President
Bernice Dickie
| Board Members | |
| Jake Inwood – Chairman | Joshua Dorman |
 Jake has been the Board Chairman since 2019. He as a strong background in Non-for-profit sports organisations having been employed previously at Wellington Hockey and his current role since 2017 is Chief Executive of Croquet NZ |
 Joshua is a health and safety leader who has vast experience in industries such as Media, Print Manufacturing, Mass-Gathering Events, Local Government, Tertiary Education and Central Government. Joshua is Australian by birth and educated at Curtin University in Perth. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, going on road trips and a regular at the beach during summer. |
| Josh Ledger | Julia Ratcliffe |
| Josh joined the board in May 2020 at age 23. Josh has a strong background in athletics growing up winning a national Under 18 400 metre title in 2014 and a NZ representative at Youth level.
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 Julia Ratcliffe may be well known as the best ever female hammer thrower in the Oceania region, but, at 26, in 2019 she became member on the board of Athletics Wellington. Julia is 5 time NZ Senior women’s hammer champion with 6 age grade titles.The 2018 Commonwealth Champion continued here excellent international performances placing 9th in the Tokyo Olympics |
| Andrew Wharton | Eric Speakman |
| Andrew is a member of the Wellington Scottish Athletics club and has the Board portfolio of Health & Safety.
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 Originally from the Hawkes Bay, Eric joined the board in 2019, after spending some time in Wellington. The 2017 National 1500m titleholder has developed a strong range of performances across all middle distance disciplines after attending Stonybrook University in USA. Eric currently ranks 10th On NZL all time 5000m list with a time of 13.22.08. |
| Michael Wray |
Honorary Board Treasurer – Todd Stevens |
| Michael is member of Wellington Scottish Athletics club and is Chairman of Wellington Masters Athletics. He also acts has the Centre registrar.
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Todd is a former Board Chairman and life member of Athletics Wellington with may years experience in the sport especially in Cross Country and Road. he has many years experience in the finance industry with PWC |
| General Manager – Tony Rogers | |
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Tony worked and coached extensively in Wellington for 10 years from 2002 and returns to Wellington with a wealth of knowledge and empathy in the youth sector across a variety of sports. He is current NZ Secondary Schools Athletics Association President, former Director of Sport at Rangitoto College and more recently the Executive Director of Waikato Secondary Schools Sports. |
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| OUR LEADERS | |
| Coaching Lead – Andrew Matsuoka-Webber | Officials Lead – Vaughan Oates |
| Equipment Lead – Mike Ritchie | Chairperson of Special Project – 2022 Colgate Games – Stacey Wilson |
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| Chairman Senior Track & Field – Yarride Rosario | Chairman Junior Track & Field – Willy Szeto |
 Yarride moved to Wellington in 2008 from Gisborne hoping to progress in Athletics and under the guidance of Mike Beable, managed to win a few national titles and compete internationally with the highlight being representing NZ at the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in the 100m. After hanging up the spikes he took up coaching and worked with some wonderful sprint and hurdle athletes who were successful on the national stage. Now working for DSport in Wellington, he’s keen to give back to the sport in a different capacity and aiming to help revitalise and grow Track and Field in Wellington. |
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| Chairman Cross Country and Road – Todd Stevens | |
Leaders Contacts
| ATHLETICS WELLINGTON KEY CONTACTS | Name | Contact |
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| Athletics Wellington General Manager | Tony Rogers | gm@athleticswellington.org.nz |
| Athletics Wellington Board Chair | Jake Inwood | board@athleticswellington.org.nz |
| Senior Technical Official and Education Lead | Vaughan Oates | v.oates@GNS.CRI.NZ |
| Cross Country & Road Chair | Todd Stevens | todd.stevens@pwc.com |
| Junior Committee Chair | Willy Szeto | awjcinfo@gmail.com |
| Senior Track & Field Committee Chair | Yarride Rosario | yarride.rosario@gmail.com |
| Athletics Wellington Coaching Lead | Andrew Matsuoka-Webber | coaching@athleticswellington.org.nz |
| For all inquiries or to get in touch please email | info@athleticswellington.org.nz PO Box 1734 |
