Round 3 of Nowra Athletics Track & Field competition was conducted last Wednesday evening. There was a high attendance, particularly of junior athletes who kept the starter and timekeepers busy on the track. Taylor Moffat, Hayley Lewis, Kimberley Hallam and Emily Burinaga ran well in C grade. In D grade girls Jessie Moffat, Ruby Pearce, …
Round 2 Track & Field 5.10.16
With school holidays and terrible windy weather the numbers were low at Nowra Athletics Track & Field last Wednesday. However that didn’t deter the athletes in attendance from giving their all. Noah Dyball, Evie Smart and Dean Osgood were the youngest competitors on the night sprinting with great enthusiasm. Rommey Hazell, Emily Burinaga, Zarlie Dyball …
Track & Field Round 1 28.9.16
Nowra Athletics completed Round 1 of competition for the Summer Track & Field Program last Wednesday. Before the action kicked off President Scott Johnson announced the Club Captains for the season; Emerson Brian and Samantha Peace. These athletes are committed to the sport of athletics and are very approachable and responsible young adults serving as …
Summer Road Run 24th September 2016 – Nowra.
A picture perfect day greeted us for the first installment of the Summer Road Runs which started last Saturday at the Nowra Showground. Twenty one runners decided to have a crack for the weekly chocolate that is on offer. This week, new runner Dennis took advantage of his unknown ability to cross the line in …
Track & Field Kicks Off with a Record Breaking Start
Nowra Athletics Club commenced the 2016-2017 season of Track and Field last Wednesday. And it was a fantastic start with several records falling in Week 1! In the throwing circle Kerrie Jones broke the shot put record in the 60-69 years category with a throw of 6.45 metres. On the track, in the final event …
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2016/2017 season starts September 14.
Nowra Athletics Club is ready to start the new and exciting 2016/17 athletic season. It will no doubt be an exciting year with the recent 2016 Rio Olympic Games and Para Olympics inspiring people to join the sport of athletics. Nowra Athletics Club encourages everyone to join the Club today and be part of the …
Track & Field starts September 14th 2016
Well, the Rio Olympics are over and the Para Olympics are underway. Did the performance of these Olympic athletes inspire you? If so, you can come test your athletic abilities with Nowra Athletics Club. Nowra Athletics Track and Field season is due to start the 2016-2017 season on Wednesday September 14th. The Nowra Athletics Club …
2016 Australian Cross Country Championships.
The 2016 Australian Cross Country Championships was an action packed event featuring 18 races with participants aged from 11 years and upwards at Stromlo Forest Park in the nation’s capital, Canberra on Saturday 20th August. There were five young athletes running for Nowra in this Championship event in cold Canberra. Jye Edwards continues to shine …
Cross Country Season Final Results 6.8.16.
The cross country season ended for Nowra Athletics Club on Saturday 6th August with a scavenger hunt at Willandra, followed by an afternoon sausage sizzle and Presentation of awards. Congratulations to all the participants throughout the cross country season and special congratulations to the winners of each distance. Reilly Caswell was the triumphant winner of …
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 …
Final round of Winter cross country 30.7.16
The final pointscore round of the Nowra Athletics Winter cross country season was held at Longreach Rd on Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny Winter afternoon; one of the best we’ve had this season. To finish the season Tynan Caswell came home as the winner in the 1 kilometre event with Lexie Burinaga second and …
A windy run at Willandra 23.7.2016.
Well Round 15 of Nowra Athletics cross country was certainly a windy one! Surprisingly no one got swept away to the land of Oz but the competitors who fronted up on Saturday deserve congratulating for braving the extreme gale force conditions. Everyone certainly earned their points and some of the winners even ran a Personal …
Return to Longreach 16.07.2016
Round 14 saw Nowra Athletics return to Longreach for the second week running. Numbers were again low but the enthusiasm was high none-the-less. The 1km had just three participants with Lexie Burinaga taking the win again this week in front of Noah Dyball and Dean Osgood. The 2km Division 1 saw 9 competitors battling it …
Round 13 at Longreach 9.07.2016.
Round 13 of Winter Cross Country was held at Longreach. As the season starts to wind down, the number of cross country runners seems to also be winding down. There were just four 1 kilometre contenders this week with Lexie Burinaga outrunning her competitors to take first place. Tynan Caswell was second; Noah Dyall was …
Jye breaks another record at Timberhills 2.07.16.
Round 12 of Nowra Athletics Winter Cross Country Competition was held on Saturday 2nd July at the McKinnon’s farm in Tomerong. While those 18 years and over made their compulsory visit to polling booths around the area, many Club members still managed to squeeze in an afternoon’s run at the picturesque, but challenging Timberhills course. …
NSW Cross Country Championships 26.06.16.
On Sunday 26th June athletics history was written in Nowra with the amalgamation of the Athletics NSW and Little Athletics NSW Cross Country Championships. The event saw a combining of different age groups, age determinations and races distances where races in the U7 – U11 age groups were conducted under Little Athletics NSW rules and …
McCaffrey Challenge Return Match 18.06.16
Saturday 18th June saw Nowra Athletics contest their cross country running skills at Dapto in the return match against Kembla Joggers Club for the McCaffrey Challenge. Nowra was rigorously outnumbered on the day by the home club, but all 39 runners that made the trek to Dapto did their Club proud. Nowra was represented in …
Records broken at Willandra 11.06.16.
After getting rained out the previous week, runners enjoyed a return to cross country running with Nowra Athletics Club on Saturday 11th June at Willandra. Numbers were low as families undoubtedly enjoyed adventures away on the long weekend but there was still plenty of speed out on the course. Despite the cold westerly wind Jaylah Hancock-Cameron …
Upcoming State Championships
The next ‘big’ event fast approaching is the NSW Athletics & Little Athletics combined State Cross Country Championships. This will be held on our home course at Willandra on Sunday 26th June 2016. Every club member is invited to participate in this history making event! For members who have been issued with a registration number, …
Miranda State Relays 2016.
The State Cross Country Relays were run on Saturday 28th May 2016 at Miranda. Right on cue, the rain started to fall on Saturday morning – it just wouldn’t be Miranda relays without the wet weather! The youngest runners had to endure the rain during their relay legs but the clouds finally started to clear …