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Greer Robinson, G8, came home with two bronze pennants from the 200m and long jump. Imogen Singleton, G8, was a bronze pennant winner in the 200m. Tane Garcia-Soto, B8, won gold in the 100m, 200m and long jump, with bronze in the 60m. Kobe Dorn, B9, received three bronze pennants from the 100m, 200m and long jump. Alina Rizvi, G9, won her gold pennant in the discus to go with her silver from the shot put. Ella Singleton, G9, was a gold pennant winner in the 60m and 100m, and a silver winner in the 200m and long jump. Eli Waqatairewa, B9, received bronze pennants in the 60m, 100m and sh...

More than 150 athletes will represent the top of the south, with 39 from Athletics Nelson, 47 from Athletics RIchmond, 19 from Motueka AAC, and 51 from Marlborough Athletics. While most of the rest of the competitors will be coming from elsewhere in the South Island, there will also be about 200 making the trip down from the North Island. Phillip Rollo/Stuff Callum Robertson of Athletics Nelson in action during the South Island Colgate Games, held at Saxton Field Athletics Track in 2016. Colgate Games South Island chair Dave Hansen said participants had been training all summer for their e...

"I feel like it's always been a big part of my life.” McCartney said as a kid, it was important to give things a go and have fun, and not specialise too early. “If I can inspire just one or two children to give it a go, that's all I can hope for,” McCartney said. “It's just a cool opportunity to be here.” More than 1000 kids from across the North Island were competing at the three-day event, being held at the TET Stadium. One winner was Blake Delehanty, 12, from the Hāwera Athletics Club, who took out the 80m hurdles with only three weeks’ training.

“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 five as being gold medallists from the New Zealand secondary school championships.

Ashton Dorn, Cooper Robinson, Lucy Cadzow, Neeve Robertson compete for medals in the grade-11 events. Grade 10 competitors will be Chloe Groube, Mila Stassen and Harlem Grout. Unlike their older teammates who must qualify for finals through a series of heats with the top three finishers receiving medals, athletes in the 7-to-9 age group receive pennants for the place getters in each division of their events. The 9 year olds competing for these pennants will be Alina Rizvi, Dominic Stassen, Eli Wagatairewa, Ella Singleton, Kobe Dorn, and Zac Wormgoor. Eight-year olds competing are Greer R...