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Palmerston North completed a clean sweep, winning the final round of the Central region teams competition in Masterton.

Palmerston North will go into the final round with a commanding lead.

Palmerston North athletes performed with distinction at the opening round of the Central Region Teams Competition held in Inglewood on Saturday.

Based on his sub-11-second performances I would give Zac Topping the male sprinter of the year award The female sprinter of the year is almost impossible to determine. How do you split the performances of Addirra Collette, Chayelle Collette, Monique Gorrie and Kimberley Walsh? All are championship titleholders and worthy winners. I’m going to sit on the fence and make it a joint award to Addirra and Chayelle Collette. It is a lot easier looking at the male hurdler of the year. The award go...

Taylor Hall is happy after winning a silver medal in the junior boys’ 300-metre race. (file photo). The honours list: Gold Medals: Angus Lyver senior boys’ long jump 6.74 metres, Forbes Kennedy intermediate boys’ long jump 6.74m, and 200m 22.30 seconds, Chayille Collette intermediate girls’ 100m 12.04s, Addira Collette intermediate girls’ 200m 24.26s, Braxton Kauri intermediate boys’ 300m hurdles 38.83s (meeting record), Kimberley Walsh intermediate girls’ 400m 56.61s. Silver Me...

Taylor Hall is a standout at last week’s meet (file photo). Easter Saturday and Sunday saw most of the country’s top 12- and 13-year-old athletes competing on the Manawatū Community Athletic Track, as the city hosted the Athletics New Zealand 12- and13 years Interprovincial Teams Event. They certainly did not disappoint with the stadium listing of the best performances on the track for 12- and 13-year-olds needing to be almost completely rewritten after the completion of the competition w...

Hannah Cadzow had a successful day, winning the junior girls’ 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump. As expected, one of the country’s leading young athletes, Monique Gorrie, dominated the intermediate grade sprints, winning the 100m, 200m and 400m races, setting a new school record in her heat of the 200m. Her younger sister Brianna finished second in the 100m and 200m. Amber Trow was another to set a school record with her 1.64m clearance in the intermediate high jump. She also won the 80m h...

“At Colgate Games enjoy jumping the way you did at training.” Building confidence is important for these athletes so the sessions conducted will prove invaluable knowing how to get your run up right for the long jump or high jump. Knowing when to take off for a relay change and how to set up for a sprint are all things that can make a difference on the day. I loved the introduction George McConachy gave at the start of the open women’s sprint announcing each athlete from lanes one to ...

The Boys’ High senior boys’ 4x100m relay team of Aden​ Porritt, Caleb Evans, Dirki Botha and Angus Lyver won the senior title. The silver medallists were Angus Lyver in the senior boys’ long jump and Kimberley Walsh in the junior girls’ 400m. Bronze medals went to Lyver in the senior boys’ 200m, and in the senior girls’ events, Sam Mackinder in the javelin and Courtney Trow in the high jump. The junior girls’ 400m produced the perfect result for Tara Rolfe’s training squad...