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Cross Country was held at the beautiful Willandra course on Saturday 14th April for Round 3 of the pointscore competition. In the 1km event Will Maher was first across the line in 5.33 minutes. Next across was Micah Proctor then Tom Smart followed by Elsie Proctor, Cailyn Burbage, Heidi McLaren and last but certainly not …
Cross country was held on a very warm Autumn afternoon at Longreach on Saturday 7th April. The heat didn’t deter the 1km participants though. There were 8 starters with Evie Smart crossing the line first. Brother Tom Smart was not far behind and Miller Bell was third. In the 2km Emily McLaren was first home …
Seems that there were plenty of Nowra Athletic members who were keen to celebrate Easter by running on Saturday 31st March. Easter Saturday saw a good turn up – perhaps runners were hoping to catch a glimpse of the Easter bunny amongst the hills of Willandra or perhaps some were hoping to run off some …
Nowra Athletics Club kicked off the Winter cross country competition on Saturday 24th March at the picturesque Willandra. The numbers were strong for this preliminary round of the 2018 season with plenty of familiar faces along with some first-timers On this first Saturday , there were 5 young contenders in the 1km course with Dean …
The Waratah Series Relays at Miranda is a truly unique event that should be on everyone’s fun run calendar! Teams of four-run distances between 2-4km! The event is held over the undulating hills at Miranda Park and is suitable for all ages and abilities. The Relays are mainly a team-based event, but they also cater for individual participators …
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 …
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 …
Nowra Athletes compete at Little Athletics State ChampionshipsRead More
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Summer rain may have dampened the results paperwork on Wednesday night 24th January but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the athletes at Nowra Athletics Track and Field Competition. The sprint prgram included the 100m and 150m. The Baxter boys all ran well with Cameron, Harrison and Oliver competing in both sprint events and putting …
Nowra Athletics continued track and field competition on Wednesday 17th January. In the junior 800m Will Dyball took line honours with Matthew Higham running in second. Toby Dyball was third and Wil Osgood was fourth. Meanwhile the senior race was taken out by Brad Sawyers who passed Ethan Havadjia in the closing metres of the …
Nowra Athletics resumed track and field competition last Wednesday after the Christmas New Year period. Whilst many were still obviously enjoying the holiday season a small but dedicated few enjoyed the track and field events on offer. In the junior female sprints, Emily McLaren, Akala and Talea Miller and Laila and Allie Moffatt all ran …
2018 NSW Country Championships will be held in Wollongong from 26th to 28th January. Country Champs are a great opportunity to compete against like-minded country athletes in a fun atmosphere. The comaraderie amongst athletes is always strong and a good time is always had. There’s not far to travel this year so there’s no excuse …