Summit Shoalhaven (formerly known as King of the Mountain) was held on Saturday 28th November in extremely hot and challenging conditions. Runners made their way through an undulating course with both gentle and steep slopes, amongst beautiful scenery of Kangaroo Valley and Mount Scanzi. The event incorporated a 55km, 40km, 23km and 13km distance catering …
High velocity and high temperatures!
Three of Nowra’s sprinters competed at the Illawong High Velocity Meet at the Ridges Athletics Track on Saturday 28th November in very steamy conditions. As the temperatures reached record highs for November, and with tailwinds (the officials turned around the race to take advantage of the tailwind) there was hot action on the track! Tsar …
Cameron Baxter claims 2km record
It was a night of celebration for young Cameron Baxter last Wednesday (25th November) at Track and Field when Cameron finally broke the 2km record for 10-11 year olds. Cameron has had his eye on this record for some time and has been edging closer and closer. Last attempt Cameron missed the record by 0.6 …
Three more Track and Field records achieved 18.11.20
Last week saw a small number of dedicated athletes competing at Wednesday night track and field. Perhaps the final game of State of Origin kept people away. Nevertheless, those who did compete enjoyed a successful evening of competition. In wind assisted conditions, Erin Smart broke the 60m record yet again in a time of 8.33. …
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Great results for Nowra at IBS Interclub
Illawarra Blue Stars Interclub competition was held on Sunday 15th November. The sprinters performed well in strong tail winds with both 100m and 200m events on the program. Ruby Marshall showed good form to finish 5th in heat 6, clocking 13.43. In the boys events eleven year old Max Marshall looked strong to finish 3rd …
A record-breaking night of Track and Field
Last Wednesday 11th November, Erin Smart achieved the trifecta of records! In the 100m Erin set a new record of 13.08, shaving off her previous record of 13.2. Then in the 150m Erin clocked 19.50, breaking her past record of 20.0, and finally to cap off the night she ran 1.01.51 in the 400m, bettering …
4 new records at Track and Field 4.11.20
More local records were broken last Wednesday 4th November at Nowra Athletics Club Track and Field night. In the field Samantha Peace continued her record-breaking streak with two more records. In shot put Sam recorded 11.41m breaking the longstanding record of 10.15m set by Tracey Laverty in the 1982-83 season for the 20-29 years age …
Kerrie wins three silver medals!
Sutherland Interclub was held on 31st October at Sylvania Waters Athletics Track in terrible conditions, with rain and hail turning long jump pits into swimming pools. In the Women’s open 1500m Emily McLaren finished 7th in heat 2 in a time of 5.30.40 putting her 19th overall. In the men’s race Jett Goddard completed his …