PSC CC Team 2009 Training/Races/Meetings Dates

PSC CC Team 2009 Training/Races/Meetings Dates
Note: Times, dates and venues could change – view our blog for details: pscccteam.blogspot.com

If you run for a club and have training opportunities or Saturday races that our runners could attend please email Paul and he will advertise them: pscccteam@gmail.com. For details of CHA (Christchurch Avon Athletic Club) events please email: christchurch.avon@gmail.com

Note: Official PSC CC Team Meetings/ Training Runs and races are in BOLD and numbered i.e. you must attend at least 7 out of 10 of these. Of course, if you can, attend all of them as well as the unofficial runs/races!

Saturday 4 July: South Island Cross Country Championships – QE II Park Village Green
Saturday 11 July: University of Canterbury 2 / 4 km Handicap CC Races – University Oval

Thursday 16 July: Hanmer Training Trip, Meet 11.00am at the DOC Field Centre, on the left 2km up Jollies Pass Road, Hanmer Springs. Bring togs/towel, $7 children’s entry, $6 slides, $14 for those 16+. We will have a run and then a two-person relay around the 2007 IRCC course. Bring your spikes if you wish and definitely a change of shoes and socks as they will get wet!

Saturday 18 July: Canterbury Cross Country Championships – Halswell Quarry

Tuesday 21 July: 7-8.30pm (hopefully 8pm) Team Meeting for all Team members and Parents @ Fendalton School, 168 Clyde Rd. in “The Village”, down the driveway. We will meet each other, give out PSC CC Team singlets, try on jackets; shorts and the Team Polo Please bring a $50.00 non-refundable deposit made out to “Primary Sports Canterbury”. Parents may like to bring their chequebook and pay more fees if they wish.

Saturday 25 July: CHA King and Queen of the Mountain time trials. Meet 1.45pm at 1 Kinsey Terrace, Clifton Hill, Sumner. Please bring a plate of food for afternoon tea.

1. Monday 27 July: Training at Roto Kohatu Reserve, 4.30-5.15pm
Meet at Roto Kohatu Reserve, end of Sawyers Arms Road (airport end), Harewood. We will do a pyramid session (1,2,3 minute efforts), all on grass and in our age groups. No facilities or toilet but great Cross Country – need spikes if you have them.

Saturday 1 August: New Zealand Cross Country Championships – Halswell Quarry

2. Wednesday 5 August: Training at Woodend Domain, 4.30-5.15pm
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

3. 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 ands 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.


4. Thursday 13 August: Training at Barnett Park, Main Road, Redcliffs, 4.30-5.15pm
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.

Saturday 15 August: CHA 2 or 4km Bull n’ Cow Cross Country – meet 1.45pm for a 2.30pm start at Roto Kohatu Reserve, Airport end of Sawyers Arms Road

5. Tuesday 18 August: Training at Halswell Quarry, 4.30-5.15pm
Meet at the start of the PSC CC Course, Kennedys Bush Road. We will do some Hillwork on the PSC CC course, all on grass. No real playground but heaps of grass (and possibly mud/water) for the little ones. No coffee close by so bring your thermos. FINAL FEE PAYMENT DUE TODAY (unless arranged)

6. Wednesday 26 August: Training at Southbrook Park, Rangiora, 4.30-5.15pm
We will have a light fartlek (speed running over different distances) session.

7. Thursday 3 September: Training at Hagley Park with Phil Costley, 4.30-5.15pm
Meet at Hagley Park, by the Armagh St. bridge/ gates off Rolleston Ave for a run through the Avon River with Phil Costley, 30 x NZ Champion over Cross Country/track/road. We will compete for the Phil Costley Shield in Nelson and try to win it (we share it with Wellington! )The media of some sort have come to this run for the last few years.
Playground and coffee in the gardens or a coffee at the Museum or Le Cafe at the Arts Centre.

