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Winter Season 3 - AUT Millennium 25th July 2025

Results

Hi everyone

This was a great little competition with many really good performances and PBs

The best performance of the day was achieved by Adam LEECE  discus U18 1.5kg at 52.20m, ...a 6m PB and taking the lead in the 2025 NZL rankings, plus a spot in the top 120 in the world for this age.

Adam scored also PBs in the 3 other throwing events

Other PB achievers were Declan FORD (Shot - Hammer), Brian WILSON (Shot), Oliver CHUNG (Discus).

Thank you to all the officials and helpers!

Next competition: Winter series 4  23rd August


Winter Season 2 - AUT Millennium 14th June 2025

Results

Hi everyone,

Some really good performances in spite of the wet and muddy fields and circles!

Javelin had to be cancelled as the main field was closed because of the previous heavy rains.

Thank you at all the participants , helpers and supporters in difficult conditions

Cheers  DP


Winter Season 1 -  AUT Millennium 17th May 2025

Results

Hi everyone

Another good little competition, perfect ‘’spring’’ weather !

Some interesting PB’s

Cheers DP


THROWS End of Season Meeting AUT Millennium 19th April 2025

​​​​​​​Results

Hi everyone

We were VERY lucky with the weather and we had a great end of season competition with many PB’s and even a world best ever performance in the discus U14 girls for Sina Malia SU’A at 48.86m , great throws by Karmen MARITZ and Oliver CHUNG

We shall start our winter comp series next month

WHAT A WEEK END !!!

And a glorious way to finish the season ....

Well done everybody

Cheers DP


NZI North Island Seconday School Champs Saturday -  April 5th 2025

Hammer Boys ‘’seniors’’ 5kg : 1-CHUNG Oliver  51.33m PB  GOLD medal. Oliver won in the 1st round with a 1m PB and got 2 throws over 50m and his former PB

Discus boys ‘’juniors’’ 1kg :  1-FORD Declan 44.53m  GOLD medal. Declan had a rather erratic competition with 4 fouls but secured the win in the 2nd round by 1.5m

Discus para ‘’seniors’’  :  1-WILSON Brian 18.99m GOLD medal.  Brian had to fight and secured the win only in the 4th round before extending it in the 6th attempt

Shot put girls ‘’seniors’’ 3kg :  1-MARITZ Karmen 14.56m GOLD meda. Karmen was the 1st NZL but was beaten by more than 1m by a Fidjian visitor at 15.92m

Hammer girls ‘’juniors’’ 3kg :  1-FU OUGHTON Sacha  GOLD medal. Sacha had a difficult start and was in 2nd position after 4 round and a best of 44.98m . She managed to get her good technique back in the 5th with a close to PB throw of 48.24m which is a championships record

Discus girls ‘’seniors’’ 1kg :  1-MARITZ Karmen 47.03m GOLD medal. After 2 fouls , Karmen saved her ‘’skin’’ and the title in the 3rd round with a close to PB performance ...and finished with 3 more fouls !

Sunday April 6th

Javelin boys ‘’seniors’’ 700g :  4-CHUNG Oliver 45.24m   Good competition for Oliver who was still in a medal position after 4 rounds 

Shot put ‘boys ‘’juniors’’ 4kg :  1-FORD Declan 14.94m PB GOLD medal. Declan wanted obviously to redeem himself after his discus and started with a PB 14.36m , then 14.46m and finished with a huge 14.94m , nearly a 1m PB throw , more than 3m ahead of the 2nd placer

Discus girls ‘’Juniors’’ 1kg :  6-FU OUGHTON Sacha 29.20m   Sacha managed a spot in the top 8 not too far from the top 3


Summer Throws Series 2 - 8th February 2025

Results

Hi everyone

Here are the full results of this competition probably the best we have had since a while with more than 20 participants and many PBs and season best performances - unfortunately I forgot my phone and cannot provide pictures  (If you have done some videos, you can send them to me, it will help for the feed back of the athletes .

