We are the largest group of runners and walkers in the Upper Hutt valley. Our Club is built around friendly local people who just enjoy running and walking at all ages and ability levels.
Our goal is to encourage people of all ages to get fit in an easy and fun way, and those that are fit to get faster.
See the About Us page for more details - membership registration link, our training times & days, information about each of our races and more.
Saturday 4 May 2024
Novice & Presidents Race
Steve Plowman Trophy
Bob Clark Memorial Trophy for walkers
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Slightly earlier in the season this year and plenty on the line today. The Novice and Presidents is a fantastic race for all abilities. Juniors have the Steve Plowman and Trentham United trophies up for grabs, and walkers have the Bob Clark Memorial trophy to compete for.
Further details here.
The Rotorua Marathon (inc NZ champs) and New Zealand 5km Road Championships are also on this weekend though all serious runners will be at TMP running for glory!
Saturday 11 May 2024
University Relay & Wellington Mixed Cross Country Relay
Chocolate Walk
Mackays Crossing
The second inter-club of the year takes place over on the Kapiti Coast. The University Cross Country Relay and Chocolate walk tops out at 3.5km for U20 and older so very achievable for a newer runner. The shorter course means there is always someone nearby to try and catch. It's a great little grassy/gravel course with short punchy hills - good fun.
Something new this year - the race will double as the Wellington Mixed XC Relay. Further encouraging everyone to give it a go, should be an interesting race.
Click here to join a relay team, registrations close midnight Monday, May 6:
Monday 13 May 2024
CSW Cross Country Relays
Karori Park
College Sport Wellington Cross Country Relays are held at Karori park this year. Looking forward to seeing some great racing by all the up and coming college athletes.
Saturday 18 May 2024
Club Day
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
We will head out on pack runs - varying distances and speeds but always regrouping every few km's.
Sunday 19 May 2024
UVPSSA Cross Country, Harcourt Park
Masters Cross Country Relay, Trentham Memorial Park
The Upper Valley Primary Schools cross country. This is a qualifier for the Wellington region race, top 10 of each categoary is typically selected. At mid-April this date is stil to be confirmed.
And hosted on our home turf, the first of the three main Masters events the Masters Cross Country Relay.
Click here to join a relay team:
Full details are here.
Wednesday 22 May 2024
CSW Cross Country Champs
Harcourt Park
College Sport Wellington Cross Country Champs are back at Harcourt park this year.
Saturday 25 May 2024
Vosseler Shield
Mt Victoria
The Vosseler Shield - the last race of the Autumn classics and the first race on the inter-club calendar for those registered as a competitive athlete. A very tough race on Mt Vic. Last year the wet weather made the first mud section horrendous to navigate being on an awkward slope, but it made for some fantastic video opportunities for spectators. Let's hope for more of the same! Check out our inter-club page for info on this long standing classic race.
Saturday 29 April 2023
Shaw Baton Cross Country Relays
Battle Hill
Trentham United entered 23 teams this year! That is the 6th consecutive year we have fielded more teams than the previous year. Back in 2017 we entered only 8 teams. Whilst we didn't pick up any wins this year, there were a lot of podiums and PB's. Plenty of new faces having a crack at cross country wearing the Blue and Gold Trentham United singlet which is great.
With so many teams I will just list top 5 placings. For the full results including individual times head over to webscorer.
MU10 1km:
2nd - Carter Burt
WU10 1km:
1st - Taya Hines
4th - Poppy Penny
5th - Jessa Blundell
MU12:
2nd - Nikos Kapoutsos, Carter Burt, Sanjith Ragunath, Travis Robertson
4th - Eli Brewerton, Hugo Banner, Zach Ellis, Joseph Blumsky
WU12:
5th - Hazel Roos, Ellie Freeman, Ruby-Rose Hepi, Faith Hilton
MU14:
2nd - James Wallace, Matthew Meiklejohn, Caleb Wallace, Thomas Millar
WU14:
4th - Kiana Wealleans, Lily Jordan, Olivia Boyd, Zoe Tebbutt
5th - Charlotte Boyd, Leah Hilton, Zoe Radley, Scarlett Lister
MU16:
2nd - Fin Robinson, Jacob Rice, Cam Starr, Bair Waldrom
5th - Joseph Du Toit, Hugo Boyd, Oscar Brider, Micah Berendsen
WU16:
2nd - Savannah Allen, Elmé Pienaar, Zoe Hilton, Madison Wos
MU20:
2nd - Callum Wos, Max Poland, Caleb Rice, Josh Jordan
M35+:
2nd - Josh Campbell, Kevin Fink, Phil Broughton, Edd Charlton-Weedy
M50+:
5th - Kyle Wealleans, Kevin Thompson, Carl Berendsen, Philip Secker
W50+:
4th - Belinda Walker, Isobel Franklin, Emily Gias-Wealleans, Trish Coley
M60+:
3rd - Stephen Mair, Gerard Bourke, Bruce Stewart, David Hood
21 April 2024
Christchurch Marathon
Christchurch
The Watsons headed South to take on the Christchurch Marathon. Both have trained hard for this weekend, Rachel in particular putting in a very focused, long build up. It is pleasing to write both had fantastic races, Chris running 3:18:47 and Rachel smashing her PB with 3:46:39! That knocked over 15 minutes off Rachel's club marathon record! Lola also chipped in with the 10km race crossing in 1:05:16. Awesome racing team Watson!
20 April 2024
Faultine Ultra
Wellington
The inaugural Faultline took place over the weekend. We had 8 hardy TUH runners hit the trails to take on some big personal challenges. Hugh Taylor and Mark Boyd went for the big one - the miler. First timers at this distance, they both started at 5am Saturday morning and finished Sunday mid-morning. Mark completed the 160km in 28 hours 2 mins, Hugh in 29 hours 10 mins. Absolutely astounding achievements.
Brian Garmonsway and Philip Secker took on the 100km distance, also first timers at this distance. Brian had a great race winning by over an hour in 11:46:10. Philip ran 16:30:06 and placed second in the 50-59 group.
Sarah Tobin, Gary Spierling, Shar McDonald and Bethany Walker ran the 160km team relay placing 6th in 22:27:26. All had tough sections, three running in darkness for some/all of it, and some crewing throughout for others too!
Jeica Espanol a new member to the club took on the 24km distance, completing in 3:12. Great work!
Everyone was out of their comfort zone, sleep deprived, and nailed it - all commenting on the great support from the club. What a fantastic weekend for the club. Check the results page for write ups from each person.
14 April 2024
Waitarere Forest Run
Waitarere Forest
Anne Dry and Gary Spierling took part in the Waitarere Forest Run both completing half marathon distance, Anne walking and Gary running. Anne has battled a few injuries and not participated in the event since 2021 so was pleased to toe the line. She crossed in 5:14 showing determination and grit to complete the event. It's easy for a lot of us to only look at the fast times but everyone has their own challenges to overcome and should be congratulated on their efforts. Well done Anne.
Gary has ticked off another half marathon in quest to complete 50 by 50, clocking in a 1:51. A good "taper" run befor the faultline ultra next week. Keep it up Gazza!
See the results page for more results.