3m55/4m20 12yrs 3m45/4m10/4m55
3m25/3m45/4m05 13yrs 3m40/4m05/4m45
3m15/3m40/4m00 14yrs 3m35/4m00/4m35
3m10/3m35/3m55 15yrs 3m30/3m55/4m25
3m05/3m30/3m50 16+yrs 3m25/3m50/4m15

3. Training Requirements:
Just a reminder that to be part of the team you HAVE TO ATTEND 7 out of the 10 named training sessions/ races. A few of you have missed 2 out of the four so far, so please make sure you get to the rest. Last year we had to remove a runner from the team for not attending the required amount. A reminder it is a privilege to run for your province and our team is BY FAR the hardest Canterbury Representative team to make. All of you were given the training dates on either 16 or 30 June before you agreed to be team members. A big thanks to all of you who travel big distances and rearrange other commitments to get to training.

4. PORT HILLS UNDER 17 XC Results:
For those of you who ran on Saturday, click this link to get to the results: PORT HILLS RESULTS then click on 2010 results

5. NEXT TRAINING RUN: 4.30pm - 5.15pm Thursday 19 August @ Halswell Quarry
We will do some hill work and reps but we will not go too hard for those who have the Canterbury Road Championships on Saturday 21 August.

See you Saturday or next Thursday.
Cheers
Paul:)

Ports Hills XC and NZXC - Ari NZ Champ!

Hi all
Well done everyone on your racing today....60 of the team racing today at the Port Hills Under 17 Cross Country races with the Year 5, 6 and 7 Boys all having 9 runners there. It is great to have a race as part of your training as you will never run as fast in training that you can in a race...also a good chance to try some different tactics when the results don't matter too much, some of you were looking very good and the training is paying off...others are running themselves into form and others are coming back after injuries.... and many others raced from sports in the morning to race...we will let you know when results are out...I have a few certificates to hand out on Wednesday too.....

Congratulations to ARI GRAHAM (Year 7 Girls - pictured winning at Waikanae by David Eglesfield) who won the G12 New Zealand Cross Country Championships in Waikanae, Wellington today - a fantastic effort! Fergus Eglesfield (Year 8 Boys) was 4th and Angus Bailey (Year 7 Boys) was 6th in the B12 race with Fergus only 13 seconds off the winner. Ella Harris (Year 7 Girls) was second Senior Women on handicap in the Governor's Bay to Lyttelton 10k Handicap Road Race this morning in about 41.40.

See you Wednesday at Barnett Park, 4.30pm.
Cheers
Paul:)

NZ Cross Country Champion ARI GRAHAM!!!

Ari Graham, Year 7 Girls, has just won the New Zealand Cross country Championships in Waikanae, Wellington. Ari, Grade 11, so still has another year in the grade, won by 4 secs. in 7.29. CONGRATULATIONS. Fergus Eglesfield was 4th and Angus Bailey 6th in the Boys 12 Grade, so some very tough competition for them!

PSC CC Team News 3.8.10

Hi guys
Great to see so many of you out tonight - 75 of the team with the Year 5 Boys and Year 7 and 8 Girls having 100% attendance. It was a tough session and it was super to see you putting in a big effort on those tough hills - hope you can continue to practice that hill springing over the next few weeks.
1. Sprint Kings and Queens of the Dunes:
Well done to the following who are the champion sprinters on the sand and proud recipients of the orange tennis ball:
Year 5 Girls: Eden Bastiannse
Year 5 Boys: Byron Heath
Year 6 Girls: Zoe Van Eekelen
Year 6 Boys: Zander Wager
Year 7 Girls: Georgia Freeman
Year 7 Boys: Tom Moulai
Year 8 Girls: Libby Vincent
Year 8 Boys: Josh McKay
....but will they be our sprint champions at Halswell a week out from the IRXC2010?

2. LONE STAR runners of the day at Woodend:
Congratulations to......
Year 5 Girls: Laura Clarke
Year 5 Boys: Saxon Morgan
Year 6 Girls: Lucy Turner
Year 6 Boys: Cole Dwyer
Year 7 Girls: Paige Waddington
Year 7 Boys: Hugo Jones
Year 8 Girls: Sophie Smythe
Year 8 Boys: Rainer Pye

3. THIS SATURDAY 7 August - PORT HILLS U17 CROSS COUNTRY:

No pre- entry, just enter on the day by 1.30pm at the Port Hills Clubrooms, Hansen Park, Hawford Road, Opawa. You may wear your PSC CC Team singlet (as long as your club allows you to) and spikes are useful as it can be slippery, although the 1km lap is pretty much flat. CAN ALL YEAR 8 GIRLS PLEASE RUN THE 3km race at 2.20pm - even if you are still 12 on 31/12/10.

