School Sport Australia held their 2023 Track & Field Championships in Launceston, Tasmania from 23rd to 27th November 2023. These Championships were for athletes aged 10-12 years and included athletes from ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, and VIC. Nowra had 2 outstanding athletes representing their State of NSW. Hollie Braddick had a great run …
Regional Championships
The inaugural Athletics NSW Regional Championships took place in Wollongong for the Southern region on Sunday 26th November. Nowra had 31 athletes involved! This was an opportunity for our youngest athletes, previously not offered such a competition through ANSW, to compete for medals and FUN! Nowra was well represented by 14 athletes from the Under …
Capital Athletics Summer Series Meet Number 6
Capital Athletics Summer Series Meet Number 6 was held at Woden on Saturday 25th November 2023. Nowra Athletics Club had 6 athletes compete. Tahj Webb had a good run in the sprints, finishing 4th in his 100m heat in 12.53 and 2nd in the 200m in 26.24, earning himself 2 new PB’s. Sam Keogh enjoyed …
5 New Records on Wednesday 22nd November
There was a small crowd at Track and Field competition on Wednesday 22nd November, but there were a massive 5 new records set! 4 of them came from field events! Tori Sayer set a new record in the 30-39 years hammer throw with 28.95m, improving on last week’s throw of 28.85m. Tim Musson also set …
2023 NSW State Relay Championships
2023 NSW State Relay Championships were held at Sydney Olympic Park from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th November 2023. Nowra only had a small representation at the Championships this year, with just 6 teams competing, however, these 6 teams brought home 4 medals and everyone put in a great performance. The boys Under 20 team …
3 Field Records on November
There were 3 field records set on November 15th. All-rounder Emerson Boatswain speared a new javelin record of 20.60m in the 10-11 years age group. Tori Sayer set a new hammer record of 28.85m in the 30-39 years group and Tim Musson also set a new hammer record, with 29.85m in the 40-49 years event. …
A weekend of athletic events
Nowra Athletics Club was represented at a variety of events over the weekend. Locally, we had 5 athletes competing in the Husky Half Running Festival on Saturday 4th November. In the 10km race Dean Bryce was 1st in the 50-59 years category and 60th male overall from a total of 175 competitors, finishing in 47.07 …
2 new discus records set on November 1st
Track and Field competition on Wednesday 1st November saw another 2 new records set in the discus circle. Anne Boatswain set a new record in the 40-49 years group with a throw of 23.71m and Kerrie Jones set a new 70+ years record of 16.16m. Congratulations to these athletes who continue to achieve new goals! …