Nowra Athletics Club had a terrific weekend at the NSW Country Championships, with local athletes producing some monumental efforts to bring home a swag full of medals in all but a few events.

Erin Binks was the undisputed sprint queen in the 18/19 year category, winning gold 2OOm, 400m and 800m events and also a bronze in the lOOm race final.

Ten-year-old Mia Davidson had a great couple of days with medals in the 100, 800, shotput and discus events.

Aimee Gibb (l2years) put in a power performance taking bronze and silver in the shot-put and javelin field events.

Relative newcomer Candace Mayo, showed great promise by taking second place in the girls
13-year javelin and narrowly missed out on placings in the other throwing events.

In the junior boys events Hayden Miller came in first in the 1500m and later claimed silver in the long jump, while 17-year-olds Jake Ring (first 800m and second 1500m) and Alex Pitkethly (second 3000m and second 2000 steeple chase) produced the goods when it counted most, picking up gold and silver medals in their middle distance events.

Great efforts also came from Josh Murphy who took bronze in the 16-years triple jump and Jackson Van Arkel (13yrs) who won silver in the 200mn hurdles.

The club spirit continued on at the State meet with Nowra Senior Athletes out performing much larger local clubs at the Newcastle facility.

Middle distance specialist Paul Davidson (30-39) was in superb form winning the 1500m, 5000m and the 3000m (steeple chase) events and also took third place in the long jump.

Local athlete and coach Barry Creer showed the way winning gold in the (40-49) javelin, silver in the long Jump and 200m and bronze in the lOOm and 200m. He later participated in the 4xlOOm relay winning another silver medal.

The ever fresh Doug McNalley (50-59yrs) won gold in the javelin, silver in the shot-put and bronze in the long jump.

Perry Strand (30-39) showed his versatility winning silver in the 400m hurdles and bronze in the triple jump.

Bernie Condon claimed another two medals medals winning bronze in the lOOm and silver in the relay.

In the women’s events Terry Parker took first in the open women’s javelin with a throw of 37.22m, while Claire Pitkethly claimed second in the (40-49) javelin.

Cristine Suffolk (30-39) was first in the1500m and took second in the 8OOm and 3OOOm
while Alison Strand was close behind for third in the 3000m.

Thank you to all the families, officials and friends who assisted at the Country Championships

Country Championships - Nowra Results

Following Colours indicate:-
Gold, Silver, Bronze

Women 100 Metre 10yrs - 3rd Davidson, Mia 18.66 sec

Women 200 Metre 10 Yrs - 4th Davidson, Mia 38.05 sec

Women 800 Metre 10 Yrs -3rd Davidson, Mia 3:31.32

Women Long Jump 10 Yrs - 4th Davidson, Mia 2.53m

Women Shot Put 10 Yrs - 3rd Davidson, Mia 3.95m

Women Discus Throw 10 Yrs -2nd Davidson, Mia 10.11m

Women 200 Metre 12 yrs -6th Van Arkel, Yolanda 31.50

Women 800 Metre 12 yrs -5th Van Arkel, Yolanda 3:14.19

Women Long Jump 12 yrs -7 th van Arkel, Yolanda 3.54m

Women Shot Put 12 yrs - 3rd Gibb, Aimee 7.85m

Women Discus Throw 12 yrs -7th Gibb, Aimee 11.70m ,9th van Arkel, Yolanda 10.76m

Women Javelin Throw 12 yrs -2nd Gibb, Aimee 15.56m

Women Shot Put 13 yrs -4th Mayo, Candace 7.88m

Women Discus Throw 13 yrs -5th Mayo, Candace 20.65m

Women Javelin Throw 13 yrs - 2nd Mayo, Candace 25.12m

Women 200 Metre 16 yrs - 8th Spence, Hollie 28.82

Women 400 Metre 16 yrs - 5th Spence, Hollie 1:08.62

Women 800 Metre 16 yrs - 5th Spence, Hollie 2:50.93

Women Long Jump 16 yrs - 8th Spence, Hollie 3.95m

Women 100 Metre 18/19 yrs - 3rd Binks, Erin 12.99

Women 200 Metre 18/19 yrs - 1st Binks, Erin 25.77

Women 400 Metre 18/ 19 yrs -1st Binks, Erin 58.49

Women 800 Metre 18/19 yrs -1st Binks, Erin 2:15.54

Women Shot Put 18/19 yrs - 4th Binks, Erin 9.45m

Women Discus Throw 18/19 yrs - 6th Binks, Erin 25.61m

Women Javelin Throw Open - 1st Parker, Terri 37.22m

Women 200 Metre 30-39 yrs - 6th Strand, Alison 33.89

Women 800 Metre 30-39 yrs - 2nd Suffolk, Christine 2:52.09, 3rd Strand, Alison 3:08.44

