The 2019 Country Championships were held at Glendale over 4 days from Thursday 24th January to Sunday 27th January. Nowra had a total of 39 competitors who competed in individual events. There were some great athletic performances and there was also some extreme heat.Competition was suspended a number of times over the weekend due to …
AACT Combined Events Championships.
The 2018-19 AACT Combined Events Championships were held in Canberra on the weekend, 12th -13th January 2019. Three young athletes competed in their first ever State multi event championships with great results.Ruby Marshall won a silver medal in the U14 Pentathlon with 1051 points. Ruby placed 2nd in shot, 4th in high jump, 2nd in 200m, …
NSW Country Championships are coming up.
NSW Country Championships are on Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th January at Hunter Sports Centre.This year the Championships competition will be held over 4 days with an altered program from previous years due to the 2019 Hunter Track Classic taking place on Saturday evening. We’d love to see as many Nowra athletes as possible at Country …
State Relay Championships 24.11.18.
It was tremendous to see the involvement of Nowra athletes in the NSW Relay Championships this year. We were excited to field 13 Nowra teams and another 11 teams where we combined with Illawarra Blue Stars for South Coast teams. The NSW Relay Championships are the largest and most successful relay event in Australia with …
Upcoming Relay Championships.
The NSW Relay Championships is the largest and most successful relay event in Australia. The competition is held over two days and hosts over 700 teams from NSW clubs. This year the Relay Championships will be held on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November at Sydney Olympics Park Athletics Centre. The events on offer include:4x100m, 4x200m, …
2018 PSSA Championships.
Last week a number of our juniors competed at the 2018 NSW PSSA Athletics Championships. These Championships were held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on 31st October (Halloween) and 1st November.Ruby Marshall competed in the girls 12-13 years 800m finishing 25th in 2.43.89 minutes.Toby Dyball also competed in the 800m in the boys 11 …
Throws Champion Kerrie Jones.
The AMA Winter Throwing Championships were held over the long weekend at Kerryn McCann Athletics Centre in Wollongong. Nowra Athletics member Kerrie Jones competed with great success and came home with a collection of medals.In the women’s 65 years Throws Pentathlon Kerrie came 2nd with 2393 points.In the individual events on Sunday Kerrie added another …
Short Course Cross Country Championships 8.7.18
This Sunday the third annual joint Waratah Series Short Course and Little Athletics NSW Cross Country Championships were held at Dapto over the purpose-built Kembla Joggers cross country course. The joint venture, between Athletics NSW and Little Athletics NSW, conducted events from under 7 to 75+ years. The event also incorporated the 104th NSW short …
Three medals claimed by Nowra at 2018 NSW Waratah Series Challenge
On Saturday, June 23, the famous Willandra property of Rod and Jan Gibb hosted the Waratah Series Challenge, the current version of what local runners have come to know as ‘The Country Classic’. The event incorporated the 121st NSW Cross Country Championships, first held in 1890. This is considered to be the premier annual winter …
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Nowra Athletes compete at Little Athletics State Championships
The State Track and Field Championships for Little Athletics NSW were held on the weekend at SOPAC. The State Track and Field Championships are the culmination of the track & field competition season and there were several junior athletes who are also members of Nowra Athletics Club who qualified for these Championships. These junior athletes …
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Medals won at Masters Championships
NSW Masters Championships were held at Blacktown International Sports Centre on the 3rd and 4th March 2018. Athletes from Nowra Athletics Club did themselves and their Club proud at these Championships. Alissa Beresford was forced to give up running when she broke her foot so has since turned her hand to the throwing arena. Alissa …
2017 State Relays
The 2017 NSW Relay Championships have held at SOPAC on the weekend of 4th and 5th November. Nowra Athletics Club entered just a handful of male teams this year but the boys had some great success and did the Club proud. Cooper Thomson, Lachlan Kaszonyi, Blake Hartnett and Sam Taylor competed on the track in …
NSW Relay Championships
NSW Relay Championships are on at SOPAC, 4th – 5th November. The NSW Relay Championships is the largest and most successful relay event in Australia. The competition is held over two days and hosts over 700 teams from NSW clubs. Athletes must be registered with an Athletics NSW affiliated club for the 2017/18 season. If …
Final placings for NSW Cross Country Championships
Final results for the NSW Cross Country Championships have been published on the Athletics NSW website now. A BIG congratulations to our podium finishers! In the Female 45-49 years 10km event Cristine Suffolk won gold in 45.56 minutes. Annie Schofield just mised out on a medal, finishing 4th and Sue Anfruns finished 5th. In the …
2017 NSW Cross Country Championships
The 2017 NSW cross country championships were held at Willandra on Saturday 17th June. It was the 19th occasion the Gibb’s have hosted the event at Willandra, the first being in 1993. The clouds hovered around all day, and the weather forecast threatened rain but it remained dry and provided perfect conditions for cross country …
All Schools 2017
There were over 1,700 students who competed in this year’s 2017 2XU NSW All Schools Championships! Some of our junior Nowra athletes competed with great results. There was an amazing display of athletics at it’s best, and we congratulate all our local athletes. We had a number of steeplechase competitors with Victoria Kennedy bringing home the …
Masters excel at Championships
There were medals all round for our Nowra athletes competing at the 2017 NSW Masters Championships on 4-5th March. Taking home a gold medal was Deb Clark in the 50-54 years javelin. Deb started well with a throw of 21.27m to take an early lead. Her next four throws fell short of this mark but …
Juniors 2017
Nowra Athletics Club was represented by 25 junior athletes at the 2017 NSW Junior & Youth Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre from 3rd to 5th February. Athletes performed well over the three days of competition but particularly did well just to compete in the events on Sunday in extreme heat which was …
Country Championships 2017
Dubbo is well known for the Western Plains Zoo and Old Dubbo Gaol. Now Dubbo is also known for its great Athletic Track and great Country hospitality after hosting the 72nd edition of the NSW Country Championships. This was the first time in history the Championships were held in Dubbo and it was just the third …
2016 NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships
The final results for the NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships are now available on the Athletics NSW website. Congratulations to all the medal winners from Nowra Athletics Club. Name Place Distance Martin Tomasini 3rd in male 60-64 yrs 5km Annette Sampson 2nd in female 50+ yrs 7.5km Teresha Moxham 1st in female 35-39 yrs …