On Saturday June 22nd the NSW Cross Country Championships were held at Willandra. These were the 122nd edition of the event and the 21st time the event was held at Willandra after first being held there in 1993. Although Nowra Athletics Club only had a small representation at the event the competitors did themselves and …
Timberhills Round 22.6.19
Whilst many members were competing at State Cross Country Championships at Willandra on June 22nd, those more interested in a local encounter, competed at Timberhills for Round 11 of Nowra Athletics Club Winter competition. Numbers were understandably low, with no 1km contenders and just one runner; Myra Betts, in the 2km event. In the 3km …
McCaffrey Challenge Match 2
Nowra Athletics Club members travelled to West Dapto on Saturday 15th June for the return match of the McCaffrey Challenge with Kembla Joggers. As usual, Nowra had some good results but were simply overwhelmed in some races. Kembla Joggers,as a bigger club, simply had the numbers over Nowra as well as plenty of talent of …
McCaffrey Challenge match is this Saturday 15th June
The second McCaffrey Challenge event against Kembla Joggers for 2019 is on at West Dapto this coming Saturday 15th June, doubling as Race 10 of our Nowra Athletics cross country competition, so points apply. The pointscores from both McCaffrey challenge events will be combined on the day to determine the overall winner of the McCaffrey …
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Longreach run on the long weekend
Cross Country was held at Longreach on 8th June. Numbers were slightly down due to the long weekend however there was still plenty of running prowess and enthusiasm on show. In the 1km event Hannah Vonk was first home followed by Connor Bohme, Malachy Martin and Aiden McLaren. 2km Division 1 saw Samuel Vonk take …
Capital to Coast is back after hibernation
The Capital To Coast event was initially organised by the Nowra Athletics Club in 2012 and was staged annually, in August, until 2016. Capital to Coast (C2C) was cancelled by Nowra Athletics Club in 2017 however ownership of and responsibility for C2C has now transferred to the YMCA of Canberra Runners Club (YCRC) which is …
Andy Waller wins Bill McKinnon Memorial Run
Round 8 of the Nowra Athletics Club cross country competition was held at Timberhills on Saturday 1st June. The round served as the Bill McKinnon memorial run and this year the selected event was Long course. The honours went to Andy Waller who took out the distance in 54:01, a personal best by 4 minutes. …