Women 1500 Metre 30-39 yrs - 1st Suffolk, Christine 5:43.60, 3rd Strand, Alison 6:02.00

Women 3000 Metre 30-39 yrs - 2nd Suffolk, Christine 12:10.43 ,3rd Strand, Alison 13:28.58

Women..Long Jump 30-39yrs - 6th Strand, Alison 3.35m

Women 1500 Metre 40-49 yrs - 3rd Pitkethly, Claire 5:45.97

Women Javelin Throw 40-49 yrs - 2nd Pitkethly, Claire 13.33m

Men 100 Metre 10 Yrs - 7th Strand, Jarvis 10yr 18.72 , 8th Strand, hayden 8yr 20.25

Men 200 Metre 10 Yrs - 6th Strand, hayden 8 yr - 39.55

Men 800 Metre 10 Yrs - 3rd Strand, hayden 8yr 3:35.39 ,4th Strand, Jarvis 10 yr 3:35.84

Men 1500 Metre 10 Yrs -3rd Strand, Jarvis 10 6.51.69

Men 100 Metre 13 yrs - 4th Armstrong, Mitchell 14.88 , 5th Miller, Hayden 15.57

Men 200 Metre 13 yrs - 5th Armstrong, Mitchell 29.53, 6th Miller, Hayden 29.87,
7th Gibb, Timothy 33.02

Men 400 Metre 13 yrs - 4th Miller, Hayden 1:04.97

Men 800 Metre 13 yrs - 1st Miller, Hayden 2:31.63

Men 1500 Metre 13 yrs - 1st Miller, Hayden 5:12.08

Men 200 Metre Hurdles 13 yrs - 2nd van Arkel, Jackson 39.22

Men High Jump 13 yrs - 5th Miller, Hayden 1.30m , 7th Armstrong, Mitchell 1.15m

Men Long Jump 13 yrs - 2nd Miller, Hayden 4.30m , 5th Armstrong, Mitchell 3.86m

Men Shot Put 13 yrs - 6th van Arkel, Nowra 8.45m, 9 th Armstrong, Mitchell 5.81m

Men Discus Throw 13 yrs - 8th van Arkel, Jackson 16.27m, 10th Armstrong, Mitchell 14.29m
11th Gibb, Timothy 13.71m

Men Javelin Throw 13 yrs- 9th van Arkel, Jackson 18.03m, 10th Armstrong, Mitchell 17.77m
11th Gibb, Timothy 11.34m

Men Long Jump 16 yrs - 8th Murphy, Joshua 5.48m

Men Triple Jump 16 yrs - 3rd, Joshua 11.57m

Men Shot Put 16 yrs - 4th Murphy, Joshua 10.06m

Men Discus Throw 16 yrs - 8th Murphy, Joshua 25.09m

Men Javelin Throw 16 yrs - 8th Murphy, Joshua 35.14m

Men 800 Metre Run 17 yrs-1st Ring, Jake 2:05.53

Men 1500 Metre 17 yrs - 2nd Ring, Jake 4:25.20, 4th Pitkethly, Alexander 4:50.00

Men 3000 Metre 17 yrs - 2nd Pitkethly, Alexander 9:57.28

Men 2000 Metre Steeplechase 17 yrs -2nd Pitkethly, Alexander 7:09.79

Men Javelin Throw 17 yrs -4th Pitkethly, Alexander 37.20m

Men 200 Metre 18/19 yrs - Heat 2 -6th Price, Ned 23.78q

Men Javelin Throw 18/19 yrs - 5th Price, Ned 42.19m

Men 1500 Metre 30-39 yrs - 1st Davidson, Paul 4:42.31

Men 5000 Metre 30-39 yrs - 1st Davidson, Paul 17:22.01

Men 3000 Metre Steeplechase 30-39 yrs - 1st Davidson, Paul 12:10.17

Men High Jump 30-39 yrs - 3rd Davidson, Paul 1.55m

Men 100 Metre Dash 40-49 yrs- 3rd Creer, Barry 12.78

Men 200 Metre 40-49 yrs - 3rd Creer, Barry 25.18, 5th Strand, Perry 26.62
8th Crook, Geoff 29.68

Men 400 Metre 40-49 yrs - 2nd Creer, Barry 57.7 ,8th Crook, Geoff 1:07.75

Men 1500 Metre 40-49 yrs - 4th Crook, Geoff 5:22.18

Men 400 Metre Hurdles 40-49 yrs - 2nd Strand, Perry

Men 4x100 Metre Relay 40-49 yrs - 2nd Nowra Athletics Club 'A' - 52.56 sec
( Team :- Bernie Condon, Perry Strand, Geoff Crook & Barry Creer.)

