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There were plenty of records falling on Wednesday 20th November at Nowra Athletics Club track and field competition. In the 400m Erich Moeller-Duhme set a new record in the 70+ age group with a run of 1:34.52 whilst wife Eva Moeller-Duhme clocked 2:16.30 for a new record in the womens 60-69 years 400m event. Also, …
Multiple records broken in track and field 20.11.19Read More
It seems that every week our elite athletes just keep getting faster! Last Wednesday 13th November yet again workhorse Peter Dooley broke a record on the track. This time it was in the 2km in a time of 7.29.00. In the same race Emily McLaren ran across the line in fourth place in a record …
Last week, 6th November, Peter Dooley set another new 1500m record in the 60-69 years category. Pete ran home in 5:24.42, beating his old record of 5:26.5. Congratulations Peter. The winner of the 1500m was actually Scott Martin in 04:59.10 with Pete running in second. Dennis Smart was third in 05:28.56 and young Emily McLaren …
More records continue to fall early in the Nowra Athletics track and field season. Emily McLaren took three seconds off the 11years 2000m record on Wednesday 23rd October. Her time was 7:55.03, smashing the old record from 1992 which was 7:58.50. In the throwing circle Mel Jennings broke two records! She bettered her shot-put throw …
More records broken – Emily, Mel and Taj in top form.Read More
Track and Field competition has returned with some top results to kick off the season. Peter Dooley broke the 60-69years 600m record on 16th October running home in 01:49.42. Whilst in the field Mel Jennings broke the 50-59years shot put record with a distance of 8.23 metres. Congratulations to both these athletes. In other results, …
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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 …
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 …
Our throwing superstar Kerrie Jones has finished her season on a high with 2nd place in the Heavy Weight Pentathlon. Kerrie participated in the 2019 NSWMA Heavy Weight Pentathlon Championship on Saturday 16th March in Wollongong. For those of us unaware, the Heavy Weight Pentathlon gives throwers a chance to indulge their appetite for the …
BIG congratulations to Kerrie Jones who won silver at the NSW Masters Weight Pentathlon in Campbelltown on Saturday 2nd March. As these are the official NSW Masters Weight Pentathlon Championships participation is only open to athletes who are financial members of NSWMA or another State Masters Association so Kerrie competed in her NSW Masters uniform and …
There were more records broken on Wednesday 27th February to end the season with a bang! Erin Smart rounded out her spectacular record-breaking season with two more records! Erin ran 13.47 in the 100m and 20.01 in the 150m. Erin is certainly in good shape heading in to the upcoming Australian Masters Athletics Championships which …
Great results from 2019 NSW Junior Championships at SOPAC this weekend. Lauren Percival won silver in the U16 100m and bronze in the 200m. Lauren ran a solid 100m taking out the heat in 12.61 then finished up with a second place in the final in 12.71. In the 200m Lauren again won her heat …
More records fell on Wednesday night at Nowra Athletics Track and Field Competition. It was a female trifecta with records set by Erin Smart, Alissa Beresford and Kerrie Jones. On the track Erin had a game plan for the 600m, and set out with determination. She chased Cam Musgrove and Ethan Havadjia around, staying close …
NSW Masters Championships were held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre from 8th to 10th February 2019 and Nowra Athletics Club now has three state champions after a very successful Championships. Erin Smart ran some massive PB’s and claimed gold in the 35-39 years 400m, running in at 58.63 which was the fastest time on the …
The annual Nowra Athletics 1km handicap race was held again this year at Nowra Show on Saturday 9th February 2019.There was a hot field of competitors once again this year with the young and old competing against each other for the coveted sash. 15 runners were led away by young smiling Josie Sproule with Mali …
Hot off the back of Country Championships the fine form continued for 4 athletes at Nowra Athletics Club on Wednesday 30th January. New records were set by Erin Smart, Peter Dooley and Alissa Beresford whereas Kerrie Jones equalled her discus record. In the 800m whilst Cam Musgrove took the win in front of Ethan …
The 2019 Country Championships were held at Glendale over 4 days from Thursday 24th January to Sunday 27th January. Nowra had a total of 39 competitors who competed in individual events. There were some great athletic performances and there was also some extreme heat.Competition was suspended a number of times over the weekend due to …
Alissa Beresford made a spectacular return to Nowra Athletics on Wednesday night by breaking the 40-49 years long jump record. After breaking her foot 14 months ago and being told that she may not be able to run again Alissa showed what patience, hard work and commitment to training can achieve when she leapt her …
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, …
NSW Country Championships are on Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th January at Hunter Sports Centre.This year the Championships competition will be held over 4 days with an altered program from previous years due to the 2019 Hunter Track Classic taking place on Saturday evening. We’d love to see as many Nowra athletes as possible at Country …
The annual Merry Christmas Mile was run on Wednesday December 19th. With plum puddings up for grabs there were plenty of contenders! Santa even turned up to run too!First off the mark was the B race with Aiden McLaren given pole position with a handicap start of over 5 minutes. Ben Sproule was next to …