Wesley Juniors

Welcome to Wesley for 2024! If your children enjoy cross country or distance running (or just have lots of energy to burn!) joining the club is a great way for them to have fun, enjoy physical activity and the outdoors, and take part in some exciting events. 

TRAINING

Coaches Si, Mike and Sam are looking forward to getting underway in Term 2 - we commence on Monday April 29th. We will be meeting on Mondays 4:30pm at the Bollard Road / Rawhiti Road entrance to Cornwall Park.

Parents are welcome to run/walk along with us, or be back by 5:15 for pickup. The emphasis is on developing fitness, being part of a team and having fun. We scale the effort to each young person’s ability and give plenty of short breaks, so that kids run ~2.5-4k per session. We cater for ages 7-15.

General Programme:

  • Activation running games (tag, octopus, fruit salad etc)

  • Relays or skill activity

  • Trail run - loop back to Bollard Rd /Rawhiti Rd entrance

  • Finish with games

EVENTS CALENDAR

There are plenty of races over the winter, a mixture of team relays and individual events.

Distances vary, but are generally 2000m for under 14s. Start times are always in the afternoon, usually 2pm. Parents/guardians enter their children online on the www.athleticsauckland.co.nz website.

COSTS/GEAR

Registration:

To take part in the interclub GP race series or relays, children will need to be registered with Wesley. Registration can be done online here. 

Uniform:

Wesley junior singlets are $25 and available to purchase online when you register. These can be paired with any black shorts. The rest of the gear is personal choice - kids can run barefoot for cross country (over 11s may wish to purchase their own running spikes); and wear running shoes for the road runs.

Events:

Wesley events are free, inter-club events are approximately $5 per child. Registration is done through the www.athleticsauckland.co.nz website the fortnight prior online (see events calendar for event links).

QUESTIONS/FURTHER INFORMATION

If you have any questions, please get in touch (details below); and feel free to forward this on to anyone else interested in running with Wesley. If you want to be on our junior email list, send us an email. You can also find further details on the club website or facebook page.

Contact coach@wesley.org.nz for more info

 As registration covers the national and regional body for a full year April - April, you will be entitled to cheaper registration with summer track and field clubs.