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Capital Athletics Summer Series Meet Number 6 was held at Woden on Saturday 25th November 2023. Nowra Athletics Club had 6 athletes compete. Tahj Webb had a good run in the sprints, finishing 4th in his 100m heat in 12.53 and 2nd in the 200m in 26.24, earning himself 2 new PB’s. Sam Keogh enjoyed …
There was a small crowd at Track and Field competition on Wednesday 22nd November, but there were a massive 5 new records set! 4 of them came from field events! Tori Sayer set a new record in the 30-39 years hammer throw with 28.95m, improving on last week’s throw of 28.85m. Tim Musson also set …
2023 NSW State Relay Championships were held at Sydney Olympic Park from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th November 2023. Nowra only had a small representation at the Championships this year, with just 6 teams competing, however, these 6 teams brought home 4 medals and everyone put in a great performance. The boys Under 20 team …
There were 3 field records set on November 15th. All-rounder Emerson Boatswain speared a new javelin record of 20.60m in the 10-11 years age group. Tori Sayer set a new hammer record of 28.85m in the 30-39 years group and Tim Musson also set a new hammer record, with 29.85m in the 40-49 years event. …
Nowra Athletics Club was represented at a variety of events over the weekend. Locally, we had 5 athletes competing in the Husky Half Running Festival on Saturday 4th November. In the 10km race Dean Bryce was 1st in the 50-59 years category and 60th male overall from a total of 175 competitors, finishing in 47.07 …
Track and Field competition on Wednesday 1st November saw another 2 new records set in the discus circle. Anne Boatswain set a new record in the 40-49 years group with a throw of 23.71m and Kerrie Jones set a new 70+ years record of 16.16m. Congratulations to these athletes who continue to achieve new goals! …
The Capital Athletics Summer Series No 3 event took place at the AIS on Saturday 28th October 2023. Once again, a dedicated group of athletes from Nowra travelled to Canberra to compete on the AIS track. In the 200m, Alisha Mustapic looked strong and finished 4th in 27.30. In the 1500m, Nowra had 5 representatives. In …
There were 2 new records set at Nowra’s Wednesday night Track and Field competition on 26th October, both by our wonderful Masters thrower, Kerrie Jones, who just keeps better with age! Kerrie threw the hammer 21.46m for a new record in the 70+ age group, bettering last week’s throw of 20.83m and threw a new …
A dedicated group of Nowra athletes travelled to Canberra on 21st October 2023 to compete in the Summer Series No 2 at the AIS. Newcomer Phillip Ansah competed at his first meet and came away with 2 PB’s; 14.05 in the 100m and 29.93 in the 200m. Tom Brookes ran a PB of 24.51 in …
It was a record-breaking night in the field on Wednesday 18th October with 6 new records set by our throwers. Emerson Boatswain speared 20.11m in javelin for a new record in the 10-11 years group. Kerrie Jones also speared a new javelin record, achieving 12.93m in the 70+ age group. Kerrie Jones recorded a 2nd …
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 …
Kerrie wins a host of medals at Australian Masters GamesRead More
Track and Field competition, week 3, was held on Wednesday October 11th. Evie Binney had a good run in the junior 1000m, finishing in 3:33.62. Tom Smart was 2nd in 3:47.31 and Emerson Boatswain was 3rd in 3:54.05. The senior race was taken out by Toby Dyball in 2:56.70 whilst Hamish McLaren was 2nd in …
NSW All Schools Championships for athletes aged 12-15 years was held from Friday 6th October to Sunday 8th October. Nowra had 8 athletes representing the Club and brought home 4 medals. Nic McGill took gold in the 15 years 2000m steeplechase. Nic ran a strong and composed race to achieve a 9 second PB of …
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The second week of Track and Field competition took place on Wednesday 27th September. New member Anne Boatswain had a great start to her involvement with the club, setting a new 40-49 years shot put record with a throw measuring 8.45m. Congratulations Anne. In the high jump there were 4 juniors who cleared over 3m. Evie …
The 2023 NSW All Schools Athletics Championship for senior athletes aged 16-19 years was held over 3 days, from Saturday 23rd September to Monday 25th September 2023 at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre. This event was combined with the Primary Schools Challenge for athletes aged 10-12 years. Nowra athletes kicked off the competition season in …
Track and Field Pointscore kicked off on Wednesday 20th September. Toby Dyball had a great opening run to take out the senior 600m in 1:29.92. Darcy Davis was 2nd in 1:33.53 and Harrison Baxter was 3rd in 1:34.97. The junior race was won by Archie Higgins in 1:54.11 whilst Mikaela Monkerud was 2nd in 2:03.81 …
It was another day of racing in the ACT for a small group of Nowra athletes when the High Noon No 5 meet was held at the AIS Athletics Track on Sunday 17th September 2023. In heat 1 of the 200m, Darcy Davis ran a new PB of 26.43 when he crossed in 5th place. …
A group of Nowra athletes kicked off the Track and Field season in Canberra on Saturday 10th September when they competed in the High Noon No 4 series at Woden Athletics Track. In the girls 10-13 years 60m, Evie Binney clocked 9.33 whilst in the men’s 14-15 years event, Tahj Webb was 2nd in 7.97. …
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Nowra Athletics Club Winter cross country season has drawn to a close and the winners of each distance were announced at the Presentation on Saturday August 26th. Hayley Astin-Briggs took out the 1km event after completing 13 rounds. Ashleigh Astin-Briggs was the winner of the 2km event whilst Joshua Astin-Briggs was 2nd and Malachy Martin …
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 …
Nowra athletes perform well at 2023 Australian Cross Country ChampionshipsRead More