Athletics Australia Life Membership – Rob Blackadder
At Athletics Australia’s recent AGM, long term technical official, Rob Blackadder was awarded Life Membership.
Athletics Australia Life Membership – Heather Mitchell
At Athletics Australia’s AGM last week, long term Sutherland official, Heather Mitchell was awarded Life Membership.
Australian All Schools Championships NSW State Team Captains Revealed
Athletics NSW is excited to announce our three captains for the upcoming 2019 Australian All Schools Championships in Perth – Godfrey Okerenyang, Sally Shokry and Tamsin Colley.
Humble Horsnell named finalist in Sport NSW Awards
Humble Central Coast coach, Matt Horsnell was this week named a finalist for Coach of the Year in the 2019 Sport NSW Awards.
Son of Olympic Legend Dominates at All Schools
18-year-old Zen Clark, son of Australian Olympic legend Darren Clark, dominated the ACPE NSW All Schools Championships last month, claiming gold in the U19 Boys 100m and 200m events.
World Championships – NSW Review Days 5-10: Starc sixth
After a challenging year Brandon Starc placed a tremendous sixth, while there were a host of other outstanding performances by the NSW members of the national team particularly Sarah Carli, Bendere Oboya and Jessica Hull, in the steamy Doha conditions during the last six days of competition at the IAAF World Championships.
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Athletics Australia and Little Athletics Australia to Unite - OneAthletics Proposal
Athletics Australia and Little Athletics Australia are pleased to announce a proposed merger between the two iconic Australian sporting organisations — the OneAthletics Proposal will create a new National Sporting Organisation to be responsible for athletics in Australia.
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Just milliseconds the different at World Championships
A margin of 0.005 seconds or 5 milliseconds was the different in Nick Hough progressing to the semi-finals of the 110m hurdles, while for the second consecutive world championships, Morgan McDonald has missed the 5000m final by less than half a second in a race lasting over 13 minutes. While in the women’s events Bendere Oboya and Paige Campbell have been outstanding.
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NSW All Schools Day Four: Delta dominates
On the final day of the four-day NSW All Schools Wollongong’s Delta Amidzovski added two more records to her tally of three at the championships, while in the men’s 1500m and 400m events we witnessed some of the fastest times in the history of the meet.
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Cheers Beer – thanks for the memories
One of the most outstanding NSW All Schools athletes, Angus Beer closed his highly successful six years campaign with yet another middle-distance double on day three of the NSW All Schools being held at Homebush this weekend. The tall front running athlete from Newington College, has been a feature athlete at the meet for six years. He also departs leaving a legacy for the next wave of athletes following in his big footsteps.
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NSW All Schools Day Three: Lewis takes double
Inconsistent winds greeted the athletes on day three of the NSW All Schools Championships being held at Homebush. The first para events were held, while some of the sprinters clinched doubles.
NSW All Schools Day Two: Shaw was a surprise
Most winners during the four days of the NSW All Schools will have been on our radar following performances in the last few years at the many meets ranging from Schools to Little Athletics or Athletics NSW competition. But occasionally we are surprised by an unknown rising talent and one of them emerged today, when 15-year-old Roseville College athlete, Erin Shaw cleared 1.77m in the high jump to take down Nicole McDermott’s meet record.
NSW All Schools Day One: Records galore
There were records galore on day one of the NSW All Schools Championships as the 2019/20 season got down to business with the first meet of the summer. Gentle legal tail winds benefited the 200m hurdlers who took advantage of them.
Athletics NSW Launches New Partnership With ACPE
Athletics NSW is pleased to announce a new partnership with ACPE, which sees ACPE become the education partner of ANSW.
Coach Max Debnam receives Sport NSW awarded
For 60 years, legendary coach Max Debnam has been developing generations of athletes in Newcastle.Â
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Hull of a Rise
The rise of NSW distance runner Jessica Hull over the past 15 months has been breathtaking. She has progressed from a competitive teenage distance runner to, at just 22, a top-4 Australian all-time over 1500m and 5000m.
Schools Knockout: Trinity dominate, while Meriden and Mackellar on the rise.
At the 2019 NSW School Knockout Trinity Grammar were unstoppable in the boys competition claiming all three divisions, but in the girls we saw the rise of two schools Meriden and Mackellar, while Pymble Ladies claimed the third senior title.
Schools Knockout: Trinity dominate, while Meriden and Mackellar on the rise.
At the 2019 NSW School Knockout Trinity Grammar were unstoppable in the boys competition claiming all three divisions, but in the girls we saw the rise of two schools Meriden and Mackellar, while Pymble Ladies claimed the third senior title.