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2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships were held at SA Athletics Stadium in Adelaide from Thursday 11th to Friday 19th April 2024. Nowra was represented by 3 U20 athletes and 8 juniors. Once again, an amazing achievement for a small Country Club to have 11 athletes competing at a National level. Will Dyball competed in …
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The NSW Maters Athletics Heavy Weight Pentathlon 2024 was held at Parker St Oval in Penrith on Saturday 13th April 2024. Kerrie Jones won the 70-74 years event, with an accumulated 2820 points, which was a PB point score. In the 3kg weight throw, Kerrie threw 10.94m whilst in the 4kg she threw 10.05m. With …
Australian Masters Athletics National Track and Field Championship were held in Hobart, Tasmania, over Easter 2024. Erin Smart travelled across the Strait to compete and whilst there, secured her title of queen of the track! Erin opened her Nationals campaign with a win in the 40 years 60m with a time of 8.23, in front …
Nowra Athletics Club was once again, well represented at a major competition on Thursday 28th March, 2024. This time it was at the 2024 Albie Thomas Mile at The Crest Athletics Track. The commentary team gave a big shout out to our Club, commenting on our close-knit athletic community and the growing strength of our …
2024 NSW Open and Youth Championships were held at SOPAC from March 14th to 17th, 2024. Nowra was represented by 4 open category athletes and 15 juniors in the youth championships. On Thursday night, Amelia May contested the open women’s 1500m and had a solid qualifying run in the heat with a time of 4.39.42. …
Nowra Athletics Club was represented by 18 athletes at the NSW Junior Athletics Championships over the weekend of 8th-10th March 2024, amongst nearly 1500 athletes. The honour of NSW Champion went not once, not twice, not three times, but four times to Nowra athletes!Nic McGill kickstarted the Championships for Nowra with his win in the …
Nowra’s Kerrie Jones competed in the NSW Masters Athletics Throws Pentathlon Championships on Saturday March 9th 2024 at Harold Corr Oval, Werrington. Kerrie had great success, coming away with the gold medal and achieving 3 season bests in the process. Hammer throw – 17.96m Shot put – 6.66m Discus – 16.34m Javelin – 12.22m Weight …
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2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Cross Country Selection Trials were held at Stromlo Forest in Canberra on Friday 1st March. Harrison Baxter contested the U20 8km event as a member of the NSW team, where he finished 28th in 27:49. Harrison ran a strong race under very hot conditions and we congratulate him on his performance. …
The final night of Track and Field competition was held on Wednesday 28th February. The night consisted of some fun races, and throws, an exciting 4x100m relay and a medal presentation for the season’s point score winners. The junior 500m race gave runners a handicap start. From a field of 17, it was Riley Sandstrom …
It was a busy weekend of running and athletics for Nowra athletes. On Saturday February 4th, 2024 in Campbelltown, ANSW held their High Velocity Meet. Sam Keogh and daughter Charli both competed in multiple events. In the Opens 100m, Sam was 5th in her heat in a time of 13.96 whilst Charli was 3rd in …
NSW Milers was held at The Crest Athletics Centre on Thursday 23rd February, 2024. In the 1500m main race it was “a race for Paris” that did not disappoint! 17-year-old Cam Myers ran the Olympic Qualifying time of 3.33 with Jesse Hunt, Jake Wightman and Jye Edwards, all hot on his heels, and under 3.35. …
Two new hammer records were set on Wednesday 21st February in the final points round of our season. Anne Boatswain set a new record in the 40-49 years event with a throw of 21.43m whilst Melinda Jennings threw 27.66m for a new 50-59 years record. Congratulations to both these athletes who are continually demonstrating developing …
Capital Athletics U14 to U18 Championships and ACT Masters Athletics Championships were both held at Woden Athletics Track from 16th-18th February. Nowra had 4 athletes travel to the Territory to compete. Toby Dyball gave it everything in the U18 800m to take the win in a great time of 2.01.28. In the sprints, Tom Brookes …
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Track and Field competition was full of love for athletics on Wednesday 14th February. Erin Smart set a new record in the 40-49 years 400m, clocking 01:01.71 whilst in the discus, Anne Boatswain, set a new discus record for the 40-49 years group, throwing 25.23m. In the sprints, Hamish McLaren had a good run in …
The NSW 5000m Championships were held at SOPAC Warm Up Arena on February 10th. Harrison Baxter finished in a quick time of 15.33.28 in the C race, taking a massive 14 seconds off his PB and earning himself a spot on the NSW team to race in Adelaide at the National Championships.In the D race …
Riley Sandstrom set a new 10-11 years discus record on Wednesday 7th February, throwing the 500g discus 36.62m whilst Layla Beck threw 33.51m for a new 12-13 years record. Also throwing over 30m was Hamish McLaren with 32.05m and Timothy Musson with 32.86m. Sylas Murphy recorded the biggest long jump of the night with 4.05m …
Ten minutes before competition was due to start on Wednesday 31st January the rain set in making it a very wet night for those athletes who braved the weather. Due to the wet conditions and the low numbers, it was decoded to use the night as a practice session only, rather than allocate points. Thank …
Fresh from her success at Country Championships Sam Keogh had another successful weekend of athletics competition, this time competing at the NSW Masters Combined Events Championships at SOPAC. Sam took the gold medal in the women’s outdoor pentathlon for the 40-44 years group. The pentathlon consisted of 5 events. In the 100m, Sam ran 14.13 …
Capital Athletics hosted the ACT Under 20 and Open Championships at the AIS Athletics Field over the long weekend. The event attracted over 800 track and field competitors with some of the nation’s top athletes competing and Nowra athletes got themselves amongst the best. On the Public Holiday Friday Alisha Mustapic kicked off Nowra’s program …
The 79th edition of the NSW Country Championships was held over the weekend of 19th-21st January 2024, at Kerryn McCann Athletics Centre in Wollongong. With over 800 entries it was one of the largest ever championships and Nowra fielded one of their biggest teams in recent history with 69 athletes. For Nowra, there were personal …