Pakuranga Athletic Club

Pakuranga Athletic Club is very proud to again be supporting Dame Valerie Adams' 'Jammies for June' fundraiser.

We would love all families in the club who are in a position to do so to donate one pair of new children's jammies - the warmer the better! These can be dropped into the collection laundry basket in the clubrooms.

To thank you for being so awesome, for every pair of jammies donated, you go into the draw for our fantastic "Good Night" prize hamper, which includes everything you need for a relaxing evening and a great night's sleep.

We're also happy to go jammies shopping for you - contact [email protected] or see Tania at the bar about making a cash donation.

We're really looking forward to seeing the laundry basket overflowing again this year!

Many thanks to everyone who supported the club by attending our AGM last night. It was great to see so many members from across all sections of the club.

Special congratulations to our 2025/26 President's Cup winners:
* Junior Women: Unaisi Cava
* Junior Men: Rianco Haggard
* Women: Marielle Venida
* Men: Zachary Orbell

Congratulations and thank you to those who received Service Awards - Pat Hales (nominated by XCR) and Amanda Winter (JT&F).

We also bid a very fond and sad farewell to Louisa Smith who is stepping down from her treasurer role after 8 amazing years.

A big welcome to our new executive team for 2026/27:
* Club President: Richard Wagener
* Vice President: Chris Day (not Harrison, as the photo might suggest!)
* Secretary: Tania Boyer
* Treasurer: Michelle Croxford.

And we are very honoured and proud that Dame Valerie Adams will be continuing as our club patron.

Congratulations to the following club members who ran in the College Sport Auckland Cross Country Champs today.

Senior Girls (58 runners):
6th Imogen Barlow

Intermediate Girls (89 runners):
4th Rachel Wagener
12th Olivia McLean
73rd Anabelle Warner

Intermediate Boys (135 runners):
10th Kade McLoughlan
16th Tobias Crowhurst
30th Ben Brebner
68th Toby Barlow
76th Noah Hillerby
103rd Alistair Clapperton
111th Luke McLaughlin

Junior Girls (128 runners):
1st Olivia Stone
6th Hayley Whiteman
20th Saraya Daley

Junior Boys (143 runners):
4th Will Parkinson
32nd Elijah Lee

Full results here:
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Good luck to our college athletes taking part in the College Sport Auckland Cross Country Champs tomorrow at Pakuranga Athletic Club, Lloyd Elsmore Park. And thank you to our very own committee member Errol Flynn for his support in ensuring the event runs smoothly

Pakuranga GP2. Junior races and fun run. Great to see so many Pak singlets out there. Well done to all the runners today.

Pakuranga GP2. Senior races.

Huge congratulations to Zachary Orbell who set a new New Zealand Mens T35 record in the 200m at the Oceania Athletics Champs today (27.57) - such a superb result! Awesome work Zachary - and proud coach Johan Fourie.

And congratulations to Jordan Viljoen who won a gold medal as part of the New Zealand WU18 4x100m relay team and Rianco who won a bronze medal in the MU18 4x100m relay. Amazing results everyone!

Huge congratulations to Rianco Haggard who won the MU18 400m hurdles at the Oceania Athletics Champs today - a fabulous result and maybe a meeting record too?

REMINDER: Entries close on Wednesday 20th May for the GP2 being held at our club this Saturday.
If you have entered the full Grand Prix Series you do not need to enter each race individually and therefore no further action is required.
Looking forward to seeing lots of Pakuranga club singlets out there.
Home turf, weather is looking fine, let's get out there!
https://athleticsauckland.co.nz/.../grand-prix-2.../

Sending our very best wishes to club members Antonie (SM javelin), Jordan (WU18 high jump and WU18 800m hurdles), Noah (SM 400m hurdles), Rianco (MU18 110m hurdles and MU18 400m hurdles) and Zachary (SM Para 100m and 200m) who will be representing New Zealand at the Oceania Champs in Darwin, starting from tomorrow. First up is Jordan in the WU18 high jump at around 2.20 pm NZ time.

Go well, back your training - and have heaps of fun!