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Stories from the 79th NSW Country Championships

It was another tremendous edition of the NSW Country Championships over the weekend conducted at Kerryn McCann Athletics Centre in Wollongong. With over 800 entries it was one of the largest ever championships. There were personal bests, championship records and athletes winning a bag full of medals, competing in a family friendly environment. Behind those achievement were some great stories, here are a few.

Sun 21 Jan 2024

Gibb/Loomes Shield to honour Rod Gibb, Jan Gibb and Valmai Loomes

The most prestigious award for an Athletics NSW country club will now be the Gibb/Loomes Shield, a new award which recognises the 166 years of extraordinary volunteer service by three stalwarts of country athletics - Rod Gibb, Jan Gibb and Valmai Loomes.

Sat 20 Jan 2024

Illawarra Track Challenge: Wins for Browning, Connolly and Azzopardi

Assisted by warm conditions and tailwinds the athletes delivered terrific sprint results at the 10th annual Illawarra Track Challenge in Wollongong on Saturday The event hosted the NSW 60m and mile championships, along with an open 100m, which is remembered for a wind assisted 9.96 by Rohan Browning in 2021.

Sun 14 Jan 2024

Early season start for speedsters as Olympics and World Indoors beckons

With less than 200 days to go until the Paris Olympics and a World Indoor Championships during the Australian domestic season, NSW’s sprint stars will kick off their year earlier than expected this Saturday in Wollongong at the Illawarra Track Challenge.

Mon 08 Jan 2024

World Juniors is just one athletics pathway

In just over three months dozens of NSW athletes will chase their sporting dreams at the Australian Under-20 championships which double as the trials for the World U20 Championships to be held in Lima, Peru in August 2024. Many of our future Olympians have made their debut at the World U20 Championships, but many have NOT and have gone on to have very successful international careers.

Wed 27 Dec 2023

Treloar Shield Final: Titles for Sydney Uni, UTS Norths, Balmain, Hornsby and Ryde

Five clubs shared in the spoils at the final of the 2023 Treloar Shield held yesterday at Homebush. Sydney University claimed the prestigious open title, from defending champions UTS Norths.

Sun 17 Dec 2023

National School Challenge: Trinity Grammar and Pymble Ladies College claim thrilling wins

Pymble Ladies College’s two wins this year make them the most successful school in the 30-year history of the National Schools Challenge. They won the Junior and Immediate Girls competitions, while Trinity Grammar won a thrilling Junior Boys event. Meriden School and Knox Grammar also placed on the podium.

Tue 12 Dec 2023

Australian All Schools Day 3: high jumpers Louison-Roe and Hatfield fly to gold

The final day of competition at the Australian All Schools Championships in Perth saw NSW claim the team State trophy comfortably over Queensland and Victoria. In the day’s competition a highlight was impressive high jumping from Isabelle Louison-Roe and Mitchell Hatfield.

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Australian All Schools Day 2: Tammin Lampret and Oliver Face nudge National hurdles records

Lighter tails winds on day two of the Australian All Schools Championships in Perth today enabled the athletes to chase records. In the under-16 events, Sydney hurdlers Tammin Lampret and Oliver Facer, ran within a whisker of their National records, while in the distance events, two NSW distance women, Eliza Lawton and Ivy Boothroyd, shone with two meet records.

Sun 10 Dec 2023

Australian All Schools Day 1: Beacroft produces a World Age best and Louison-Roe leaps to the best in the meet’s history

Triple jumper Izobelle Louison-Roe and race walker Isaac Beacroft have etched their names into history with record breaking performances on day one at the Australian All Schools Championships in windy Perth today. Beacroft, who has smashed many records this year, set not just a championship, NSW or Australian record, but a world best for an under-17 athlete. In the field events, Izobelle Louison-Roe bounded out to 13.39m in the triple jump, the longest by a female in the meet’s five decade histo

Sat 09 Dec 2023

Australian All Schools Championships

A squad of 262 NSW athletes travel to Perth this week to defend their crown as the premier state at the Australian All Schools Championships. The most populated state has been the dominate force at the meet for many decades, able to hold off Queensland and Victoria their main threats. However, in the last decade twice Queensland have finished within 10 points of NSW.

Wed 06 Dec 2023

Pacific Games: NSW jumpers add more gold on day 5

On the final day of the track program, training partners in the Andrew Murphy squad, Sam Dale and Connor Murphy have won Pacific Games titles, boosting the NSW medal tally to five gold and two silver at the Games.

Sat 02 Dec 2023

School Holiday Camps are here

Athletics NSW is offering athletes aged 10-14 the opportunity to take part in our School Holiday Camps from 8-31 January 2024 at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre.

Tue 28 Nov 2023

NSW 10km Walk: Isaac Beacroft smashes Australian record

On a gloomy night at Homebush, the athletes really shone, led by 16-year-old Isaac Beacroft setting an Australian Under-18 10,000m walk record, his third in less than a year, and astonishingly on debut at the distance. In the women’s, sisters Allanah and Sienna Pitcher, claimed the open and under-20 10000m walk titles.

Sun 26 Nov 2023

7 NSW athletes take first step toward Paris

New week in Honiara in the Solomon Islands seven NSW athletes will compete in the Pacific Games. The 5-day competition is a key competition for those with Paris Olympic Games aspirations.

Thu 23 Nov 2023

NSW Relays Championships Review

Two major records were broken at a busy 2023 NSW Relay Championships where 130 clubs competed at the major teams event of the summer. The open sprints are always hotly contest at these championships, and in 2023 we saw the women’s 4x100m and 4x200m records broken.

Mon 20 Nov 2023

Athletics NSW Welcomes the Establishment of the inaugural Para Advisory Committee

Athletics NSW (ANSW) is furthering its commitment to enhancing inclusivity, representation, and development in Para-Athletics through the establishment of a Para Advisory Committee.

Tue 07 Nov 2023

NSW 3000m Champs: Holly Campbell defends, while Josh Phillips adds 3k to his 10k win

Following intermittent rain during the afternoon, the weather cleared for the NSW 3000m championship races at ES Marks Field last evening. Lining up in the 41st edition of the women’s race, Holly Campbell defended her title and claimed the fourth win in six years for the Campbell family, following twin sister Paige’s victories in 2018 and 2019. Josh Phillips won the 20th men’s title, first held in 2004, to add to his recent 10,000m win.

Sun 05 Nov 2023