This club history in brief form was extracted from the Secretaries' Annual Reports. Some secretaries were brief, others were not so. The year by year extracts therefore vary in content but give a picture of the Club's history .

1960-61

Club membership in its first year – 107 men, 33 ladies, 20 officials. Feeling its way, yet under the control of some experienced and enthusiastic officials, the club competed at home and away with great keeness.

Winter training was held at the High School gym on Wednesday nights, while Saturday morning competition was also conducted. Ties with Sydney's Western Suburbs Club were established by a very successful summer training camp held at Huskisson. The first Nowra open meet was held at Nowra Showground.

1961-62

A dramatic drop in membership – 57 men, 14 ladies and 14 officials. Bad weather caused many events on the 'home front' and away to be cancelled. Notwithstanding the club conducted its first ever State Championship – the road relays – and managed to send a successful group of athletes to the NSW Country Championships plus conducting another open meet.

1962-63

Membership up a little – 80 men, 18 ladies, 16 officials.
State Road Relay Championships were conducted again and yet another successful open meet in which Australia's best athletes competed. A Commonwealth High Jump Record was set by Michele Mason. World 880 yards record holder, Dixie Willis competed. So did Peter Vasella, David Prince, Bob Lay, Gary Knoke – all Australian representatives.
Club and South Coast events continued with varied success in a generally mediocre year.

1963-64

Membership still constant with the usual falling away of numbers towards the end of the season. For the third consecutive year the State Road Relays were hosted by Nowra, drawing praise from visiting athletes and officials. The courses were changed at the last moment due to floods affecting the original course. Nowra High School was the venue for all these State Road Titles.
The Club's fourth Open Meet, was again very successful and the Club had its first State Champion – High Jumper, Sandra Rutledge. Her record was only broken in 1980. A senior male athlete, Bill Brookes, also featured by being selected to represent the State in the National Track and Field Championships in Melbourne. Bill was a long and triple jumper.
This was the year the Club's founder and dynamo, Frank McCaffrey, left Nowra.

1964-65

With new secretary, Wal Spinner and a group of new organisers taking over the Club following the departure of Frank McCaffrey (a hard act to follow), a slump in membership was the feature of the year. The usual Club events continued and the ever faithful helpers and competitors battled on.
Even in a very quiet year Nowra could boast two Country Champions – Arnold Bowden and Graeme Thompson in Cross Country events.

1965-66

Rod Gibb as Secretary for this year reported keeness of athletes. This was still very pleasing though numbers were down.
The club was able to compete locally and away and still managed to bring home some South Coast titles.

Rod Gibb wearing the club colours proudly.

1966-67

Attendance was on the up again from athletes, was down from officials, but still the local events catering for the youth of the district were kept going and the faithful band of helpers were rewarded by a renewed keeness from competitors.
The upsurge in interest saw another 'big' event. Though not a State title, the first King of the Mountain race, a 20 miler, from Nowra to Kangaroo Valley (the back roads) was held and was won by Olympian Dave Power. Another departure from Club activities by an 'original' and wonderful worker, Mrs MacMillan, ended the year somewhat sadly because through illness 'Mrs Mac' could not help as she had done. Mrs Macmillan fittingly was the Club's first life member.

One of Kev Davis's favourite surfaces. Nowra's "King of the Mountain."

1967-68

A wet start to the track season did not deter competitors who came in ever increasing numbers. The Club got back into the 'big time' by conducting the South Coast Championships at the Showground thus ending a period where it had kept to itself simply providing athletics on the local scene.

1968-69

Problems in organisation caused by ever increasing attendance was of some concern, but this was outweighed by eager competitors on the local scene and the success of the club at the South Coast Championships. Brilliant individual performances by all rounders Leslie Elliot in womens' events and Les Bryant in mens' events were highlights of the local scene. Paul Manuel was a Country Champion who gave the Club its first 'fame' outside the South Coast for some years.

1969-70

The usual drop off of attendance after Christmas and Club finances were the only causes for concern in another year of increased attendance, local enthusiasm, South Coast and State level competition.
Though the success away from local competition was nil the gold and black colours of the Nowra teams were seen at the South Coast, Country and State Track Championships and Cross Country events.