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. …
Miranda Relays
If you read the News article on Athletics NSW website the headline goes; “History made at XC Relays for Bankstown, UTS Norths and Run Crew…Thrilling races in the open men’s and women’s races highlighted a great day of history making results… Never before at the event had Bankstown won the men’s race or UTS Norths …
Timberhills round 25.5.19
Whilst many of the Club members travelled to Miranda on Saturday 25th May to compete in the State Relays, there were still plenty of enthusiastic contenders completing the local cross country course at Timberhills. In the 1km event there were 3 mighty participants with Malachy Martin taking line honours In front of Rowan Brignall and …
Round 6 at Hollyhills 18.5.19
Round 6 of cross country was held at Hollyhills on 18th May. First home in the 1km event was Rowan Brignall followed by Evie Smart then Hannah Vonk, Dean Osgood and Malachy Martin. The 2km event was taken out by Harry Thomson in front of Samuel Vonk and Trae Yenne. Meanwhile Division 2 honours went …
John Morris awarded Official of the Year at 2019 ANSW Awards
“On Saturday 11th May at the 2019 Athletics NSW Annual Awards over 180 people celebrated a great year of athletics which commenced at the Commonwealth Games in April. Recognised were officials, volunteers, coaches, clubs and of course the athletes who made it a year to remember. No surprise athletes of the year were Commonwealth Games …
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Round 5 at Longreach 11.5.19
Cross Country on 11th May was at Longreach for Round 5. In the 1km event there were 6 participants and it was Finn Goddard who led the charge home. He was followed by Rowan Brignall, then Josie Sproule, Malachy Martin, Winter Bell and Aiden McLaren. In the 2km Cameron Baxter was both first home and …
Special Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2019 Special Award Winners: John Morris Encouragement Award – Will Anderson The John Morris Junior Encouragement Award is awarded for a junior Club member 15 years of age or under competing in Cross country in the 2 or 3km distance. This is for a Club member who competes regularly, tries hard and …
Erin claims 5 medals at National Masters
The 2019 National Masters were held at Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne from 26-29th April. These were the 47th edition of the National Masters Athletics Championships. A record 959 athletes entered the competition and each athlete entered an average of 3.5 events – which meant a colossal 3,380 individual entries over the four day program. Nowra’s superstar …
Match 1 of the McCaffrey Challenge 27.4.19
Round 3 of Nowra Athletics cross country competition was held at Timberhills on Saturday 27th April in conjunction with Match 1 of the McCaffrey Challenge against Kembla Joggers. Unfortunately, Kembla were too strong for the home club and the bragging rights went to the visitors. There were 12 competitors representing Nowra in the 1km event. …
Easter Saturday running at Timberhills
Round 2 of the Nowra Athletics Cross Country competition was held on Saturday 20th April at Timberhills. Easter Saturday saw plenty of runners out to spy the Easter bunny amongst the trees of Timberhills; or perhaps they were just eager to run in order to win Easter chocolate rewards. In the 1km there were 8 …
Longreach XC Round 1 2019
Cross Country Round 1 kicked off at Longreach on Saturday 13th April. In the 1km event there were 10 competitors. Evie Smart was first across the line in 5.35 minutes followed closely by Dean Osgood in 5.36 and then Rowan Brignell was third in 5.41. Next to cross was Tom Smart, then Hannah Vonk, Alba …
National Representatives.
The 2019 Australian Athletics Championship were held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre over the week of 1st April to 7th April 2019. More than 3500 track and field athletes competed in the Championships. It was an impressive eight days of athletic competition; the largest annual athletics event in Australia and Oceania- Pacific region. The …
Cross Country starts at Hollyhill 6.4.19
The Preliminary Round of cross country 2019 season was held at Hollyhills on Saturday 6th April. The Committee were elated to have over 100 runners turn up and compete across the distances at the newest course. A huge thank you to the Havadjia family for providing the club with the use of their property for …
Kerrie takes silver in Heavy Weight Pentathlon
Our throwing superstar Kerrie Jones has finished her season on a high with 2nd place in the Heavy Weight Pentathlon. Kerrie participated in the 2019 NSWMA Heavy Weight Pentathlon Championship on Saturday 16th March in Wollongong. For those of us unaware, the Heavy Weight Pentathlon gives throwers a chance to indulge their appetite for the …
Trial run at Hollyhill
Over 70 excited runners trialled the new cross country course of “Hollyhill” on Saturday 10th March. It was fantastic to see the enthusiasm and energy of so many runners, eager to sample the new venue. The course had plenty to offer with a mix of flat and undulations with a nice testing hill out the …
Kerrie is our Masters Throw Champion!
BIG congratulations to Kerrie Jones who won silver at the NSW Masters Weight Pentathlon in Campbelltown on Saturday 2nd March. As these are the official NSW Masters Weight Pentathlon Championships participation is only open to athletes who are financial members of NSWMA or another State Masters Association so Kerrie competed in her NSW Masters uniform and …
Season ends with egg-citement 27.2.19
There were more records broken on Wednesday 27th February to end the season with a bang! Erin Smart rounded out her spectacular record-breaking season with two more records! Erin ran 13.47 in the 100m and 20.01 in the 150m. Erin is certainly in good shape heading in to the upcoming Australian Masters Athletics Championships which …
2019 NSW Junior Championships
Great results from 2019 NSW Junior Championships at SOPAC this weekend. Lauren Percival won silver in the U16 100m and bronze in the 200m. Lauren ran a solid 100m taking out the heat in 12.61 then finished up with a second place in the final in 12.71. In the 200m Lauren again won her heat …
Female Trifecta for Records 13.2.19
More records fell on Wednesday night at Nowra Athletics Track and Field Competition. It was a female trifecta with records set by Erin Smart, Alissa Beresford and Kerrie Jones. On the track Erin had a game plan for the 600m, and set out with determination. She chased Cam Musgrove and Ethan Havadjia around, staying close …