2.00pm Boys and Girls 10 and Under as at 31/12/10 2km

2.10pm Boys and Girls 11 and 12 as at 31/12/10 2km

2.20pm Boys and Girls 13 and 14 as at 31/12/10 3km

2.20pm Boys ands Girls 15 and 16 as at 31/12/10 3km

4. NEXT TRAINING RUN - Wednesday 11 August 4.30-5.15pm at Barnett Park, Main Road, Redcliffs: Travel out towards Sumner on the Main Road, go over the Ferrymead Bridge, past the McCormacks Bay Reserve, past Redcliffs School on your right and take the next turn right after Cave Terrace into the Barnett Park Car park. We will run up the Barnett Park Walkway, discovering a couple of caves and run back down to the park. All on grass and tracks. Playground available for the little ones. “The Spur” Cafe in Redcliffs is closest for coffee or pick one up at “Mudfish”, “Casual and Country” or WAC (Drive through!) at Ferrymead on the way.

5. POLO SHIRTS:
Hopefully you all have your now - if not, please email us. We will let you know when the Jackets and Shorts are ready for those who ordered them.

6. NZ Cross Country Champs:
All the best to Ari Graham, Angus Bailey and Fergus Eglesfield who will be running in the New Zealand Cross Country Champs in Waikanae on Saturday. The will be competing for their clubs in the Girls 12 and Boys 12 2km races.

See you on Saturday.
Cheers
Paul:)

PSC CC Team News 26.7.10

Hi guys

1. TRAINING AT ROTO KOHATU TONIGHT:

Wow, what a great training session tonight with 73 of the team there and many others as well - well over 100 in total. Well done to the Year 5 Girls and the Year 7 Girls who had 100% attendance! It was a tough session and you should be tired! Especially those who competed in the Canterbury Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Don't worry if you couldn't keep up with all your team mates, it is about YOU and how you are training and how much effort YOU put in. I know the Year 5 boys all put in a big effort, as I was making sure they were all training their best (from behind most of the time!). Training at this time should be tiring and tough, and you will grow in strength and endurance for that later part of your race later in the term.

Well done to our AWESOME EFFORT AWARD WINNERS:

Year 5 Boys: LOGAN ANDERSON

Year 5 Girls: LOUISE DALY

Year 6 Boys: BEN MARSHALL-LEE

Year 6 Girls: HARRIET BUSH

Year 7 Boys: TOM MOULAI

Year 7 Girls: DOMINIQUE HEATH

Year 8 Boys: "JOEY" DWYER

Year 8 Girls: MAIRI LAW

A special thanks to all parents who helped out and the CHRISTCHURCH AVON older Juniors who led the groups including World Schools' Cross Country Champion, Margot Gibson.

2. CANTERBURY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS:

An excellent effort from all of our athletes who ran (skidded and swam!) at Halswell on Saturday...Canterbury titles going to

B10: Byron Heath

G10: Lorna Pairman

B11: Harrison Brown

G11: Ari Graham (beat the G12, 13 and 14 girls too!)

B12: Fergus Eglesfield

G12: Jesse Anderson

The G13, B13, G14, B14, M16 and W16 winners were all past PSC CC Team members too! Well done to Jessica, Sean, Annie, Daniel, Zac and Lydia.

PHIL COSTLEY won his 103rd representative (Provincial and National) title when he easily won the Senior Race. We race for the PHIL COSTLEY Shield at Hanmer. Phil has confirmed he will be coming to the IRXC2010 at Hanmer and is even keen to come to the Canterbury Awards Dinner. (if he can get a ticket!......I actually put him on the list way before we were booked out thankfully!)

3. OTAGO INTEREST:

The Otago Primary Schools Sports Association sounds keen on the IRXC2010...hopefully they will send some runners and even some teams. They have their school champs on September 10th so will be in top form for 23 September.....

4. UNIFORMS:

If you need to change your singlet, I will bring them along next Tuesday to Woodend. All jacket and shorts orders have been sent through and hopefully the polo shirts will be ready soon...will let you know....

5. NEXT TEAM TRAINING RUN - Tuesday 3 August at Woodend Beach Domain:

Travel on the Northern Motorway and the Main North Road and turn right into Woodend Beach Rd (after Sandhills Road on your right) just before the Woodend Tavern, do not go into Woodend township. Travel right to the end of this road, past the Woodend Christian Camp on your left, to the road end. There is a car park at the Domain. We will do some hill work (hill springing) on the sand dunes and the beach as well as a run in the forest. Playgrounds available for the little ones and bring your thermos if you need coffee

Keep that training up this week and all the best to those running in the PTH U16 Road Relay on Saturday.

Cheers

Paul:)

PSC CC Team News 17.7.10

Hi guys
Great to see some you running today at the UNI (and Sophie, Y8 girls, winning the 4km! - see photo, Sophie was the Year 6 Girls' IRXC08 Champion in Wellington) and about 50 or so at Hanmer last Tuesday, including some teams with only one runner missing! I went back the next day and measured the course at 1135m, so the year 5/6 races will be 2270m and the year 7/8 races 3405m...and for those who didn't go, we now have a 2nd water crossing at the start of the lap (although it may dry up by September)...

Lots of news, so read on....

1. MEETING ON THIS TUESDAY 20 JULY
A reminder that we have our first team meting on this Tuesday, 20 July, 7.00pm at Fendalton School, 168 Clyde Road, Fendalton, in "The Village" - go down the driveway and look for the lights. It is very important that you come for the following reasons
- meet the team. your team and the managers
- get your PSC CANTERBURY singlet and SHOE CLINIC gear bag
- try on and order your Training Jacket and Shorts - both are optional
- get and fill out your Consent and Medical Form
- pay your fees, if you are not paying by Internet Banking
- get a contact list of other team members
-get your training schedule/log if you didn't get it at Hanmer
- hear about lots of important stuff!
PLEASE BRING A PEN AND THE PAYMENT/BOOKING FORM SHEET FROM YOUR SELECTION LETTER P7

2. PAYMENT OF FEES
A reminder payment of team costs ($160 with Polo or $140 those who already have a polo) and any optional uniform costs ($35 jacket and $25 shorts) for team members and managers should be paid by or at the meeting unless you have made arrangements with Bronwyn Manderson at PSC (Ph. 348 2450 or assistantsd@xtra.co.nz)
Payment can be made either directly to account 11 7888 0012478 01 (Please ensure you include your child’s name as a reference so that we know who has paid) or bring along on this Tuesday

3. TRAINING
Hopefully you are all following the schedule and filling out your log. The first few weeks is a concentration on Aerobic Conditioning with longer runs, time trials, effort running and fartlek work. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT component of your 10 weeks and pays off in the vital last 1/3 of your race - so don't take short cuts now! Please stay ON GRASS whenever possible.
Here are a couple of sessions that are open to you on Mondays:
- Christchurch Avon: 4.45pm-5.30pm @ Clubrooms, Burnside High, off Greers Road, opposite Jellie Park (or sometimes at Roto Kohatu) - will follow PSC Schedule, for more details email: christchurch.avon@gmail.com
- Port Hills: 4.30pm @ Halswell Quarry for Hillwork with Phil Chapman, for more details Ph. 322-4266 or email: jimmycricket@slingshot.co.nz

OUR FIRST TEAM TRAINING RUN IS MONDAY 26 JULY, 4.30-5.15pm, ROTO KOHATU RESERVE, airport end of Sawyers Arms Road, Harewood

4. PSC CC TEAM CANTERBURY AWARDS DINNER: 6.00pm THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, Hanmer Hot Springs Hotel, Fraser Close
Our annual awards dinner after the race is always a highlight and as well as enjoying a buffet dinner and dessert we have lots of awards, spot prizes, photos of the event and a great chance to relax and share the day with our families and supporters. All PSC team members and managers are automatically booked in and paid for but anyone else who wants to attend needs to fill in the online form and then pay on the night. The price is $20 for all ages - no adult/child price this year. PLEASE BOOK IN FAST as we can only take 250 in total and we sold out last year!

CANTERBURY AWARDS DINNER 23.9.10 BOOKING FORM

5. IRXC2010 WEB SITE
Athletics NZ has a web page dedicated to the event with results from the last five years, course map and information, see: IRXC2010 WEB SITE

Other info. will appear on our blog too: pscccteam.blogspot.com

6. PSC CANTERBURY SINGLETS
As mentioned above, these will be given out on Tuesday. You will have the singlet to lend for the next 9 weeks. Please always wear it with pride! PLEASE DO NOT WEAR YOUR SINGLET in inter-club races if you belong to a club, especially not in the Canterbury and NZ Cross Country or Road Championships. You may wear them at training sessions (or you Polo, when they arrive), club runs (if your club lets you), some lower key races (eg Port Hills CC, Marylands Relay etc.) and PSC races (eg Omaka). If unsure, please email me and ask your club captain if in a club. Singlets will be collected in AFTER your race on September 23 before you go to the Hot Pools.

7. PHYSIO
We are very fortunate to have a physio as one of our team managers. Jo Batchelor, works at the SportsMed on Bealey Ave and especially works with young people. She is keen to help out any of the team if you need a physio. SportsMed will also give us a loyalty programme - details to come (hopefully we don't need to use it too much!!!). To contact Jo try:
jbatchelor@sportsmed-nz.co.nz Ph. 366 0620.

8. SHOE CLINIC
Please, please support the Shoe Clinic at both High Street and Westfield Riccarton. They support us big time and I picked up a big box of prizes, gear bags and race pack bags form them the other day. They also subsidise our POLO SHIRTS by about 50% (by the way, they are printing them now, so shouldn't be too long till we get them!). You may be able to get shoes and gear cheaper but they give great service, 30 day shoe guarantee and they are our sponsors. Try Kevin (Riccarton) and Shaun (High Street) first. See message below.....

9. CONTACT LIST
If you DO NOT WANT your information shared with other team members, please email me before Monday. Due to our training sessions being all over Canterbury, it can be very handy to car pool to locations.

10. SPIKES
If you have some running spikes you would like to sell, please bring them along on Tuesday to the meeting. Spike are not essential but can be a real advantage in wet conditions.

See you all on Tuesday. IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT PLEASE EMAIL ME, especially if you have Shorts/Jackets orders as these will be given to the suppliers on Wednesday and there will be no late orders.
Cheers
Paul:)

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