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3 February 2022 • Track and Field

Important Update - 2022 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships

The 2022 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships is going ahead as a modified four-day event. (Credit: Alisha Lovrich)

Athletics NZ and the Local Organising Committee (Hawkes Bay Gisborne Athletics) have opted to restructure the 2022 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships in Hastings into a four-day event from Thursday to Sunday 3-6 March.

Following lengthy discussions, feedback and considering a range of permutations the national U18 and U20 championships will take place on Thursday-Friday (3-4 March) followed by the senior championships – including the combined events and para events – on Saturday-Sunday (5-6) March. The 3000m race walks for seniors, U20 and U18s will take place on Thursday with the senior and U20 10,000m race walks and U18 5000m race walks on Saturday.

Originally the event at Mitre 10 Park in Hawkes Bay was scheduled to be a three-day event (4-6 March).

Given the NZ government’s red-light restrictions currently in place we are doing all we can to adhere to government protocols. With this in mind, we have regretfully taken the decision that no spectators will be attending the event. We are planning to allow essential support personnel to attend, and we will reveal more details on this early next week.

To ensure pods of 100 are adhered to athletes will only be able to enter in one grade. Meanwhile, all events of 800m and above will be timed finals.

As the pinnacle event on the domestic calendar, we are doing our best to ensure the athletes are given every opportunity to compete safely and within the current restrictions. To ensure that this happens everyone attending the meet needs to play their part in diligently and consistently complying with the rules.

The Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships are a My Vaccine Pass required event. 

The decision to make the senior championships a weekend only event will guarantee maximum exposure for our senior athletes via our livestream coverage.

Read the restructured timetable here

To enter the 2022 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships go here

***Note, the ongoing pandemic and potentially changing circumstances may result in further modification, or in the worst case, cancellation of the 2022 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships.