The annual Christmas Mile was held on Wednesday 18th December, to finish out the track and field season for 2024. In the senior race, Lily Sproule came through with a strong run, beautifully judged to take the lead with around 150m to go. She went on to take the win ahead of Evie Binney who …
December Milers Meets
The NSW Milers III was held at The Crest Athletics Track on Thursday 12th December. Nowra had just 2 athletes competing, both contesting the steeplechase event. Evie Binney had a good season opener in the 2000m steeplechase with a time of 7.46.35 whilst Hamish McLaren clocked 10.37.46 in the 3000m steeple. NSW Milers IV was …
Lady Denman proves popular as final walk/run venue of the year
The final walk/run round for the year at the Lady Denman, Huskisson, attracted the most runners so far. The evening was billed as Christmas drinks at Jervis Bay Brewery so this may have had some influence! 2km: Deb Sansom continued her comeback, running the 2km solo and finishing well; pleased with her effort. 4km: To …
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4 more records set on 11th December
Track and Field on 11th December saw 4 more records fall! On the track Tom Brookes clocked 15.84 over the 110m hurdles to smash his dad Nigel’s record of 18.10, set back in the 1984-85 season. Maggie Ball re-claimed the 3km record in the Under 9 year-old group, running through in 14:00.46 bettering teammate Ivy …
Regional All-Comers results
Nowra Athletics Club was proud to host the NSW Masters Regional All-Comers at our home ground of Shoalhaven High School on Sunday December 8th, 2024. There was a small, but passionate group of competitors and the rain held off just long enough for athletes to get through all the events. The meet saw the second …
Storms threaten popular Beach Rd walk/run
As walkers and runners assembled on Friday December 6th to take on the Beach Road course dark, grumbling skies threatened. Keen walkers and runners crossed fingers and a few toes hoping they could complete the course before the impending downpour. The picturesque Beach Rd is one of the favourite courses and the general feeling was, …
Track and field results 4th December
As usual there was plenty of enthusiasm at track and field competition on Wednesday 4th December. In the long jump pit Isla Baillie had a great jump of 4.34m. Nash Hines jumped well for 3.70m and Hendrix Blinksell recorded 3.46m. Our youngest athletes practiced their jumping technique and had great success including Addison Galloway with …
A successful weekend of athletics
Several Nowra athletes travelled to the ACT on Saturday 30th November, 2024 for the Capital Athletics Summer Series No. 6. It was a wet day at the AIS however our athletes performed well despite the conditions. Tom Brookes and Jonah Watson earned PB’s in all of their races. In the 100m, Jonah was 2nd in …