Men Long Jump 40-49 yrs - 2nd Creer, Barry 5.40m, 4th Strand, Perry 5.18m,
5th Crook, Geoff 4.71m

Men Triple Jump 40-49 yrs - 3rd Strand, Perry 9.77m

Men Shot Put 40-49 yrs - 5th Creer, Barry 9.51m

Men Discus Throw 40-49 yrs - 7th Creer, Barry 26.18m, 8th Crook, Geoff 21.28m

Men Javelin Throw 40-49 yrs - 1st Creer, Barry 42.99m, 5th Crook, Geoff 35.66m

Men Long Jump 50-59 yrs - 3rd McNalley, Doug 56 , 4.29m

Men Shot Put 50-59 yrs - 2nd McNalley, Doug 56 , 8.97m

Men Discus Throw 50-59 yrs - 4th McNalley, Doug 56 , 30.24m

Men Javelin Throw 50-59 yrs - 1st McNalley, Doug 56 37.15m

Men 100 Metre 60+ yrs - 3rd Condon, Bernard 71 , 14.8

Men 200 Metre 60+ yrs - 4th Condon, Bernard 71 , 30.17

COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Entrees 2007

Name………………....Age Group..............Events
Terri Parker ..................... Open............................Javelin
Bernie Condon.................. 60yrs & over ..............100, 200.
Doug McNally................... 50 - 59yrs................ 100, 200, Ham. Dis. Jay. S.Put L.Jump.
Claire Pitkethly ................40 - 49yrs................ 1500. 3000, Javelin
Perry Strand............... ...40 - 49yrs................. 100, 200, 400, 400hdIs, L. Jump, T. Jump
Barry Creer....................... 40 - 49yrs.................. 100, 200, 400, L. Jump. Jay. Dis. S.Put
Geoff Crook....................... 40 - 4oyrs................... 200, 400, 1500, L. Jump, Dis. Jay.
Alison Strand................... 30 - 39yrs.................. 1500, 3000, 200, 800, L. Jump
Cristine Suffolk............... 30 - 39yrs ....................1500, 3000, 800.
Paul Davidson................... 30 - 39yrs.................. 1500, 5000, Steeple, H.Jump
Erin Binks....................... 18/19yrs.........................100, 200, 400, 800, Dis. S. Put
Ned Price....................... 18/19yrs......................... 100, 200, 400, Jav.
Jake Ring .........................17yrs................................1500, 3000, 800
Alex. Pitkethly..................17yrs........................... 1500, 3000, Steeple, Javelin
Elyse Van Arkel................17yrs ..........................100, 200, 400, 400,Hdls
Hollie Spence.................... 16yrs......................... 400, 200, 800, L. Jump
Josh Murphy.....................16yrs........................... Dis. S.Put, L.Jump, T.Jump.
Mitchell Armstrong..........13yrs ...........................100, 200, L. Jump, H. Jump, S.Put, Jay. Dis.
Hayden Miller ..................13yrs ..........................100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, L. Jump, H. Jump.
Candace Mayo............... ...3yrs............................ Dis. S.Put, Jay.
Tim Gibb............................13yrs............................100, 200, Dis., Jav.
Jackson Van Arkel............13yrs............................ 200Hdls, 9OHdls, Jay. Dis. S.Put
Aimee Gibb.........................12yrs............................ Dis. S.Put, Jay.
YolandaVanArkel............. 12yrs............................ 100, 200, 800, L.Jump Dis.
Mia Davidson......................1Oyrs....................... 100, 200, 800, 1500, H.Jump, L. Jump, S.Put
Jarvis Strand......................1Oyrs.......................... 1500, 100, 800
Hayden Strand...................1Oyrs............................ 100, 200, 800

Martin Tomasini had entered but has withdrawn due to injury