Kerrie Jones recently travelled to Canberra to compete in the ACT Masters Heavy Weight Pentathlon Championships. In the women’s 70 category, Kerrie achieved a season PB of 2431 points to win the gold medal. Kerrie’s results were: 6.6lb weight – 9.95m 8.8lb weight – 8.75m 12lb weight – 7.81m 16lb weight – 6.33m 20lb weight …
NSW Open & HART Sport Little Athletics Championships 2025
The 2025 NSW Open & HART Sport Little Athletics Championships (ages U9-U12) took place over 4 days, 20th-23rd March at SOPAC. In the Open events, Nowra Athletics Club had 2 athletes make the State finals in the highly contested middle distance events. Amelia May ran a qualifying time of 4.34.60 in the 1500m on Thursday …
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NSW Junior Championships 2025
NSW Junior Championships for 13’s (Under 14) to Under 20 were held at SOPAC 13th-16th March 2025 in very hot conditions. Nowra was represented by 14 athletes in the black and gold. Evie Binney kicked off with a bronze medal performance in the Under 16 2000m steeplechase, completing the event in 7.49.18. Evie also contested …
PB’s at NSW Milers VII
NSW Milers VII was held at The Crest Athletics Track on Thursday 6th March, 2025. Once again, Nowra had representation at this event with great results. In an awesome run, Airlie Stevens clocked an 8 second PB of 4.57.49 in the 1500m for 7th place in heat 1. Harrison Baxter made a 6 second improvement …
NSW Masters Championships 2025
2025 NSW Masters Championships took place at SOPAC over 3 days, 21st–23rd February where Nowra Athletics Club was represented by 8 athletes. Kerrie Jones started off Nowra’s successful campaign on Friday night with a silver medal in the women’s 70-74 years weight throw, throwing 7.75m. In the hammer throw Kerrie also took silver with a …
Albie Thomas Mile 2025
The Albie Thomas Mile was held on Thursday 20th February 2025 at The Crest Athletics Centre. Hugh Thirwall kicked off the competition for Nowra in the 800m F race. Hugh was just off his PB with 2.14.95. Next up was Airlie Stevens in the 800m D race. Airlie ran a very gutsy race, demonstrating a …
Sam takes gold in Women’s Pentathlon
The 2025 NSW Combined Champs were held over the Australia Day weekend at Sydney Olympic Park. Sam Keogh, hot of her success at Country Championships contested the women’s pentathlon. After her Country competition of 13 events, it seems the 5 event program was a walk in the park for Sam as she cruised through to …
Country Championships 2025 – Day 3
Day 3 on the track began with the 200m. Flynn Kelly contested the under 14 event and ran 26.67 to qualify for the final. In the final Flynn snared the silver medal in 26.81, coming in just behind Mitchell Summers from Rutherford Little Athletics who clocked 26.48. Orlando Bailie also contested the under 14 event …
Country Championships 2025 – Day 2
Day 2 saw the sprint program unveiled and Nowra had 3 junior athletes qualify for the highly competitive 100m finals and two masters athletes win medals in this distance. Flynn Kelly ran the under 14 100m heat in 13.91, putting him through to the final. In a tough headwind, Flynn then ran 13.01 for 4th …
Country Championships 2025 – Day 1
Windy wet conditions greeted athletes on Day 1 of the 2025 Country Championships. Despite the less-than-ideal conditions, Nowra kicked off in grand style with 32 events contested and 14 medals acquired. Flynn Kelly jumped into the Championships with a National Qualifier, a Personal Best and a gold medal jump of 5.45m in the under 14 …
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 …
2024 Valour State Relay Championships 13’s – Masters
Valour State Relay Championships for 13’s to masters was held over 3 days from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th November 2024. Nowra fielded 6 teams this year. The U20 boys team of Harrison Baxter, Oli Baxter, Nic McGill and Hamish McLaren kicked the championships off on Friday night with a silver medal in the 4 …
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More weekend athletic action
Treloar Shield Round 4 Treloar Shield Round 4 was conducted at SOPAC on Saturday November 9th. Alisha Mustapic contested the 400m hurdles and had a solid run of 1.10.23 for 5th place. Hugh Thirwall competed in the 1500m event, running home in 4.39.46. Evie Binney put herself over the 2000m steeplechase, finishing 4th in 8.03.36 …
2024 NSW All Schools Championships
2024 NSW All Schools Championships were held from 28th September to 2nd October at SOPAC. Nowra Athletics Club junior members had a very successful Championships with plenty of Personal Bests and even more gutsy performances. Hamish McLaren competed in his last ever All Schools event and went out on a winning note, taking gold in …
Nowra boys take silver medal at NSW Road Relays
The NSW Road Relays were held at The Crest Athletics Track on Saturday 3rd August. Nowra’s U20 team had a great run to take the silver medal in a combined time of 50.55. Will Dyball led the team out in 12.42, setting a solid pace. Hamish McLaren was next out and put in a sound …
Kerrie takes gold at Indoor Heavy Weight Pentathlon and sets Australian record
Kerrie Jones recently travelled to the Hunter Valley to compete at the National and State Indoor Heavy Weight Pentathlon which was held at the Argentille Equestrian Centre in Lovedale. Despite freezing temperatures on the day of competition on Saturday 21st July, Kerrie had a great weekend and enjoyed the different experience of competing indoors. In …
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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 …
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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NSW XC Relay Championships 2024
Nowra had 8 teams compete at the 2024 NSW XC 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 …
Sydney Ten 2024
The Sydney 10 was held on Sunday May 19th 2024 at Sydney Olympic Park. Daniel Wood had a great run in the 10km finishing in 35.44 and coming in 183rd place from a massive 1361 entrants. Glen Mustapic also contested the 10km event and clocked 50:41 crossing in 947th place. Several Nowra athletes also contested …