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Round 7 of Nowra Athletics Track & Field was held on Wednesday 9th November. Numbers were down, perhaps due to the inclement weather, but nonetheless those in attendance competed well. In the C Grade boys Jai Holland won the 60m sprint, followed by Jett Anderson, Scott Delo, William Dyball, Oscar Goley and Sanuda Godakandage. D …
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Nowra Athletics Track & Field record books are being re-written this season with more records tumbling last Wednesday. Newcomer Steven Schott broke another record, this time in the 40-49 years 100m sprint in a time of 12.2 seconds with Leith Babian, Tim Musson and Martin Stiles behind him. A few minutes later he ran the …
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Round 5 of Nowra Track & Field was held at Shoalhaven High School on Wednesday October 26th. It was a record breaking round with 8 new records set! In the 60metres Steven Schott set a new record in the 40-49 years group with a sprint of 7.6 seconds. Steven then backed this effort up with …
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The 2016 2XU NSW All Schools took place last week at Sydney Olympic Park’s Athletic Centre. There were impressive performances over the 4 days across the track and field from our young local athletes. Despite the weather challenges over the 4 days with swirling winds, the athletes competed well, battling it out against the best …
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Nowra athletics conducted Round 4 of the Track & Field Competition last Wednesday October 19th and more records were broken! Hollie Spence broke a 23 year old long jump record in the 20-29 years age group when she jumped 4.64 metres. Hollie was last a member of the club as a young teenager and has …
More records broken in Round 4 of Track & Field 19.10.16Read More
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Round 3 of Nowra Athletics Track & Field competition was conducted last Wednesday evening. There was a high attendance, particularly of junior athletes who kept the starter and timekeepers busy on the track. Taylor Moffat, Hayley Lewis, Kimberley Hallam and Emily Burinaga ran well in C grade. In D grade girls Jessie Moffat, Ruby Pearce, …
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With school holidays and terrible windy weather the numbers were low at Nowra Athletics Track & Field last Wednesday. However that didn’t deter the athletes in attendance from giving their all. Noah Dyball, Evie Smart and Dean Osgood were the youngest competitors on the night sprinting with great enthusiasm. Rommey Hazell, Emily Burinaga, Zarlie Dyball …
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Nowra Athletics completed Round 1 of competition for the Summer Track & Field Program last Wednesday. Before the action kicked off President Scott Johnson announced the Club Captains for the season; Emerson Brian and Samantha Peace. These athletes are committed to the sport of athletics and are very approachable and responsible young adults serving as …
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A picture perfect day greeted us for the first installment of the Summer Road Runs which started last Saturday at the Nowra Showground. Twenty one runners decided to have a crack for the weekly chocolate that is on offer. This week, new runner Dennis took advantage of his unknown ability to cross the line in …
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Nowra Athletics Club commenced the 2016-2017 season of Track and Field last Wednesday. And it was a fantastic start with several records falling in Week 1! In the throwing circle Kerrie Jones broke the shot put record in the 60-69 years category with a throw of 6.45 metres. On the track, in the final event …
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Nowra Athletics Club is ready to start the new and exciting 2016/17 athletic season. It will no doubt be an exciting year with the recent 2016 Rio Olympic Games and Para Olympics inspiring people to join the sport of athletics. Nowra Athletics Club encourages everyone to join the Club today and be part of the …
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Well, the Rio Olympics are over and the Para Olympics are underway. Did the performance of these Olympic athletes inspire you? If so, you can come test your athletic abilities with Nowra Athletics Club. Nowra Athletics Track and Field season is due to start the 2016-2017 season on Wednesday September 14th. The Nowra Athletics Club …
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The 2016 Australian Cross Country Championships was an action packed event featuring 18 races with participants aged from 11 years and upwards at Stromlo Forest Park in the nation’s capital, Canberra on Saturday 20th August. There were five young athletes running for Nowra in this Championship event in cold Canberra. Jye Edwards continues to shine …
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The cross country season ended for Nowra Athletics Club on Saturday 6th August with a scavenger hunt at Willandra, followed by an afternoon sausage sizzle and Presentation of awards. Congratulations to all the participants throughout the cross country season and special congratulations to the winners of each distance. Reilly Caswell was the triumphant winner of …
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The final results for the NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships are now available on the Athletics NSW website. Congratulations to all the medal winners from Nowra Athletics Club. Name Place Distance Martin Tomasini 3rd in male 60-64 yrs 5km Annette Sampson 2nd in female 50+ yrs 7.5km Teresha Moxham 1st in female 35-39 yrs …
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The final pointscore round of the Nowra Athletics Winter cross country season was held at Longreach Rd on Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny Winter afternoon; one of the best we’ve had this season. To finish the season Tynan Caswell came home as the winner in the 1 kilometre event with Lexie Burinaga second and …
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Well Round 15 of Nowra Athletics cross country was certainly a windy one! Surprisingly no one got swept away to the land of Oz but the competitors who fronted up on Saturday deserve congratulating for braving the extreme gale force conditions. Everyone certainly earned their points and some of the winners even ran a Personal …
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Round 14 saw Nowra Athletics return to Longreach for the second week running. Numbers were again low but the enthusiasm was high none-the-less. The 1km had just three participants with Lexie Burinaga taking the win again this week in front of Noah Dyball and Dean Osgood. The 2km Division 1 saw 9 competitors battling it …
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Round 13 of Winter Cross Country was held at Longreach. As the season starts to wind down, the number of cross country runners seems to also be winding down. There were just four 1 kilometre contenders this week with Lexie Burinaga outrunning her competitors to take first place. Tynan Caswell was second; Noah Dyall was …
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Round 12 of Nowra Athletics Winter Cross Country Competition was held on Saturday 2nd July at the McKinnon’s farm in Tomerong. While those 18 years and over made their compulsory visit to polling booths around the area, many Club members still managed to squeeze in an afternoon’s run at the picturesque, but challenging Timberhills course. …