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Contacts

President & Athletics Facilities Manager

Nigel Stewart

Bookings & Secretary

Gill Michel

Registrations

Morris Gray (Magic)

Vice President and Junior Athletics Lead

Mike Martin

Winter Running (Harriers) & Northland Masters

Oringa Barach

Senior Track & Field

Judith Stewart

Who we are

Nigel Stewart

President & Athletics Facilities Manager

Nigel is the Athletics Whangarei President and does a huge amount of work for the club. All while taking care of our facility. You will find him helping out at most events and club nights.

Gill Michel

Bookings & Secretary

A keen runner and triathlete.  Gill has worked very hard for the club over the years and is a life member.

Morris Gray (Magic)

Registrations

Morris is a life member of the club and is the one to ask if you have membership questions.  He loves participating in harriers and loves half marathons.

Mike Martin

Vice President and Junior Athletics Lead

Mike Martin is our deputy vice president and the Junior athletics lead, and represents the Club on the Northland Athletics board.

Oringa Barach

Winter Running (Harriers) & Northland Masters

A life member whose been in the club since 1993. Oringa has had long stints on the committee as club president, club secretary, club captain & harrier organiser. She loves arranging events, participating in club activities & socialising with the members. We don't know what we'd do without her!

Judith Stewart

Senior Track & Field

Judith has been a Club member since 2016. She has competed in many different aspects of athletics but the middle distance events are her specialty. At the World Masters Athletics Champs, she achieved gold in the 10,000m track and did a world record for the 3 km steeplechase many years ago. She has led our Senior Club Nights and trainings and supports our travelling athletes as well as officiating at meets around the country.

Brian Barach

Committee Member & Harriers

Fiona Guest

Fiona is our hard working Treasurer.

Carolyn Smith

Coach

Carolyn has been a long time competitor and coach having started at the Whangarei club at the age of 8 (still holds club records!)  but latterly coaching on the North Shore in Auckland for the past 25 plus years, where she coached many athletes to school and national club titles.  As a masters runner she has numerous New Zealand Championship age group medals in cross-country, road, track and trail running, with World Silver Medals in cross country and duathlon champs.

Ady McKenzie

Committee Member & Coach

Bronwyn Bayne

Committee Member / Website and Facebook Editor

Bronwyn joined the Committee in 2026, first joining as a member with her family in 2024. She has become involved as her school aged sons have taken an interest in Athletics and she enjoys being part of growing the athletics opportunities for other Whangarei and Northland kids. She volunteers at our Club nights and events and helps to keep our website and facebook page up-to-date.

Bridget Ross

Committee Member & Newsletter Editor

Ian Babe

Patron

Ian first joined the club committee in 1956 and has been President several times. He has coached club members from entry level to National class and to international levels in a variety of disciplines. Main interest areas in Athletics are governance, competition & coaching.