We are the largest group of runners and walkers in the Upper Hutt valley. Our Club is built around friendly local people who just enjoy running and walking at all ages and ability levels.
Our goal is to encourage people of all ages to get fit in an easy and fun way, and those that are fit to get faster.
See the About Us page for more details - membership registration link, our training times & days, information about each of our races and more.
Monday 10 April 2023
Club Registration is now live!
The registration portal has finally been made available - it's time to sign up! Head to our membership page and follow the membership portal link...
Saturday 3 June 2023
Novice & Presidents Race
Steve Plowman Trophy
Bob Clark Memorial Trophy for walkers
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Bring on winter! Plenty on the line today. The Novice and Presidents is a fantastic race for all abilities - your webmaster won his very first (and likely only) trophy at this race and he is very much a back of the pack runner! Juniors have the Steve Plowman and Trentham United trophies up for grabs, and walkers have the Bob Clark Memorial trophy to compete for.
Further details here.
Saturday 10 June 2023
Dorne Cup
Trentham Memorial Park
The Dorne Cup is a very long standing race organised by the Hutt Valley Harriers but hosted at TMP. Two brutal weeks in a row for runners registered as competitive athletes. Check out our inter-club page for info, or the Wellington Masters Athletics page.
Saturday 17 June 2023
Club Day, Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
NZSS Cross Country Champs, Palmerston North
One of the few club days in the early season. We will head out for pack runs and walks of varying distances and speeds. Meet at 1:30 first.
The NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs is also on up in Palmerston North. We should have a few up there competing.
Saturday 24 June 2023
Club Day
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Another club day at Trentham Memorial Park. We will head out for pack runs and walks again.
Sunday 25 June 2023
Wellington Marathon
Sky Stadium, Wellington
The official Wellington Marathon, deep in winter. This race also has several shorter options and is a very popular event. Be great to have some Trentham United singlets out on show.
Saturday 1 July 2023
Rhys Mair Memorial Trail Champs
King & Queen of the Mountain Race for Walkers
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
In memory of Rhys Mair, our club trail race takes place in Keith George Memorial Park, and is looking very challenging this year with all the rain we've had. A lot of small slips and branches down thoughout the course.
Walkers have King & Queen of the mountain event, a handicapped race to the top of Riverstone Terrace - not an easy event.
Saturday 1 July 2023
North Island Cross Country Champs
Taupo
The 35th North Island Cross Country Champs takes place at Spa Thermal Park, Taupo. Hosted by the Taupo Harriers, information is here.
Saturday 8 July 2023
Club Day
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
A club day with pack runs and walks of varying distances and speeds. Meet at 1:30 first at the clubrooms for notices and recent results.
Saturday 15 July 2023
Club Day
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Another club day with pack runs and walks of varying distances and speeds. Meet at 1:30 first at the clubrooms for notices and recent results.
For the trail runners, the Wuu2k is on in Wellington.
Sunday 16 July 2023
Wellington Cross Country Championships
Harcourt Park
The third Inter Club race of the season is the Wellington Cross Country Champs. Hosted at Harcourt park again this year, this can be a fast and tough race. A great race to spectate if you aren't competing as large portions of the course are viewable from many spots. Let's get out and support our club racers!
Check out our inter-club page for info.
Saturday 22 July 2023
Club Day
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
A club day with pack runs and walks of varying distances and speeds. We can chew the fat and disect the results from last weekends Cross Country Champs. Meet at 1:30 first at the clubrooms for notices and recent results.
Sunday 23 July 2023
Masters Johnsonville Hill Race
Johnsonville
The second Masters race of the season is the Johnsonville Hill Race. Takes place on footpaths around a 1.6km circuit, with no road crossings. Runners complete five laps for 8km and walkers complete four for 6.4km.
First held in 1985, the Olympic club rooms at Alex Moore Park host the pre and post-race proceedings. It is well worth sticking around to chat about your race and attend the prize giving. There will hopefully be the traditional spot prizes :)
Full details are here.
Saturday 29 July 2023
Club Day
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
A club day with pack runs and walks of varying distances and speeds. Meet at 1:30 first at the clubrooms for notices and recent results.
Saturday 29 July 2023
New Zealand Cross Country Champs
Taupo
This is a big one - the New Zealand Cross Country Champs. Run on the same terrain as the North Island Champs at Spa Thermal Park in Taupo. I'll update this post as better information becomes available.
If you are interested in joining a team for the mixed relay event on the Sunday, please complete this form:
Sunday 30 July 2023
New Zealand Cross Country Champs Inter Club Relay
Taupo
On the back of last years success, this race returns. It's a fantastic way to get club runners who might not be at the very top level competing on a great course. It opens up opportunities for many clubs to have a crack. Takes place on the Sunday after the previous days racing. Let's see if we can get a few Trentham United teams together for a road trip.
