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23 September 2024 • General

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23 September 2024 • Announcement

2024-2025 Childrens Track & Field Handbook

23 September 2024 • Announcement

2024-2025 Track & Field Summer Handbook

9 September 2024 • Coaching

COACHING COURSES 2024 – 2025

27 August 2024 • Announcement

2024 Life Membership Awards and Service Awards

26 June 2024 • Announcement

New Incorporated Society Overview

12 December 2023 • Announcement

Lloyd Christie (JP (Rtd))

11 September 2023 • Announcement

Athletics New Zealand Awards

5 September 2023 • Announcement

Waikato-Bay of Plenty team for NZ Road Championships

28 August 2023 • Announcement

2023 Life Membership Awards and Service Awards

1 August 2023 • Announcement

Eva Guy

5 July 2023 • Announcement

Mhyre Oman

8 May 2023 • Announcement

IPs U16/18 2023 Update

2 May 2023 • Announcement

2022 – 2023 Year of Athletics Slideshow

24 March 2023 • Announcement

Children’s Mid Winter Forum and AGM

3 February 2023 • Announcement

Like a Girl – Run Jump Throw

31 January 2023 • Announcement

Board Member vacancy

16 November 2022 • Announcement

OFFICIALS RECOGNITION FOR OUR RETIRING OFFICIALS

23 September 2022 • Announcement

Marcia Petley, MNZM

12 September 2022 • Announcement

2022-2023 Track & Field Summer Handbook

8 September 2022 • Announcement

2022-2023 Children’s Summer Handbook

5 September 2022 • Announcement

Athletics NZ Awards

5 September 2022 • Announcement

2022 NZ Road Champs – Results of the WBOP Team

2 September 2022 • Announcement

Athletics WBOP Officials Training Courses 2022

1 September 2022 • Announcement

Track Officials Training Day – 18th September

4 May 2022 • Announcement

Board announcement

28 February 2022 • Announcement

IPs U16/U18 2022 – week 6

21 February 2022 • Announcement

IPs U16/U18 2022 – week 5

11 February 2022 • Announcement

IPs U16/U18 2022 – week 4

1 February 2022 • Announcement

IPs U16/U18 2022 – week 3

25 January 2022 • Announcement

IPs U16/U18 2022 – week 2

18 January 2022 • Announcement

IPs U16/U18 2022 started last weekend

11 January 2022 • Announcement

WBOP Children’s Champs

9 November 2021 • Announcement

Officials training days cancelled

23 September 2021 • Uncategorized

Board Member Vacancy

27 August 2021 • Announcement

Officials Training Days

5 August 2021 • Announcement

Officials Training Days – Whakatane

20 May 2021 • Announcement

Retirement of Ray Young

14 May 2021 • Announcement

Secondary Schools Cross Country Information

13 April 2021 • Announcement

Participant voice survey

6 April 2021 • Announcement

WBOP team for North Island Secondary Schools

25 March 2021 • Announcement

North Island Secondary Schools entry

9 November 2020 • Uncategorized

Athletics NZ AGM Awards

2 November 2020 • Announcement

Waikato- Bay of Plenty Team for NZ Road Race

18 August 2020 • General

Officials Course

6 March 2020 • Announcement

2020 Road and Cross Country Handbook

17 February 2020 • Announcement

Porritt Classic

23 September 2022 • Announcement

Marcia Petley, MNZM

Frankton Athletic and Harrier Club Life Member, Marcia Petley sadly passed away overnight in Hamilton at the wonderful aged of 93.  Marcia holds many NZ Masters records over 60m, 100m, 200m, 400m, Hammer and Weight Throw, plus NZMA Indoor Records for W90 over 60m, 200m and Weight Throw.

Marica was also a regular competitor at Oceania and World Championships over many years.

At the age of 90 Marcia won four medals from the 2019 World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, Poland, winning gold in the 60m sprint, the 200m run, the weight throw and the hammer throw.

As a true testament to her dedication to the sport, Marcia received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to athletics 2015.

Marcia has been a true inspiration for athletics at club, centre, national and world level.

Athletics Waikato & Bay Of Plenty