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2012 Colgate Games
We have been advised by Canterbury Children’s Athletic Association that due to the recent devastating earthquake, QEII Park will not be available for the 2012 South Island Colgate Games.
Our thoughts are with Canterbury at this time.
The 2012 South Island Colgate Games will now be held at the Saxton Fields Sports Comples, Stoke, Nelson, and hosted by the Tasman District.
The dates for the Colgate Games remain the same – 13, 14 and 15 January 2012.
The organisers will advise further details including local information, motels etc in the near future.
NZ Track and Field Championships
South Canterbury athletes competed with success at the New Zealand Track & Field Championships at the Caledonian Grounds in Dunedin over the weekend.
Tom Walsh was in fine form finishing second in the Senior Mens shot put to Chinese thrower Yang Liu,with an excellent throw of 18.26m,but taking out the title as Liu was a visitor and none resident.
Walsh also finished second in the M19 shot put with a fine throw of 19.91m,behind Jacko Gill(Auckland) who threw a World Record 21.34m for M17 & M18.
Walsh also finished 4th in the M19 discus(44.41m) and 5th in the SM discus(46.87m).
Another fine performance came from Timaru Girls High School teacher Kellie Palmer who impressively won the SW 5000m(16.32.70) and then took it to Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist Nikki Hamblin in the SW1500m only just succumbing Hamblin to take the Silver medal(4.30.06) and her fiance Luke Hurring took the Silver medal in the SM 5000m(14.42.06) behind Beijing Silver medallist Nick Willis.
Another well deserved medal in the Senior ranks came the way of Daniel Laws who took out the Bronze medal in the 110m hurdles(17.01) after clipping the first hurdle to show composre and also finished 4th in the 400m hurdles(60.33) both seasons best.The bronze medal is the first medal ever that Laws has won after finishing 4th and 5th numerous times throughout the age groups at both Club and Secondary school nationals over recent seasons.
The other performance to catch the eye was Tyler Collings 48.55 in the M19 400m in a quality field to finish 4th with a personal best for him and a Mid South Canterbury record – in fact the SM and M19 performances were of the highest quality at this meet.
Also in the M19 Daniel Lord retained his 3000m track walk title solo(13.36.08) and fought out a hard fought win in the 10,000m track walk(48.04.00).
In the W19 Rachael Rolleston won Silver in the Javelin(29.66m) and Bronze in the W16 Javelin(30.84) with Ruby Cochrane 4th(30.23PB) and Caitlin Henderson 5th(29.75m).
Cochrane also finished 4th in the W16 discus(34.94m).
In the same grade Leanna Ryan won a bronze medal in the Canterbury W16 4x100m relay,and Lucinda Shaw took out Silver in the W19 3000m track walk(16.51.03) and Jonathon Lord Silver in the M16 3000m track walk(14.48.30).
Michael Dewar finished 4th in the M16 hammer(41.55m) with Rebecca Hodgson 4th in the W19 hammer (46.36m) and 7th in the SW hammer(44.56m)
Sydney Classic Meet
South Canterbury athlete Tyler Collings representing New Zealand in the M19 4×400 metres relay on Saturday evening in Sydney was in the winning team beating the Australian M19 and M18 combinations in a time of 3.10.74 which equalled the time the New Zealand team ran at the World Juniors in Canada in 2010 and was just ouitside the New Zealand Record held by the quartet that included Olympians Chris Donaldson and Mark Keddell and World Junior Bronze Medallist Sean Farrell back in 1994.
Collings time for his 400 metres was a slick 48.60.
At the same meet the NZ W19 4x400m relay team also won and broke the bNew Zealand Record with a time of 3.45.27 compared to the old record of 3.46.02.
Another South Cantabrian Tom Walsh finished second in the Open Mens shot put with a fine heave of 18.04 metres to back up his performance last week when he won the Australian M23 title
New Zealand Selection
South Canterbury Amateur Athletics Club member and Timaru Boys High School athlete Tyler Collings has gained further New Zealand Selection being named in the Under 20 Mens 4×400 metres Relay team to compete against the Australian Under 20 Mens 4×400 metres Relay Team in Sydney on Saturday ,at the Sydney International Classic Meet.
Collings(CAnterbury) joins Alex Jordan(Tasman),Scott Burch(Wellington) and Andrew White(Otago) in an all expenses paid trip financed by Athletics Australia in an event provided as preparation for the World Junior Championships next year.
Also named is the NZ Womens Under 20 4×400 metres Team consisting of Abby Watson (Canterbury),Kristie Baillie(Waikato-BOP),Hazel Bowring-Scott(Tasman) and Angie Smit(Canterbury) who will also compete against their Australian counterparts.
Athletes
Tom Walsh(SCAAC) finished 4th in the Open shot put(17.47m) at the IAAF Track Classic,Melbourne last Saturday and in Dunedin Jay Finikin(SCAAC) finished 2nd in the M19 100m(11.76) with a 5m/second tail wind in blustery conditions last Saturday
