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.
Click here to find out what you get for your membership
Saturday 21 September 2024
Mangaroa Circuit, Lane Street
Valleys Relay for Walkers, Maymorn Station
Prize Giving, Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Our final event for the club racing calendar is the Mangaroa Circuit. A handicapped start with the club captain assigning your start times. This is our longest race at ~13.9km, a road course over the hill and back, minimum age is 16 years. First runner scheduled to start at 11:00.
Juniors will have a club day at our clubrooms from 1.30pm.
Walkers have the Valleys relay starting from Maymorn Station today. We don't have a lot of detail at the moment about this race.
At 3pm we have our club prize giving. Should be enough time for everyone to shower and put on their glad rags. We've continued with the September date based on the success last year. Please bring a plate.
And that brings our racing season to a close. Just the big Remutaka event later in November...
Sunday 22 September 2024
Clubroom Clean up, Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Clubroom cleanup on Sunday morning, 9am kick off. Many hands make light work as they say. Bring a bucket, scrubbing brush and cloths if you can, maybe a broom. We are usully done by late morning.
Saturday 28 September 2024
New Zealand Road Relay Championships, Taupo Motorsport Park
For those keen on a road trip, the New Zealand Road Relay Championships are up in Taupo around the Motorsport Park. Being off public roads this allows for younger runners to have a crack too.
Sunday 6 October 2024
Wellington Mountain Running Champs
Mt Kaukau
The Wellington Mountain Running Championships take place around Mt Kaukau and the ridge line South to the Crows Nest. The club is looking to organise a casual recce of the course the week before if folk are interested.
Saturday 2 November 2024
Remutaka Rail Trail Run & Walk
Our big event of the season. 7km, 14km and 21km distances over a great course up the river valley. This is our big fund raising event for the club so we need everyone involved please, volunteering or competing.
Remutaka Rail Trail Run & Walk.
Saturday 7 September 2024
Wellington Interclub 10km Road Champs, Wainuiomata
Trentham United came away with some great results in this inaugural Wellington Interclub event. And yet another great turn out by Trentham United. Edd Charlton-Weedy took a first place in the hotly contested M35+ category and Trish the W65+ category. Well done Edd and Trish!
Trenthan United top 10 results or our top 3 placings are below. For the full results head over to webscorer.
MU20:
2nd - Max Poland
SW:
5th - Madeline Keown
12th - Bethany Walker
M35+:
1st - Edd Charlton-Weedy
5th - Anthony Jackson
7th - Brian Garmonsway
W35+:
9th - Sarah Tobin
11th - Shar Mcdonald
M50+:
18th - Philip Secker
23rd - Carl Berendsen
M60+:
4th - Stephen Mair
9th - Bruce Stewart
M65+:
2nd - David Hood
3rd - Terry Bedlington
W65+:
1st - Trish Coley
Saturday 31 August 2024
Wellington Interclub 5km Road Champs, Wainuiomata
Club Day, Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Yet another great turn out by Trentham United for Wellington Interclub 5km road race. We took three first place finishes with our younger juniors.
Trenthan United top 10 results or our top 3 placings are below. For the full results head over to webscorer.
MU10:
2nd - Campbell Byrne
3rd - Carter Burt
8th - Austin Spence
WU10:
1st - Taya Hines
2nd - Poppy Penny
7th - Lily Hay
9th - Jessa Blundell
10th - Charlotte Jahnke
MU12:
1st - Sanjith Aditya Ragunath
5th - Hugo Banner
7th - Eli Brewerton
9th Travis Robertson
WU12:
14th - Ruby-Rose Hepi
15th - Faith Hilton
16th - Amelie Byrne
MU14:
1st - Matthew Meiklejohn
6th - James Wallace
7th - Thomas Millar
WU14:
4th - Kiana Wealleans
16th - Charlotte Boyd
17th - Lily Jordan
MU16:
3rd - Jacob Rice
5th - Finley Robinson
8th - Bair Waldrom
10th - Cameron Starr
WU16:
4th - Zoe Hilton
5th - Elme Pienaar
9th - Savannah Allen
MU18:
5th - Caleb Rice
MU20:
3rd - Max Poland
SM:
21st - Hugh Taylor
25th - Findlay Benge
SW:
10th - Madeline Keown
14th - Bethany Walker
M35+:
2nd - Edd Charlton-Weedy
8th - Brian Garmonsway
18th - Kevin Fink
W35+:
9th - Sarah Tobin
12th - Shar Mcdonald
13th - Rachel Watson
M50+:
16th - Philip Secker
18th - Carl Berendsen
19th - Darryl Robinson
W50+:
7th - Liz Gibson
8th - Emily Gias-Wealleans
M60+:
5th - Stephen Mair
12th - Gerard Bourke
14th - Bruce Stewart
W60+:
2nd - Belinda Walker
M65+:
5th - Terry Bedlington
W65+:
2nd - Trish Coley
Saturday 24 August 2024
Sanders & Gough Cross Country
Club Cross Country Champs
Sladden Road Park, Lower Hutt
A great turn out by Trentham United for the Sanders & Gough race, doubling as our club cross-country race. We took a clean sweep of the trophies this year which is fantastic.