Saturday 3 June 2023
Novice & Presidents Race
Steve Plowman Trophy
Bob Clark Memorial Trophy for walkers
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
First club race of winter and it was a great day of racing! It's always a tough ask for the club captain to pick handicaps, but this year was fantastic. A lot of runners finishing in tight groups, all trying to chase down the person in front and hold off their chasers.
U7:
1st - Theo McCall
2nd - Franklin McDonald
U12 Steve Plowman Race (2km):
1st - Austin
2nd - Nikos Kapoutsos
3rd - Harper Robinson
U18 Handicap Race (3.1km):
1st - Lily Jordan
2nd - John O'Grady
3rd - James Wallace
Trentham and Buddle Trophies for Women (6.2km):
1st - Julia Fink
2nd - Kayo Campbell
3rd - Madeline Keown
Novice and Presidents Trophies for Men (6.2km):
1st - Gary Spierling
2nd - Kyle Wealleans
3rd - David Hood
Bob Clarke Memorial Walk Individual Results (3.1km):
1st - Dani McLean
2nd - Jacqueline Wilson
3rd - Richard Willis
Bob Clarke Memorial Walk Hidden Team Handicap (3.1km):
1st - Brent McLean & Richard Willis
2nd - Dani McLean & Steph Robinson
3rd - Jacqueline Wilson & Peter Dunn
Click here for the full results showing finishing order and also a final column with everyone's actual run time.
Saturday 27 May 2023
Vosseler Shield
Mt Victoria
The Vosseler Shield - the last race of Autumn and the first race on the inter-club calendar indeed proved to be a very tough race on Mt Victoria. Wet weather had rendered the terrain boggy and soft underfoot, a big test of strength on top of all the climbing everyone faced. Trentham United racers won three races - Madison Wos in the Womens U16, Hassan McCall in the Mens U18 and Josh Jordan in the Mens U20.
Trenthan United top 10 results are below. For the full results head over to webscorer.
MU10:
9th - Austin Spence
10th - Zach Ellis
WU10:
3rd - Hazel Roos
MU12:
8th - Nikos Kapoutsos
10th= - Caleb Wallace
WU12:
3rd - Kiana Wealleans
MU14:
2nd - Matthew Meiklejohn
4th - Bair Waldrom
5th - Jacob Rice
WU14:
2nd - Zoe Hilton
6th - Elmé Pienaar
MU16:
5th - Caleb Rice
WU16:
1st - Madison Wos
9th - Katie Jordan
MU18:
1st - Hassan McCall
2nd - Max Poland
MU20:
1st - Josh Jordan
5th - Findlay Benge
7th - Tom Poland
SM:
3rd - Tom Strawbridge
4th - Josh Jordan
SW:
7th - Madeline Keown
W35+:
9th - Shar McDonald
W50+:
3rd - Belinda Walker
M60+:
2nd - Stephen Mair
M65+:
7th - Brett Wilby
Sunday 21 May 2023
Masters Cross Country Relay
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
A more modest turn out for the Masters Cross Country Relay at TMP. Conditions were rather muddy but the rain abated while everyone ran and race walked. We took out first place in both the mens and womens open grade, and 2nd in the Mens 200+ grade.
Open Men:
1st - Carl Berendsen, Gary Spierling, Scott Waldrom, Tony Hughes
Open Women:
1st - Belinda Walker, Michelle Wos, Sarah Tobin, Shar McDonald
200+:
2nd - Stephen Mair, Bruce Stewart, Craig Wallace, Phil Broughton
Results pdf is on the Wellington Masters webpage.
Sunday 21 May 2023
UVPSSA Cross Country Champs
Harcourt Park
The Upper Valley Primary Schools Cross Country champs took place at Harcourt Park. Trentham United had several members representing their schools, many of them qualified for the next level - the Regional Cross Country Champs which will be in Masterton in June. A fantastic achievement. The club also contributed rabbits and tail end charlies, all encouraging the competitors and looking great in club uniform. Well, looking great is debatable - the conditions were very very muddy and a few of our crew soaked up the fun atmosphere to muck in shall we say.
Stand out result goes to our year 6 girls who took all the medals. Well done Kiana, Ellie and Zoe - great racing!
Trentham United place getters are listed below.
Please let us know if these results are not quite right, or I have missed someone.
