The Australian All Schools Athletics Championships took place from 8th-10th December in Perth, Western Australia. Nic McGill contested the U16 2000m steeplechase at the Championships and won in an outstanding time of 5:55.38, just missing the 21-year-old meet record held by NSW’s James Matthews at 5:55.06. This was a 15 second PB for Nic and …
Young stars at SSA Track & Field Championships
School Sport Australia held their 2023 Track & Field Championships in Launceston, Tasmania from 23rd to 27th November 2023. These Championships were for athletes aged 10-12 years and included athletes from ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, and VIC. Nowra had 2 outstanding athletes representing their State of NSW. Hollie Braddick had a great run …
Kerrie wins a host of medals at Australian Masters Games
The 19th Edition of the Australian Masters Games was held in Adelaide from 7-14 October 2023. Nowra’s Kerrie Jones travelled with her daughter, Nicola, to compete in a variety of events. Kerrie had a great competition, winning 3 gold medals, 2 silver and 1 bronze in athletics. In the hammer, Kerrie hurled 19.41m for 1st …
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Nowra athletes perform well at 2023 Australian Cross Country Championships
2023 Australian Cross Country Championships took place at Stromlo Forest in Canberra on Saturday 26th August. Nowra was represented by 5 athletes. Nicholas McGill topped off a fantastic Winter season of running with 18th place in the men’s Under 16 4km event in a great time of 13:10. What a great run! Emily McLaren, always …
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2023 Australian Championships
To end the track and field season, Nowra Athletics Club proudly saw 2 of our athletes compete at the 2023 Australian Open and Under 20 Championships and 10 of our junior athletes compete at the Australian Junior Track & Field Championships, both held in Brisbane. To have 12 athletes from our small Country Club compete …
Nowra takes bronze at Australian All Schools Track and Field Championships
Nowra junior athletes recently showed the nation what talent our area has to offer! Two local athletes travelled to Adelaide to compete at Australian All Schools Track and Field Championships, and both came away with PB’s and bronze medals! Amelia May started the meet with a bronze in the U17 1500m, in 4.34.99, equalling …
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Multiple Medals for Kerrie
Kerrie Jones competed at the Australian Masters Indoor Throws Championships which were held in conjunction with NSW Masters Indoor Championships on the weekend of 20th and 21st August 2022. It was a huge weekend of throwing for all participants with the competition conducted at the Indoor Equestrian Centre in Somersby. Medals were awarded for both …
Australian Cross Country Championships
The Australian Cross Country Championships were held on Saturday 27th August 2022 at Oakbank Racecourse in South Australia. Nowra had 6 junior members compete at the Championships, bravely battling the course in wet and wild conditions. Nicholas McGill equalled his cross country PB which was a massive achievement in the conditions, and placed 20th in a time …
Erin’s golden performance at Australian Masters Athletics
Erin Smart had phenomenal success at the 2022 Australian Masters Athletics Championships held in Brisbane from 1st to 4th April. Erin made a clean sweep of all the events she contested, from sprints to middle distance in the 35 years+ category. In the 60m Erin claimed gold in 8.32 and backed it up in the …
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2022 Australian Track & Field Championships
The Track and Field Season has drawn to a close with the 2022 Australian Track & Field Championships winding up on Sunday 3rd April. Nowra athletes had fantastic results at the Championships, competing against the best athletes in Australia. Max Marshall kicked off the Nationals program for Nowra, competing in the U15 100m where he …
Jye is bound for Tokyo
FORMER Nowra Athletics Club athlete Jye Edwards is off to the Tokyo Olympic Games, after taking the win in the Opens 1500m at this week’s Australian Track and Field Championships. Jye was a talented junior with Nowra Athletics Club for many years before moving away to Canberra. In 2017 Jye took out the Frank McCaffrey …
Nowra athletes compete at Australian Track and Field Championships
The 2021 Australian Track and Field Championships and Olympic Trials have now drawn to a close after eight days of competition. Whilst it was super exciting to witness Australia’s open age athletes compete in pursuit of Olympic and Paralympic berths it was just as exciting to watch Nowra’s junior athletes making their mark on the …
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Kerrie adds to her Masters achievements
Congratulations must go to Kerrie Jones who competed at the Australian Masters Athletics Winter Throws held at Kerryn McCann Athletics Centre over the long weekend; October 5th – 7th. As usual, Kerrie had a busy program of events, entering 7 events. Kerrie finished with 4 second placings and 3 third placings. Kerrie was 2nd in …
Erin claims 5 medals at National Masters
The 2019 National Masters were held at Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne from 26-29th April. These were the 47th edition of the National Masters Athletics Championships. A record 959 athletes entered the competition and each athlete entered an average of 3.5 events – which meant a colossal 3,380 individual entries over the four day program. Nowra’s superstar …
National Representatives.
The 2019 Australian Athletics Championship were held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre over the week of 1st April to 7th April 2019. More than 3500 track and field athletes competed in the Championships. It was an impressive eight days of athletic competition; the largest annual athletics event in Australia and Oceania- Pacific region. The …
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, …
2018 Australian Junior Athletics Championships
Australia’s ‘next generation’ of track and field talent were on full display in Sydney recently as more than 2000 junior athletes descended to compete at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics track from 14th to 18th March. Nowra Athletics Club had a remarkable 13 athletes competing on the National stage. In the steeplechase, both Jesse Buckham and …
Cooper takes a National Bronze!
The 2018 Australian Junior Combined Event Championships were held at Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park on Saturday 3rd March and Sunday 4th March, 2018. Australia’s best young multi-eventers converged for the Championships; amongst them Nowra’s Cooper Thomson. Cooper competed in the Nationals Under 18 Men’s Decathlon where he achieved a massive 5 Personal Bests and …
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 has been rewarded …
Australian Athletic Championships 2017
There was much excitement – and rain – during the recent Australian Athletic Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre. The 2017 National Championships were held from 26.3.17 to 2.4.17 with a strong representation from Nowra Athletics Club within the NSW team. Once again Jye Edwards proved his outstanding talent by taking out the …