10th August 2016
Registrations - early notice
Registrations for the 2016/17 season will be held on 13th, 14th, and 20th September.

As usual this will be at the ASB Stadium, Kohimarama Rd from 5pm-6.30pm each evening.

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1st August 2016
Rodger Brickland awarded Life Membership of Athletics Auckland

At the Athletics Auckland AGM on 7 July 2016, our club president Rodger Brickland received Life Membership of Athletics Auckland.

Rodger started (as a parent) with Eastern in 1989 and has been club president since 1991, serving our community and a promoting fitness and activity for an entire generation of children. Every year at registration Rodger recognises new parents that were club members in the 1980s and 90s.

In the intervening 27 years he has also participated in, managed and/or led various Auckland and New Zealand teams including the Auckland Trans-Tasman Team, Auckland Inter-Provincial Team and New Zealand Pacific School Games Teams.

In 2010 Rodger received a Long Service Award from Athletics New Zealand followed by Life Membership of the NZ Children's Athletic Association in 2011.

Congratulations Rodger....and thanks.

14th March 2016
Change of Date for Prizegiving
The Annual General Meeting and Club Prizegiving will be held on Sunday 17 April 2016 at the Kohimarama School Hall.

To comply with our legal requirement we will commence with the AGM at 3.00pm.

Please bear with us for the 15 minutes this takes prior to Club prizegiving.

9th March 2016
12 Eastern Athletes Selected in Auckland Inter-Provincial team
Auckland's Interprovincial team to compete in Dunedin over Easter will contain 12 Eastern Athletes.

The Interprovincials see 12 and 13 year olds from all centres around the country competing on a point system. Auckland has a proud history in this event stretching back to its origins in 1979.

We wish our athletes the best of luck.

Eastern Representatives for 2016:
12 - Luca Genet, Ellen Carter, Petra Buyck, Tiana Salesa
13 - Anna Schwabe, Lucy Burrell, Chelsea Oliver, Roshan Baroumandi, Michael Sheed, Matthew Eady, Bono Napota, Ephraim Salesa

Two Eastern parents - Chris Eady and Cathryn Oliver - will also travel as Auckland Team Assistant Managers, and Rodger Brickland will also travel as part of the Auckland Team Management

20th February 2016
Auckland wins Trans-Tasman Challenge

Auckland backed up the win over a strong New South Wales team in 2014 with another win this year.

The Trans-Tasman is a 10 and 11 year old competition held on an alternating basis in Auckland or Sydney each year, featuring the best of Auckland (plus some other upper North Island athletes by invitation) and very strong competition from the NWS athletes.

Sean McPhee (pictured in 3rd place)in the 400m and Jonny Young in the 100m won bronze medals this year; the first individual medals by Eastern athetes for almost a decade. The Trans-Tasman standard is very high. We have had numerous examples over the years where an Eastern athlete has broken a club record without even medalling, so these efforts by Sean and Jonny are notable.

25th January 2016
2016 North Island Colgate Games
The seven Eastern athletes below competed in the 2016 North Island Colgate games held at Palmerston North.

Sienna Moyle (7G), Poppy O’Brien (8G), Harrison O’Brien (10B) Grace Balmer & Laura Balmer (11G), Petra Buyck (12G) and Lucy Burrell (13G).

Thanks to all of our athletes who represented Eastern and congratulations to finalists and place getters.

Sienna Moyle - 7 Girls 60m 2nd place, 200m 2nd place *
Poppy O’Brien - 8 Girls Long Jump 3rd place, 100m 1st place, 200m 2nd place *
Petra Buyck - 12 Girls 800m Finalist (5th), 1500m Finalist (5th)
Lucy Burrell - 13Girls 800m Finalist (4th), 1500m Finalist (Bronze Medal)

Note: 7-9 Year Olds compete in flights and medal are not awarded to these age groups.

24th August 2015
2015/16 Registration
September 15th, 16th and 22nd at ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 5-6.30pm
Subscriptions - Senior $120, Junior $90
New uniform $30 singlet $30 shorts
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22nd August 2015
2015 August Newsletter




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18th April 2015
2015 Inter-Provicial Championships
Eight Eastern athletes were selected in the Auckland Team for the Grade 12/13 Interprovincial teams event hosted by the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Centre at Hamilton over Easter weekend.

There is a high standard and there are not many seasons where Eastern has eight athletes in the Auckland team so well done to all chosen.

Our representatives were: Roshan Baroumandi, Chelsea Oliver, Anna Schwabe, Lucy Burrell, Samantha Watson, Michael Sheed, Bono Napota and Matthew Eady.

Rodger Brickland, Cathryn Oliver and Chris Eady were also part of the Auckland management team.

Lucy also broke the club 12 girls 800m record at this event.

The Auckland team came 3rd overall.

25th March 2015
Trans-Tasman Representatives
In January, five 10-11 year old members of the club were selected for the Auckland Trans-Tasman Team to compete against New South Wales in Sydney.

These athletes were:
Lila Baroumandi, Tiana Salesa, Petra Buyck, Charlotte Gordon and Ella Russ.

Dora Salesa, Rodger Brickland and Denise Cheese also travelled to Sydney as part of the Executive.

8th March 2015
Senior Club Championships




















A great afternoon's athletics and two more club records.

10G Discus – Ashleigh Gallagher 23.68m and 11G Long Jump – Ella Russ 4.58m.

Ella's Long Jump breaks another of the club's very long standing records. The 11 girls long jump had not been broken since 1991.

Ashleigh's record breaks her own effort at the Pentathlon Champs a few weeks ago.

See if you can spot yourself in the photo gallery here

28th February/1st March 2015
30 Medals at Auckland Junior Champs

















A very successful 2015 Auckland Champs weekend for Eastern saw 42 of our athletes competing over the two days of competition.

We had 46 finals appearances and from these our athletes won a total of 30 medals and broke 8 club records. Certainly one of the more successful Auckland Champs performances for many years.

Results:
7G
Eryn Westlake Bronze 100m, Gold 200m (new record 34.65)
8G
Charlotte Goldsmith Bronze 60m & 100m, Silver Long Jump
9G
Isla Westlake Silver 200m (*new club record 30.83)
Madeline Leigh Bronze Long Jump
10G
Ashleigh Gallagher Bronze Long Jump
10B
Edward Chaytor Bronze 800m
11G
Ella Russ Bronze 200m, Silver Long Jump
Petra Buyck Silver 800m, Bronze 1500m
11B
Nicodemus Rooke Bronze 400m, Silver 800m
12G
Lucy Burrell Bronze 1500m
12B
Michael Sheed Gold 100m, Silver 200m, Bronze Discus
Matthew Eady Silver 400m (*new club record 1:00.02), Silver 800m (*new club record 2:17.20)
Isaac Chaytor Bronze 1500m
Bono Napota Gold Shot Put
Charlie Devlin Bronze High Jump
Ephraim Salesa Gold Hurdles 80m
14G
Mayah Coleman Bronze 200m, Silver Discus (*new club record 36.94m)
14B
Luke Panaakker Bronze 200m, Long Jump & High Jump

Other club records:
13G
Samantha Watson
4th place Long Jump (*new club record 4.77m)
5th place High Jump (*new club record 1.40m)
14G
Mayah Coleman
4th place Shot Put (*new club record 10.44m)

New records here

Auckland Champs Photos here

23rd February 2015
Counties Manukau Champs Results - 27 Medals

Eastern Athletics Club had 17 athletes competing at the Counties Manukau Champs on Saturday 21 February. It was a good day with many great performances, plenty of medals, and great camaraderie.

A big thank you must also go to all the parents who so willingly assisted with our duty event for the day.

Results:
8 Girls – Charlotte Goldsmith Silver - Long Jump 9 Girls – Madeleine Leigh Gold - Long Jump, Ruby Salesa Bronze - Discus
10 Boys – Jonny Young Silver - 100m, Toby Tasker Silver - 800m
10 Girls – Lila Baroumandi Silver - 100m, Bronze - Long Jump, 400m & 200m
11 Girls – Petra Buyck Gold - 800m, Silver - 400m, Tiana Salesa Bronze - Discus
12 Boys – Matthew Eady Gold - 800m & 400m, Bono Napota Gold - Shot Put, Ephraim Salesa Gold - High Jump, Silver - Hurdles
13 Girls – Roshan Baroumandi Silver - Long Jump & 100m, Bronze - 200m, Caitlin Adams Silver - 200m, Bronze - Discus & 400m
14 Boys - Luke Paanakker Bronze - High Jump, Silver - Long Jump & 400m, Bronze - 200m

...and Eastern scored more medals at the Counties Manukau 1500m Championship night - held separately on Wednesday 18th February.

Results:
11 Girls – Gold Petra Buyak
12 Girls – Silver Lucy Burrell
12 Girls – Bronze Chelsea Oliver
12 Boys – Gold Matthew Eady

16th February 2015
Two new Club Records set at the Auckland Junior Pentathlon Champs
Ashleigh Gallaher broke the 10 Girls Discus record with a throw of 22.04m. This breaks a long standing record set in 1989!

Matthew Eady continued Eastern's strong middle distance history, setting a new 12 Boys 800m mark of 2.19.37.

1st September 2014
Trans-Tasman 2015
The Trans-Tasman is a 10 and 11 year old exchange competition held in Auckland or Sydney each year, featuring very strong competition from the NWS athletes.

The tour is usually about 10 days and athletes compete in several invitation events leading up to the actual Trans Tasman competition. The 2015 event will be held at the Campbelltown Athletics Track on Sunday, 18 January. Competing in the Australian climate is often very hot for our athletes, but it is always a great experience.

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30th August 2014
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20th August 2014
2014/15 Registration
September 16th, 17th and 23rd at ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 5-6.30pm
Subscriptions - Senior $110, Junior $80
New uniform $30 singlet $30 shorts
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7th April 2014
Another Discus Record set by Mayah Coleman
Mayah holds most Shot Put and Discus records through the age groups. On 20th March at the Greater Auckland Secondary Schools Champs and representing St Kentigern College she won Gold, setting a new record of 35.23m for the 13G Discus, breaking her own record set at the Colgate Games in January.

To put her dominance in perspective, she has extended the previous 13G club record by almost 11 metres this season.

4th April 2014
Auckland Champs Results - 28 Medals - 6 New Club Records


A large team of 38 Eastern athletes competed at the 2014 Auckland Junior Champs at Mt Smart over the weekend of 22nd/23rd March.

20 of our athletes won a total of 28 medals (note this is in addition to the 7 medals won at the 2000/3000m champs - see below).

As expected a very strong showing in middle distance accounted for a significant proportion of Eastern's success, but the fact that we medalled in every event is very encouraging and there are clearly talented athletes at all levels throughout the club.


It is notable that 15 of the medals were won by 10 and 11 year olds.

6 new club records were set on the track.

Results:
7G
Charlotte Goldsmith Silver Long Jump
8G
Madeline Leigh Silver Long Jump
Isla Westlake Bronze 100m Bronze (new club record) 200m
9G
Ashleigh Gallagher Bronze Long Jump
10G
Ella Greenwood Gold Long Jump Silver 100m Silver 200m
Ellen Carter Bronze Long Jump
Tiana Salesa Bronze Discus
Petra Buyck Bronze 1500 (new club record)
11G
Anna Schwabe Silver 1500m Bronze 800m
Chelsea Oliver Silver 1500m
Roshan Baroumandi Bronze 100m (new club record) Bronze 200m
Lucy Burrell Bronze 1500m
11B
Matthew Eady Silver 400m (new club record) Bronze 800m
Bono Napota Silver Shot Put
Ephraim Salesa Bronze High Jump
12G
Samantha Watson Bronze 1500m
13G
Mayah Coleman Silver Discus Bronze 200m
Madeleine Godfrey Bronze 400m
13B
Luke Paanakker Bronze Long Jump
14B
James Uhlenberg Silver 1500m (new club record) Bronze 800m

New records here

20th March 2014
7 Entries, 7 Medals at Auckland 2000/3000m Champs
The Auckland 2k & 3k champs were held on Saturday 8th March and Eastern continued our strong showing at these distances with 7 athletes entered.

Eastern had 7 athletes competing in this competition and all of them medalled. Jackson Jarvie (10 Boys) and James Uhlenberg (14 Boys) also broke club records, with James just missing the Auckland records by 2 seconds.

Results:
10G Petra Buyck Bronze
11G Chelsea Oliver Gold
11G Lucy Burrell Silver
12G Samantha Watson Silver
13G Madeleine Godfrey Silver
10B Jackson Jarvie Silver (new club record of 7.14.59)
14B James Uhlenberg Gold (new club record of 9.22.82)

New records here

10th March 2014
Change to Prizegiving Date
Please note that the prizegiving is now on Saturday 3rd May 2014.

1st March 2014
Top Ten
The annual Top Ten event was held on Saturday 15th February at Mt Smart. This year Eastern fielded teams in every age group except one (12 boys). To make up numbers, several athletes competed a year above their age group, but a near full team is a brilliant effort.

The team finished 9th overall - thereby achieving the goal of finishing in the Top Ten clubs in the Auckland region.

To make up numbers, several athletes competed a year above their age group.

Teams placing in first 10 in their age group:
GIRLS
7G 3rd (Charlotte Goldsmith & Poppy Webb)
8G 9th (Anika Rooke & Madeleine Leigh)
9G 3rd (Ashleigh Gallagher & Hannah Riley)
10G 6th (Petra Buyck & Charlotte Gordon)
11G 7th (Chelsea Oliver & Roshan Baroumandi)
12G 7th (Caitlin Adams & Jessica Nielsen)
13G 8th (Madeleine Godfrey & Samantha Watson)
14G 10th (Olivia Gordon & Megan Bol)

BOYS
8B 8th (Liam Buyck & Sean McPhee)
13B 10th (James Morgan & Te Manu Cameron)
14B 4th (Luke Paanakker & James Uhlenberg)

10th February 2014
Auckland Pentathlon Results
A small Eastern team participated in the 2014 Auckland Pentathlon event hel at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday 1st February.

Congratulations to Charlotte Goldsmith who won a bronze medal in the 7 Girls event.

25th February 2014
30 Medals at Counties Manukau Championships!!!
Held on a humid and rainy day at Massey Park, Papakura on Saturday 22nd Feb, Eastern had a very large representation and achieved possibly the best medal haul in the history of the club from a single event.

A total of 22 athletes competing and won 30 medals (9 Gold, 12 Silver and 9 Bronze) across a range of events and age groups.

A fantastic result. Congratulations to everyone involved. A special mention to Roshan Baroumandi and Madeleine Leigh who won 5 and 4 medals respectively.

Results:

8B Liam BUYCK 3rd long jump
8B Sean McPHEE 2nd 100m
8G Madeleine LEIGH 1st Long jump; 2nd 100m; 2nd 60m; 3rd 200m
8G Ruby SALESA 3rd Shot
10G Petra BUYCK 1st 800m; 1st 400m
10G Ella GREENWOOD 1st Long Jump; 1st 100m; 1st 200m
10G Tiana SALESA 2nd Discus
10G Macey HILTON 2nd 100m
10B Tyler STUBBS 3rd Long Jump
11B Matthew EADY 1st 400m; 3rd 800m
11B Charlie DEVLIN 1st High Jump
11B Ephraim SALESA 2nd High Jump
11G Roshan BAROUMANDI 2nd 800m; 2nd Long Jump; 2nd 100m; 2nd 200m; 3rd 400m
11G Chelsea OLIVER 2nd High Jump; 3rd 800m
12G Jessica NIELSEN 2nd 800m; 3rd 400m; 3rd hurdles
14B James UHLENBERG 1st 800m

25th February 2014
Counties Manukau 1500m Champs
The Counties Manukau 1500M Championships is a new event in 2014 run as a midweek evening meet.

We had 7 entrants and won 5 medals - 3 Golds; 1 silver; 1 bronze, with several of these coming from a new group of 10 and 11 year olds that are starting to show through with consistent performances that will hopefully keep Eastern's strong middle distance record to the fore for the next few seasons.

Results for all athletes (even those that didn't medal performed very creditably):
10B Jackson Jarvie 1st (5.25)
10G Petra Buyck 1st (5.42)
11G Chelsea Oliver 2nd (5.29)
Lucy Burrell 3rd (5.36)
Olivia Hyland 5th (5.51)
13G Maddie Godfrey 4th (5.43)
14B James Uhlenberg 1st (4.28)

10th February 2014
Auckland Pentathlon Results
A small Eastern team participated in the 2014 Auckland Pentathlon event hel at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday 1st February.

Congratulations to Charlotte Goldsmith who won a bronze medal in the 7 Girls event.

28th January 2014
Record at Trans-Tasman
Eastern's Roshan Baroumandi, competing for the Auckland team (of 10 and 11 year olds) against New South Wales, won a silver medal in the 11 Girls 100m, setting a new club record in the process.

The Auckland team also won overall in the points competition which is a rare achievement against the very strong NSW team.

25th January 2014
2 Medals for James Uhlenberg at South Island Colgate Games
James travelled to Timaru for the South Island games on the weekend of 17th-19th January and cleaned up the 14 Boys 800m and 1500m golds.

James was also Eastern's only representative in the Interprovincial Championships held in Auckland over the weekend of 25th January, coming 2nd in the 1500m..

23rd January 2014
North Island Colgate Games
Eastern had a very pleasing 22 athletes competing at the 2014 Colgate Games held in Whangarei over the weekend of 10-12 January.

The weather on the first day not ideal for track competition with a blustery wind, but the rest of the weekend saw this settle with warm days.

Eastern's athletes all put in great efforts for a total of 10 well earned medals. Club Captain Judith Uhlenberg also said that we had several very good performances that were unlucky to result in close 4th placings. Well done to everyone participating!

The medals - 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze - were won by nine athletes in a range of events.

Medal winners:
10G Tiana Salesa Gold Discus
11G Roshan Baroumandi Silver 100m
      Anna Schwabe Bronze 400m
11B Matthew Eady Gold 400m
      Charlie Devlin Bronze High Jump
12G Samantha Watson Gold High jump
14B James Uhlenberg Gold 1500m
                                Bronze 800m

11 Yr Mixed Medley Relay Silver (Matthew; Ephraim; Anna, Roshan, Lucy)
11G 4 x 100m relay Bronze (Chelsea; Anna, Roshan and Lucy)

Five new club records were set:
11G Anna Schwabe 400m 1.05.29 (old record was 1.07.24 from 1987)
12G Samantha Watson High Jump 1.42 (old record was 1.40)
13G Mayah Coleman Discus 30.85 (broke her own record of 27.48)
                              Shot 9.80 (old record was 9.08)
14B James Uhlenberg 800m 2.02.88 (old record was 2.08.08)

Five of our 7-9 year olds (who do not compete for medals) received placing pennants:7-9 years olds (receive pennants)
7B Vincent SALESA 3rd Shot put
8G Harriet BURRELL 2nd Discus
8B Liam BUYCK 1st Long Jump
9B Jesse Coleman 2nd 100m; 2nd Discus; 3rd 200m
9G Hannah Riley 1st Long Jump; 1st 100m; 2nd 60m

New records here


Members of the Eastern 2014 North Island Colgates team.

2nd January 2014
Medals and Records at the John Walker Night of Miles
The John Walker Night of Miles is an annual evening event held at Mt Smart Stadium each year. The 2013 edition held on Saturday 14th December saw the change from 1500m races to a mile format. Previously the Night of Miles included the Auckland 1500m Champs but these now return to the weekend of the Auckland Champs proper.

Nine Eastern Athletes performed very well, with four of them placing for medals.

As these are inaugural records at this distance they will be recorded as 'standards'.

Medal winners:
11G Lucy Burrell Silver
14G Georgia Clode Silver
14G Alyssa Bullot Bronze
14B James Uhlenberg Bronze

Also competing:
11G Chelsea Oliver
11G Anna Schwabe
11G Gabriella de Latour
12G Emily Hacket Pain
10G Petra Buyck

New Mile records here

19th December 2013
James Uhlenberg sets 14 Boys 1500m record at NZ Secondary Schools Nationals
Running for Sacred Heart College, James Uhlenberg continued Eastern's strong middle distance pedigree with a new 1500m record set at Secondary School National Championships on Sunday 8th December in Hamilton.
James will have further chances later in the season to improve on this and his efforts as a 12 and 13 year old suggest he may reset this record several times before the 2013/14 season is over.

7th December 2013
11 Year Boys shine at Auckland Relay Champs
Held at Papakura's Massey Park on Sunday December 1st, the standard again was very high for thew annual Auckland regional relay champs.

Eastern's representation comprised 5 teams and reports are that everyone involved enjoyed a competitive and fun day in very good weather

The 11 year boys team scored silver in the 4x100m and 4x200m events. Well done boys.

11 Boys Teams:
Silver 4x100m Ephraim Salesa, James Robertson, Matthew Eady and Bono Napota
Silver 4x200m Ephraim Salesa, James Robertson, Matthew Eady and Charlie Devlin

21st November 2013
Success at Counties Manukau Relay Champs
The Counties Relays Champs is usually held early in the athletics season and is almost always a strong event for Eastern. 2013 has been no exception with a beautiful sunny day producing another 16 medals across 9 age/gender categories.

Boys and Girls teams in each age grade compete for track (relays) and field (combined scoring) medals, and this year we had teams in all but three age grades.

The 11 Boys were one runner short so Tiana Salesa (10 year old girl) stepped up to give them a full compliment (younger athletes may replace older and girls may replace boys). This team managed to medal in two events!!! - see below

Also notable was Mayah Coleman continuing her steady demolition of club throwing records (at the end of the 2012/2013 season she held 7 Discus or Shot records) with a new 13 Girls Discus record of 27.48m. This, Mayah's 8th current record, broke a 25 year old mark by almost 3 metres.

Medals:
7 Girls - Bronze 4x100m, Bronze 4x200m
8 Girls - Silver 4x100m
8 Boys - Silver 4x200m, Silver Field Events, Bronze 4x100m
9 Boys - Silver 4x100m, Silver 4x200m, Bronze Field Events
10 Girls - Gold Field Events, Silver 4x100m, Silver 4x200m
10 Boys - Bronze 4x100m
11 Boys - Silver 4x100m, Silver 4x200m
13 Girls - Bronze Field Events
14 Boys - Bronze 4x100m

7th September 2013
2013/14 Registration
September 17th, 18th and 24th at ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 5-6.30pm
Subscriptions - Senior $110, Junior $80
New uniform $30 singlet $30 shorts
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7th September 2013
Latest Club Newsletter available for download Here

8th April 2013
Reminder - Club Prizegiving 20th April

The AGM and prizegiving will be held at the Kohimarama School Hall on 20 April 2013 commencing at 3.00pm, not 27 April as advertised.

24th March 2013
Eastern Representatives join Auckland Inter-Provincial Team

James Uhlenberg, Luke Paanakker, Olivia Gordon and Madeline Godfrey have made the Auckland team to compete at the 12/13 year old Interprovicial Championships in Timaru.

The Inter-Provincials are held every Easter and comprise a points-based teams competition featuring the best athletes from every region. This year Auckland will be looking to regain the national title having lost it to Wellington in a very close result last year.

Good luck to our 2013 athletes. We're sure you'll do the club and Auckland proud.

17th March 2013
2013 Auckland Champs Results

Auckland's first rain for several weeks didn't hold up the Auckland Champs at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday 16th of March.

Yet another club record was broken with Lucy Burrell breaking one of our oldest records - the 10 girls 800m which has stood since 1987. This continues Lucy's consistent form this season and give her the 800m and 1500m record pair.

We had 34 athletes competing, a fantastic turnout, and bought home 11 medals. We also had plenty of athletes making finals.