Year 1-3 Boys:
3rd - Austin Spence
4th - Zac Ellis
13th - Winston McDonald
Year 4 Boys:
2nd - Carter Burt
26th - Morne Pienaar
43rd - Kane Wealleans
Year 5 Boys:
3rd - Harper Robinson
9th - Joseph Blumsky
Year 5 Girls:
4th - Hazel Roos
8th - Faith Hilton
Year 6 Boys:
2nd - Caleb Wallace
3rd - Nikos Kapoutsos
11th - Eli Brewerton
13th - Mahe Boyer
Year 6 Girls:
1st - Kiana Wealleans
2nd - Ellie Freeman
3rd - Zoe Tebbutt
11th - Scarlett Lister
Saturday 13 May 2023
Club Cross Country Champs
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Fantastic weather greeted us for the club cross country champs. The course was great as usual - sections of long grass with heavy uneven ground, muddy trails and faster hard-packed stretches. A fabulous number turned out to run and lots of supporters too, with plenty surrounding the finish line to cheer everyone home. Good to see some of our newer members disrupting the 'normal' pecking order.
First place getters are listed below. U14 and older results are on webscorer. U12's are here, and U10's are here.
Please let us know if these results are not quite right, we have had to make some manual edits.
MU7:
1st - Theo McCall
MU10:
1st - Carter Burt
WU10:
1st - Hazel Roos
MU12:
1st - Nikos Kapoutsos
WU12:
1st - Kiana Wealleans
MU14:
1st - Matthew Meiklejohn
WU14:
1st - Zoe Hilton
MU16:
1st - Caleb Rice
WU16:
1st - Madison Wos
MU18:
1st - Max Poland
MU20:
1st - Josh Jordan
SM:
1st - Tom Strawbridge
SW:
1st - Madeline Keown
M35+:
1st - Brian Garmonsway
W35+:
1st - Sarah Tobin
M50+:
1st - Kevin Thompson
W50+:
1st - Belinda Walker
SW Walker:
1st - Danielle McLean
MM Walker:
1st - Clive McGovern
MW Walker:
1st - Jacqueline Wilson
Saturday 6 May 2023
University Cross Country Relays & Chocolate Walk
QE Park Paekakariki
Trentham had another great turnout with 16 teams. We came away with 3 wins, once again all by the juniors - the U12 mixed team, the U14 boys team and the U16 girls team. Some great individual performances too with Stephen Mair running the fastest individual time in the M60+ category. The U16 girls team also had a crack in the U20 race and nabbed 5th! The Womens 35+ team had an awesome race with only 2 seconds separating 2nd, 3rd and 4th - our Trentham taking the 2nd place.
Our Trentham walkers fared well also. This event is not a mass start with line honours but rather the winner is the one who finishes closest to their estimated race time (no watches allowed!). Its all about knowing your capability over the distance and sticking to your pacing. Our own Jackie Wilson won the event with a finishing time only 16 seconds out from her estimate, pretty amazing over a 40 minute event!
Please note these results are still marked as preliminary (as at 10pm Monday evening).
MixedU12:
1st - Nikos Kapoutsos, Zoe Tebbutt, Eli Brewerton, Joseph Blumsky
MU14:
1st - Matthew Meiklejohn, Jacob Rice, Luke Pearce, Bair Waldrom
WU14:
4th - Elmé Pienaar, Ellie Freeeman, Lola Watson, Kiana Wealleans
MU16:
2nd - Joseph Du Toit, Hugo Boyd, Micah Berendsen, Fin Robinson
WU16:
1st - Zoe Hilton, Katie Jordan, Savannah Allen, Madison Wos
MU20:
3rd - Caleb Rice, Findlay Benge, Tom Poland, Hassan McCall
WU20:
5th - Zoe Hilton, Katie Jordan, Savannah Allen, Madison Wos
SM:
2nd - Daniel Du Toit, Brian Garmonsway, Joshua Jordan, Tom Strawbridge
11th - Michael Du Toit, Hugh Taylor, Tony Hughes, Bair Waldrom
SW:
7th - Alesha Wallace, Bethany Walker, Julia Fink, Rachel Watson
M35+:
5th - Josh Campbell, Mark Boyd, Karl Brewerton, Matt Durney
7th - Kevin Fink, Chris Watson, Tim Boyd, Phil Broughton
11th - Gary Spierling, Craig Wallace, Carl Berendsen, Scott Waldrom
W35+:
2nd - Shar McDonald, Sarah Tobin, Belinda Walker, Michelle Wos
M50+:
5th - Kevin Thompson, Kyle Wealleans, Darryl Robinson, Philip Secker
M60+:
4th - Stephen Mair, Bruce Stewart, Brett Wilby, David Hood
For the full relay results including individual times head over to webscorer.
Walkers:
1st - Jackie Wilson
5th - Clive McGovern
10th - Steph Robinson
13th - Richard Willis
16th - Peter Dunn
See the results page for more results.