Six very experienced NSW athletes were today named as members of the 24-strong Australia team for the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Between them they have previously attended 13 Paralympic Games.
Please be advised, the 2021 Annual General Meeting for Athletics New South Wales Limited will be held on Wednesday, 25 August 2021 starting at 7:30pm at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre.
The wait for NSW athletes is over today with the announcement of the final members of the Australian athletics team to compete at the postponed Tokyo Olympics. The 20 NSW athletes selected have secured an impressive 32% of the national team with a feature the number of distance runners named – nine, nearly half the NSW members announced.
Coles Little Athletics Australia (LAA) and Athletics Australia (AA) have announced Australian Athletics - working towards the unification of our sport.
With just days remaining before the Tokyo Olympic qualification period closes, last night at the Bankstown Winter Milers meet we saw some very brave and gallant running.
This Thursday night the Sport NSW Community Awards will be held at Bankwest Stadium. Athletics NSW will be represented by Valmai Loomes who will receive a Distinguished Long Service Award, while Thomas Webster and Kurt Fryer are finalists in the Young Official and Young Coach of the Year categories.
Run Crew, one of the newest clubs in NSW, have had their finest day yet, winning the open events at the 30th NSW Cross Country relays conducted at a new venue the North Ryde Common.
There have been few greater contributors to athletics in NSW during the last 40 years than Ian White. He sadly lost his battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Saturday May 29, aged 81.
Athletics Australia and Little Athletics Australia have joined together to deliver the Cross County (XC) National Championships to be held in Adelaide, South Australia, Saturday 21 August – Sunday 22 August.
Athletes wishing to represent NSW will have several opportunities to compete in XC races across NSW and qualify to compete in Adelaide.