Wellington Marathon Champs

Wellington Marathon Champs

The Wellington Marathon Champs are always held as a subset within an existing marathon event that is also open to the general public. There are two events that rotate in providing this role and this arrangement appears to be locked on as an ongoing arrangement.

In an odd-numbered year, the event is held as part of the Wellington Marathon event, organised by the Wellington Marathon Clinic. This usually takes place on the last or penultimate Sunday in June. The course is an out-and-back course from the Stadium that goes around the bays - very exposed to the wind. Since 2013, the course has incorporated a repeat loop between Scorching Bay and the Miramar cutting. However it has had a couple of glitches with both long and short courses in recent years.

In an even-numbered year, the event is historically held as part of the Wairarapa Country Marathon, organised by Athletics Cycling Masterton. This usually takes place on the second Sunday in October. The course starts and finishes at Makoura College in Masterton with two laps around the country roads to the south. The championship struggles for quality and quantity of athletes in even years, with the proximity to the Auckland Marathon taking Wellington's better marathon runners away. In 2022 it was hosted by the Hutt Marathon.

It will next be held on 17 September 2023 as part of the Hutt Marathon.

Wairarapa:

Wellington:

Masters Men
Year	First	Second	Third
2022	Anthony Jackson 2:48:29 (HVH)	Alvirg Busa 2:50:24 (Kapiti)	Alvirg Busa 3:48:50 (Trentham)
2021	Geoff Ferry 2:45:21 (Scottish)	Simon Keller 2:48:33 (Scottish)	Josh Campbell 2:51:04 (Scottish)
2020	Geoff Ferry 2:44:06 (Scottish)	Graeme Tindall 4:19:54 (Masterton)	none
2019	Alvirg Busa 2:54:50 (Kapiti)	none	none
2018	Michael Eyre 3:31:00 (Scottish)	Graeme Tindall 3:45:13 (Masterton)	none
2017	Chris Hartshorn 2:33:13 (Scottish)	Grant McLean 2:49:05 (Scottish)	John Beale 2:52:26 (WHAC)
2016	Graeme Tindall 3:56:11 (Masterton)	none	none
2015	Graeme Butcher 3:00.51 (Masterton)	Paul Hewitson 3:21:34 (WHAC)	Brian Hayes 3:26:38 (WHAC)
2014	Grant McLean 2:44:01 (Scottish)	Graeme Tindall 3:39:49 (Masterton)	none
2013	Grant McLean 2:42:44 (Scottish)	Michael Wray 2:46:29 (Scottish)	Tony Price 2:50:42 (Masterton)
2012	Tim Horne 2:54:25 (Olympic)	Gavin Champion 3:13:21 (Masterton)	Andrew Kells 3:17:28 (Olympic)
2011	Michael Wray 2:58:28 (Scottish)	Chris Martin 3:17:48 (Olympic)	Gordon Clarke 3:40:39 (WHAC)
2010	Graeme Butcher 2:57:47 (Masterton)	Michael Wray 3:04:48 (Scottish)	Neil Cameron 4:00:34 (Masteron)
2009	Grant McLean 2:36:55 (Scottish)	Andrew Kells 3:01:44 (Olympic)	Michael Wray 3:13:24 (Scottish)

Masters Women
Year	First	Second	Third
2022	Ingrid Cree 2:59.22 (Olympic)	Anita Tan 3:55.07 (Olympic)	Georgina Cox 4:03.09 (Wainui)
2021	Mel Stevens 2:53.22 (Scottish)	Ingrid Cree 2:58.10 (Olympic)	Anthea Oliver 3:42:56 (Scottsh)
2020	Ingrid Cree 2:55.04 (Olympic)	Annie Jerling 4:11.56 (Masterton)	none
2019	Annie Jerling 4:22.17 (Masterton)	none	none
2018	Rebecca Edgecombe 4:58.14 (Masterton)	none	none
2017	Annie Jerling 3:58.18 (Masterton)	Lyn Clark 4:06.30 (Scottish)	Claudia Baechle 5:10.54 (Masterton)
2016	Annie Jerling 4:18.53 (Masterton)	none	none
2015	Annie Jerling 3:59.94 (Masterton)	none	none
2014	none	none	none
2013	Sheryne Coverdale 4:05:00 (Olympic)	none	none
2012	Mandy Simpson 3:13:38 (Scottish)	Michelle Van Looy 3:24:52 (Olympic)	Annie Hawkes 4:37:19 (Masterton)
2011	Elizabeth Thomas 3:59:22 (Wgtn M/thon Clinic)	none	none
2010	Mandy Simpson 3:18:31 (Scottish)	Chris Leahy 5:11:16 (Hutt M/thon Clinic)	none
2009	Bernie Portenski 3:33:42 (Scottish)	Kristina Maclean 3:52:50 (Hutt Valley)	none

Masters Men 50+ (introduced 2018)
Year	First	Second	Third
2022	Eugene Collins 4:29:00 (HVH)	none	none
2021	none	none	none
2020	none	none	none
2019	Nick Hegan 2:59:07 (Olympic)	Nicholas Bagnall 3:08:15 (Scottish)	Michael Cummins 3:31:07 (Scottish)
2018	Graeme Butcher 3:19:41 (Masterton)	Brian Hayes 3:43:49 (WHAC)	Peter Parker 3:58:30 (Scottish)

Masters Women 50+ (introduced 2018)
Year	First	Second	Third
2022	none	none	none
2021	Rebecca Edgecombe 4:33.08 (Masterton)	none	none
2020	Rebecca Edgecombe 5:29.34 (Masterton)	none	none
2019	none	none	none
2018	none	none	none

These lists will be expanded if we can gather results for prior years.