Updated Club Records here
Medals:

7G
Madeleine Leigh 1st Long Jump
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9G
Ella Greenwood 1st 60m; 1st 100m; 2nd 200m
Macey Hilton 3rd 60m
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10G
Georgia Milne 3rd High Jump
Lucy Burrell 2nd 800m (new club record)
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10B
Charlie Devlin 2nd high jump
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11G
Samantha J Watson 1st High Jump
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12G
Mayah Coleman 3rd Discus
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13B
James Uhlenberg 3rd 800m
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18th March 2013
High Jump Record at Club Champs

Yet another club record was broken at the Club Champs on Sunday 10th March. Isabelle Moody set a new 13 girls high jump records of 1.40, easily clearing the previous record of 1.35 set in 1991.

Updated Club Records here

26th February 2013
35 Medals and another Club Record Broken at Counties Manukau Champs - Sat 23rd Feb

Well, we thought last year's 21 medals was a fantastic effort, but the 23 Eastern athletes that competed in the 2013 champs totally eclipsed that result with one of the club's best medal returns ever!

While we always expect strong middle distance results from most events, over the past few years the CM Champs has seens our younger athletes make a strong contribution. In the case of the 7 year olds this is usually their first taste of real competition.

Well done to everyone who competed. Sending a team of 23 is a great effort in its own right and - win or lose - just seeing plenty of athletes competing in Eastern blue is always a gratifying site for volunteers and committee members.

Also notable was Samantha R Watson's new 11 girls highjump record. This record had stood since 1998. Congratulations Samantha.

Our results:

7G
Sophie Sones 2nd long jump; 2nd 60m
Madeleine Leigh 3rd 60m; 3rd 200m
Anika Rooke 2nd shot put
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7B
Sean McPhee 2nd 200m
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8B
Thomas Wynn 1st 100m; 1st 200m; 2nd long jump; 2nd discus
Jonny Young 1st 60m; 2nd 200m
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9G
Livy Connolly 1st discus
Macey Hilton 3rd 60m
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10B
Charlie Devlin 1st high jump; 2nd discus
James Robertson 2nd 400m; 2nd 800m
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10G
Lucy Burrell 1st 1500m; 1st 800m
Chelsea Oliver 2nd 1500m; 3rd 800m
Olivia Collins 2nd high jump
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11B
Oliver Dunshea 2nd high jump
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11G
Samantha J Watson 1st high jump (new club record); 3rd discus
Samantha R Watson 1st long jump; 3rd 100m
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12B
Luke Paanakker 1st long jump; 1st 400m; 3rd 200m
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13B
James Uhlenberg 2nd 1500m; 2nd 800m
Henry Purvis 2nd 100m; 3rd 200m

Updated Club Records here

21st February 2013
7 Medals and 2 Records at Auckland 2000/3000m Champs

Another very strong effort by our middle distance athletes from the 2013 edition of the 2000m (10 and 11yrs) and 3000m (12, 13 and 14 yrs) champs held at Pakuranga on Saturday 16th Feb.

In the 10 girls 2000m Lucy Burrell and Chelsea Oliver scored an Eastern quinella in bringin home gold and silver. Lucy was well out in front at 7.41.92, missing breaking the club record by only 1.2 seconds.

Madeleine Godfrey brought in a bronze in the 12 girls 3000m.

Then in the 13 girls 3000m Georgia Clode (like Lucy with a big lead over the field) won in 10.48.59 and Millie Anderson following her in for bronze.

In another 1st/2nd double James Uhlenberg won the 13 boys 3000m in an new club record time of 10.25.45, with MaxWhelan-Platt getting the silver. Finally Daniel Chapman took out silver in the 14 boys 3000m. This was also a new club record (10.37.55).

Pictured are Daniel and James with Max Whelan-Platt

Updated Club Records here

11th February 2013
Top Ten Results - Saturday 9th February

Held at a very hot Massey Park, Papakura our team managed 11th place in the annual Top Ten where teams of 2 athletes from each age group compete for points.

Obviously the goal is usually to be in the first 10 teams, however we were short in a couple of age groups - no 8 girls or 9 boys - and a couple more only had a single competitor - 7 boys, 14 girls - and this cost us a few precious points.

Individual results were:

7 girls - 8th
7 boys - 12th (one competitor)
8 boys - 12th
9 girls - 5th
10 girls - 6th
10 boys - 10th
11 girls - 10th
11 boys 12th
12 girls - 10th
12 boys - 8th
13 girls - 8th
13 boys - 6th
14 boys - 7th
14 girls - 11th (one competitor)

8th February 2013
A record at Trans-Tasman

Lucy Burrell re-broke the club 10 girls 1500m at the Trans-Tasman held on 13th January at Cambelltown Sports Stadium, NSW.

Lucy was already the 10 girls 1500m record holder having broken the old mark at the Night Of Miles which is effectively the Auckland middle distance championship.

The Trans-Tasman is a 10 and 11 year old competition held in Auckland or Sydney each year, featuring very strong competition from the NWS athletes.

Competing in the Australian climate is often very hot for our athletes, but it is always a great experience.

Updated Club Records here

Little Athletics NSW (Trans-Tasman hosts for 2013)

24th January 2013
Colgate Games Results

The 2013 edition of the North Island Colgate games was held at a very sunny Inglewood, Taranaki on the 4th-6th January. Temperatures reached 31 degrees over the weekend.

Eastern had two medallists - Mayah Coleman in the 12 girls discus and James Uhlenberg in the 13 boys 1500m.

Mayah won gold in her discus event, in the process also smashing the previous club record by over 13 metres! Her winning throw of 34.08m eclipsed Cara Blachard's 20.76m set at the 2007 Club Champs, and was nearly 3m clear of the second place finisher. In fact all of her throws would have won gold.

Mayah has been working her way through several of the club's throwing records since starting as a 7 year old.

James continued his success in middle distance with a 13 boys 1500m bronze. He also travelled to Invercargill for the South Island Colgate Games the following weekend and won the bronze at that event too.

Eastern Emerging Talent - results from 7-9 year olds (events do not have semi-finals and finals and penants rather than medals are awarded to under 10 year olds)

7B Harrison O’Brien 3rd 60m, 3rd 100m
8B Thomas Wynn 1st 100m, 1st discus, 1st long jump, 3rd 200m
8B Jesse Coleman 1st discus , 2nd 60m
8G Tanisha Griffiths 3rd discus, 3rd shot
9G Macey Hilton 1st 60m, 2nd long jump

Updated Club Records here

18th December 2012
Results - 3 Medals and 2 new club records at Night Of Miles

The John Walker Night of Miles doubles as the Auckland Junior 1500m Championships. This year held at Pakuranga on Saturday 15th December.

Eastern's very good recent history continued this year with Lucy Burrell and Georgia Clode winning the 10 and 13 girls respectively and setting new club records, and James Uhlenberg scoring a silver in the 13 boys.

Georgia and James also medalled last year as 12 year olds.

Lucy's time - 5.31.25 - beat a 2001 record of 5.34.63 set by Christine James at the same meet.

Georgia's time 4.56.19 - shaded Audrey Gregan's 2010 North island Secondary Schools time of 4.56.52.

Updated Club Records here

3rd December 2012
Results - 5 More Medals at Auckland Relay Champs

At Massey Park, Papakura, the Auckland Relay Champs were held on a hot, windy day.

Unlike the Counties Champs we didn't have a huge showing from our older (10+) athletes and it was our younger members again who showed through.

Club officials report that we had a number of teams who were very competitive but just missed out on medals with 4th place finishes.

9 Girls
Gold - 4 x 100m
Silver - 4 x 200m
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7 Girls
Bronze - 4 x 200m
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8 Boys
Gold - 4 x 200m
Bronze - Long Jump Relay
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9 Boys
Bronze - 4 x 200m
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1st December 2012
Results - 21 Medals at Counties Manukau Relay Champs

Eastern's history of strong medal hauls from the Counties Relay Champs continued with another great showing, especially from our younger athletes.

We had 12 age group teams competing which is a great turn out. Well done to all athletes and congratulations to our medal winners.

