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Welcome to the Athletics New Zealand Weekly Round up.This week’s edition includes:

Results from the 52nd Bays Relays in Wellington
International results from England, Ireland, Sweden, Belgium andSwitzerland
Road and Trail race results
Murray McKinnon
Athletics New Zealand Correspondent
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New Zealand CompetitionResults
WELLINGTON
52nd Bays Relays, Island Bay to Evans Bay, 22.52km – 17 August 2019
Senior men; Wellington Scottish A (Seamus Kane, Niam Macdonald, Dougal Thorburn, Harry Burnard, Matt Moloney) 1:10:8, Scottish B 1:12:07, Victoria University 1:13:21. Master men 35+; Scottish B 1:16:22, Sottish A 1:16:34, Wellington Harrier Athletic Club 1:23:39. Master men 50+; Scottish A 1:23:51, WHAC 1:26:50, Olympic 1:28:38. Master men 60+; WHAC 1:40:48, Scottish A 1:44:04, Olympic 1:50:54. Junior men; WHAC 1:13:57, Olympic A 1:21:51, Olympic B 1:26:18.
Senior women; WHAC (Sarah Drought, Miranda Spencer, Andrea Peat, Ange Penberthy, Letha Witham) 1:27:09, Scottish 1:32:4, Victoria University 1:37:56. Master women 35+; Scottish 1:27:12, Olympic 1:34:05, Scottish B 1:53:42. Master women 50+; WHAC 1:42:51, Scottish A 1:43:15, Olympic 1:50:32. Junior women; WHAC A 1:26:37, WHAC B 1:29:47, Olympic 1:32:25.

International Results
ENGLAND
BMC Meeting, Stretford, Manchester, 10 August: Samuel Bremer 1500m 3:52.66 (8RB).
IAAF Diamond League, Müller Grand Prix, Alexander Stadium Birmingham, 18 August: Julian Oakley paced the 1500m to 800m in 1:54.00.

IRELAND
Cork City Sports, Cork Munster, 14 August: Julian Oakley 3000m 8:07.89 (8). Cameron French 400m H 51.42 (6).

SWEDEN
Folksam Grand Prix, Göteborg, 16 August: Cameron French 400m H 50.29 (5). Thomas Sussex 1500m 4:02.68 PB (7RC). Camille Buscomb 3000m 8:55.42 (3).

BELGIUM
Meeting Voor Mon, Leuven, 17 August: Samuel Bremer 800m 1:51.20 (4RB). Oli Chignell 3000m 8:03.64 PB (3).

SWITZERLAND
Sierre Zinal, Round 5 World Mountain Running Cup, 31km +2200m, -1100m, 11 August: Ruth Croft 3:01:57 (4).

Road and Trail Races Around the Country
Auckland
Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 14 August: Mike Wanden 16:42, Yuri Cowan 18:36, Damon Nicholas 19:20.

Wellington
The Honest 10km, Oriental Bay, 18 August: Robert Tang 35:55, Dion Yiw 38:21, Neil Lynch 39:39. Letha Whitham 43:21.

Christchurch
58th Governors Bay to Lyttelton Handicap 10km Road Race, 17 August: Mark Pibrow 1, Fastest times; Christopher Dryden 31:10, Blair McWhirter 31:43, Matthew Hobbs 32:42, Matthew Dryden 33:00. Masters George Kerse 1, Fastest times; David Fitch 34:36, Shaun McWhirter 35:56, Martin Lukes 36:46. Women Olivia Cleaver 1, Fastest times Olivia Ritchie 37:17, Annabel Merrett 41:07, Sequoya Prentice 41:59. Masters Megan Christie 1, Fastest times; Fiona Crombie 39:08, Alex Williams 40:08, Lisa Brignull 40:33.

Dunedin
118th Port Road Race, 12km Port Chalmers to Dunedin, 17 August: Overall finish; Stephen Bloomfield, Bradley Goodall, Sonya Cameron. Fastest; Oliver O’Sullivan 44:03, Jonah Smith 44:21, Nathan Shanks 45:16, Glen Chisholm 46:20. Rebekah Greene 47:39, Kirsty Eyles 51:34, Sonya Cameron 54:35, Suzie White 55:32.