Olympic Goals
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.
Thomas Webster - Finalist Sport NSW Community Sport Awards
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.
Historic double to Run Crew teams at XC Relays
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.
Key wins for Rubie-Renshaw and Quirk at first Oceania Invitational
The resumption of domestic track and field competition kicked off in Queensland yesterday with the first Oceania Invitational meet on the Gold Coast.
Obituary Ian White
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.
2021 Winter XC & Cross Country National Championships
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.
NSW Race Walking titles go to Country Athletes
The first two open winter race walking titles of 2021 went to country athletes Carl Gibbons and Hannah Mison at the NSW Short Course Walks held at Chipping Norton yesterday.
Rising stars White and Mahon claim 108th NSW Novice Titles at St George Classic
Two athletes on the rise, Annabel White and Max Mahon have claimed the 2021 NSW Novice titles conducted yesterday in glorious conditions at the St George Classic held around the iconic Scarborough Park in Ramsgate
Valmai Loomes awarded Sport NSW Distinguished Long Service Award
Next month at a ceremony at Bankwest Stadium, one of the hardest and longest working volunteers in athletics in NSW, Valmai Loomes, will be awarded a prestigious Sport NSW Distinguished Long Service Award. It is most deserved recognition for the Illawarra Blue Stars Athletics Club Secretary whose service to athletics has lasted her entire adult like – 58 years.
Young Coach Drew Fryer – a finalist in the Sport NSW Awards
Eastern Suburbs coach Drew Fryer was this week announced as a finalist in the Young Coach of the Year category at the prestigious 2021 Sport NSW Community Sport Awards to be announced at NSW Parliament House in June. Drew Fryer, 20, is in just his third year of coaching and has already made a positive impact on his group of athletes.
Jaylah Hancock-Cameron storms onto the national junior team
Broulee middle-distance athlete, Jaylah Hancock-Cameron (BAN) has overcome a challenging 2020 to achieve two brilliant results in the national junior championships, securing selection in the Australian U20 team.
Sierra Leone refugee Rashid Kabba makes history in his adopted country
Westfields Sports High’s Rashid Kabba, 15, has made history with his selection in the Australian team as the fourth youngest ever male athlete named in the national junior team. A refugee from Sierra Leone, Kabba came to Australia with his mother aged one in 2006.
St George Classic/Novice Championships over 100 years of history
The St George Classic, incorporating the NSW Novice Cross Country Championship will conduct its 108th edition on Saturday 22 May. First held on 10 June 1911, the race was won by Cecil Foster from East Sydney.
NSW’s Talented Under-20s
With the inevitable announcement last week that Australia will not be sending a junior team to the World U20 Championships in August, we feature our crop of emerging juniors athletes in NSW.
Sydney10 Review: Tall and Reid lead home record runs
After being cancelled in 2020 due to COVID foggy conditions greet the athletes for the return addition of the Sydney 10 in 2021. The men’s race saw records shattered as the women’s depth was the best ever. They were also racing for the 90th NSW Road championship.
Jye’s Journey through Injury to Japan
With the growing depth in Australian middle-distance running, the men’s national 1500m championship was one of the feature events at the 2021 Australian Track and Field Championships, and it lived up to expectations and more, with a surprise win by Jye Edwards as the race re-wrote the story of the event in Australia.
Australian Track and Field Champs Day 8: NSW Para Athletes Close Successful Championships
Near perfect weather for athletes and officials continued on the last day of the high successful Australian Championships. NSW’s para athletes were strong across the track and field as Rashid Kabba closed the championships as one of the undoubted stars of the meet.
Australian Track and Field Champs Day 5: Diamond shines as Little throws big
On day five of the Australian Track and Field Championships we witnessed the highest standard decathlon in Australian championship history, with NSW’s Alec Diamond featuring, while in the field, Rosemary Little added a vital 2cm to PB to enhance her Tokyo prospects.