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PREVIEW: NSW Short Course XC U20 Events

The under-20 races have attracted NSW’s two 2018 Youth Olympic Games representatives Luke Young and Jaylah Hancock-Cameron and they will start favourites in their races at the NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships this Sunday at West Dapto.
Sat 18 Jul 2020

PREVIEW: Open Women NSW Short Course XC Event

The line-up for the open women’s 5km event at the NSW Short Course Cross Country in West Dapto this Sunday has the best depth for years with five athletes that have competed at the World Cross Country Championships starting in the 5km event.
Fri 17 Jul 2020

Ed Goddard heads men’s fields for the NSW Short Course XC

One of the favourites for the 106th NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships next Sunday in Wollongong, is NSW’s 2019 distance runner of the year, Ed Goddard. It is no surprise the first return to competition event in NSW has attracted strong fields, particularly in the open men ensuring Goddard will have his hands full just finishing on the podium.
Sun 12 Jul 2020

Leading NSW junior athletics head early entries for NSW cross country

With six days until entries close, many of NSW’s leading juniors have confirmed for the first event in the re-launched Athletics NSW winter program. The gun will fire in the first event on Sunday 19th July when the NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships are held at Dapto on the NSW South Coast.
Thu 09 Jul 2020

NSW Winter Season Relaunch

The purpose-built cross country venue at Dapto, will have the honour of hosting Athletics NSW’s first winter competition as COVID-19 restrictions ease in NSW. Meticulous planning by Athletics NSW will ensure a safe environment for a return to competition for participants, officials, and supporters
Thu 02 Jul 2020

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

Liz Clay - the People’s Choice

The women have dominated the 2019/2020 Athletics NSW People’s Choice award with hurdler Liz Clay triumph ahead of distance runner Jess Hull.
Wed 10 Jun 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 ‘puzzles’ and noting that “every athlete is different and therefore needs to be coached and programmed in a particular way.”
Wed 27 May 2020

Officials of the Year – 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

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