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// by Darlene
This coming Saturday will be the final week of cross country running for the Winter season for Nowra Athletics Club. The final run will be a novelty event, to be held at Willandra on Saturday 5th August from 2.30pm. In addition to the novelty-event run, we will be holding for the first time a separate …
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The Nowra Athletics Winter cross country presentation was held on Saturday 5th August at Willandra. The afternoon started with the launch of the new athletics club uniform. Models proudly strutted their stuff in the new attire which incorporates the old logo and colours with a new modern stylish design and clearly displays the Nowra wording …
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Summer Track and Field Competition will kick off on Wednesday 11th October after the school holidays. However there will be a ‘trial night’ the week prior on Wednesday 4th October. Come along for registration and uniform purchases on this night. Enjoy the opportunity for some fun running before the ‘serious competition’ starts! The Club looks forward …
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The Timberhills mixed relays were a fun event for all. Mixing the distances and abilities of athletes proved to be great for building team spirit and camaraderie. The first runner ran 1km whilst the next three runners completed 3kms each of the Timberhills course, urged on by their fellow team mates and spectators. First team …
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A pack start was the order of the day for cross country at Longreach on Saturday 22nd July with everyone off “go”. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and whilst numbers were considerably lower than past weeks, enthusiasm and friendly banter was high. There was no pressure of points on offer so everyone was relaxed …
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The final round of point score competition for Nowra Athletics Winter Cross Country was held on Saturday 15th July at Timberhills. Running the 1-kilometre course were fourteen eager participants. Crossing the line first yet again was Emily McLaren followed by Harry Thomson then Micah Procter. In the 2km event, Division 1 was won by Alisha …
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Round 14 of Nowra Athletics Club Winter cross country competition was held on Saturday 8th July at Willandra. Club registrar Jan Gibb reported that many runners improved their best Willandra time, by minutes in some cases. There were twelve little runners in the 1km this week with the winner, yet again being Emily McLaren. In …
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Round 13 of Nowra Athletics cross country was held at Longreach on Saturday 1st July. It was another perfect sunny afternoon with crisp temperatures; ideal for running! In the first event it was Emily McLaren once again who was the quickest over the 1 kilometre and Micah and Elsie Procter were not far behind her! …
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Nowra Athletics Club members travelled to West Dapto on Saturday 24th June for the return cross-country match against Kembla Joggers in the Mccaffrey Challenge. It was a sunny Winter afternoon as the runners converged at the Kembla Joggers home course. In the 1km event, the first runner home for Nowra was Emily McLaren in 9th …
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Final results for the NSW Cross Country Championships have been published on the Athletics NSW website now. A BIG congratulations to our podium finishers! In the Female 45-49 years 10km event Cristine Suffolk won gold in 45.56 minutes. Annie Schofield just mised out on a medal, finishing 4th and Sue Anfruns finished 5th. In the …
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The 2017 NSW cross country championships were held at Willandra on Saturday 17th June. It was the 19th occasion the Gibb’s have hosted the event at Willandra, the first being in 1993. The clouds hovered around all day, and the weather forecast threatened rain but it remained dry and provided perfect conditions for cross country …
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Round 10 of Nowra Athletics cross country competition was held on a wet track on Saturday 10th June at Longreach. Despite the puddles most runners improved their times. Micah Procter won the 1km event followed by Saxon Egan and Elsie Procter. Division 1 of the 2km was taken out by Lila Pratt while Alisha Mustapic …
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Round 9 of the Nowra Athletics Cross Country Winter Competition was held on Saturday 3rd June at the beautiful Timberhills course. In the 1km event it was Alisha Mustapic who blitzed the field to take first place. Micah Procter was second across the line followed by Saxon Egan. In the 2km event Division 1 was …
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Whilst many of the Nowra athletes were at Miranda on Saturday 27th May competing in the NSW Cross Country Relays other competitors still enjoyed the local competition at Longreach course for Round 8. In the 1km course Emily McLaren was first across the line yet again with Micah Proctor second and Saxon Egan third. In …
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The 27th NSW Cross Country Relay championships were conducted at the Miranda course for the 19th occasion on Saturday 27th May. This year we were treated to glorious sunshine and very warm temperatures, an unusual occurrence for Miranda relays which are typically plagued by rain and mud. Nowra entered 5 senior teams and 8 junior …
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Round 7 of the Nowra Athletics Winter Cross Country Competition was held at Willandra on Saturday 20th May. The forecast rain didn’t eventuate and the weather was both exceptionally warm and dry. In the 1km there were 18 eager athletes but it was Emily McLaren who crossed the line first. Noah Dyball ran in second …
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Nowra Athletics conducted Round 6 of the Winter Cross Country competition on Saturday 13th May at the picturesque Timberhills course. The round also served as The Bill McKinnon Memorial Run. This year it was the 2km Division 1 that was decided as selected distance with Cameron Harrison taking out the win and therefore the honours …
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There were over 1,700 students who competed in this year’s 2017 2XU NSW All Schools Championships! Some of our junior Nowra athletes competed with great results. There was an amazing display of athletics at it’s best, and we congratulate all our local athletes. We had a number of steeplechase competitors with Victoria Kennedy bringing home the …
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Saturday 29th April was the first of two cross country matches against Kembla Joggers for the 6th annual McCaffrey Challenge. The Challenge is named in honour of Frank McCaffrey who was instrumental in founding the Nowra club in 1960. The match was a golden opportunity to test runners abilities on not only one of the …
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The 57th Annual General Meeting of Nowra Athletics Club was held on Saturday 6th May at Illaroo Road Public School. Nominations for positions on the committee were accepted and the new committee was welcomed in with Scott Johnson remaining as President, Alison Havadjia Treasurer once again and Lisa Carroll accepting the position of Secretary. General …