The final night of track and field competition was a fun night with a fantastic turnout!
The night started with a 600m run where Will Dyball broke the record in 1.24.67. There was plenty of competitiveness in both heats of the distance. Macca Davis ran in 2nd in heat 1 followed by Josie Sproule, then Maddie Oke, Loretta Norris and Emerson Boatswain. Lily Sproule and Zoe Musson battled it out for 7th and 8th position. Heidi Saviane was 9th, followed by Stephanie Donougher then John Smith and Erich Moeller-Duhme. A smiling Nathan Rose was 13th in front of Rod Rose and Eva Moeller-Duhme completed the field for heat 1.
Heat 2 saw a sprint battle between Ezekeil Blinksell and Ben Sproule for the top 2 places, with Ezekeil just edging out Ben on the line. Darcy Binney and Ivy Donougher had a similar battle for 3rd and 4th with Darcy winning that battle.
Hewie Sproule was 5th followed by Casey Norris then Addison Galloway and Madison Sandstrom. Heath Lee was 9th, Maggie Ball 10th,and in a great run Isla Saviane was 11th. Cobey Lee was 12th followed by Jack Saviane, Zepplin Blinksell, Will Sproule and Isabelle Sandstrom. The next 5 runners home were the youngest athletes, full of their usual smiles. Yolandi Blinksell was 16th then Hazel Saviane was 17th followed by Xander Day, Coco Prayteno and Kayleigh Kingdom.
Next up was a shuttle relay where everyone was keen to participate. It was a wonderful sight to see the throwers walking en masse down to the start line, excited to run. There were 2 heats of the relays with great support of each other and sportsmanship on display including loud applause and cheers from the crowd as Nathan Rose proudly completed the final leg of heat 1.
Athletes also had some fun in the field with some throwing events before enjoying a sausage sandwich and a social chat.
Presentation of certificates for the season’s record-breakers followed, with certificates presented by the newest record-holder Will Dyball. Then the winners of the 2024-2025 points score competition for both track and field events were awarded their medals and took their place on the podium. A list of winners is published on the results page on this website.
It was a great night, celebrating a very successful track & field season. Thank you to everyone for participating this season in the right spirit. We look forward to an even bigger and better season next year.
In the meantime, come along and join in the cross country program on Saturday afternoon’s. We will kick off on Saturday 29th March with a run at University Of Wollongong (UOW) Shoalhaven campus. This will be a mass start. Arrive for 2pm start.
If you haven’t yet heard, the UOW is Nowra Athletics Club’s new home of cross country running!
The Nowra Athletics Club committee is very excited to announce that we have signed a lease agreement with UOW Shoalhaven Campus. We thank Chris Hadley, Campus Manager, for his cooperation and efforts in working with our Club to make this happen. The lease agreement allows us to develop a running course at the campus and gives us access to facilities that include toilets (including disabled), showers, BBQ area and a meeting area with a kitchen and TV that will allow a gallery of photos to be displayed at selected times.
Last year runners had a taste of the proposed course and the feedback was positive. Feedback from the day informed us of changes we could make to the course to improve the runners’ experience. Members of the committee have been working hard to incorporate these changes. Recently we were informed that a grant application to support the development of the course was successful. This will help us immensely with our goals to make the course one that all runners will enjoy.
The full cross country program will be released in the coming weeks.