The winners of each grade were:
U7 Boys
Matheson Byrne
U7 Girls
Sage Penny
U10 Boys
Campbell Byrne
U10 Girls
Taya Hines
U12 Boys
Sanjith Aditya Ragunath
U12 Girls
Hazel Roos
U14 Boys
Matthew Meiklejohn
U14 Girls
Kiana Wealleans
MU16
Jacob Rice
WU16
Madison Wos
MU18
Callum Wos
MU20
Joshua Jordan
WU20
Sarah Du Toit
SM
Hugh Taylor
SW
Madeline Keown
MM35
Edd Charlton-Weedy
MW35
Shar McDonald
MM60
Stephen Mair
MW50
Belinda Walker
MM Walker
Clive McGovern
MW Walker
Steph Robinson
Full XC results here.
Sanders & Gough results here.
Saturday 17 August 2024
Wellington Needle Relay & Turkey Trot, Kilbirnie
A great turn out by Trentham United for the Wellington Needle Relay with a lot of us sticking around to support our fellow club members right to the end. Our 10-13 Boys A claimed a great win.
For full results click here.
Boys 10-13
1st - Cameron Starr, Thomas Millar, Matthew Meiklejohn, Sanjith Aditya Ragunath
4th - Caleb Wallace, Zach Priest, Nikolas Greer, James Wallace
Girls 10-13
6th - Hazel Roos, Olivia Boyd, Lily Jordan, Kiana Wealleans
Mixed 10-13
4th - Amelie Byrne, Bella Penny, Zoe Radley, Cormac Hayward
JM
3rd - Jacob Rice, Bair Waldrom, Caleb Rice, Joseph Du Toit, Finley Robinson
SM
4th - Max Poland, Callum Wos, Tom Poland, Findlay Benge, Josh Jordan
SW
5th - Katie Jordan, Melissa Byrne, Zoe Hilton, Bethany Walker, Madeline Keown
M35
4th - Josh Campbell, Mark Boyd, Brian Garmonsway, Kevin Fink, Matt Durney
W35
4th - Shar McDonald, Sarah Tobin, Rachel Watson, Nicole Penny, Alesha Wallace
M50
6th - Philip Secker, Kyle Wealleans, Darryl Robinson, Andrew Smith, Carl Berendsen
Open 60
3rd - Stephen Mair, Terry Bedlington, Belinda Walker, Trish Coley, Bruce Stewart
Open Mixed
5th - Gary Spierling, Craig Wallace, Tony Hughes, Emily Gias-Wealleans, Scott Waldrom
Turkey Trot:
1st= - Steph Robinson +0:06
11th - Richard Willis
15th - Peter Dunn
Saturday 10 August 2024
Club Road Champs for Runners & Walkers
Clubrooms, Trentham Memorial Park
Whilst the Club Road Champs for Runners were nearly a month earlier than last year, we still had a cracking warm day for racing. Some good times out there, seems the Monday night speed training is paying dividends.
The winners of each grade were:
U7 Boys
Matheson Byrne
U7 Girls
Sage Penny
U10 Boys
Carter Burt
U10 Girls
Taya Hines
U12 Boys
Sanjith Aditya Ragunath
U12 Girls
Hazel Roos
U14 Boys
Matthew Meiklejohn
U14 Girls
Kiana Wealleans
MU16
Jacob Rice
WU16
Madison Wos
MU18
Callum Wos
MU20
Joshua Jordan
SM
Findlay Benge (Thomas Strawbridge crossed first)
SW
Madeline Keown
MM35
Edd Charlton-Weedy
MW35
Sarah Tobin
MM50
Philip Secker
MW50
Belinda Walker
MM Walker
Clive McGovern
MW Walker
Jacqueline Wilson
Full results:
U7 here
U10 and U12 here
U14 and older and walkers here
Hidden Handicap Results can be found here.
Sat & Sun 3-4 August 2024
New Zealand XC Champs & Inter-Club Relay
Hawkes Bay
Congratulations to everyone that competed at the National Cross Country Championships over the weekend at Mission Estate in Napier. Lots of us cheered you on from Wellington while watching the live stream.
WU14:
8th - Kiana Wealleans
MU14:
3rd - Matthew Meiklejohn
12th - Thomas Millar
WU16:
16th - Madison Wos
MU16:
13th - Finley Robinson
M35-39:
3rd - Edd Charlton-Weedy (6th overall in the senior race)
M45-49:
2nd - Brian Garmonsway (9th overall in the senior race)
Mixed 4x2000m Social Relay:
1st - Matthew Meiklejohn, Kiana Wealleans, Finley Robinson and Thomas Millar
All results from the weekend can be found here.
See the results page for more results.