Our competition season starts next week but already the season has opened up with a bang.
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For the few of us not on vacation a sort of informal meet was held last Wednesday to blow away a few cobwebs.
Conditions were ideal and participants were keen.
So enthusiastic in fact that Lara Check smashed a shot put record without it being an official meet. So when the season starts seriously this coming Wednesday it will be case of watch the records fall.
The NSW Cross Country carnival was held at the Kembla Grange cross country course, owned by Kembla Joggers who celebrated an historic achievement when two former members, Jessica Hull and Ryan Gregson, concurrently held the Australian men's and women's 1500m records.
Entries were well down due to the Covid-19 restrictions, but the small Athletics Wollongong team of Ros Perry, Ron Perry, Olivia Sivills, Austin Craig and Charlize Colwell certainly punched above their weight.
Olivia Sivills was seven in the under 17 women over four kilometres in 17:03mins, Ros Perry was second in the 65-69 years women 6km (38:30), Ronald Perry third in the 80+ men 6km (50:27), Austin Craig third in the under 11 boys 2km (6min 59sec), Charlize Colwell second in the U14 girls para 3km (15min 26sec).
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The Australian Masters Winter Throws Championships were held at the Kerryn McCann Athletic Centre on the October long weekend.
Entries were down due to restrictions on interstate movement, with competitors from NSW, ACT and one Western Australian athlete.
Athletics Wollongong had a small contingent of Adriana van Bockel W65, Christine Shaw W60 and Dave Ross M65 representing NSW and Donna Hiscox W50 representing Western Australia.
Competing in every event available, Adriana van Bockel recorded some impressive results, inlcuding 56 pound throw 2nd 1.94m, hammer 3kg 3rd 16.47m, Javelin 2nd 12.20m, 100 pound throw 2 nd 0.78m, superweight 20 pound throw 2nd 4.62m, heavyweight pentathlon 2nd 2091 points, weight for distance throw 4kg 2nd 9.38m, shot 3rd 5.27m, discus 3rd 14.91m.
Christine Shaw: Discus 2nd 22.29m, hammer 3kg 1st 25.95m, javelin 1st 25.08m, throws pentathlon 1st with 3345 points.
Donna Hiscox: Discus 2nd 15.43m, Shot 2nd 5.90m, weight throw 16 pounds 2nd 7.23m.
Dave Ross: 56 pound throw 4.29m, 100-pound throw 1 st 2.43m, weight for distance 16 pounds 15.06m, discus 1st 25.23m, hammer 5kg 2nd 25.69m, throws pentathlon 1st by one point on 2379 points.
All competitors are grateful to Jill Taylor, Gabbi Watts Dave Watts and Stuart Gyngell from the NSW Masters Athletics Assn and Michael McClelland, Adriana van Bockel and Donna Hiscox from Athletics Wollongong for making the carnival a huge success.
Club competition starts next Wednesday at 5.30pm, for more details, head to athleticswollongong.org.au of the Athletics Wollongong Facebook page.