Nowra Athletics Cross Country Competition took place last week at Longreach. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, perfect for running! Numbers overall were slightly down on Saturday – there were just a total of 85 competitors including some visitors!! Perhaps this was due to the start of the school holidays but nonetheless the runners who …
NSW Road Relay Championships & Timberhills
Nowra Athletics Club sent two teams to the NSW Road Relay Championships on Saturday at Ourimbah and both teams came home with medals! The Under 20 male team of Arron Spiessberger-Parker, Jake Myors, Harry McGill and Jye Edwards won Gold in the 4 x4km event in a combined time of 50.46 minutes. Arron set a …
King of the Mountain Running Festival 2015
Kangaroo Valley has been described by many as “The most beautiful valley in Australia”. Fortunately for many running enthusiasts, Kangaroo Valley was the location for this year’s King of the Mountain Running Festival. The “renowned invigorating and recuperative powers of the valley” may have been at work on Sunday as a host of local runners …
Longreach Cross Country Run.
Last Saturday’s cross country competition round was held at Longreach. Despite the cold and the light sprinkling of rain, the dedicated cross country runners turned up to do their best (to warm up!) In the 1km course there were 5 young runners this week. First across the finish line was Katie Martin, who has notched …
State Cross Country Championships.
The 118th NSW Cross Country championships assembled a strong line up of athletes on Saturday 20th June at the Kembla Joggers Cross Country Park. A host of Nowra athletes battled it out against some of the best cross country athletes in the country. After a week of rain the conditions were tough in the mud …
Willandra Running.
It was a picture-perfect afternoon with warm Winter sunshine on Saturday 13th June…just perfect for running the hills of Willandra! We had 14 keen and eager competitors line up for the 1km event. First to finish the 1km loop was Clayton Hudson, followed by Heidi Piert and Aimee Coulson-Knight. It was great to see young …
2015 NSW Cross Country Relay Championships at Miranda
It was a big 3 days of running for local athletes; starting on Friday 29th May with the South Coast Combined Primary/Secondary Cross Country Carnival at Willandra. Many of Nowra Athletics junior members competed in this event, representing their local school, with huge results and then backed up with a run at Miranda on Saturday …
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Round 4 – Willandra – XC – 18th April, 2015
Registration: Don’t forget that you can renew your membership or register online for the first time. Just go to the website for full details. Fun Run – Sunday May 31st we are conducting a Fun Run from the Nowra Showground. There will be NO competition on the Saturday due to this event. We encourage all …
Husky Cross Country.
So, let me ask you this! What do you get when the sun is shining, there is a slight breeze and the track is damp? Perfect running conditions of course and that is what we had when we met for our weekly run out at Huskisson last weekend. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that …
Timberhills brings out the best!
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon on Saturday and runners seemed to revel in the first run at Timberhills for the season. There was some fantastic efforts by all. In the 1km Charlie Braddick was first home, followed by Katie Martin and third was Jed Seccombe. The 2km course Division 1 was won by Alisha …
Timberhills brings out the best!
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon on Saturday and runners seemed to revel in the first run at Timberhills for the season. There was some fantastic efforts by all. In the 1km Charlie Braddick was first home, followed by Katie Martin and third was Jed Seccombe. The 2km course Division 1 was won by Alisha …
The Sydney 10 and the NSW Road Championships
The Sydney 10 and the NSW Road Championships were held at Olympic Park last Saturday. The Greater Sydney:10 is Athletics NSW’s flagship event, and is part of the Run NSW Fun Run Series. The 2015 Sydney:10 saw one of the best 10km fields this year. There were 723 competitors that finished. Nowra’s Annette Sampson competed …
Round 4 – Willandra – XC – 18th April, 2015
Registration: Don’t forget that you can renew your membership or register online for the first time. Just go to the website for full details. Fun Run – Sunday May 31st we are conducting a Fun Run from the Nowra Showground. There will be NO competition on the Saturday due to this event. We encourage all …
Round 3 XC – Huskisson – 11.04.2015.
Round 3 of the Winter Cross Country series took place at beautiful Huskisson on Saturday 11th April. Numbers were up a little from earlier weeks but still way below average compared to previous years. Perhaps the changeable weather had something to do with it! Although cross country running does take place in just about all-weather! …
Round 3 XC
Round 3 of the Winter Cross Country series took place at beautiful Huskisson on Saturday 11th April. Numbers were up a little from earlier weeks but still way below average compared to previous years. Perhaps the changeable weather had something to do with it! Although cross country running does take place in just about all-weather! …
Records Broken at Huskisson.
This week’s cross country point score round was held at Huskisson. It was a sunny afternoon with some great running on display and a number of Club records broken. In the 1km course we had 8 enthusiastic competitors. First across the line was Heidi Piert, closely followed by Jed Seccombe and third was Levi Wallis. …
2015 Country Championships
NSW Country Championships were held at Glendale over 3 days from 23rd to 25th January 2015. Country Championships are the highlight of the year for Country clubs within NSW and Nowra athletes certainly did themselves proud at this event. If my count is correct there were 61 Nowra athletes wearing the gold and black competing …
Huskisson – 2.08.2014
The Husky Course provides a scenic running experience. The numbers were down this week and each distance started on Go. Once again Isaac Bacchus, James Babian and Charlie Braddick were the first 3 to cross the line in the 1k. It was good to see the Hudson brothers – Clayton and Toby, take out 1st …
NAC Athletes at the NSW All Schools Cross Country Carnival
On Friday 18 July numerous young local athletes competed at the NSW All Schools Combined High Schools and Primary Schools Sports Associations Cross Country Championships, held at Eastern Creek. The championship event showcased the enormous talent of cross country athletes from across the State from combined catholic colleges, independent schools and public schools. It was …
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Longreach 12.07.2014
Another cold and blustery afternoon greeted the brave runners who turned up for the Saturday afternoon competition. The officials (who we would be lost without) had nowhere to hide and faced an onslaught of dust throughout the afternoon. On the bright side though, Tobi Hudson made a welcome return to win the Special A’s 1k …