8. Saturday 5 September: PSC Cross Country Races, Roto Kohatu Reserve, Sawyers Arms Road
Meet 1.30pm. - 2.00pm Year 5/6 Girls, 2.15pm Year 5/6 Boys, 2.30pm Year 7/8 Girls, 2.45pm Year 7/8 Boys

Monday 7 September: AIMS CC Races Tauranga for some Intermediate runners

9. Sunday 13 September: PSC CC Team 3/4 CC Races and afternoon tea @ Omaka Scout Camp
2.00pm – 4.00pm approx. Omaka Scout Camp, Greywacke Road off Johns Road, Harewood. Please bring some afternoon tea to share, families welcome. Bring: your family, Canterbury Singlet, spikes (if you have them), change of socks/shoes - they will get wet as we cross a river! And some afternoon tea to share,

10. Thursday 17 September: Training at Halswell Quarry, 4.30pm-5.15pm
Same details as earlier. We will practise our start, jog over the 2km course, do a 1km time trial at 70% and have the PSC CC Team (fun) sprint races over 60m.

Saturday 19 September: Athletics Canterbury Children’s 4 x 1km Relay, Marylands Reserve, Birmingham Drive, 1.00pm. This 4 x 1km relay is organised by Athletics Canterbury. If you want to run please let us know by 13 September. Great to have a 1km time trial five days out from the race!
Wednesday 23 September: 9am Travel to Nelson
Thursday 24 September: INTER REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY, Saxton Field, Richmond, Nelson
9.30am course open and race packs available
10.20am officials briefing
10.40am competitors briefing
11.00am Year 5 Girls
11.15am Year 5 Boys
11.30am Year 6 Girls
11.45am Year 6 Boys
12.00pm Year 7 Girls
12.20pm Year 7 Boys
12.40pm Year 8 Girls
1.00pm Year 8 Boys
1.30pm prize giving

Sunday 13 December: Reunion Run, Swim and BBQ – Corsair Bay – 10.00am onwards

PSC CC Team News 26.7.09

Hi everyone
Hope you are all enjoying the good run of weather - no excuse to not get out training!
1. Training @ Roto Kohatu: 4.30-5.15pm Monday 27 July
A reminder that our first team training session is on tomorrow- Monday 27 July. Please meet by 4.30pm at ROTO KOHATU RESERVE - airport end of Sawyers Arms Rd., Harewood. There are no facilities (ie toilets, water etc.) there you should be able to drive in (if I get the key) or just park on Sawyers Arms road. If open - come up to the Christchurch Avon tent. The raining is tough and all on grass with hills too! Spikes can be worn if you want.
Location Map of Roto Kohatu - look at the top of ther map
2. Next training run: 4.30pm Wednesday 5 August Woodend Domain
3. Optional Uniform Orders: Close tomorrow, 27 July
Amanda Ladd grant.ladd@xtra.co.nz is arranging our optional uniform orders (Training Jackets and Shorts). She wants to send the order away as soon as she can so you can get them back as soon as possible. Please bring any remaining orders and money tomorrow to Roto Kohatu - she will have sizes to try on. No Polo shirts, Jackets or Shorts will be given out till money is received.
4. New Zealand Cross Country Champs: Saturday 1 August - Halswell Quarry
Entries for the champs have closed and lots of the older PSC CC Team members are entered (and lots of past members). Please wear your club singlets if you are in the Grade 12 or Grade 14 NZ Champs races. If you are in Grade 10 or below (ie 10 at 31/12/09, or under) anyone can run in a 1.5km FUN RUN at 3.10pm - wear your CANTERBURY SINGLET (unless your club wants you to wear a club singlet). Spikes may be worn. The run is $2 and the entries are taken on the day and non club runners can run. I presume the course will be without the big hill - see the course map. For race details, course map, list of entrants, timetable etc. see: http://www.athletics.org.nz/article.aspx?ID=3849&Mode=1
5. Consent/Medical/ Principal Permission forms
Please bring any remaining consent forms 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.

That's enough info. for now. It is now less than 2 months till the IRXC09! Training now is vital. It gives you an aerobic base of kms/time to draw on later - get out as much as you can. Warning - training at this stage could make you tired- get lots of rest and good nutrition.

