Summer Calendar shaping for excellent Track & Field Season
The major meetings for New Zealand and the summer track & field season calendar for Wellington and the lower North Island region is shaping for another excellent Track & Field season in our region. The summer calendar of key dates has been released by Athletics NZ with Oceania and World Athletics dates approved.
The Regional Wellington calendar is now available at website page Senior Track & Field.
Details for each event will build on each event page as information come sto hand on the Events Calendar. Newtown Park the hub of regional athletics sees the opening days for Track & Field on Saturday 14 October. Athletics NZ will stage the first of major events at Newtown with the National 10,000 metres in association with Scottish Club’s Agency 10,000m Festival event on Saturday 18 November. On Friday 2 February will se the 20th Anniversary of the Team Ledger Harcourts Capital Classic, with the Sola Power Throwing Meet on Saturday 3rd February at the Academy ground Woburn, Lower Hutt. Throwers will get plenty of opportunities in late January and February with the Peter Jack’s Throwers Meet scheduled on Sunday 28 January following the Potts Classic and Pak N’ Sav Cooks Classic in the week prior.
The climax of the major action will be the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships from Thursday 14 March through to Sunday 17 March, for many the last opportunity to see New Zealand’s leading athletes in action to stake a claim for the 2024 Paris Olympics
Key summer dates:
Sat 16 Dec – Bays Night of 5s – Auckland – National Permit Meet
Sat 6 Jan – Lovelock Classic – Timaru – National Permit Meet
Sat 20 Jan – Potts Classic 25th Anniversary Meet – Hastings – World Challenger Tour Meet
Wed 24 Jan – Jumps to Music – Hawera
Sat 27 Jan – PAK’nSAVE Cooks Classic – Whanganui – World Challenger Tour Meet
Fri 2 Feb – Team Ledger Harcourts Capital Classic 20th Anniversary Meet – Wellington – World Challenger Tour Meet
Sat 3 Feb – Sola Power Throwers Meet – Lower Hutt – National Permit Meet
Sat 10 Feb – Porritt Classic Supported by Hamilton City Council – National Permit Meet
Sat-Sun 17/18 Feb – NZ Combined Events Championships – Dunedin
Sat-Sun 17/18 Feb – NZ Masters Track & Field Championships – Christchurch
Sat 24 Feb – International Track Meet (ITM) – Christchurch – World Continental Tour Bronze Meet
Sun 10 Mar – Sir Graeme Douglas International presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co – Auckland – World Continental Tour Bronze Meet
Thur-Sun 14-17 March – Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships – Wellington
