News - Athletics NSW

Coach Profile: Lenore Beaton

The Central Coast is one of the strongest rural/regional pockets of athletics in Australia and that is no doubt due to the talented array of coaches that work in the area, ranging from Matt Horsnell, Mick Zisti and Kerry Smith, to Frank Overton and Neil Hinton. One of the younger coaches adding to this quality coaching line-up is Lenore Beaton.

Thu 18 Jun 2020

NSW dominates 2019 AA Awards

NSW athletes and coaches have scooped the pool winning four of the 10 Athletics Australia 2019 Awards.

Mon 15 Jun 2020

Liz Clay - the Peopleâ€™s Choice

The women have dominated the 2019/2020 Athletics NSW Peopleâ€™s Choice award with hurdler Liz Clay triumph ahead of distance runner Jess Hull.

Wed 10 Jun 2020

Athletics NSW Athletes of the Year: Jessica Hull and Brandon Starc

Following strong performances at the Doha World Championships, distance runner Jessica Hull (BAN) and high jumper Brandon Starc (PAR) are the Athletics NSW athletes of the year.

Fri 29 May 2020

Coach Profile: Jacinta Doyle

Sutherland Shire coach, Jacinta Doyle is a coach on the rise. In this profile, she maps out her 10-year pathway in coaching, the world class mentors that have influenced her and for her the challenging of continuing to learn about her craft, solving â€˜puzzlesâ€™ and noting that â€œevery athlete is different and therefore needs to be coached and programmed in a particular way.â€

Wed 27 May 2020

Officials of the Year â€“ Josephine Ng and Dave Higgins

The 2020 Athletics NSW Officials of the year are Dave Higgins and Josephine Ng. There are few more important to our sport than our officials and we recognise and congratulate Dave, Josephine and the many officials who keep our sport going.

Sat 23 May 2020

Life Membership - Janet Nixon

There are few harder workers for athletics in NSW than Janet Nixon and a long overdue recognition of Life Membership is awarded to her in 2020.

Thu 21 May 2020

Inaugural RunNSW Virtual Series â€“ an innovative event success, and a pathway forward

Last week marked the close of a brand new event launched by RunNSW, the recreational running arm of Athletics NSW, named the RunNSW Virtual Series â€“ which provided Virtual 4k and 5k events to all participants across NSW, and more broadly, the country.

Wed 20 May 2020

VALES Brian Dibben and Graham Taylor

The NSW athletics community has lost two long serving volunteers Brian Dibben and Graham Taylor.

Tue 19 May 2020

Athletics NSW Awards: Alex Stewart named top coach

Athletics NSW has pleasure in announcing and recognising the 2019/20 coaches of the year.

Thu 14 May 2020

Athletics NSW Appoints New Directors

Athletics NSW (ANSW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Felicity Colbourne and Matt Baker as members of the Board of Directors. The appointment of Felicity and Matt follows an extensive public recruitment process embarked upon by the Board in late 2019 as part of its commitment to operating a professional skills-based Board.

Wed 13 May 2020

Junior, Masters and Para athletes of the Year

Athletics NSW has pleasure in announcing the 2019/20 athletes of the year in the categories, juniors, masters and para-athletics.

Tue 12 May 2020

2020 Club Award winners - Margaret Beardslee and UTS Norths

Mingara clubâ€™s Margaret Beardslee and UTS Norths have won the top Athletics NSW club awards for 2020. The sport in NSW is fortunate to have many hard-working club administrators. Often they go unrecognised as they burn the midnight candle organising everything from finances to registrations, uniforms, awards, publicity competitions and relay teams.

Wed 06 May 2020

Bankstown and Mingara dominate 2019 Winter Awards

With the cancellation of the 2020 Athletics NSW awards, over the next month we will announce the winners on the website and in social media.

Mon 04 May 2020

Vale: Jim Bailey â€“ 1956 Olympian

During the â€˜50s and â€˜60s Australia produced a procession of the world class milers, including John Landy, Merv Lincoln, Herb Elliott and Albie Thomas. A lesser known was 1956 Olympian Jim Bailey (STG) who passed away aged 90 last week (March 31) in Bellingham in Washington State.

Tue 07 Apr 2020

Athlete Pathway: World Juniors or not

Leading NSW and Australian teenager athletes are in limbo, unsure if the World Athletics U20 Championships will he held this year. In this article for the Athletics NSWâ€™s coaching newsletter, David Tarbotton, through athlete examples, highlights the enormous variety of pathways junior athletes follow to senior success â€“ some via the World Juniors and others with very limited or even no junior involvement or achievements in athletics.

Tue 31 Mar 2020

Fletcher fills a coaching void

NSWâ€™s Hunter area has been a fertile region for talented horizontal jumpers, but when Max Debnam flagged his retirement, a member of his squad Shaun Fletcher took the baton.

Tue 31 Mar 2020

COVID-19 Update - Impacts on small group coaching/training

Overnight, the Federal Government announced further restrictions and measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Small group training is now not permitted, with outdoor exercise restricted to two people and in compliance with social distancing advice.

Mon 30 Mar 2020