7 Girls
Silver - Field Events
Bronze - 4 x 100m
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7 Boys
Bronze - 4 x 200m
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8 Girls
Gold - Field Events
Silver - 4 x 200m
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8 Boys
Silver - 4 x 100m
Silver - 4 x 200m
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9 Girls
Bronze - Field Events
Bronze - 4 x 200m
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9 Boys
Gold - 4 x 100m
Gold - 4 x 200m
Bronze - Field Events
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10 Boys
Gold - 4 x 200m
Bronze - 4 x 100m
Bronze - Field Events
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12 Girls
Bronze - 4 x 100m
Bronze - 4 x 200m
Bronze - Field Events
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13 Boys
Bronze - 4 x 100m
Bronze - 4 x 200m
Bronze - Field Events
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7th October 2012
Season About To Start
First Club Night is Tuesday 23rd October (weather permitting).

31st July 2012
2012/13 Registration
September 11th, 12th and 18th at ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 5-6.30pm
Subscriptions - Senior $110, Junior $80
New uniform $30 singlet $30 shorts - limited current stock at $25 per piece
Membership Page (Download Membership Form Here)

Please note payment by Cash or Cheque only!!!

26th July 2012
Eastern Coach at Olympics

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our club coach Sarah Cowley, who has been selected for the New Zealand Olympic Team. Sarah will be competing in the Heptathlon with her first event on Friday 3rd (100m hurdles).

This is Sarah's first Olympics and the Club's best wishes go with her.

For the full list of track and field events for New Zealand athletes, go to here

27th April 2012
12B 1500m record for James Uhlenberg

James Uhlenberg was our only representative to make the Auckland team at the 12/13 year old Interprovicial Championships this year, but he made his mark with yet another Eastern middle distance record going down.

Finishing 3rd in the 1500m, James ran 4.45.60 to take the record off Sam Heslin, another of the very good young middle distance boys that have gone through the club in recent years. James also ran strongly in the 800m, but was just over 1s off that record which is also held by Sam.

In the end Auckland was shaded by Wellington in one of the closest competitions in recent history.

20th April 2012
Counties Manukau Champs - 13 medals - 4 new club records

Belated results are in from the Counties Manukau Champs held on 10th March at Mt Smart Stadium.

Another strong showing from Eastern saw our athletes bring in 13 medals - 9 of them Gold - and 4 new club records.

In a day of great performances, the emerging star was 7 year old Thomas Wynne who scored 4 medals (2 Gold) and broke records in the Long Jump and Discus, these having stood for 7 and 6 years respectively.
Results:

7G – Tanisha Griffiths
Silver Shot

11G – Mayah Coleman
Gold Shot - New Record 9.85m
Gold Discus

14G - Riandri de Bruyn
Gold 80m Hurdles
Bronze 400m

7B – Thomas Wynne
Gold 200m
Gold Long Jump - New Record 3.86m
Silver 100m
Bronze Discus - New Record 18.12m

10B - Matthew Wynne
Gold Long Jump

12B - James Uhlenberg
Gold 800m
Gold 80m Hurdles
Gold High Jump
Silver 1500m

And...
13G – DeArna Griffiths
5th Shot - New Record 9.08m

3rd April 2012
James Uhlenberg into Auckland Interprovincial Champs Team

Grade 12 athlete James Uhlenberg is Eastern's sole representative to make the Auckland Interprovincial team for 2012.

Auckland has a long successful history at these championships and is also this year's host province.

Good luck James!

24th March 2012
Auckland Champs - 10 Medals

The 2012 edition of the Auckland Junior Champs saw another long day that went past 6pm to fit in all events.

With an impressive 40 athletes qualified from the club, it seemed that a good medal result might be expected and this proved to be the case, with 7 athletes bringing in a total haul of 10 medals (James Uhlenberg's silver in the 12 year old 800m notable in that it was the only medal of the 10 won be a male!).

Apart from the national Colgate Games events the Auckland Champs is always easily the most competitive event of the season so these are the hardest won medals.

Medals as follows:

8G – ELLA GREENWOOD
Silver 200m
Bronze 100m
Bronze 60m

9G – MADISON DONNELLY
Bronze 60m

11G – LEE-ANN GRIFFITHS
Gold 1200m walk

12G – GEORGIA CLODE
Silver 800m

13G – DeARNA GRIFFITHS
Silver 1600m walk

14G – RIANDRI de BRUYN
Gold 80m Hurdles
Silver Discus

12B JAMES UHLENBERG
Silver 800m

25th February 2012
3 Club Records at Auckland 2000m/3000m Champs - Saturday 18th Feb

On a hot day at Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga 5 Eastern Athletes continued the club's strong middle distance record.

This year we didn't have any 10 or 11 year old representatives, so all of our performances were at the 3000m distance run by the older athletes.

The Eastern 12 girls almost pulled off a remarkable trifecta with Georgia Clode winning, Millie Anderson in second and Isabelle Moody just missing out on 3rd place.

Georgia's time of 11.36.57s is a new club record (Millie also went under the old record).

In the 12 boys event James Uhlenberg also set a new club record in running 10.43.68, and Daniel Chapman set yet another club record in the 13 boys with 11.12.84. Obviously this will be under threat when James runs in the 13 boys nest season.

Updated Club Records here

14th February 2012
Top Ten Results - Saturday 11th Feb Mt Smart

The 2012 edition of the Auckland Regional Top Ten - where 2 athletes from each age/sex compete as a team - saw Eastern with teams in every division, a notable result in itself .

The target, as the name says, is for each team to finish in a Top 10 position. Not an easy task with clubs from across the region sending their best athletes.

As well as the age group scores, the club as a whole accumulates points for each performance and the overall goal is to have Eastern also make it into the Top 10 in the club championship.

Team manager Judith Uhlenberg reports a mixed day weather-wise and an outstanding effort from all of our teams. Nobody medalled - although the 13 Boys just missed out with 4th in their division - but a consistent performance across the day saw Eastern finish in 9th position. Target achieved - well done teams!

Teams with Top 10 results:
7G 5th
9B 10th
9G 6th
10B 7th
10G 7th
11B 9th
12B 8th
12G 9th
13B 4th
14B 5th
14G 6th

9th February 2012
Medals at Pentathlon - 4th February Mt Smart Stadium

A big turnout from all clubs and good weather.

Eastern had a comendable total of 17 athletes entered.

Thomas Wynn earned 3rd place in the 7 Boys event, and Riandri De Bruyn won the 14 Girls.

8th February 2012
Records broken at Interprovincials

Riandri De Bruyn broke two more club records at the Interprovincials held in Palmerston North on 28/29th January.

Her 13.48s set a new club mark for the 14 girls 80m Hurdles and her Discus throw of 25.34 broke the previous record by over 2m.



Updated Club Records here

17th January 2012
Colgate Games - 6th-8th January - Tauranga

17 Eastern athletes competed at the North Island Colgate Games held this year in Tauranga.

Despite heavy rain and wind throughout most of the weekend, several personal bests were recorded and Mayah Coleman won Gold in the 11 Girls Discus (and broke the club Shot Put record although not medalling).

Divisional Pennant winners Grade 7 -9 (no times or overall placings are recorded for 7-9 track events):

7 Girls
Tanisha Griffiths 3rd Discus
                        3rd Shot Put
7 Boys
Fergus Kenna 3rd 100m
Jesse Coleman 3rd 200m

11 Girls
Mayah Coleman Gold Discus 25.92m
                        5th   Shot Put 9.46m (New club record)


One athlete - James Uhlenberg - travelled to the South Island Colgate Games the following weekend in Nelson (in contrast to Tauranga, beautifully sunny).

James won two medals in his specialist middle distance events while also making the hurdles and 400m finals:

12 Boys James Uhlenberg Silver Medal 1500m 4.57.32
                                     Bronze Medal 800m 2.25.99

18th December 2011
John Walker Night of Miles - Saturday 17th December

The John Walker Night of Miles doubles as the Auckland Junior 1500m Championships.

Eastern has a very good recent history in this event and our 12 year olds didn't let us down this year with Georgia Clode 2nd in the girls and James Uhlenberg 3rd in the boys events respectively.

10th December 2011
5 medals at Auckland Relay Championships

Auckland relay champs were on Saturday 3rd December at Massey Park, Papakura.

We only had five teams entered in this competition but managed 5 medals. Once again the 7’s and 8’s proved to be the most successful of the Eastern teams.

