Nowra Athletics Club had 8 of our junior members compete at the 2024 Australian Cross Country Championships held at Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston, Tasmania last weekend. Athletes had to battle gale-force winds, rain and a muddy course, but they showed grit and determination. Finn Goddard put the disappointment of not getting his State uniform …
Winners of Winter Cross Country Competition
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Winter cross country competition: 2kms 1st – Sam Bennett 2nd – Malachy Martin 3rd – Winter Bell 3kms 1st – Peter Dooley 2nd – Emerson Boatswain 3rd – Madeline Oke Medium course 1st – Scott Armstrong 2nd – Hamish McLaren 3rd – Alex Arnold Long course 1st – …
Australian Cross Country Championships
More than 300 NSW Athletes will compete at the Australian Cross Country Championships in Tasmania from 31 August – 1 September. Amongst them will be 8 Nowra athletes. We wish the following athletes the very best of luck: Finn Goddard U11 2km Hugh Thirwall U14 3km Lily Sproule U16 4km Emily McLaren U17 4km Nic …
Runners at Longreach Rd
There were 9 runners in the 3km event at Longreach Rd on Saturday 10th August. Kai Thirwall took the win in 12.42 followed by Tom Smart in 12.26, which was the fastest time over this distance. In 3rd place was Cathleen Chang in 16.48 followed by Macarthur Davis in 12.39 and then Evie Smart in …
Green & Gold Round of Cross Country
The Paris 2024 Olympics have kicked off and to celebrate, Nowra Athletics Club had an Olympic-inspired round of cross country on Saturday 3rd August. The run at Huskisson was a fun affair with most runners proudly wearing green and gold . There were medals for the first three finishers, complete with a podium celebration. …
Mystery Partner Round
It was a great afternoon in Tomerong on Saturday 27th July for mystery partner round of cross country. This was a round re-introduced after many years absence, and although the numbers were low, the participants enjoyed the injection of fun in the cross country competition. Partnering up in the 3km, Emerson Boatswain and Declan …
Nowra runners test out Shoalhaven Uni course
There were just 14 athletes who turned up for cross country at the UOW Shoalhaven campus on Saturday 13th July 2024, whilst many athletes and families were at Short Course Championships. In the 3km there were 3 competitors. Emerson Boatswain took the win in 13:57 whilst Peter Dooley was 2nd in 14:12 and Sam Dennett …
3 medals won at NSW Short Course Championships
NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships were held at West Dapto on Saturday 13th July 2024. Nowra had 23 competitors and took home 3 individual medals on what was a very successful and enjoyable day on the course. Nic McGill won the Under 17 4kms event with a great run of 12.31, cementing his place …
Cross country moves to Huskisson
Due to the persistent wet weather, we had to move cross country from Tomerong to the Huskisson course on Saturday 6th July. There were 2 competitors in the 1km event this week with Mila Bozikov finishing in 4.56 and Hamish Bennett crossing in 7.21. In the 3km event, Declan Bennett took the win in 14.27 …
The sweetest day of the xc season
The inaugural ‘Chocolate Round’ was held at Longreach Rd on Saturday 29th June. There were plenty of chocolate prizes up for grabs, awarded to mystery places, and the round proved very popular with members. In the 3km event, there were 12 competitors. Noah Dyball was first home in 16.41. Emma Stevens was 2nd in 20.47 …
Nowra takes 6 medals at NSW Cross Country Championships
The 126th NSW Cross Country Championships were held at Willandra on Saturday 22nd June 2024. Nowra was well represented at the Championships with 29 athletes plus several others who enjoyed the fun runs. Kicking off the program was Nowra’s youngest competitor, Madison Sandstrom who finished 4th in the Under 9 1.5km race in 7.58. Finn …
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Rebel winners are grinners
Round 11 was held at Huskisson on Saturday 15th June on a very cold and wet afternoon. This was a Rebel Sport sponsored round with Rebel gift vouchers awarded to the winner of each distance. Congratulations to Sam Dennett, Katie Martin, Natasha Toms and Perry Strand who took home the vouchers. In the 2km event, …
Low numbers at Longreach
With many athletes representing the Club at NSW Cross Country Relay Championships, the numbers at the local round of cross country were extremely low on Saturday June 1st. Peter Dooley was the only competitor in the 3km event, clocking 13.52. In medium course, Alex Arnold led the trio of athletes home, finishing in 26.18. Matt …
NSW Relay Championships 2024
Nowra had 8 teams compete at the 2024 NSW Relay Championships on Saturday 1st June. The championships were held at a new venue this year – the Newington Armory in Sydney Olympic Park. Heavy rain fell during the day with the course turning into a mess of mud and puddles. Runners were splattered in mud from …
Reconciliation Round of Cross Country
Round 8 of Winter Cross Country was held at Billy Jean Park on Saturday 25th May. This round served as our inaugural Reconciliation Round to coincide with Reconciliation Week kicking off on 27th May. In the spirit of reconciliation, Nowra Athletics Club acknowledges the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to athletics and …
Run at Huskisson 18.5.24
Runners enjoyed an afternoon running on the Huskisson course before the AGM and Presentation were held on Saturday 18th May 2024. There were 2 runners in the 2km distance. Sam Dennett was first home in 9:35 whilst Malachy Martin was 2nd in 13:06. Josie Sproule won the 3km event in 14:19 followed by Geoff Crook …
Longreach Rd for Cross Country
Longreach Rd was the venue for Round 4 of cross country on Saturday 27th April. There were 4 enthusiastic competitors in the 1km event. Jack Saviane led the way, finishing in 6:19 followed by sister Hazel Saviane in 6:23 whilst Luke Dennett was 3rd in 6.53 and Steve Dennett was 4th in 6:54. In the …
Cross Country Round 3 at Tomerong
Round 3 of the Winter point score was held at the beautiful Billy Jean Park in Tomerong on Saturday 20th April 2024. Luke Bennett won the 1km in 6:17 and Steve Dent was 2nd in 6:22. In the 2km event Sam Bennett was first home in 6.15. Mila Bozikov was 2nd in 07:14, Madison Sandstrom …
Cross Country Round 2 at Huskisson
Round 2 of the cross country pointscore took place at Huskisson on Saturday April 13th after round 1 was rained out last week. Unregistered runner Winter Bell was the only competitor over the 2km distance. In the 3km event, Thor Jackson was first home in 13:47 followed by Madeline Oke in 13:49 then Erin Smart …
An eggciting start to cross country
Cross Country kicked off at Hollyhill on Easter Saturday on March 30th. It was an unseasonably hot afternoon which caused both runners and the Easter eggs to melt in the heat! In the 1km event there were just 2 competitors, mother and daughter duo, Aurora Boatswain and Anne Boatswain. In the 2km event, Mila Bozikov …