Nowra Athletics Club fielded 9 teams at the NSW Cross Country Relays held at Rydalmere on Saturday 3rd June. In the U14’s Hugh Thirwall set a steady pace for the Nowra team, completing the 2km lap in 7.24. Archie Higgins was 2nd runner, finishing in 7.40, followed by 9 year old Kai Thirwall who held …
Round 7 Cross Country
Round 7 of the Winter Cross Country Competition took place at Huskisson on Saturday 27th May. There was just 1 competitor in the 1km event; Hayley Astin-Briggs who completed the course in 9:43. In the 2km event, Ashleigh Astin-Briggs took the win in 15:32 whilst Elijah Junor-Cook was 2nd in 11.38 and Joshua Astin-Briggs was …
Invitation accepted to run at Willandra
A large collection of Nowra Athletics Club members enjoyed the picturesque, yet challenging course of Willandra on Saturday 20th May when Victory Runners extended an open invitation to join them on their home course. All races started at 3pm for a mass start with all runners heading off on go. In the 2km event, Hendrix …
Hollyhill contested by small field of runners
Round 5 of Winter cross country was held at Hollyhill on Saturday 13th May. It was a very small contingency of athletes but nonetheless enthusiastic group. There were 3 competitors in the 2km event, with Hendrix Blinksell taking the win in 7:20, whilst Winter Bell was 2nd in 12:41 and Ezekiel Blinksell was 3rd in …
Huskisson round 6.5.23
Cross country was held at Huskisson on Saturday May 6th on a beautiful sunny afternoon. Hayley Astin-Briggs contested the 1km event, finishing in 8:27. In the 2km distance, Ashleigh Astin-Briggs finished 1st in 14:11. Winter Bell was 2nd in 13:19 and Ezekiel Blinksell was 3rd in 9:38. Joshua Astin-Briggs was next home in 14:05 followed …
Longreach run 22.4.23
Cross country was held at Longreach on Saturday 22nd April with strong numbers. The afternoon started with 2 competitors in the 1km with Madison Sandstrom running the course in 5:57 and Hayley Astin-Briggs 2 finishing in 11:58. In the 2km event, there were 5 registered competitors. Winter Bell made it home 1st in 13:12 followed …
Cross country at Huskisson 15.4.23
Cross country was held at Huskisson on Saturday 15th April with understandably low numbers for the school holidays. Hayley Astin-Briggs was the lone competitor in the 1km. In the 2km event Riley Sandstrom took line honours in 9:17 whilst Hendrix Blinksell was 2nd with the fastest 2km time of 8:56. Ezekiel Blinksell was next home …
Easter run at Longreach
Round 1 of Cross Country pointscore took place at Longreach on Easter Saturday, April 8th. Hendrix Blinksell was the sole competitor in the 1km event completing the course in 5:43. There were 4 registered competitors in the 2km event. Ezekiel Blinksell crossed 1st in 9:18 followed by Riley Sandstrom in 8:53. Toby Graham was 3rd …
Opening round of cross country at Hollyhill
The first round of cross country took place at Hollyhill on Saturday 1st April. There was a strong showing of competitors to open the season. In the 1km event, there were 2 enthusiastic competitors, Hayley Aston-Briggs and Luca Sturgiss. In the 2km Darcy Binney finished 1st in 10.50 whilst Malachy Martin was 2nd in 11.10 …
The World Athletics Cross Country Championships, Bathurst 2023
The World Athletics Cross Country Championships were held in Bathurst at Mount Panorama (Wahluu) on February 17, 18 and 19. The 2023 Bathurst World Cross Country Championships were the first World Athletics event to be hosted in Australia for 27 years. The event welcomed the top distance runners in the world, from 68 countries, as …
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Final Point Score Cross Country 2022
Nowra’s Winter Cross Country Winter competition concluded on 20th August. The final point score has been tallied. Congratulations to the winners, and to all the competitors. Thank you for a great season of running. In the 1km event, Lhiam Crook was the winner with 295 points. The only other registered competitors in the 2km over …
Australian Cross Country Championships
The Australian Cross Country Championships were held on Saturday 27th August 2022 at Oakbank Racecourse in South Australia. Nowra had 6 junior members compete at the Championships, bravely battling the course in wet and wild conditions. Nicholas McGill equalled his cross country PB which was a massive achievement in the conditions, and placed 20th in a time …
Final round of cross country held at Longreach
The final points round of the 2022 cross country competition was held at Longreach on 20th August. In the 2km event Aidan McLaren took the win in 13:25 whilst Malachy Martin was 2nd in 12:10 and Heidi McLaren was 3rd in 22:36. Andrew Havadjia claimed victory in the 3km in 18:59. Katie Martin ran in …
Round 18 at Worrigee
Round 18 of cross country competition was held at Worrigee on August 13th. In the 1km there was just one runner with Lhiam Crook finishing the circuit in 5:51. The 2km event had 3 competitors with Aidan McLaren crossing first in 13:11 followed by sister Heidi McLaren in 18:04 then rounded out by Malachy Martin …
NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships
2022 NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships were held in Bathurst on 7th August. Nowra had 14 representatives at the Championships. Completing the 1.6km hot lap challenge was Lhiam Crook who was 10th in 10.45, with dad Geoff Crook following on his heels in 11th in 10.49. Noah Dyball was 6th in the 3km Fun …
Round 17 at Worrigee
Worrigee was the venue for Round 17 of the Winter cross country competition on August 6th. The 2km event had 3 enthusiastic competitors with Malachy Martin taking the win this week in 14:10 followed by Hewie Sproule in 11:48 and then Benjamin Sproule in 14:26. There were 14 registered runners for the 3km event and …
Huskisson run 30.7.22
Cross Country was held at Huskisson on Saturday 30th July with plenty of smiling faces on course. The 2km event had 6 runners this week with the win going to Aidan McLaren in 13:43. Malachy Martin was 2nd in 13:07 and Dean Osgood was 3rd in 11:28. Heidi McLaren ran in 4th followed by Isabella …
Huskisson hosts round 15
Round 15 of cross country was held on Saturday 23rd July at Huskisson. There were 3 competitors in the 2km event with Malachy Martin taking the win in 11:45 followed by Jack Kinsele in 2nd place in 13:05 and Dean Osgood in 3rd spot in 10:31. The 3km event had a large field consisting of …
Worrigee run 16.7.22
Round 14 of the Winter cross country competition was held on Saturday 16th July at Worrigee. In the 1km event young Lhiam Crook took the win in 6:10 whilst Evie Smart crossed 2nd in an easy time of 4:10. In the 2km event Aidan McLaren took the points for the win in 12.48 with Macarthur …
Round 13 at Huskisson
Round 13 at Huskisson was held on a beautiful Winter’s afternoon on Saturday 9th July. The rain had stopped after a wash out round the previous Saturday, but had left a water challenge for runners to navigate. Some chose to tip toe over the rocks to the side of the water, whilst others splashed right …