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The Milers V was held at Bankstown on Thursday 16th January 2025. Harrison and Oliver Baxter both contested the 5km track event. Harrison ran an 11 second PB of 15.22.86, earning himself a national qualifier as he ran in 5th. Oliver clocked a massive 26 second PB of 15.41.26 in 9th place. Great running boys!
The 2025 Illawarra Track Challenge was held on Saturday 11th January at Kerryn McCann Athletic Centre. There was a small but dedicated team of athletes from Nowra at the meet. Sam Keogh contested the 60m and was 4th in the 40-49 years event with a time of 8.69 whilst in the 100m she clocked 13.80. …
Jonah Watson started the 2025 athletics season strong running another 110m hurdles PB at the High Velocity Meet at Barden Ridge on Saturday January 4th. His time of 16.70 was also another National Qualifier. In addition, Jonah contested the 100m, finishing in 11.67 and the 200m, clocking 23.65. Loretta Norris had good sprints, recording 14.98 …
The annual Christmas Mile was held on Wednesday 18th December, to finish out the track and field season for 2024. In the senior race, Lily Sproule came through with a strong run, beautifully judged to take the lead with around 150m to go. She went on to take the win ahead of Evie Binney who …
The NSW Milers III was held at The Crest Athletics Track on Thursday 12th December. Nowra had just 2 athletes competing, both contesting the steeplechase event. Evie Binney had a good season opener in the 2000m steeplechase with a time of 7.46.35 whilst Hamish McLaren clocked 10.37.46 in the 3000m steeple. NSW Milers IV was …
The final walk/run round for the year at the Lady Denman, Huskisson, attracted the most runners so far. The evening was billed as Christmas drinks at Jervis Bay Brewery so this may have had some influence! 2km: Deb Sansom continued her comeback, running the 2km solo and finishing well; pleased with her effort. 4km: To …
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Track and Field on 11th December saw 4 more records fall! On the track Tom Brookes clocked 15.84 over the 110m hurdles to smash his dad Nigel’s record of 18.10, set back in the 1984-85 season. Maggie Ball re-claimed the 3km record in the Under 9 year-old group, running through in 14:00.46 bettering teammate Ivy …
Nowra Athletics Club was proud to host the NSW Masters Regional All-Comers at our home ground of Shoalhaven High School on Sunday December 8th, 2024. There was a small, but passionate group of competitors and the rain held off just long enough for athletes to get through all the events. The meet saw the second …
As walkers and runners assembled on Friday December 6th to take on the Beach Road course dark, grumbling skies threatened. Keen walkers and runners crossed fingers and a few toes hoping they could complete the course before the impending downpour. The picturesque Beach Rd is one of the favourite courses and the general feeling was, …
As usual there was plenty of enthusiasm at track and field competition on Wednesday 4th December. In the long jump pit Isla Baillie had a great jump of 4.34m. Nash Hines jumped well for 3.70m and Hendrix Blinksell recorded 3.46m. Our youngest athletes practiced their jumping technique and had great success including Addison Galloway with …
Several Nowra athletes travelled to the ACT on Saturday 30th November, 2024 for the Capital Athletics Summer Series No. 6. It was a wet day at the AIS however our athletes performed well despite the conditions. Tom Brookes and Jonah Watson earned PB’s in all of their races. In the 100m, Jonah was 2nd in …
Kerrie Jones made a triumphant return to local track and field competition on Wednesday 27th November with a new record. Kerrie sustained a substantial foot injury recently, whilst competing at the Pan Pacific Games on the Gold Coast. This was Kerrie’s first week back and she managed to break the 70+ shot put record with …
Walkers and runners enjoyed another lovely night at The Wharf on Friday 22nd November. The warm temperature, still evening and photogenic light provided very favourable conditions. All the action was captured on drone by club member Bill Turnbull. The blockbuster to be released shortly! 2km The 2km course saw the return of Deb Sansom …
After a wash out the previous week, competition at Track and Field on Wednesday 20th November was hot! There were 2 records broken, 1 new record established and 2 records equalled. On the track Eva Moeller-Duhme broke the record in the 400m 70+ age group, running 2:15.57, reducing her own record of 2:16.75 which was …
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Valour State Relay Championships for 13’s to masters was held over 3 days from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th November 2024. Nowra fielded 6 teams this year. The U20 boys team of Harrison Baxter, Oli Baxter, Nic McGill and Hamish McLaren kicked the championships off on Friday night with a silver medal in the 4 …
2024 Valour State Relay Championships 13’s – MastersRead More
Friday Night Path and Trail on 15th November, headed out to Greenfields Beach, Vincentia for the hill challenge. The run is completely on a bush track that ascends to the water tower and descends back to the finish. 2km First home in the 2km course was John Smith, who came out to run the course …
Treloar Shield Round 4 Treloar Shield Round 4 was conducted at SOPAC on Saturday November 9th. Alisha Mustapic contested the 400m hurdles and had a solid run of 1.10.23 for 5th place. Hugh Thirwall competed in the 1500m event, running home in 4.39.46. Evie Binney put herself over the 2000m steeplechase, finishing 4th in 8.03.36 …
After a warmish day, a gentle breeze and stunning evening light greeted the runners at the starting line of The Wharf course. Despite a show in town and a caravan escape to Kiama, 15 runners took the opportunity to test out the run over the bridge. It was pleasing to see some new runners, and …
Wednesday 6th November was a huge night for records with 5 new records set, and 3 of them were set by members of the Boatswain family! In the field, in the 12-13 years group, Emerson Boatswain hurled the hammer 11.77m, creeping past her old record of 11.71m. Nakita Boatswain set a new 18-19 years hammer …
Nowra athletes had an action-packed weekend of competition on November 2nd and 3rd. At the High Velocity Illawong event on Saturday, sprinters and jumpers were out in force. Tom Brookes and Jonah Watson lined up in the first event of the day, the 110m hurdles. Both came out of the blocks firing. Tom earned himself …