Noticeable performances

Hammer: Anthony NOBILO won his 3rd match against Anthony BARMES with a season best 68.76m vs 66.27m

season best for Arno VAN Derv WESTHUIZEN and Oliver CHUNG

4m PB for Jean Louis Potgieter in U20 at 46.74m with 6kg

Shot put: Pbs for Sina Malia SUA 13.41m with 4kg , Leyon CAFFERY  U16 14.18m with 5kg

Discus: Season best for french visitor Tom REUX at 59.79m , PB for Leyon CAFFERY 56.85m with 1.25kg . season best for Savannah SCHEEN at 48.95m .

Javelin: season best for Savannah SCHEEN and Bree ACKLAND

and many more ...

BIG Thank you to all the helpers who are a big part of the success of the competitions.

Next competition will be Porritt classic Saturday 15 in Hamilton

Last minute new : Etienne ROUSSEAU got a new PB in the discus with a throw of 57.18m . Etienne will come to NZL again on the 16th to train with Tom REUX in Auckland and compete at the Christchurch international meet .

DP

Summer Throws Series 1 - 1st February 2025

Results

Hi every one 

Here are the results of this competition

Many PBs with Declan FORD and Oliver CHUNG doing especially well !

Next summer series 2, coming Saturday 8 February 

Cheers  DP

Natasha FU OUGHTON PB in the U10 discus

Declan FORD 1,5m PB in the shot put , only 3cm from Matt Bloxham 13.50m club record

Declan FORD  PB in the discus very close to the 40m with 1kg   - Oliver CHUNG  4m PB in the U20 6kg hammer

Sacha FU OUGHTON PB with the 4kg hammer

Anne DELEIROS  PB in the masters 75 javelin

Oliver CHUNG PB close to 40m in the U18 javelin 700g


Hamilton Open Meet Saturday 30th November 24

Hammer U 16 G 3kg 2.  TIRADO Fernanda  57.39m  (Less that 2m from the NZL U17 record - she fouled 2 throws which were probably better.

Discus U 16 G 1kg  1. TIRADO Fernanda 33.94m

Hammer U 14 G 3kg   1. FU OUGHTON Sacha 39.60m  (Her 3rd best performance)

Discus U14 1kg  4. FU OUGHTON Sacha 25.46m

Hammer U18 B 5kg 1. CHUNG Oliver 49.80m PB  (still looking for breaking the 50m line)

Discus U14 1.25kg  1. FORD Declan 37.42m PB (Broke 4 times his previous PB)

Shot put U14 5kg  1. FORD Declan  10.55m PB (Competition was stopped after 3 rounds because of rain)

Auckland Mc Kinnon Shield 30th November 24

Discus U 18 1kg : 1-MARITZ Karmen 43.70m

Shot put 3kg : ---2 MARITZ Karmen 13.89m

Whangarei North Island Masters Champs 29 Nov - 1 Dec 24

Anne DELEIROS 75+ Women :  Discus 750g  17.05m Silver medal 

              Hammer 2kg :  22.65m Silver medal

              Weight hammer 4kg : 9.60m Gold medal

              Shot 2kg :  7.69m Silver medal 

              Javelin 400g :  9.65m Bronze medal

Anne GOULTER 60+ Women : Hammer 3kg 33.07m Silver medal  N Isl record

               Discus 1kg : 20.68m  Bronze medal

               Weight hammer  5kg  1.48m  Bronze medal                                       

               Shot 3kg  8.12m  PB club record

               Javelin 500g : 15.61m Bronze medal 

This week end are the NZ school champs in Timaru from Friday to Sunday

A good opportunity for more good performances for all the young athletes of the squad

Cheers DP

​​​​​​​Murray Mckinnon Shield 4 - 23rd November 2024

Hi everyone

Some really good results this week end

Fernanda TIRADO did certainly the best performance this Saturday when improving her hammer PB by more than 1.5m to a new 57.94m club U16 record . This performance put her now in 60th position in the under 18  world rankings 2024 ..and in the 5th position for the 15 years old !!!. She will have now to break the 60m line to go for the NZL under 17 record !

