The Timaru Harrier Club Inc was formed in 1925 and is based in Timaru. Runs are held every weekend during the winter (March through to October) from various locations throughout the South Canterbury area.
We cater for all levels and ages of runners and walkers. The club has around 50 active members - consisting of competitive runners, social runners, joggers and social walkers.
All visitors and prospective members (runners and walkers) are very welcome to participate in any club run.
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| Port FM Lovelock Memorial 10km Fun Run, Timaru Boys High School, Timaru - 17th October 2009 |
| Entry forms for this year's Port FM Lovelock Memorial 10km Fun Run & Walk are now available at Port FM & the Frontrunnner |
| Or click here to print out an entry form |
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| 2009 Round the Gorges Relay, Aorangi Park |
| Well done to all those members that took part in this year's relay. Both teams ran well in their grades, with the No.1 Team winning the B Grade & the No.2 team finishing 4th in the D Grade |
| A brief history & trivia about some of the club member's participation in the Timaru Round the Gorges Relay has been compiled - to see it, click here |
| Results are on the Round the Gorges website - click here to open the Round the Gorges website |
| Many thanks to those club members that helped marshal, timekeep or just helped out on the day |
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| For the No.1 team, Andrew Jamieson got the team off to a good start with a 2 minute lead (31:18 for the hilly 8.4km lap - 4th fastest time overall for the lap) over the other 2 teams in the B Grade. Keegan Pullar ran a superb 8.3km in 29:04 to record the fastest lap time overall for the second lap and extended the teams lead to 7 minutes. The 2nd placed Christchurch Avon ran well over the next 2 laps and trailed by only 8 seconds at the changeover at Cave (Peter Potter 30:50 - 7.1km, Lap 3 & Ben Wreford 45:43 - 10.8km, Lap 4) |
| Paul Lynch (25:40 - 6.0km, Lap 5) ran the fastest lap for Masters Men (4th fastest lap time overall for lap 5) to have a narrow 4 second lead. Christchurch Avon finally managed to take the lead on lap 6, with Craig Hayman (30:36 - 7.7km, lap 6) running the 2nd fastest lap time for Masters Men to keep the team in touch - only 37 seconds of the lead |
| Dean McAlister also ran the 2nd fastest lap for Masters Men (3rd fastest lap time overall) for the 7.6km lap 7 up the Taiko zigzag and closed the gap to 26 seconds. Jesse Gibbs ran the last lap for the team (lap 8 - 9.3km 33:24, 2nd fastest lap time for M19 & 5th fastest overall) and ran a well judged lap to catch the Christchurch Avon team approx 1km from the finish to claim 1st place in the grade |
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| The No.2 team of Russell McKenzie, Mario Oostendorp, Andrea Wreford, John Souter, Judy Hay, Toni Smith, David Wreford & Nicola Rooney all ran well for the team and finished in 4th place, with Andrea running the fastest lap time overall for Masters Women 50 |
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| Moro Marathon Dunedin |
| Toni Smith ran the good time of 3 hours 11 minutes 5 seconds to finish 2nd Masters Women in the Marathon. In the Half Marathon Jesse Gibbs ran 1:24:29 to finish 14th overall, with Paul Lynch running 1:37:38 & Tony Cunningham running his best time of 1:44:58 in a field of over 1200 finishers |
| Results are on the Moro Marathon website - click here to open the website |
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| New Zealand Road Race Championships, Dunedin |
| Congratulations to Sam Wreford - for his 2nd place in the Senior Mens 10km race at the New Zealand Road Championships held 5th September in Dunedin |
| Sam ran a great race to record a time of 30 minutes 11 seconds - just 8 seconds behind the winner Kim Hogarth (Athletics Nelson) and led the Canterbury team to the Men's Teams race title |
| Ex-club member Myrtle Rough (now running for Hill City in Dunedin) also won her race - Masters Women 65 in a time of 24:11 for the 5km race |
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| Club Road Championships, Pleasant Point |
| Congratulations to everyone that competed in the road champs - especially those that ran personal best times (Jesse Gibbs & Tony Cunningham in the 10km race) |
| Many thanks to John for putting out the kilometre markers; Alister, Leo, Roger & Ray for doing the timing & results and Ian Clarkson & Hugh Smith for keeping everyone on the course |
| Results are now available on the website - Click on the Results link above or click here |
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| Back to Back Relay, Timaru |
| Congratulations to Paul Lynch & Ian Dieudonne for taking first place in the weekend's Back to Back Relay |
| Seven teams took part in the relay - with team members running around the Gleniti Golf Course, from Gerry Flynn's home in Huxley St |
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| Squire Cup, Fairview |
| This year's Squire Cup races were held in pleasant sunny conditions on the Fairview Course, hosted by Alister Squire and his family, also present were Annthea Copland (Alister's sister) & her husband Watt; as well as Dan Doyle (owner of the majority of the land the races are run over) |
| It was very pleasing to have the Squire Family still involved in the event, as they have been ever since it was first held in 1937 over the Squire family farm and surrounding area in Maungati, to the current course in Fairview |
| Congratulations to Dean McAlister for his strong running on the hilly 10km course to record his first win in the Squire Cup |
| Well done to Nicola Rooney (Jubilee Cup - Senior & Masters Womens 5km race), Cameron Foster (Maungati Residents Cup - Under 16 Boys 3km), Cody Hill (Silverstream Challenge Trophy - Under 14 Boys 3km), Lucy Holland-Stack (Traillayers Cup - Under 14 & Under 12 Girls 3km) and Carl Dieudonne (AT Squire Trophy/Allnutt Family Trohpy - Under 12 Boys 3km) for winning their respective races |
| Many thanks to all the who ran in the races, marked out the course and those who brought back in the markers after the races, and helped with the timekeeping & results |
| A brief history of the Squire Cup and a list of the previous Squire Cup winners is available by clicking here |
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| Upcoming Events |
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| Lovelock Memorial 10km Fun Run, Timaru Boys High School, Timaru - 17th October 2009 |
| The organisation of this year's Lovelock is well underway, it is again being run on last year's 'new' course starting from Timaru Boys High School |
| Marshals & helpers are required for the start/finish areas, and at the water stations |
| Anybody able to help out with the race, please contact Roger (03 6888854) |
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| October |
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| Saturday 10th |
Club Run - hosted by Judy Hay & Gwen Carmichael |
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Otipua Hall, Beaconsfield Road, Timaru |
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Meet at 1:45pm, Light refreshments will be available after the run/walk |
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Click here for a map showing the location of the run at the Otipua Hall, Otipua |
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New Zealand Road Relay Championships (Takahe to Akaroa Relay), Christchurch |
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| Saturday 17th |
Lovelock Memorial 10km Fun Run & Walk |
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