Wellington Mountain Champs

Wellington Mountain Running Champs

The Wainuiomata Classic Mountain Race is run by Wainui Harriers and has been going since 1997. It only seems to have been adopted as the Wellington Mountain Running Champs from 2013, when it also doubled as the NZ National Championship. Prior to 2013, it doesn't look like Wellington recognised an official championship for this category of running.

For the classic, the younger men run 10.5km. However, due to the minimum distance requirement for Nationals for the younger men, the distance for 2013 was increased to 12km by adding the Te Whiti firebreak. The women and M50+ run 9km and don't take on either Te Whiti or Te Konini firebreaks.

In 2018, a different course was used, where the start and finish was at the foot of the Konini firebreak. The distances were 11.5km and 8.5km for masters. This may become a permanent switch.

The race is held in April when it is Nationals, otherwise it takes place in May or June. It has varied between being on a Saturday or a Sunday but has been Saturdays in recent years.

The next event will be held in 2022.

Photos
Year	Photos
2014	Photos
2013	Photos

Masters Men
Year	First	Second	Third
2021 11.5km	Dougal Thorburn 51:53 (Scottish)	Josh Campbell 56:49 (Trentham)	Andrew Thompson 57:36 (Olympic)
2020	Event cancelled due to Covid
2019 11.5km	Dougal Thorburn 50:10 (Scottish)	Daniel Clendon 52:30 (WHAC)	Andrew Thompson 55:03 (Olympic)
2018 11.5km	Stephen Day 52:40 (Scottish)	Joe Fowler 55:58 (Olympic)	Andrew Thompson 56:23 (Olympic)
2017 10.5km	Josh Campbell 48:02 (Trentham)	Mike Waterman 49:28 (Olympic)	Stewart Milne 49:48 (WHAC)
2016 10.5km	Stephen Day 45:36 (Scottish)	Brendan Quirke 58:11 (Hutt Valley)	Karl Woodhead 1:04:13 (Scottish)
2015 10.5km	Karl Woodhead 1:01:38 (Scottish)	Tony Plowman 1:03:09 (Hutt Valley)	Stewart Clement 1:05:38 (Wainui)
2014 10.5km	Grant McLean 51:49 (Scottish)	Michael Wray 58:33 (Scottish)	Tony Plowman 1:02:30 (Hutt Valley)
2013 12km	Butch Borlase 1:03:01 (Olympic)	Mike Waterman 1:07:02 (Olympic)	Michael Wray 1:11:13 (Scottish)

Masters Men 50
Year	First	Second	Third
2021 8.5km	Grant McLean 43:48 (Scottish)	Mike Waterman 46:27 (Olympic)	Philip Secker 51:38 (Trentham)
2020	Event cancelled due to Covid
2019 8.5km	Jim Jones 43:03 (Scottish)	Michael Wray 46:28 (Scottish)	Simon Wright 49:13 (Olympic)
2018 8.5km	Grant McLean 41:01 (Scottish)	Peter Stevens 42:27 (Scottish)	Michael Wray 44:18 (Scottish)
2017 10.5km	Paul Forster 46:41 (WHAC)	Bill Trompetter 48:11 (Hut Valley)	Rob McCrudden 51:40 (Olympic)
2016 10.5km	Peter Stevens 52:53 (Scottish)	Paul Forster 56:53 (WHAC)	James Turner 57:41 (Scottish)
2015 10.5km	Paul Richardson 1:00:56 (Wainui)	Donald Coley 1:00:56 (Hutt Valley)	Warwick Pettigrew 1:06:33 (Wainui)
2014 9km	Liam Healey 46:54 (WHAC)	Bill Trompetter 46:55 (Hutt Valley)	Paul Richardson 50:37 (Wainui)
2013 9km	Paul Sharp 45:57 (WHAC)	Mark Handley 47:43 (Olympic)	Liam Healey 48:14 (WHAC)