Auckland Mc Kinnon 4

Hammer U18 boys 5kg  : 1-CHUNG Oliver 48.41m 

Javelin U18 boys  700g : 2-CHUNG Oliver 39.85m PB

Hammer U14 3kg : 1-FU OUGHTON Sacha 38.82m

Hammer U16 3kg : 2-TIRADO Fernanda 57.94m PB  New NHB Club U16 record -Former record 56.41m by herself since 2024-11-16 Hamilton 

Javelin Senior women : 1-ACKLAND Bree 34.41m 

Hammer senior men : 1-VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Arno 50.03m 

Hammer masters women 75 : 1-DELEIROS Anne  21.93m

Perth  Big 6 competition

Shot put sen Men  : 1-ROUSSEAU Etienne  16.33m

COMPETITIONS TO COME

Friday 29 to Sunday 01 Whangarei  North Island Masters champs  - See special programme 

Saturday 30 Auckland Mc Kinnon 5   10h Shot put - Discus M and W    (entries on web before Wednesday 23.59)

Saturday 30 Hamilton Open meet   15.00 hammer MW     15.30  Discus MW    16.30  Shot MW  (entries on web before Thursday 23.59)

 DP

Sam Johnson throws meet Hamilton 17th November 2024

Hammer U 14 girls 3kg  : 1-FU OUGHTON Sacha  40.19m 

Discus U14 girls 1kg :  3-FU OUGHTON Sacha 26.73m

Hammer U16 girls 3kg : ...2-TIRADO Fernanda (NHB) 56.43m New NHB U16 club record . Former records 55.65m by herself same day and 55.49m by Mellata TATOLA since 22 dec 2015 Auckland.   Fernanda moves into 91th spot in the World U18 year rankings (she was 121th) . She is top 10 in the U16 rankings

Competition was won by Paige Fletcher with 60.35m . A new NZL U16 and U17 record

Discus U16 girls 1kg : ...3-TIRADO Fernanda  29.46m

Hammer U18 boys 5kg : 1-CHUNG Oliver 48.35m

Javelin U18 boys 700g : 2-CHUNG Oliver 36.64m

Discus 1.5kg Para Boys U16  : 1-WILSON Brian 20.00m

Shot put 5kg Para boys U16 : 1-WILSON Brian 8.22m 

COMPETITION THIS COMING WEEK END

We will be back to Mt Smart . This is the previsional programme (Subject to change)

14.15  Javelin M and W

15.45  Hammer M and W

14.45  weight hammer Masters M and W

ENTR|ES ON LINE before Wednesday 23.59 !!!

Spring Throws Series 3 - 26th October 2024

Results

Hi everyone

Here are the full results of this competition and a few pictures

Some interesting and promising performances at the very beginning of the season

We shall be looking now for some Summer series competition to fit inside the general Auckland centre calendar

Cheers DP


Spring Throw Series 2 - 5th October 2024

Results

Hi everyone

Here the full results of this competition

Good weather - Good conditions - Good spirit and good performances

Next competition (Spring series 3 ) is scheduled on Saturday October 26th

DP

​​​​​​​Spring Throw Series 1  -  14th September 2024

Results

Hi everyone

Here is the full results of this competition

We had to deal with the unavailability of the stadium.

Best performance of the day is to credit to Anne DELEIROS breaking the Auckland record with the W75 4kg weight hammer and a throw of 10.22m. The old record was 9.59m

Next competition, Spring series 2 is scheduled for Saturday October 5th at Millennium starting at 9.30. Programme and confirmation will be posted one week before

Cheers DP