Overview of Events

A variety of Local, Regional and National Events are run during the season. Eligibility for the event depends on your membership type as follows. 

Events for Social Members: Turn up for fun, something new, something competitive.

Weekly Club Nights Every Wednesday

Club Championships - held at the end of each season 

Events for Competitive Members;

The above Events, plus:

Interclub - a series of 6 events held at a variety of locations in the Wellington/Wairarapa Region (age 7-15 years)

Medal Day - End of January in  Lower Hutt  (age 7-15 years- small fee on the day)

Ribbon Day - Waitangi Day, Paraparaumu (age 7-15 years-small fee on the day)

National events  - Popular national competitions include:Colgate Games (age 7-14), Athletics NZ Champs (Youth, Jnr Adult, Senior) and the NZ Classic Series (Youth,  Adult, Senior).

​​​​​​​What are Interclubs?

The Junior Interclub meets provide a great opportunity for children to experience and enjoy athleticsevents including shot put, discus, long jump, high jump, track races from 60m up to 1500mdistances, race walking, hurdles, steeplechase and relays.

Athletes remain with their age-gradegroups during the meet, and move between events in rounds. Events offered for each grade areadjusted to suit the age of athletes, and not all events are offered at each meet.

Once you have a season ticket, entry to any of the events in the interclub meet is free. Athletics Wellington willpublish a programme of events for each Interclub meet at least a few days ahead.If your athlete wants to take part in the Junior Interclub meets this season, you must purchase aseason entry ticket.

The price is $20, reducing to $14 if you enter after Christmas (we have four meets in 2023, and two meets in the New Year).

The season entry system is linked from the AthleticsWellington website here: https://athleticswellington.org.nz/junior/. It is also linked from the Eventscalendar page for each meet.

Athlete registrations must be entered by 11:59 pm on a Wednesday prior to the Interclub competition. 

Ribbon and Medal Days are similar to an interclub except that the first 3 placegetters are awarded either a ribbon or a medal.  Medal Day has a limit of 4 events per athlete, and you will be required to registered for the events you choose from the list of available events.

  A program will be published closer to the time of the event on the newsletters page.Please note that club uniform (club singlet with  Black shorts) and age patches must be worn during competition.All athletes and their families are encouraged to attend these interclub's and as in past seasons, where numbers and circumstances permit, we will endeavor to provide transport to and from the venues.

Start time for each interclub is 10.00 am unless otherwise stated and they normally run through to around 2.00 pm with each age group having 5 or 6 events to compete in.  Ribbon day at Paraparaumu will start at 9.30 am and will continue until later into the afternoon.

Wellington Events Schedule

2023 – 2024 SUMMER CALENDAR FIXTURES  click on the athletics wellington link for more information

https://athleticswellington.org.nz/

http://www.wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz/

https://athletics.org.nz/

Club Champs 2023/2024

Our Club Champs are held in Feb/March at the end of each Season.

They are held over 4 weeks.

All Club Members can participate.

The results are used to determine placings for individual events.

Certificates and Trophies are awarded for the top athletes at our end of year prize giving.

We can only do this if we have enough parents at each event to help.

Interclub Events

Interclub events are for Competitive members aged 7-15.

Interclub competitions are a series of 6 events run over the course of the season at a variety of locations in Wellington and Wairarapa.

They run between November and late February.

Refer to the events calendar for specific dates and locations for this year.

National Events

National Events can only be entered by Competitive Members.

Popular events include:

Colgate Games - For ages 7-14

Held annually in January in the North Island and South Island - the exact location varies from year to year.This season the locations are Auckland and Timaru 

NZ Track and Field Champs - Youth, Jnr Adult, Seniors

Held annually in March - the exact location varies from year to year. Qualification standards must be met to attend. 

NZ Athletics Masters - Masters 35+

Masters Championships Christchurch 16-18 February 2024

North Island Championship 1-3 Dec  Palmerston North

http://www.wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz/