North Island Colgate Games, Tauranga Domain – 9/11 January 2026
The 50th Annual Colgate Games were held at Tauranga Domain over the weekend with some excellent youth competition spiced up by visiting overseas junior athletes from Victoria and New South Wales helping to provide excellent levels of competition in the warm conditions.
Two Wellington athletes Zaiden Filemu [lower Hutt] and Matthew Meiklejohn [Upper Hutt] were awarded the Nick Willis scholarship for their outstanding performances
It was great to see so many Wellington clubs support this event in the long established tradition of the Games
Title winners from the Wellington clubs in the grade 10 – G 14 ages were
Girls:
G14; Mia Thomson (Paraparaumu) 1500m 4:50.88.
G13; Janiva Faafia (Titahi Bay) 100m 12.72 +1.2 PB. & 200m 26.44 +0.1.
G12; Lucia Harfitt (Paraparaumu) 400m 1:02.21. & 800m 2:20.73. & 1500m 4:41.63 PB.
G12; Emily Williams (Lower Hutt) 80m hurdles 14.27 +0.4.
G11; Hazel Roos (Upper Hutt) 400m 1:03.74 PB..
G10; Wren Perrot-Lealamanua (Olympic) Shot put 8.68m.
Boys:
B14; James Wallace (Upper Hutt) 2000m RW 12:57.04.
B14; Zaiden Filemu (Lower Hutt) Shot put 10.83m. & 200m 22.88 +0.1.
B14; Connor Bowen (Lower Hutt) 400m 52.04.
B14; Matthew Meiklejohn (Upper Hutt) 800m 2:00.51 PB. & 1500m 4:12.46 PB
B13; Alazanda Meredith-Faletolu (Titahi Bay) Shot put 12.06m.
B13; Cedrick Solo (Titahi Bay) Long jump 5.68m +0.8
B13; Alazanda Meredith-Faletolu (Titahi Bay) Discus throw 40.57m.
B12: Sanjith Ragunath (Upper Hutt) 400m 1:00.38.
B10; Cooper Williams (Lower Hutt) 400m 1:05.91 PB. & 800m 2:26.77 PB. & 1500m 4:55.08.
B10; Featherston 4 x 100m relay 58.08. (N. Burns, T. Scott, W. Halliday, G. Vollebregt)
B14: Lower Hutt 4 x 100m relay 47.35. (K. Waldrom, C. Bowen, J. Williams, Z. Filemu)
Mixed Medley Relay:
Grade 14: Upper Hutt (Chester Aoina, James Wallace, Hazel Roos, Kiana Wealleans, Matthew Meiklejohn) 4:03.21.
Grade 11: Lower Hutt (Blake McCorkindale, Christian Daals, Emily Broster, Cooper Williams, Fina Anquetil ) 4:43.67
Apologies for any omissions in the above
Full results are available at https://athleticscanterbury.anet.live/meets/59659