Results:

7 boys 4x200m Gold

8 Girls 4x100m Gold
4x 200m Gold

11 Girls 4x100m Bronze
4x200m Bronze

We also had teams in the 12 boys and 10 girls. These just missed out on medalling.
The 8 girls, 10 girls and 11 girls also competed as all girl field teams against the two boy/two girl teams.
The younger group of 8yr girls having to put up with a bit of stick from their boy competitors but they took it in their stride and performed well.

7th December 2011
16 medals at Counties Relays Championships

Another successful day for Eastern at the Counties Relays held on a sunny Sunday 27th November at the newly refurbished Massey Stadium at Papakura.

A great start to the season and yet another year where our 7 year olds show immediate promise.

Full Medal List:

7 Girls
2nd - Field events
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7 Boys
1st - 4 x 200m
1st - Field Events
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8 Girls
2nd - 4 x100m
2nd - 4 x 200m
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9 Girls
2nd - 4 x 200m
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9 Boys
2nd - 4 x100m
2nd - 4 x 200m
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10 Boys
3rd - Field Events
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10 Girls
3rd - 4 x 200m
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11 Boys
2nd - Field Events
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11 Girls
2nd - Field Events
3rd - 4 x 100m
3rd - 4 x 200m
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12 Boys
3rd - 4 x 100m
3rd - 4 x 200m
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15th August 2011
2011/12 Registration
September 13th, 14th and 20th at ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 5-6.30pm
Subscriptions - Senior $100, Junior $75
New uniform $30 singlet $25 shorts - limited current stock at $25 per piece
First club night - Tuesday 18 October (weather permitting)

Membership Page (Download Membership Form Here)

13th August 2011
Club Newsletter

August newsletter in PDF format

18th April 2011
Reminder - AGM and Prize Giving

Saturday 30th April 2011 - Kohimarama School Hall.

29th March 2011
Auckland Champs - 19March Mt Smart Stadium

As is usually the case, Auckland Champs was a long day, finishing after 6pm. Unlike the disrupted Counties Manukau Champs a nice day enjoyed by all who participated.

Eastern brought home a total of 19 medals, maintaining our high standards of the last few years. As usual we played to our middle distance strengths with more than half of the medals gained for distances between 800m and 3000m.

Three club records were broken - all achieved while scoring silver medals and all breaking records set in 2008:

Bailey Stewart's 14 boys 400m time of 54.23 broke Jaxon Bonnici's Auckland Champs record (Bailey subsequently rebroke this at North Island Secondary Schools champs).

Riandri de Bruyn set a new club record in the 13 girls 80m Hurdles. Her time of 14.95 breaking Cara Blanchard's 2008 15.01 set at Interprovincials.

Finally Sam Heslin set a new 12 boys 800m record of 2.20.60 breaking Henry Newell's 2.21.90 from Interprovincials.


De-Arna and Leanne Griffiths also established club standards in the 10 and 12 girls 1200m walks respectively.

Updated Club Records here

Updated Auckland Championship medal table here

6th March 2011
Counties Manukau Champs

Originally scheduled for Saturday 5th, torrential rain unfortunately saw Counties manukau postpone to the following day. Sunday's weather was also dicey and with our own club champs in the afternoon it was understandable that only three of our (original eleven) registered athletes attended.

With only the morning to compete, our athletes also weren't able to compete in all their favoured events, so they did very well in that all three medalled.

Matthew Eady won Silver in the 8 yr boys 60m.

James Uhlenberg won Gold in the 11 boys 1500m and Silver in the high jump.

Riandri de Bruyn won Gold in the 13 girls hurdles and Silver in the 1500m.

8th March 2011
Auckland 2000/3000m Champs

More strong middle distance performances from Eastern athletes at the 2000/3000m champs held at Pakuranga on Saturday 26th February.


Georgia Clode won the 11 Girls 2000m setting a new club record of 7.26.93.

A nice double saw James Uhlenberg 2nd and James Matthews 3rd in the 11 Boys 2000m.

Daniel Chapman was 3rd in 12 Boys 3000m, with his time of 11.32.94 smashing the old club record.

Daisy Archibald was 3rd in the 13 Girls and the versatile Riandri de Bruyn was 4th in the same race.

(10 and 11 year olds run 2000m and 12-14 year olds run 3000m in these chamnpionships)

Updated Records for 2000/3000m here

28th February 2011
Top Ten

The Auckland Top Ten competition was held at a hot Mt Smart on the 19th Feb.

A great day was had by all and 26 Eastern athletes competed, meaning we had entries in all age/gender groups except 10/13 boys and 14 girls.

Two of our teams medalled in what is usually a very strong competition. 3rd places to the 9 Boys team of Matthew Wynne and Ollie Kelly and the 7 Girls team of Tiana Salesa and Charlotte Gordon. Our 12 and 14 Boys teams were both apparently unlucky not to medal, both finishing close in 4th positions.

Overall Eastern finished in 8th place of all teams actross the Auckland region - a creditable performance and a couple of places higher than last year.

19th February 2011
Pentathlon - 5th February Mt Smart Stadium

9 year old Matthew Wynne was the only Eastern athlete to medal at the 2011 pentathlon.

His bronze was a good result given a large field of competitors.

28th January 2011
Another long standing record broken

Three Eastern athletes travelled to the South Island Colgate Games at Logan Park, Dunedin on the weekend of 14th-16th January.

In yet another example of the club's long standing records being broken in the past couple of seasons, Harry Marks set a new 14 year boys Long Jump record with a jump of 6.23m. The previous record of 5.99m was set in 1998.

Harry currently holds 11 club records, and would probably hold more but for time spent out injured in previous seasons .

12th January 2011
North Island Colgate Games - 7th, 8th, 9th January 2011 - Hastings

According to Team Manager Judith Uhlenberg the first day of competition saw temperatures approaching 35 degrees on the track as well as high humidity, but by Sunday cold southerlies with rain made competition difficult and uncomfortable. A strong headwind added to the challenging conditions.

Our team of 14 ahtletes did well to compete in such extreme conditions, with most of our senior athletes (10-14 year olds) reaching finals in their events.

8yr boys – Matthew Eady - 1st 100m, 2nd 200m, 2nd 60m.

9yr boys – Matthew Wynne - 1st 200m, 1st 100m, 2nd 60m, 2nd long jump.

9 yr girls – Samantha Watson - 3rd 100m.

14 yr girls – Audrey Gregan - 2nd 1500m.

20th December 2010
John Walker Night of Miles - Saturday 18th December

This event, which doubles as the Auckland Junior 1500m Championship was held in torrential rain but this didn't stop our athletes recording 3 medals and 2 new club records.

James Uhlenberg won the 11 Boys Silver medal

Georgia Clode won the 11 Girls Silver medal and in the process broke the previous 1500m club record (which has stood for 21 years) by over 8 seconds.

Sam Heslin, in the 12 Boys, took our third Silver and also broke Henry Newell's 2008 record by almost 7 seconds. Sam now holds the 11 and 12 Year old 1500m records.

Awesome efforts in pouring rain!

Updated Club Records here

9th December 2010
Auckland Relay Champ - Results

This event was held on Saturday 4 December at Mt Smart.


We entered 9 teams across all age groups and came away with 8 medals, with our 7 year olds following up their good performances at the Counties Manukau Relays.


The field relays are run as Mixed teams of 2 girls and 2 boys so the 7 year old results below are particularly notable in that they competed as a team of 4 girls in the Long Jump and 3 Girls/1Boy in the Shot Put and till medalled in these events.

7 Girls
1st - 4 x 100m
2nd - 4 x 200m
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7 Mixed
1st - Long Jump
3rd - Shot Put
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9 Boys
2nd - 4 x 100m
3rd - 4 x 200m
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9 Mixed
1st - Long Jump
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10 Mixed
3rd - Long Jump
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28th November 2010
Trans-Tasman Representatives for 2011
The Trans-Tasman Challenge sees Auckland and New South Wales holding reciprocal tours in January each year. In 2011 New South Wales is the host.

Eastern's proud record of participation in this international event continues with 6 more athletes selected to travel to Sydney in January.

Congratulations and good luck to :
10yr Girls - Lee-Anne Griffiths, Sarina Simon, Isabel McGillivray, Olivia Gordon.
11yr Boys - James Uhlenberg, Joel Ibbs

Previous Trans-Tasman representatives are recorded Here

25th November 2010
Counties Relays Championships - 25 Medals!!!

