The 2026 Ladder
13-14 February 2026
Tarawera Ultra Marathon
Rotorua
Bethany, Brian, Sarah and Stephen headed North for the high profile Tarawera Ultra Marathon event. All four performed spectacularly nailing their nutrition and pacing to claim fantastics times. Here is their combined write up:
Bethany, Brian, Sarah and Stephen travelled up to Rotorua to compete in the 102km distance at the Tarawera Ultra Trail event.
Torrential rain on the day before and during the race turned the trails into fast flowing streams, flooded the tracks around the lakes and created several inches of mud on the uphill and downhill sections making them treacherous.
It was a case of survival rather than racing!
Of the 938 starters 163 (17%) did not finish - double the previous year.
We all finished:
Brian 12:28:00 (4th in 45-49M Category)
Stephen 16:16:57 (5th in 60-64M Category)
Sarah 19:27:35 (21st in 40-44W Category)
Bethany 19:27:36 (41st in 20-34W Category)
Big thanks to Hugh and Pete for their support at the aid stations and finish.
Former TUH member Kerryn Stewart, now a Queenstown resident, completed her first miler (160km) in 34:32:42 (7th in 45-49W category). Cheered to the finish by her fellow TUH friends/supporters. An incredible achievement to be one of only 300 finishers from over 500 who started.
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Club Records Update
As mentioned in the previous post, the summer series continues to be a record breaker. One new club record was set for the female junior 2.5km - Kiana took another 10 seconds off her record set last week finishing 2.5km in 8:45.1. And MAtthew Meiklejohn equalled Callum Wos' 2.5km junior record of 7:26.9.
Our records page is linked off the results page on the left menu.
Tuesday 10 February 2026
5km Series #2
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
The second of our 5km series at Trentham Memorial Park was a banger. Beautiful sunny evening and loads of folks out for a run or walk. The 2.5km female record was improved on again by Kiana W with a new record time of 8:45.1! Congrats Kiana! Matthew Meiklejohn equalled the 2.5km male record with his time of 7:26.9! Congrats Matthew.
Results are on webscorer.
Winners in each category:
2.5km:
Female run: Kiana Wealleans
Female walk: Caitlyn Aislabie
Male run: Matthew Meiklejohn
Male walk: Dave McCall
5km:
Female run: Madeline Keown
Female walk: Steph Robinson
Male run: Finley Robinson
Male walk: Clive McGovern
Let us know if there are any errors in the results please.
Tuesday 27 January 2026
Club Records Update
As mentioned in the previous post, the first of our summer series 5km events proved to be a record breaker. Two new club records were set for the female junior 2.5km and 5km road distances - Kiana finished 2.5km in 8:55.9, and Maddison finished 5km in 18:28.6. Well done juniors!
If you haven't seen our records page, it's linked off the results page on the left menu.
27 January 2026
5km Series #1
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
The first of our 5km series at Trentham Memorial Park had a great attendance. The 2.5km female record was beaten by Kiana W with a new record time of 8:55.9! Congrats Kiana.
Results are on webscorer.
Winners in each category:
2.5km:
Female run: Kiana Wealleans
Female walk: Marilla Hood
Male run: Joseph Du Toit
Male walk: Dave McCall
5km:
Female run: Madison Wos
Female walk: Jackie Wilson
Male run: Max Poland
Male walk: Jon Roskvist
Let us know if there are any errors in the results please.