Nowra Athletics Club members travelled to West Dapto on Saturday 15th June for the return match of the McCaffrey Challenge with Kembla Joggers. As usual, Nowra had some good results but were simply overwhelmed in some races. Kembla Joggers,as a bigger club, simply had the numbers over Nowra as well as plenty of talent of …
McCaffrey Challenge match is this Saturday 15th June
The second McCaffrey Challenge event against Kembla Joggers for 2019 is on at West Dapto this coming Saturday 15th June, doubling as Race 10 of our Nowra Athletics cross country competition, so points apply. The pointscores from both McCaffrey challenge events will be combined on the day to determine the overall winner of the McCaffrey …
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Longreach run on the long weekend
Cross Country was held at Longreach on 8th June. Numbers were slightly down due to the long weekend however there was still plenty of running prowess and enthusiasm on show. In the 1km event Hannah Vonk was first home followed by Connor Bohme, Malachy Martin and Aiden McLaren. 2km Division 1 saw Samuel Vonk take …
Capital to Coast is back after hibernation
The Capital To Coast event was initially organised by the Nowra Athletics Club in 2012 and was staged annually, in August, until 2016. Capital to Coast (C2C) was cancelled by Nowra Athletics Club in 2017 however ownership of and responsibility for C2C has now transferred to the YMCA of Canberra Runners Club (YCRC) which is …
Andy Waller wins Bill McKinnon Memorial Run
Round 8 of the Nowra Athletics Club cross country competition was held at Timberhills on Saturday 1st June. The round served as the Bill McKinnon memorial run and this year the selected event was Long course. The honours went to Andy Waller who took out the distance in 54:01, a personal best by 4 minutes. …
Miranda Relays
If you read the News article on Athletics NSW website the headline goes; “History made at XC Relays for Bankstown, UTS Norths and Run Crew…Thrilling races in the open men’s and women’s races highlighted a great day of history making results… Never before at the event had Bankstown won the men’s race or UTS Norths …
Timberhills round 25.5.19
Whilst many of the Club members travelled to Miranda on Saturday 25th May to compete in the State Relays, there were still plenty of enthusiastic contenders completing the local cross country course at Timberhills. In the 1km event there were 3 mighty participants with Malachy Martin taking line honours In front of Rowan Brignall and …
Round 6 at Hollyhills 18.5.19
Round 6 of cross country was held at Hollyhills on 18th May. First home in the 1km event was Rowan Brignall followed by Evie Smart then Hannah Vonk, Dean Osgood and Malachy Martin. The 2km event was taken out by Harry Thomson in front of Samuel Vonk and Trae Yenne. Meanwhile Division 2 honours went …
Round 5 at Longreach 11.5.19
Cross Country on 11th May was at Longreach for Round 5. In the 1km event there were 6 participants and it was Finn Goddard who led the charge home. He was followed by Rowan Brignall, then Josie Sproule, Malachy Martin, Winter Bell and Aiden McLaren. In the 2km Cameron Baxter was both first home and …
Match 1 of the McCaffrey Challenge 27.4.19
Round 3 of Nowra Athletics cross country competition was held at Timberhills on Saturday 27th April in conjunction with Match 1 of the McCaffrey Challenge against Kembla Joggers. Unfortunately, Kembla were too strong for the home club and the bragging rights went to the visitors. There were 12 competitors representing Nowra in the 1km event. …
Easter Saturday running at Timberhills
Round 2 of the Nowra Athletics Cross Country competition was held on Saturday 20th April at Timberhills. Easter Saturday saw plenty of runners out to spy the Easter bunny amongst the trees of Timberhills; or perhaps they were just eager to run in order to win Easter chocolate rewards. In the 1km there were 8 …
Longreach XC Round 1 2019
Cross Country Round 1 kicked off at Longreach on Saturday 13th April. In the 1km event there were 10 competitors. Evie Smart was first across the line in 5.35 minutes followed closely by Dean Osgood in 5.36 and then Rowan Brignell was third in 5.41. Next to cross was Tom Smart, then Hannah Vonk, Alba …
Cross Country starts at Hollyhill 6.4.19
The Preliminary Round of cross country 2019 season was held at Hollyhills on Saturday 6th April. The Committee were elated to have over 100 runners turn up and compete across the distances at the newest course. A huge thank you to the Havadjia family for providing the club with the use of their property for …
Trial run at Hollyhill
Over 70 excited runners trialled the new cross country course of “Hollyhill” on Saturday 10th March. It was fantastic to see the enthusiasm and energy of so many runners, eager to sample the new venue. The course had plenty to offer with a mix of flat and undulations with a nice testing hill out the …
Cross Country starts April 6th 2019.
Nowra Athletics Club is excited! The committee is dedicated and positive about the future directions of the Club. The Club has experienced a successful Track and Field season with growing numbers at Wednesday night competition and a record number of records broken by devoted and developing athletes throughout the season. The eagerness each Wednesday has …
Cross Country 2018 Presentation.
Nowra Athletics held their Winter Cross Country Presentation on Saturday 25th August. Due to the (much needed) rain the event was moved last-minute to the Cambewarra Hall. There was a pleasing amount of people gathered to celebrate the season’s runs and award the top three place getters in each division their well-earned trophies.A number of …
Cross Country Season Ends
The last cross country run on the Winter calendar was held on Saturday 18th August at Timberhills on a windy afternoon. There was just a small collection of runners braving the gusty weather. To add to the challenge the course was run backwards. Now that doesn’t mean the runners had to run backwards, it just …
Fun Running at Longreach
Nowra Athletics held cross country at Longreach on Saturday 11th August. There were no points on offer this week so numbers were considerably lower than previous weeks but the true enthusiasts were there! In the 1 km, there were just 4 contenders with Heidi McLaren coming in first in 8.18 minutes. Aiden McLaren was second …
Final Point score Run
The final points round of Winter cross country was held at Timberhills on Saturday, August 4th. Numbers were relatively low across most distances but those keen to gain the last points of the season were certainly pushing their limits to get a top three finish and gain maximum points. The 1km had just 3 young …
National Cross Country Competitors
The Australian Cross-Country Championships were held on Saturday 25th August, 2018 at Maleny Golf Club on the Sunshine Coast QLD.Reportedly, the race-caller on the day announced that the course “was picturesque but tougher than Willandra”.A BIG congratulations to Troy Whittington who finished 4th at these championships in the Under 20 event. Troy completed the 8km course …