News - Athletics NSW

NSW Open and Little Athletics Championships - REVIEW

The historic combined 128th NSW Open Track and Field Championships and HART Sport 54th Little Athletics NSW Track and Field Championships (ages U9-U12) were a major success over the last four days.

Mon 24 Mar 2025

Little Athletics NSW State Championships: 5 athletes remembered

As we prepare for the HART Sport 54th Little Athletics NSW Track and Field Championships commencing Saturday at Homebush, we reflect on a few athletes whose names are still in the record books three, four and amazingly five decades later. Of the five we remember, three went on to become Olympians for three different countries, another won gold at the Commonwealth Games and the fifth played rugby league for Australia.

Wed 19 Mar 2025

NSW Junior Championships Days 3 & 4

The great conditions for good performances continued on days three and four at the NSW junior Championships being held at Homebush.

Mon 17 Mar 2025

Sydney Track Classic: Hurdlers smash barriers

The 2025 Sydney Track Classic may not have attracted any major international stars, but these days Aussies are themselves the big names in the sport. A very warm day ensured the track was quick and tailwinds also assisted. Three early performances, the two 400m hurdle events and men 4x100m relay record, got the momentum going, and from there it was wall-to-wall great performances and good racing for the estimated 2000 crowd.

Sun 16 Mar 2025

NSW Junior Championships Day 2: 3ks and more hurdles

Warm conditions and tailwinds aided the athlete performances on day two of the NSW junior Championships being held at Homebush.

Sat 15 Mar 2025

NSW Junior Championships Day 1: hurdlers highlight

The 11-day festival of athletics in NSW got underway at Homebush today in perfect conditions. With steeplechase and 400/300/200m hurdle events on the program, the officials were working overtime moving barriers and hurdles.

Fri 14 Mar 2025

NSW Athletics Announces Inaugural Coaches and Officials Conference

NSW Athletics are pleased to announce the Inaugural Coaches and Officials Conference to be held at The Novotel in Sydney Olympic Park on 1-2 October.

Thu 13 Mar 2025

Sydney Track Classic – Five Internationals who will be great competition for the NSW athletes

Five international athletes from Japan, Singapore, Great Britain and Sri Lanka are going to provide perfect opposition for the local NSW athletes at the Chemist Warehouse Sydney Track Classic on Saturday night at Homebush.

Wed 12 Mar 2025

Sydney Track Classic: Start of their athletics journey in Little Athletics

Over 50 NSW athletes who will compete at the Chemist Warehouse Sydney Track Classic on Saturday night started their athletics journey in Little Athletics

Tue 11 Mar 2025

Inaugural Little Athletics NSW State Championships

Thu 06 Mar 2025

NSW Junior Championships: 5 emerging athletes to watch

Next week a record 2200 NSW teenagers will compete in the 4-day State Junior Championships. Many of our established junior stars, like Mason McGroder, Delta Amidzovski, Izzi Louison-Roe, Daniel Williams, Mitchell Hatfield, Fleur Cooper and Chelsy Wayne will be in action, but who are some of the next in line set to impress? Let’s meet five emerging athletes ready to shine this year.

Thu 06 Mar 2025

Sydney Track Classic Top-5s

Ahead of the Sydney Track Classic on March 15, we take a fun look at some top-5 facts.

Mon 03 Mar 2025

11 Day Festival of Athletics

In just over a week, we will commence an historic 11-day period of athletics at Homebush where we will conduct four major competitions and see athletes from the age eight competing together at the same venue as Olympians. The exciting period of athletics is a massive undertaking, and will test our athletes, clubs/centres, coaches and especially technical officials and NSW Athletics staff during the 67 hours, or equivalent of three continuous days of competition.

Sat 01 Mar 2025

VALE Don Brodie OAM

Last week the athletics community lost one of its much loved and longest serving volunteers, when Don Brodie passed away aged 96. Don’s enormous contribution to the sport, largely with Western Suburbs Athletics Club, was a seven-decade involvement in administration and coaching at the club that continued as recently as 2013 when he was President while in his 80s.

Sun 23 Feb 2025

Albie Thomas/Australian Mile

In perfect conditions at Bankstown in Sydney last evening, NSW’s Josh Phillips and Victorian Claudia Hollingsworth claimed the 2025 Australian mile championship held at the annual Albie Thomas Mile meet.

Fri 21 Feb 2025

Global medallists Little and Barber to lead javelin throwdown at Sydney Track Classic

Back-to-back world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber and World Championships bronze medallist Mackenzie Little are set to spearhead a javelin masterclass at the Sydney Track Classic, taking on Kiwi rival Tori Moorby and Japan’s Sae Takemoto in a world-class matchup.

Wed 19 Feb 2025

Sydney Track Classic – One month to go

The Chemist Warehouse Sydney Track Classic returns to Homebush’s Sydney Olympic Park for the 2025 edition set for Saturday March 15.

Sat 15 Feb 2025

NSW Athletics Announces Financial Assistance Programs

NSW Athletics is proud to announce two financial assistance programs aimed at supporting athletes, coaches, and officials in attending state, national, and international championships. These programs provide essential funding to help cover travel and accommodation costs, ensuring greater opportunities for participation.

Thu 13 Feb 2025