Last Wednesday 5th December Peter Dooley broke his own record in the 60-69 years 3000m, clocking 12.00.00. Pete has been slowly building his strength and speed after a niggling injury so it was great to see him smash that record, back bigger and better than ever! Congratulations Peter. Nowra’s newest superstar Erin Smart also broke …
Erin takes the hat trick of records 21.11.18.
It seems nothing can stop Erin Smart this season! Erin broke another three records on Wednesday 21st November.In the 200m Erin ran 27.54 to take down the record in the 30-39 years group.In the 60m Erin sprinted over the line in 8.57 for another record.Finally, Erin took the hat trick with a record in the …
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, …
Records Tumble 14.11.18.
Records tumbled on Wednesday 14th November at Nowra Athletics Track & Field!Taj Barrett hurled the discus a massive 31.40 metres to set a new 9 years and under record. The previous record was 24 metres so he smashed it! Taj recently completed at the NSW PSSA Championships where he placed 9th with a throw of …
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 …
Halloween Track Records Set.
Numbers were down on Wednesday 31st October for Track and Field possibly due to ‘trick or treat’ Halloween adventures and a number of junior athletes competing at the NSW PPSA State Championships.However there was still some great Halloween inspired running on show at the track with Erin Smart achieving 2 records. In the 100m she …
Week 2 Track & Field 24.10.18.
Nowra Athletics Track and Field second night of competition was held on Wednesday 24th October. There was a great showing of athletes with many of our newcomers returning after last week – clearly not put off by Week 1 and keen to give Nowra athletics another go! The sausage sizzle was popular – big thanks …
Track and Field Kicks off 2018.
The rain finally held off for the official first week of the season’s Track and Field program on Wednesday 17th October. There was a huge crowd with plenty of familiar faces as well as many new faces. It was great to see multiple members of families competing enjoying the great sport of athletics.Nowra Athletics Club …
All Schools 2018.
The 2018 2XU NSW All Schools Track and Field Championships were held at Homebush from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th September.The four-day competition saw 2000 athletes in 300 events in ages from 12 to 19 years compete for the honour of being crowned NSW schools champion for 2018 and vie for selection for the national …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
Valentine’s Day Athletics
Nowra athletics track and field was held last Wednesday night on Valentine’s Day. Whilst numbers were down it was obvious which die-hard athletes love their athletics more than romantic dinners. In the long jump pit the juniors performed well. Jessie Moffat jumped 3.78 metres; Alisha Mustapic 3.01 metres, Laila Hartnett 2.71 metres and Emily McLaren …
Track and Field season drawing to a close
Track and field was held last Wednesday for the second last time this season. Doug McNally made it a memorable evening by setting a new shot put record with a throw of 8.86 metres. Congratulations Doug. In the junior shot Reilly Caswell had the biggest throw with 7.91 metres. Charlie Heidke had a good night …
2018 NSW Junior Championships
Nowra Athletics juniors performed exceptionally well at the 2018 NSW Junior Championships held at SOPAC from the 9th to the 11th February. Nowra had 21 competitors in the black and gold and once again did the Club proud. Lauren Percival was a stand out bagging three State medals. Lauren won silver in the Under 15 …
NSW Country Championships 2018
The 73rd NSW Country Championships were held in Wollongong over the Australia Day long weekend. Nowra had 58 athletes competing across various track and field events with a number of athletes making their Country Champs debut. The Beresford family did well, bringing home four medals between them. Alissa Beresford threw her way to 5th place …
Nowra Show 1km Race
The 2018 Nowra Show 1km handicap race was held on Saturday 10th February with 14 competitors. The race got under way with Katie Martin leading the field away as go marker. Katie managed to hold a good lead at the halfway mark. Behind her Talea Miller and Emily Mclaren worked hard to close the gap. They were chased …
Throwing Records broken 31.1.18
There were two records broken last week at Nowra Athletics Track and Field competition. Doug McNally threw the shot put 8.77 metres to set a new record, throwing 3 cms more than the old record. Kerrie Jones, fresh from her competition at Country Championships last weekend also set a new record in the javelin. Kerrie …