Bradley Sawyers took out the half marathon at the Run Wollongong event on Saturday 26th April, 2025, running the 21.1kms in 1.12.34, just in front of 2nd place getter Ryan Doherty who crossed in 1.12.41, and well ahead of 3rd place Jared Kahlefeldt who finished in 1.15.56.Former member Cam Musgrove ran in 5th in the …
Cross Country Run at Huskisson
There was a small crowd at cross country on Saturday 26th April with the end of the school holidays and several athletes competing at the Run Wollongong event. In the 1km event, Xander Day took the win in 6.32 followed by Hamish Bennett in 6.36 then Grace Parmenter in 7.24 and Olive Zadkovich in 8.42. …
Erin is our Golden Girl
SA Masters Athletics Inc hosted the Australian Masters Athletics Championships for 2025 in Adelaide over Easter. The event brought together athletes aged from 30 years old to participate in four days of athletic events covering all track and field events. Nowra athlete Erin Smart travelled to Adelaide to compete in the 40-44 years track events …
Easter Cross Country Run
A small group of runners hit the trails at Longreach Rd on Easter Saturday. Hazel Saviane was first across the line in the 1km event in 7.19 with Josie Sproule hot her heels in 7.20. There were 9 competitors in the 2km event and it was Ivy Donougher who took the line honours in 10.03 …
2025 Australian Athletics Championships
The 2025 Australian Athletics Championships were held in Perth from 4th to 13th April. Nowra Athletics Club had 12 members compete in the Championships. The Junior (Under Age) Athletics Championships kicked off first. Lily Sproule started Nowra’s campaign with an amazing run in the Under 17 800m. Lily clocked her 2nd fastest time of 2.18.71 …
ACT Masters Heavy Weight Pentathlon Championships
Kerrie Jones recently travelled to Canberra to compete in the ACT Masters Heavy Weight Pentathlon Championships. In the women’s 70 category, Kerrie achieved a season PB of 2431 points to win the gold medal. Kerrie’s results were: 6.6lb weight – 9.95m 8.8lb weight – 8.75m 12lb weight – 7.81m 16lb weight – 6.33m 20lb weight …
Huskisson Cross Country Round 2
Handicapped starts were in place for round 2 of cross country at Huskisson on Saturday 12th April. There were just 2 athletes in the 1km event. Grace Parmenter was first across the line in 7.48 and Olive Zadkovich was 2nd in 8.14. In the 2km race, Jameson Day took the line honours in 7.47 followed …
Cross Country Round 1 2025
Round 1 of the 2025 Winter Cross Country season took place at the Shoalhaven UOW course on Saturday 5th April. The 1km course was completed by 2 competitors with Grace Parmenter finishing first in a quick time of 7.11 followed by Will Chisolm in 17.03. In the 2km event there were 7 participants. It was …
Rebecca Cooper wins the Friday Night Walk, Run and Socialise Trophy
At last Saturday’s opening round of the Winter Cross Country season, Rebecca Cooper was presented with her winning trophy for the Friday night Walk, Run and Socialise Program. Rebecca ran 11 out the 12 possible rounds, missing only one round, while away in Melbourne. Rebecca pipped runner-up Perry Strand by a mere point. Last year’s …
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Opening Round of Winter Cross Country Attracts Mudlarks
Winter Cross Country returned last Saturday for the 2025 season under wet and cloudy skies. The weather bureau was predicting severe weather later that evening. After long discussions, the committee decided to go ahead with the opening round. As it turned out the afternoon was overcast, but no rain fell. Although wet, the course was …
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2025 Australian Athletics Championships
The Australian Athletics Championships will be held in Perth from 4th to 13th April 2025. This year’s Australian Championships will be the 102nd edition of the event, which dates back to 1890 for men and 1931 for women. The meet covers open age events as well as all junior events from Under 13 through to …
NSW Open & HART Sport Little Athletics Championships 2025
The 2025 NSW Open & HART Sport Little Athletics Championships (ages U9-U12) took place over 4 days, 20th-23rd March at SOPAC. In the Open events, Nowra Athletics Club had 2 athletes make the State finals in the highly contested middle distance events. Amelia May ran a qualifying time of 4.34.60 in the 1500m on Thursday …
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NSW Junior Championships 2025
NSW Junior Championships for 13’s (Under 14) to Under 20 were held at SOPAC 13th-16th March 2025 in very hot conditions. Nowra was represented by 14 athletes in the black and gold. Evie Binney kicked off with a bronze medal performance in the Under 16 2000m steeplechase, completing the event in 7.49.18. Evie also contested …
Record-breaking season of track & field
The final night of Track and Field took place on Wednesday 12th March 2025. It was great to see so many people in attendance to celebrate the season. Nineteen-year-old Will Dyball ended the season with a bang, clocking 1.24.67 over 600m to break the record in the 19-20 years category. The record of 1.25.20 was …
A great celebration to end track & field season
The final night of track and field competition was a fun night with a fantastic turnout! The night started with a 600m run where Will Dyball broke the record in 1.24.67. There was plenty of competitiveness in both heats of the distance. Macca Davis ran in 2nd in heat 1 followed by Josie Sproule, then …
PB’s at NSW Milers VII
NSW Milers VII was held at The Crest Athletics Track on Thursday 6th March, 2025. Once again, Nowra had representation at this event with great results. In an awesome run, Airlie Stevens clocked an 8 second PB of 4.57.49 in the 1500m for 7th place in heat 1. Harrison Baxter made a 6 second improvement …
5 records fall on last night of T & F
Athletes went out in style on the last night of Track and Field pointscore competition on Wednesday 5th March, breaking 5 records. In the field, mother-daughter duo Anne and Emerson Boatswain both set new throw records. Emerson threw a new record distance of 14.84m in 12-13 years hammer exceeding her previous best of 14.35m whilst …
Athletes compete in Capital Athletics Summer Series
Nowra Athletics Club had 3 athletes travel to the ACT to compete in the Capital Athletics Summer Series No.9 on Saturday 1st March 2025. Erin Smart had a good run in the 400m, clocking 58.02 for 4th place in heat 3. Tom Brookes also contested the 400m and ran 55.91 for the win in his …
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Friday night event at Beach Road, Gerroa
The last day of summer was also the last day of the Friday Night Walk, Run and Socialise Program. The venue for the evening was the beautiful Beach Road in Gerroa National Park. As the French would say, a ‘petit’ number of runners took advantage of the cool evening and the magnificent bush track course. …
Erin & Kerrie break records as T & F draws to a close
Wednesday night Track and Field competition is drawing to a close and our athletes are going out with a bang. Last Wednesday on 26th February, Kerrie Jones threw 16.66m for a new 70+ discus record, bettering her previous record of 16.16m. This comes on the back of her recent nomination for NSW Masters Athletics Multi-event …
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