Kerrie Jones competed in the NSW Masters Throws Pentathlon State Championships in Wollongong on February 25th. Kerrie contested the womens 65 + age group. In the 3kg hammer event, Kerrie threw 16.38m and in the 3kg shot put, she achieved 5.82m. In the discus, Kerrie hurled 14.59m and in javelin she speared 12.48m. For the …
2023 NSW Masters Championships
The 2023 NSW Masters Championships were held at Campbelltown on February 4-5th. Erin Smart proved to be the sprint queen in her age group, taking the win in each sprint event for the 40-44 years. In the 60m, there were 9 competitors and Erin finished 1st in 8.13 to take the gold medal, in front …
AACT Under 20 & Open Championships
AACT Under 20 & Open Championships were held on the weekend at the AIS Athletics Field. Five of Nowra’s athletes competed and all five earned PB’s. Alisha Mustapic contested the 400m hurdles and ran a PB of 1.15.50. Alisha also ran the 400m sprint and clocked another PB of 1.05.95. Cooper Barrett finished 6th in …
Country Championships Relays 2023
58 athletes competed at 2023 NSW Country Championships and an amazing number of 53 athletes competed in the very popular Championships relays. 52 athletes made up 13 Nowra relay teams and 1 athlete, Mali Mustapic competed as part of a South Coast relay. Nowra dominated the relay timeslot and drew the attention of officials, other …
Country Championships 2023 statistics
Country Championships 2023 saw 58 Nowra athletes compete in a total of 196 individual track and field events. We had 17 Master’s athletes, 2 Open athletes and 39 junior athletes. Further breakdown shows: 19 junior boys, 20 junior girls 9 male master’s, 8 female master’s The medal tally from Country Championships was: 22 GOLD 28 …
Country Championships 2023 Results
Congratulations to our 58 athletes who competed at NSW Country Championships. A breakdown of all their results are collated here. Darcy Binney U10 200m 3rd 40.26 Bronze U10 long jump 3rd 2.79m …
2023 NSW Country Championships
The 2023 NSW Country Championships were held at the Dubbo Athletics Centre from Friday 20th January to Sunday 22nd January for another fantastic edition of NSW Country track & field competition. For some Nowra athletes, this was their third trip to Dubbo in six years, but for others it was their first trip and first …
Success at 2022 State Relays – Part 2
2022 NSW Relay Championships were, in the words of ANSW, “gusty, challenging and awesome”. There were 805 teams from all across NSW, and Nowra entered 29 teams! Two of these had to be scratched on the day due to athlete injuries but Nowra managed to come home with 14 medals from their 27 competing teams! …
Nowra’s medal haul at 2022 NSW Relays Championships – Part 1
NSW Relay Championships were held at Campbelltown Athletics Centre over the weekend of 19th-20th November. Nowra had 29 teams entered which we believe was a record number of teams for our Club at these championships. It was a great weekend of athletic competition and friendship, and Nowra certainly made their presence felt amongst the much …
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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 …
The 2022 AITA Cross Country Championships
The 2022 AITA Cross Country Championships were held at Stromlo Forest Park on Sunday 3rd July 2022 in cold and windy conditions. Noah Dyball competed in the 12 years 2km event and ran in 2nd in 9.33.7 whilst dad Gavin Dyball also earned a 2nd placing with his run in the 45-49 years category of …
NSW XC Champs
NSW XC Champs made a welcome return to Willandra on Saturday 18 June. This was the the first time in three years for the NSW XC Champs to be held locally and although Nowra numbers were down from previous years when Willandra was the Club’s home course, the Club was still well represented at the124th …
2022 NSW Cross Country Relays
The 31st edition of the NSW Cross Country Relay titles were held at Upjohn Park in Rydalmere on Saturday 4th June and nine teams from Nowra were keen to take part. Parts of the course were muddy, but generally the course was in pretty good condition, testing the speed of runners. The U12 boys kicked …
Kerrie ends the season with a bronze medal
Kerrie Jones finished off her Summer throws season with a bronze medal in the weight pentathlon on Saturday 7th May. It was a chilly 8 degrees start for Kerrie and the rest of the throwers at Bardon Ridge Athletics Track but Kerrie soon warmed up her throwing arm. Kerrie accumulated 2454 points to claim 3rd …
Kerrie takes gold in Heavy Weight Pentathlon
Masters superstar thrower Kerrie Jones competed in the NSW State Masters Championships Heavy Weight Pentathlon at Penrith on Saturday April 30th, taking the gold medal with 2568 points. Kerrie achieved great results, throwing the increasing weights with strength and determination. 3kg 10.73m 4kg 9.72m 5kg 8.07m 7kg 6.54m 9kg 5.17m Congratulations Kerrie on yet another …
2022 NSW Masters Championships
2022 NSW Masters Championships were held at SOPAC warm up track over the weekend of 11-13 March. Nowra Athletics Club was represented by three athletes and all three brought home a swag of medals! Erin Smart contested 5 events and took home gold in all 5 races! In the 35-39 age sprints, Erin won the …
Erin Smart: from the balcony to the track
(this is an excerpt of an article written by David Tarbotton for Athletics NSW) One of the most exciting races of the weekend was the women’s 800m for ages 30 to 54. Despite the age ranges, it was a very close and high quality race amongst the seven competitors. They all finished within seven seconds …
Fantastic results at NSW Juniors
NSW Junior Championships were held over the weekend of 25-27 February 2022 at SOPAC. Nowra’s juniors didn’t let the wet conditions dampen their spirits or their performances! Anna Duncan kickstarted the program for Nowra contesting the U14 400m where she ran strongly to take 6th place in 64.85 and qualified for the final. Anna then …
Athletes shine at AACT Junior Championships
AACT Under14-Under 18 Championships were held at Woden over the weekend of 18th-20th February. Several Nowra junior athletes made the trip to Canberra for the Championship event with great success. Max Marshall maintained his recent sprinting success with wins in both the Under 15 100m and 200m. Max took out the 100m in 11.56 and …
Sam wins silver in discus
Samantha Peace won silver in discus at the NSW Opens Championships, held at SOPAC over the weekend of 18-20th February. Sam started off her competition with a throw of 45.08m, slowly building until her final throw of 47.35m which clinched the NSW silver medal for her. Taking the gold medal for NSW was Sally Shokry …