Charity

Saturday 27 March 2021

Waterbourne Takapuna Fun Run

ACMA takes part in a Charity Fun run each year. This year we chose the Waterbourne Festival Takapuna Beach Fun Run and Walk, where part of each entry is donated to a charity focused on coastal and marine conservation.

Due to COVID-19 , postponements and bad timing as the day of the event dawned there was no-one left who could get to the start line.

So what to do?

The ACMA President called on her good Penguin friend to run for ACMA . New Zealand happens to be the Penguin capital of the world and we have several Penguin species living on our coastlines.

The weather was fine but the wind was strong causing rough waves and the tide was too high for our Penguin to safely traverse the beach.

So our Penguin friend was forced to climb over rocks. These proved slippery and dangerous. Luckily our penguin has rockhopper genes!

Still a woman in front of her fell off the rocks but handily enough our Penguin was carrying alcohol sanitiser , gloves and a disposable mask. After rendering basic first aid she still had enough stamina to finish her walk. Next time however she will take to the sea and swim instead.

It's a much safer way to travel.

Sunday 20 October 2019

Auckland Marathon 2019

A group of intrepid runners from the ACMA and YACMA family gathered together to tackle a run through the city. These groups included kids as well as adults and different distances were covered. Congratulations to all the those who took part namely: Dr Kristine Ng and family, Dr Gee Hing Wong and family who all completed the 5km Family Fun; Dr Kevin Liu and Dr Carlos Lam who completed the 11km Traverse; Calvin Fraser from YACMA who completed the 23km Half-Marathon and Dr Vania Tan from Tauranga Hospital who braved the 46km Full Marathon. Great thanks to all those ACMA members who donated to our great cause, The Mental Health Foundation!

Sunday 04 March 2018

Round the Bays 2018

ACMA made its return to Round the Bays with a team of 24 doctors and members of their families signing up to complete the charity run. Spanning 8.4km from Auckland CBD to St Heliers Bay, the run followed a beautiful scenic route with Rangitoto island in the distance as they ran around Mission Bay. A special congratulations to Dr. Derek Luo who has claimed the title of the fastest ACMA member, with an impressive time of 42:31 minutes! After the run everyone came together for a relaxing (and healthy!) lunch to recover and rest. Round the Bays was definitely an event both keen runners and walkers could enjoy and no doubt ACMA will be back again.