See you Monday at Roto Kohatu.
Paul and team.
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PSC CC Team 2009 as at 26.7.09

PSC CC Team 2009 as at 26.7.09
Coach/Selector: Paul Norton Assistant Coach: Craig Eustace
Managers: Ann-Marie Findlay and Susie Henderson
Manager (PSC Assistant. Sports Director): Bronwyn Manderson

Year 5 Boys School
Christopher Dryden (c) Linwood Ave
Jackson Mahan (vc) Sumner
Dominic Brettkelly Darfield Primary
Reto Schori Loburn
Cole Dwyer Our Lady of the Assumption
Thomas Matthews Waikari
Reece Chalklen Burwood
Zander Wager Prebbleton
Harrison Brown Paparoa Street
Jordan Spain St. Martins
Reserve: Isaac Proud Sheffield
Managers:
Matthew Brettkelly
Lyndon Matthews

Year 6 Boys School
Henry Idiens (c) Fendalton
William Boyd (vc) Westburn
Jeremy Green St Mary's, Hokitika
Declan O'Neill Hampstead, Ashburton
Joshua Primmer Cotswold
Harry McCrory Fendalton
Ben Jackson Leeston Consolidated
Thomas Moulai Paparoa Street
Callum Long Medbury
Angus Bailey Greenpark
James Coull Medbury
Reserves: Nick Saunders Oaklands
Managers:
Dougal Boyd
Sue Idiens

Year 7 Boys School
Latham Fairhall (c) Hillview Christian
Cameron Avery (vc) Christchurch South Intermediate
Corey Taylor Chisnallwood Intermediate
Sam Summerfield Sumner
Caleb Stamper Middleton Grange
Fergus Eglesfield Fernside
Rainer Pye Christchurch South Intermediate
Ed Cory-Wright Redcliffs
Sam Lees Christchurch South Intermediate
Liam Beckett Redcliffs
Managers:
David Eglesfield
Pip Keenan

Year 8 Boys School
Ben Oliver (c) Ashgrove
Jake Marryatt (vc) Chisnallwood Intermediate
Nick Findlay Cobham Intermediate
Sean Eustace Cobham Intermediate
Guy Greenslade Kirkwood Intermediate
Daniel Coats Cobham Intermediate
Gregory Moore St Andrews Preparatory
Ryland Pritchard Mt Pleasant
Ben Henderson Medbury
(James Mason) Rolleston Not confirmed
Managers:
Nigel Maisey
Kathryn Oliver

Year 5 Girls School
Lorna Pairman (c) Cashmere Primary
Alana Wouters (vc) Cotswold
Zoe Van Eekelen New Brighton Catholic
Alice King Loburn
Harriet Bush Cheviot Area
Sophie Glover Rangiora Borough
Emily Wium Fendalton
Keely Dunseath West Eyreton
Lucy Turner Prebbleton
Katie Hunt Elmwood Normal
Reserves: Bella Partington Southbrook, Annabel Rouse Fendalton
Managers:
Cherie Van Ekelen
Frances Wium

Year 6 Girls School
Georgia Freeman (c) Our Lady of Victories
Saskia Lane (vc) Fernside
Paige Waddington Cotswold
Taylor Waddington Cotswold
Julie Briden West Eyreton
Jessie Anderson Weedons
Dominique Heath Cotswold
Margot Willis Tai Tapu
Rebecca Willis Tai Tapu
Maggie Morris Cheviot Area
Reserve: Harriet Clyma Westburn
Managers:
Carolyn Lane
Jo Anderson

Year 7 Girls School
Mary Eve Lyons (c) St Josephs, Papanui
Simone Gale (vc) St Michaels
Sophie Harrison St Martins
Hannah Brotheridge West Eyreton
Imogen Ineson Redcliffs
Frances Daly St Pauls
Libby Vincent Westburn
Alice Batt Cobham Intermediate
Olivia Ireland Christchurch South Intermediate
Sabine Keenan St Margarets
Reserve: Rebecca Gillet Heaton Intermediate
Managers:
Leanne O'Sullivan
Monique Gale

Year 8 Girls School
Zoe Ladd (c) Cust
Kate Meynell (vc) Russley
Cassie Daley Ashgrove
Eden Ronald Chisnallwood Intermediate
Ella Boyd Cust
Davina Waddy Cheviot Area
Olivia Maisey Chisnallwood Intermediate
Leanne Feary Darfield High
Stephanie Matthews Broadfield
Emily Ashton Heaton Intermediate
Lucy Allison Heaton Intermediate
Jessica Kikstra Templeton Not confirmed
Managers:
Amanda Ladd
Lynda Feary

Welcome New Team Members!

Hi new team members and well done on your race today. If you have been selected in the PSC CC Team for 2009 please fill out the Application Form by clicking on the link to your right. Please do this by WEDNESDAY 8 JULY. If it is not done by that date we will start contacting reserves.

Congratulations again on a superb performance! We believe it is the HARDEST representative team in Canterbury to make! EVERY single child in Canterbury started off the selection process and you have made it through your school and Zone races and finally the Primary Sports Canterbury Cross Country Championships to qualify!

A reminder we need Team Captains and Team Managers also - see the Application form and the notes on your selection letter.

PSC CC Team News 5.6.09

Hi guys
Only 12 days till the Year 5 and Year 6 2009 PSC CC Team is selected! Also, the day of the next step for Year 7/8 selection too! Hope you are all keen and planning to make the team again!

As the selector and coach, I need to know well beforehand if anyone is going to be away on June 17th or July 1st (Year 7 and 8 Intermediates v. Primaries). I can only select someone who is not at these events if they let me know and have shown good form - so let me know. I can even ask people to run in these events if for sickness/medical reasons they have not qualified from their zones - in very special circumstances. Please let me know.

A few more things
1. Well done to those Year 9s who have been doing so well in the recent Sec. Schools' races - make sure you are entered for the NZ Sec. Schools cc in Nelson on June 20th - entries close 12 June
2. A reminder the course at Halswell is changed this year. I am taking a group over the course from Fendalton School/Christchurch Avon on Thursday 11 June at 4.30-5.15pm - anyone is welcome to join us - meet in the carpark. New course attached again.
3. Young for your year group? - Age grade- as stipulated in the PSC Handbook you have an option of running in an older year group race if this is the case for you,or you have to have your time compared to the older age grade ie I have a Year 6 boy who is in the 9 year olds race (98% of them are Year 5s) as his birthday is after 1 April - he has the option to run in the 10 years race (98%Year 6s) or wait to have his time compared. If you are in the 10 years race, and are a Year 7, if you get in the first ten on June 17th you can run over 3kms on July 1st in the Year 7 race - THIS INFO. in point 3. only applies to a very small number of children. Last year I did try to get all races changed to Year at school but was unsuccessful at a PSC executive level.
4. A few dates for the ultra organised:
Thursday 16 July: Unofficial Hanmer trip with run over the IRXC07 course (11.00am) and swim (last Thursday of the holidays)
Tuesday 21 July: First PSC Team Meeting, 7pm @ Fendalton School
Saturday 5 September: 2.30pm PSC CC Races at Roto Kotahu Reserve (not for those going to Tauranga)
Sunday 13 September: 2.00pm PSC 3/4 Distance CC Races and afternoon tea at Omaka Scout Camp
Wednesday 23 September: 9.00am Leave Burnside Rugby Club by Coach for Nelson and stay at Tahuna Holiday Park. ALL PSC CC TEAM MEMBERS MUST TRAVEL AND STAY TOGETHER.
Thursday 24 September: IRXC09 at Saxton Field - I have just received a timetable tonight:
9.30am course open and race packs available
10.20am officials briefing
10.40am competitors briefing
11am Year 5 Girls
11.15am Year 5 Boys
11.30am Year 6 Girls
11.45am Year 6 Boys
12pm Year 7 Girls
12.20pm Year 7 Boys
12.40pm Year 8 Girls
1pm Year 8 Boys
1.30pm prizegiving
Friday 25 September: Coach bak to Chch. via Kaikoura for lunch.
Approx. costs will be $165 for those with a POLO and $185 for those without.
That's all for now...keep fit, well and uninjured...see some of you on Thursday and others on June 17th.
Paul:)