The Olympic Harrier and Athletics Club offers athletics in the summer and cross country and road running in the winter. We're a year round club with coaching, club days and club trips on offer throughout the year - no matter how young or old you are.
We are one of the biggest junior athletics clubs in the Wellington region and have won the overall junior interclub and 7 to 9 year old interclub trophies many times.
Registration for 2021/22 season is now closed. We will open registerion again in September for the 2022/23 athletics season.
Club nights
Over the summer months we hold junior athletics club nights on Wednesdays at Grenada North Park in Tawa.
- 3-6 years: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- 7-12 years: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- 12-15 years: we recommend you attend our coaching and training sessions rather than club night
Coaching & trainings
- We are privileged to have specialist coaching each week day afternoon from Amanda Goldsmith for athletes aged 7+ years.
Fees
- For 2021/22 season fees refer to our Membership page.
Uniform
- For interclubs and Colgate games you need to wear the Olympic uniform. You can purchase it online. Club night and trainings do not require uniforms.
Key dates for 2022/23
- Wednesday 19 October - First club night back
Interclub
- All registered members 7 plus can complete in Interclub.
- Held fortnightly on Sundays over Summer at Newtown Park.
- It's a chance to complete and practice sprints and field events.
Colgate Game
- Colgate games will be held in Palmerston North and Timaru in 2023.
Winter
In the winter we're a cross country club with our harrier clubrooms based in Johnsonville. There are lots of training options in the winter for all our members including juniors, college age, seniors and masters. These are held at a range of venues. We also have pre season athletics training over the winter months. See the tab COACHING for more info. For more information about our winter membership please go to our main website.
Sponsors
This year we have 4 club night sponsors. Thanks to these amazing companies that support kids in sport
- Long Jump - BK Patterson Builders Ltd
- Agility - New World - Churton Park
- Throwing - The Home Loan Shop
- Sprint - 4CET Plumbing & Gas
SHOE CLINIC PORIRUA
Our Olympic Club is supported by the SHOE CLINIC IN PORIRUA: If you're looking for running or walking shoes, spikes or running gear go and see Jeremy and his team at Shoe Clinic in the North City Shopping Centre in Porirua. They can order in shoes especially for you if they're not on the shop floor. They're very helpful and give 10% of your sale back to the club - you just need to say you're an Olympic member. Sign up with them and they'll keep track of your purchases. Once you reach $500 they give you a $50 gift voucher:
Athletics Club Nights
Grenada North Park, Tawa
Cross Country Clubrooms
Alex Moore Park, Johnsonville
Contacts
Contact us form on our main website.