Another successful day for Eastern at the Counties Relays held at Jellicoe Park, Manurewa last weekend.

After a couple of early showers, the weather provided a very good day for athletics.

Nearly all Eastern athletes who attended won medals and we also had a good turnout of parents - thank you to those who helped with Eastern's rostered duty at the lane changeover (special thanks to the "Blonde Hairdresser") .

With teams in most age groups we won 25 medals (7 gold, 5 silver, 13 bronze), all but matching our best ever relay medal haul of 26 in 2008, and exceeding it in the number of gold medals (4 won in 2008).

Another similarity to 2008 was that both results were built on very strong 7 and 8 year old teams, augering well for the standard at the club in the next few years.

Full Medal List:

7 Girls
1st - 4 x 200m
1st - 4 x 100m
1st - Field events
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7 Boys
1st - 4 x 100m
1st - 4 x 200m
1st - Field Events
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8 Girls
2nd - 4 x100m
3rd - 4 x 200m
_____________

8 Boys
1st - 4 x 100m
3rd - 4 x 200m
_____________

9 Girls
3rd - 4 x 200m
3rd - Field Events
_____________

9 Boys
3rd - Field Events
_____________

10 Girls
3rd - 4x100m
3rd - 4 x 200m
3rd -Field Events
_____________

11 Girls
2nd - Field Events
3rd - 4 x 100m
3rd - 4 x 200m
_____________

11 Boys
2nd - 4 x 100m
2nd - 4 x 200m
3rd - Field Events
_____________

13 Girls
2nd - Field Events
3rd - 4 x 100m
3rd - 4 x 200m

Full Set Of Photos   Here

23rd August 2010
Trans-Tasman Information - 10/11 Year Olds as at 1st October 2010
The Trans-Tasman Challenge sees Auckland and New South Wales holding reciprocal tours in January each year. In 2011 New South Wales is the host.

A series of trials is held to select the team and the event is a great experience for all. Information and the application form are available in Microsoft Word form from the download links below. Applicants may hand completed forms in on the first club night.

Trans-Tasman Application Form

Tour Info Pack

17th August 2010
Latest Club E-News Here

16th August 2010
2010/11 Registration
September 14th, 15th, 21st at ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 5-6.30pm
Membership Page (Download Membership Form Here)

11th May 2010
New Photos - Fun Nite, Club Champs, 2010 Prizegiving



















Photos Page

20th Mar 2010
2 new records at Club Champs
Ephraim Salesa set a new 7 year boys 60m record at 9.66s, breaking Daniel Chapman's 2006 mark.

It's certainly been a season for some of our really old records to go. Samantha Watson (8 girls) has taken one with a long jump of 3.86m. This broke a 1991 record by 2cm. If this is any guide, Samantha could be in her mid-late 20s before this one goes again!

6th March 2010
15 Medals, 7 Club Records at Auckland Champs
A long day that started at 8am with the last events finishing at 6pm.

Like the Counties Manukau Champs it was very hot and dusty throughout the day, including some small dust storms, but there were also short rainy periods - i.e. typical Auckland weather.

2010 turned out to be another very good year for Eastern at the Auckland Champs with 18 medals (if we include the 1500m Champs which are now held separately to the main Championship day).

8 Girls Samantha Watson 3rd long jump
9 Girls Yasmin Shakes 3rd 100m, 3rd 200m Mayah Coleman 2nd Discus (23.89 new record)
10 Boys Fraser McKinlay 1st 400m, 1st 800m
11 Boys Sam Heslin 1st 800m (2.23.91 new record)
12 girls Riandri de Bruyn 1st 100m Hurdles
13 Boys Harry Marks 1st Long Jump (6.05 new record), 1st 100m (11.98 new record)
Charlie Staite 3rd Shot Put
14 boys Jordan Vetter 1st 100m hurdles (15.13 new record), 2nd 400m, 3rd High Jump (1.70 new record)
Henry Newell 2nd 800m (2.08.08 new record)

Mayah (pictured) broke her own Colgate Games record from January - prior to that the previous record had lasted 9 years.

Sam also broke his own Colgate Games record. Previously the club 800m record had lasted 20 years!

Harry continues his trawl through the club records, resetting sprint and jump marks as he goes. His 2010 performances better those of Nick Thomas (100m) and Michael Bradley (long jump) both set in 2007.

Having established the 14 boys 100m hurdles standard at the Colgate games (ie the record was previously vacant) Jordan has now set a record by bettering this. He also continues his high jump form of the last few years in adding 4cm to the previous record (another long standing record - set in 1998).

Eastern has traditionally been relatively strong in middle distance so our records are fairly strong in this area. Henry's effort to better James Watt's 2008 (bronze medal) 800m run means he now holds the 12, 13 and 14 year records for 800m.


Updated Club Records (including links to previous records)
Updated Auckland Champs Medals table

25th Feb 2010
29 Medals at Counties Manukau Champs
Held on grass at Manurewa this year - due to the unavailability of Massey Park - 13 Eastern athletes (of a total of 19 competing) scored a haul of 29 medals.

The day was very, very hot but that didn't stop an excellent set of results including Jordan Vetter breaking the 14 year boys high jump with a new mark of 1.72 (previous was 1.66 set by Luke Ibbs in 2008).

7 Girls Madison Davis-Donnelly 1st Long Jump, 3rd 200m, 3rd 60m, 3rd 100m
7 Boys Hunter Jackson 2nd Long Jump
Matthew Eady 2nd 60m, 2nd 200m
8 Boys Matthew Wynne 2nd Long Jump
10 Boys Fraser McKinlay 1st 1500m, 1st 400m, 1st Long Jump, 3rd High Jump
Joel Ibbs 3rd 200m
James Uhlenberg 1st 800m, 2nd 1500m
11 girls Michelle Eggins-Pickering 3rd Shot Put
12 girls Riandri de Bruyn 1st 100m Hurdles
14 girls Stevie Hackett 2nd Shot Put, 2nd 100m, 3rd Long Jump
Alana Ibbs 2nd 200m, 3rd High Jump, 3rd 400m
14 boys Jordan Vetter 1st 100m hurdles, 1st 400m, 1st high jump, 3rd 800m
Mikyle Frank 2nd 100m, 3rd 200m

25th Feb 2010
Top Ten - 6th Feb 2010

The 2010 Top Ten saw Eastern 10th place - following the sequence of several years now where we have hovered around 9th and 10th but staying within the all important Top Ten (of the 18-20 Auckland region clubs).

This was especially notable as we competed without teams in the 7 and 9 Boys or 13 Girls and one 12 Boy competed alone. With teams competing in these age groups, we might have finished as high as 6th

Three of our teams medalled in their individual age groups. Jordan Vetter & Mikyle Frank won the 14 Boys, while Charlie Staite & Harry Marks and Yasmin Shakes & Isabel McGillivray were second in the 13 Boys and 9 Girls respectively.

31st January 2010
13 new records from Colgate Games
With the Colgate Games being help in Auckland over a beautiful weekend this year, Eastern athletes had every opportunity to capture medals and records and they didn't disappoint.

53 Athletes took part in the games (with 3 also travelling to the South Island Colgate Games held in Timura the follwing week), for a total of 8 medals and 13 new club records.
Especially notable were Fraser McKinley who (winning the Gold) took another 3 seconds off his 10 Boys 1500m record set just before Christmas, Nicole Fairbrother who broke the club 14 Girls Long Jump record at the North Island Colgates and broke it again the following weekend at the South Island Games and Harry Marks who took an enormous 0.91s (and Bronze medal) off the 13 Boys 200m record set by Nick Thomas a couple of years ago and then followed that up by adding 23cm to the previous Long Jump record on his was to winning the Gold medal in that event.

Also see E-News below for more detail

Updated Records Here

Colgate Games Photos Here

28th January 2010
Trans-Tasman representatives from Eastern The following athletes represented Eastern with distinction in the Auckland Trans-Tasman team competing against New South Wales at Waitakere Stadium on Sunday 17th January.

