Welcome To Race Walking New Zealand      

Race Walking New Zealand promotes and develops Race Walking in New Zealand and schedules RWNZ Championships in conjunction with local Race Walking clubs. It is organised under a nationally elected Management Committee, supported by relevant sub-committees such as -

• Development
• Coaching
• Competition Program 
• Finance
• etc.

Your Local Area Representative is available to give support and advice, why not contact them today. Click here to find your Representative.

RWNZ also produces a newsletter - "CONTACT" which is sent to Members on a regular basis. These are archived onto this website 6 months after production. Please go to our Contact Newsletter page. Take your time browsing through the articles.

Upcoming Events

RWNZ and Athletics NZ events  

• 4^th September - Athletics New Zealand Road Championships Entry list is now on the Athletics NZ website.
• 12^th September - RWNZ 35km Championship (hosted by RWA)
• 2^nd October - Athletics New Zealand Road relay Championships
• 24^th October - Athletics New Zealand Long Distance Walk Championship
• 19th to 21st November - North Island Masters T&F Championships - Inglewood
• 3rd to 5th December - South Island Masters T&F Championships - Invercargill
• 7th to 17th July 2011 - WMA - Stadia Championships - Sacramento, USA - we need walkers to make a team - contact Mike Parker or Eric Kemsley.

Walker friendly events

• 4^th September - Shoe Clinic - Hawke's Bay Marathon, half, 5 and 10K
• 7^th November - Napier City Pak'n Save Half Marathon, 10K and 5K.

Latest News - this will now be updated regularly, please e-mail Alan Clarke.  

• 31st Aug - It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of Ted Guy. Our thoughts are with Eva and her Family. Ted was an absolute stalwart of Race Walking over many years. Ted and Eva were always at the AGM and took part in so many events over the years. He will be sadly missed by all particularly in Athletics circles in Matamata and Waikato. A great friend of walking. 
• 31st Aug - David Lonsdale has supplied the Judges summary sheet from Palmerston North. Brian O' Shea acted as chief judge but did not judge formally. The sheet shows a pretty good level of consistency. Brian agreed with the 4 DQs.
• 30th Aug - Walkers experienced perfect conditions for the Manawatu 1 hour event on Sunday 29th Aug 2010. Four out of 10 walkers achieved Gold standards. The event was extremely well organised by Sue and her crew. The full results are attached courtesy of David Lonsdale. If anybody would like a copy of the video then please contact Sue Hoskin.
• 28th Aug - Peter Baillie and Robyn McArthur are the Athletics Wellington Road Race Walking Champs for 2010. This event was raced over a very dubious circuit in Wainuiomata on 21st August. Click here for the results and report.
• 24th Aug - Results from Canterbury Race Walking Assoc Chocolate Fish, 1st Aug 2010. 
• 23rd Aug - Eric Kemsley and Rachel Gilberd are the TET Taranaki Athletics 10km Road Champs for 2010. Eric walked an excellent time of 53m9s and Rachel 57m34s at Stratford on Saturday 21st Aug. The course was not conducive to fast times due to its hilly nature. The attached results are now the official ones. A report on the race has also been added.
• 23rd Aug - Mark Gray and Kelly Mabbett are the Waikato/BOP 10km Road Champions for 2010. This event was raced in appallingly wet conditions on Saturday 21st Aug. Mark did 56m51s and Kelly 57m54s. Unfortunately a cone had been put in the wrong place for the turnaround and the course was about 500 metres short. 
• 23rd Aug - Matthew Holcroft failed to finish in the 10,000 metres in Singapore last night at the Youth Olympic Games. Read the results here. See more from the first Youth Olympic Games.
• 22nd Aug - 2010 Australian Road Walking Championships Results - Rosie Robinson - 1:55:06, Alana Barber - 1:59:25 and Quentin Rew - DQ. See full results here. For a detailed report go to the following link.
• 22nd Aug - added some older Contact Mags - Apr 2006 - read again about Tony Sargisson's Silver medal. Interesting article about going round the bend (John Henderson and Jack Tregurtha) in the Aug/Sept issue of 2006. See all the Contact mags here. If anybody has any old ones that can be converted to PDF, please e-mail me so I can add to the site. 
• 21st Aug- Kate Newitt and Daniel Lord are the Canterbury 5K and 10K Road Champions for 2010. Freezing conditions greeted the walkers, which did not allow for fast times, but they warmed up the course for the National Road champs to be staged here in 2 weeks time. Click here to read John Henderson's report and results.
• Race Walking Auckland - are about to join the RWNZ Supporters Club - have you? The Supporters Club is all about putting money into our Sport. It is an investment in the future success of our Sport. Help our Walkers get to events, to help them compete against walkers from other Countries and in turn help them improve. Did you see the gold medal from Aaron Barclay in the Triathlon at the Junior Olympics? Do you want to see success by walkers in the future? Then do your bit by joining the Supporters Club. You don't even have to be a member of RWNZ to join! Where else do you also get the chance to win your money back as well (which of course you could then donate again!). See the attached document for your chance to help our Future Champions.
• Race Walking Auckland - Athletics Auckland Road Championship Ngataringa Bay 15 August 2010 - Mike Parker and Alana Barber won the Senior Men and Senior Women's Athletics Auckland 10km Road titles at the weekend - more details here.
• Andrus Lei and Lisa McDonald fastest walkers in the Manawatu Striders Half Marathon - 15th Aug 2010 - see full results here.
• Is Taranaki windier than Wellington? Go to the Taranaki Race Walkers website for their latest 10km result - the second event in a row that has been hammered by the wind! Bell Block Blow-Out - 15th Aug 2010
• Wellington area walkers latest event - Bays Relay Turkey Trot 14th Aug. 2010 - Have a gander at the results here.
• 10th August - Race Walking NZ Circular vol2/2010. Click for more details. 
• Singapore Youth Olympic Games - Matthew Holcroft is racing in the 10,000 metres on the 22nd August - go Matthew! Please check regularly on the Junior Olympians website for how all the kiwis are doing and in particular Matthew. I am sure there will be a message board or e-mail address soon so that you can send your encouragement.
• Harry Kerr Centennial walking relays, Mt Smart Stadium - 11 July 2010
  Race walking Auckland team of Mike Parker, David Sim, Alana Barber, Tony Sargisson and Rodney Thorne won the 5 x 10km A grade relay in 4h 32m 2s from Waikato BoP Manawatu and Taranaki. Masters 10km walking records set during the relay were; M55-59 Mike Parker 48m 49s, W55-59 Sue Hoskin 60m 55s and W60-64 Marlene White 64m 13s. More details.
• RWNZ 15km Championships - 19 June 2010
  Mike Parker won the men's title in 1h 18m 1s from David Sim 1h 20m 56s and Eric Kemsley 1h 21m 9s. The women's title went to Vanessa Lowl 1h 29m 54s from Rachel Gilberd 1h 35m 10s and Denise Stewart-Jacks 1h 37m 20s. Matthew Holcroft won an associated M19 5km walk in 24m 25s. Click for more details.