Masters Men 60+
Year	First	Second	Third
2021 8.5km	Dave Holland 49:09 (WHAC)	Graeme Moss 54:32 (Olympic)	Barry Prosser 56:23 (Olympic)
2020	Event cancelled due to Covid
2019 8.5km	Paul Forster 49:58 (WHAC)	Mark Handley 51:09 (Olympic)	Peter Denman 1:10:02 (Olympic)
2018 8.5km	Mark Handley 52:44 (Olympic)	Peter Sparks 58:03 (Hutt Valley)	Steve Bligh 58:42 (Olympic)
2017 9km	Donald McGowan 1:02:33 (Wainui)	Dennis Smith 1:30:44 (WHAC)	none
2016 9km	Donald McGowan 1:14:49 (Wainui)	Peter Denman 1:17:20 (Olympic)	Dennis Smith 1:30:03 (WHAC)
2015 10.5km	Steve Plowman 59:48 (WHAC)	Rupert Watson 1:17:14 (Scottish)	Donald McGowan 1:19:43 (Wainui)
2014 9km	Dave Mason 51:06 (WHAC)	Donald McGowan 1:00:11 (Wainui)	Dennis Smith 1:07:16 (WHAC)
2013 9km	Barry Prosser 47:51 (Olympic)	Dave Mason 52:23 (WHAC)	Rupert Watson 59:18 (Scottish)

Masters Women
Year	First	Second	Third
2021 8.5km	Emily Solberg 54:52 (Scottish)	Melissa Crompton 1:00:34 (Olympic)	Market Langova 1:05:03 (Scottish)
2020	Event cancelled due to Covid
2019 8.5km	Mel Aitken 46:31 (Scottish)	Tina Faulkner 47:40 (Scottish)	Nicola Hankinson 48:02 (Olympic)
2018 8.5km	Nicola Hankinson 46:56 (Olympic)	Renae Creser 49:02 (Kapiti)	Michelle Van Looy 49:57 (Olympic)
2017 9km	Georgina Cox 55:42 (Wainui)	Jo Badham 56:21 (Scottish)	none
2016 9km	Jackie Mexted 46:22 (Scottish)	Marie Pugh 53:55 (Olympic)	Jo Badham 55:06 (Scottish)
2015 9km	Nikki Braniff-Jones 51:17 (Wainui)	Georgina Cox 53:53 (Wainui)	Jo Badham 54:12 (Scottish)
2014 9km	Michelle Van Looy 52:08 (Olympic)	Nikki Braniff-Jones 54:31 (Wainui)	Georgina Cox 54:31 (Wainui)
2013 9km	Michelle Van Looy 53:45 (Olympic)	Vanessa Trompetter 1:00:19 (Hutt Valley)	none

Masters Women 50
Year	First	Second	Third
2021 8.5km	Jan Sheppard 1:00:09 (Olympic)	none	none
2020	Event cancelled due to Covid
2019 8.5km	Tracy Berghan 55:11 (Olympic)	Lyn Clark 56:10 (Scottish)	Belinda Walker 58:03 (Trentham)
2018 8.5km	Vickie Humphries 52:18 (WHAC)	Belinda Walker 58:22 (Trentham)	Vanessa Trompetter 58:44 (Hutt Valley)
2017 9km	Carline Thomas 46:13 (WHAC)	Lyn Clark 53:19 (Scottish)	Trish Coley 56:36 (Hutt Valley)
2016 9km	Trish Coley 1:00:27 (Hutt Valley)	none	none
2015 9km	Beverley Hodge 57:41 (Scottish)	Trish Coley 58:40 (Hutt Valley)	Pam Graham 1:02:27 (Scottish)
2014 9km	Vickie Humphries 50:53 (WHAC)	Loretta Desourdy 1:01:01 (Scottish)	Pam Graham 1:01:51 (Scottish)
2013 9km	Christine Carleton 56:48 (Scottish)	Sheryne Coverdale 59:39 (Olympic)	Trish Coley 1:06:07 (Wainui)

Masters Women 60+ (grade added in 2016)
Year	First	Second	Third
2021 8.5km	Sheryne Coverdale 1:01:55 (Olympic)	Loretta Desourdy 1:22:56 (Scottish)	none
2020	Event cancelled due to Covid
2019 8.5km	Sheryne Coverdale 58:37 (Olympic)	Trish Coley 1:02:24 (Hutt Valley)	Loretta Desourdy 1:12:33 (Scottish)
2018 8.5km	Judith Taylor 58:07 (Kapiti)	Loretta Desourdy 1:21:46 (Scottish)	none
2017 9km	none	none	none
2016 9km	Judith Taylor 1:03:31 (Kapiti)	none	none

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