Lisa Fairbrother
Louise Yates
Caitlin Dodd
Sophia Frankish
Fraser Hamilton
Fraser McKinlay
Sam Heslin
Daniel Chapman
James Uhlenberg

As is always the case, the club also had significant representation in the organisation and administration of the Trans-Tasman event.

Rodger and Denise were both members of the executive committee, Rodger and Kim Anderson were both selectors and Denise was also an administrator.

Fraser McKinley and Sam Heslin continued their strong seasons with Silver medals in the 10 and 11 Boys 1500m respectively. The standard in Trans-Tasman competition is always extremely high, especially on the track, and this is a very good effort from Fraser and SAM.

Trans-Tasman Representation Page Here

21st January 2010
Latest Club E-News Here

9th January 2010
Santa visits the Junior track
At the last training night of 2009 Santa visited the juniors.

4th January 2010
First records of the season
Club records for both the 10 and 11 year old boys were broken at the Auckland Junior 1500m Championship run in conjunction with the John Walker Night of Miles on December 19th.

With an outstanding time for 10 year olds, both Fraser McKinlay and James Uhlenberg took several seconds off Brandon James' 2005 Auckland Champs run, which was an impressive effort itself for those who remember it.
Fraser ran 5.08.05 and James 5.10.08 for an Eastern gold/silver double.

Sam Heslin then ran 4.48.75 to smash the 11 year old 1500m record set by Thomas Hood in 2001 by almost 13 seconds.

Clearly the future of boys middle distance running at Eastern is looking especially bright with these boys running 5 minutes and under at this stage of the season.
Records page Here

19th September 2009
Registration Underway
It looks like another busy season with very strong numbers registering on the first two nights.
Reminder - 3rd regisatration night is 22nd Tuesday September
Registrations will be accepted after this but some age groups - especially in the 4-8 year groups - may be under pressure so be sure to enrol early to avoid disappointment or having to go on a waiting list

21st July 2009
2009/10 Registration
Registration is September 15th, 16th, 22nd at ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 5-6.30pm
Membership Page (Download Membership Form Here)

19th February 2009
Top 10 Results

Mt Smart hosted the regional Top 10 Champs on Sunday 15th February.

The Top 10 is open to every junior club in the Auckland and Counties regions and involves teams of 2 boys and 2 girls per age group competing for points

In addition to the medals available to athletes, the accumulated points for all athletes are counted to give an overall club placing - with the aim obviously being to make it into the Top 10!

For the second season in a row, we managed a creditable 10th place (following several years where we languished around 12th-13th position). Well done to all involved.


We had teams in nearly every age category, with most managing a Top 10 Team place, and the 8 Girls and 12 Boys medalling.


Results (only Top 10 placings):

7G - 6th
7B - 6th
8G - 3rd
8B - 8th
9B - 8th
10B - 4th
11B - 7th
12B - 2nd
13G - 8th
13B - 7th
14G - 9th
14B - 7th

11th February 2009
Confirmation of several new records

Confirmations are in for several new records from late 2008 and early 2009.

Harry Marks (see news item below) broke the club 12 year boys 200m record in Canberra at the Pacific School Games (25.02s) and then broke this record again at a Senior Hot Meet in January (24.96s).
Harry also broke the long standing (from 1995) 12 boys long jump record of 5.11m with a jump of 5.49m (which also won the silver medal).

Henry Newell picked up both the 13 boys 800m and 1500m records at the North Island Colgate Games in Wanganui in January (2.16.12s and 4.47.41s)

Ben Moynihan broke another long standing record in the 14 boys 1500m at the Auckland Junior 1500m Champs. This record had stood since 1987. Ben's time of 4.27.41s was a full 10 seconds faster.

Records page Here

10th February 2009
More Club Records at the Auckland Junior 2000/3000m Champs.

5 records were established or broken at the 2000m and 3000m junior champs last weekend.

At this annual event, 10 and 11 year olds run 2000m and 12-14 year olds run 3000m.

Obviously one of Eastern's areas of strength is in middle distance track running and we continue to excel in this area of athletics.

As the 2000m and 3000m are not standard distances at most Junior meets, these records are recorded on our "Other Records" page Here

Pictured are Sally and Asleigh just after the start of the 14 girls 3000m race.

2nd February 2009
Silver for Harry Marks in Canberra

Representing New Zealand junior athletics, 12 year old Eastern Athlete Harry Marks scored a silver medal in the long jump at the Pacific School Games in Canberra.

Competing with an injury for part of the Games, Harry didn't manage to medal in his other specialist events, High Jump, 100m and 200m, but he competed with distinction and has continued the form that had him selected for Canberra into 2009.

Only 73 junior athletes were selected from the entire country so just making this team was a major achievement in itself.

Our favourite club Officials, Rodger and Denise also represented us at the Pacific School Games as they were New Zealand team officials (Denise for the second time).

The Pacific School Games are held in Australia every 4 years, bring athletes aged 10-19 from all over the Pacific, Asia, Africa and North America together, with Australian athletes competing in state teams.

The previous games were held in Melbourne just prior to the Commonwealth Games.


The Pacific School Games website can be viewed here

23rd November 2008
Counties Relays Championships - 26 Medals!!!

With teams in all but one age group, we achieved our best medal haul from a relays event for a very long time.

We scored a total of 26 medals in all - 4 of them Gold - including medals in each of the mixed-age medley relay events.

An especially strong 7 year old team medalled in every event available, backing up the success of last years 7 year old girl team (many of whom competed as 8 years olds yesterday).

We once again had good teams in the 12, 13 and 14 age groups, leading to good results in the respective age events and strengthening our medley relay teams.

Apart from the 7 years olds, our 8 girls, 9 boys, 12 boys, 13 girls and 14 boys and girls also did very well.
Full Medal List:

7s
Bronze Girls 4x200m
Bronze Boys 4x200m
Gold Girls 4x100m
Bronze Boys 4x100m
Bronze Field Relay (Field Relay Team comprised of 2 boys, 2 girls)

8s
Silver Girls 4x200m
Gold Girls 4x200m
Bronze Field Relay

9s
Silver Boys 4x200m
Silver Boys 4x100m
Bronze Field Relay

11s
Bronze Boys 4x100m

12s
Gold Boys 4x200m
Silver Boys 4x100m
Bronze Field Relay

13s
Silver Girls 4x200m
Silver Girls 4x100m
Bronze Field Relay

14s Bronze Boys 4x200m
Bronze Girls 4x200m
Bronze Boys 4x100m
Bronze Girls 4x100m

Junior Medley Relay (1x200m and 2x100m run by team comprising one each from 7-9 age groups)
Bronze Boys
Bronze Girls

Senior Medley Relay (1x800m, 1x400m, 1x200m, 2x100m run by team comprising, one each from 10-14 age groups)
Gold Boys
Silver Girls

Full Set Of Photos   Here

14th October 2008
Season Underway

The 2008/9 season has seen huge numbers at registration, especially on the senior track.

With registrations still coming in for all age groups, the record numbers of the 2006/7 season may yet be exceeded.

Due to the extremely high enrolment rates, the following age groups are now closed for registration:
Girls Ages 4,5,6 and 7
Boys Ages 4 and 6

14th July 2008
Harry Marks selected for New Zealand

Eastern athlete, Harry Marks has made the NZ Junior Athletic team travelling to the Pacific School Games in Canberra, November 2008.

Harry will compete as a 12 year old in four events - 100m, 200m Long Jump and High Jump.

Selection for this team means that Harry is 1st or 2nd ranked in the country for those events he will compete in. With athletes limited to four events at the Games, Harry was unable to also compete in the Shot Put, although it appears that he reached qualifying standard for this event too.

The club congratulates Harry on his selection - which is outstanding in itself - and wishes him the very best in his competition.

13th July 2008
2008/9 Season Dates Announced
First Night - Tuesday 14th October
Registration is September 2nd, 3rd and 9th at ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 5-6.30pm
For other dates, please click the link to the Calendar page  Here
Membership Page (Download Membership Form Here)

18th May 2008
Club Prizegiving Photos
Photos Here

30th March 2008
Club Prizegiving
Saturday 3rd May - 3pm - Kohimarama School Hall