Ct. 1. 6.30pm. Chicks v Jim's V/Ball (D. Cougars)

          7.30pm. Chicks v Cougars (D. Jim's V/Ball)

Ct. 2. 6.30pm. Rudd's v N/Dig. (D. Valkyrie)

          7.30pm. N/Nutters v Valkyrie (D.Rudd's)

Ct. 3. 6.30pm. Coaches v All Net (D. Wazza)

          7.30pm. O/School v Wazza (D. All Net)

ATHLETICS

Nowra Athletics Track and Field second night of competition was held on Wednesday 24th October.

There was a great showing of athletes with many of our newcomers returning after last week – clearly not put off by Week 1 and keen to give Nowra athletics another go!

The sausage sizzle was popular – big thanks to Lisa Carroll for her BBQ skills – and participation levels were high.

In the first track event of the program, the senior 800m, there were 17 participants.

Ethan Havadjia showed early season form to take the win in 2.30.49 minutes.

Marcus Baxter ran in second in 2.40.29 and Martin Stiles was third in 2.45.23. Erin Smart was the first female home, crossing in fifth place in 2.50.68.

In the junior girls’ race Emily McLaren maintained her early lead to take the win in 3.17.57.

Lily Sproule was second in 3.31.22 and Molly Boundy was third in 3.37.45. Lizzy Stiles was fourth and Evie Smart, looking very ‘smart’ in her new Nowra uniform, was fifth.

In the boys race it was a strong win from Cooper Barrett in 2.38.59 in front of Toby Dyball and Harrison Baxter who both crossed in 2.46.21.

In the junior 2000m there was a family trifecta! First home was Harrison Baxter in 7.46 followed by brother Oliver Baxter in 8.05 and then third was Cameron Baxter in 8.40. Go team Baxter!

It was fabulous to see Evie Smart pairing up with Heidi McLaren to complete the junior 2000m. Heidi’s first 2000m! Heidi only managed 1 lap of the 800m earlier in the night, but with a bit of running friendship formed, pushed herself to finish the 5 laps of the 2000m. Great job Heidi! Great sportsmanship Evie!

Lucas Johnston took out the senior 2000m in front of the three training partners Chelsea Pascoe, Ella Dyball, and Lexie Charalambous who encouraged and supported each other around the track.

The sprint program consisted of the 60m and 200m and certainly kept the timers and place judgers busy with the number of athletes and number of races.

In the vets 60m newcomer Jeffrey Power was the fastest in 8.60 followed by Paul Musgrove (8.72) and Pete Berry (8.84). In the women’s event Erin Smart was fastest in 8.90 with new member Julie Tinker second in 9.54 and Tracey Barrett third in 10.60.

In the junior women Hannah Brian was fastest in 8.64. Alexandra Smith ran through in 9.58 and Olivia Davis clocked 9.78.

The senior 200m was a great race to watch, closely contended amongst three A grade runners at the front. Emerson Brian crossed the line first in 23.98 followed by Cooper Thomson in 24.43 and Ethan Havadjia in 25.13.

In the discus circle junior athlete Taj Barrett was impressive throwing 27.10 metres. Also achieving 20+ metres were Hamish McLaren with 22.95, Cooper Barrett with 20.29 and Patrick O’Leary with 20.09.

The junior girls also threw well with Talea Miller recording the biggest throw with 24.90 metres.

Not far behind was Olivia Davis with 24.12 and Hannah Brian recorded 22.06.

Cooper Thomson demonstrated his strength with a throw of 37.48 in senior discus while our new recruits showed that they have some good throwing techniques.

Kane Barrett achieved 29.84 metres whilst Daniel Hughes threw 27.62 and Mark O’Leary threw 23.28.

In the shot-put circle there was great efforts by all. Cooper Thomson was again the lead thrower with 11.49 metres. Kane Barrett threw 10.05, Daniel Hughes 9.24, Mark O’Leary 8.18 and Carl Heidke 8.07.

Meanwhile the veteran women field events saw Alissa Beresford achieve the biggest shot-put distance of 6.22 metres followed very closely by Kerrie Jones with 6.08, Tracey Barrett with 5.90 and Leanne O’Leary with 5.76.

In the discus the finishing positions differed with Leanne O’Leary recording the biggest throw of 17.42 metres followed by Kerrie Jones with 15.56 and Tracey Barrett with 15.23.

In the sand our juniors jumped for joy. Olivia Davis was the biggest female jumper, soaring to 3.67 metres. Emily McLaren jumped 3.51 metres and Elysha Davis jumped 2.89 metres.

The boy’s event was hotly contested. Charlie Heidke jumped 4.30 metes for the biggest jump whilst Riley Power jumped 4.01 metres and Hamish McLaren jumped 3.86 metres.

Our youngest athletes had fun jumping with Tom Smart jumping a distance of 2.17, Aiden McLaren 1.99 and Ben Sproule 1.44.

Whilst our juniors jumped long our seniors (a very small collection of them) jumped high. Daniel Hughes cleared the bar at 1.45 metres; Paul Musgrove cleared 1.35 and Steve Thomson 1.30.

Pete Berry and Dean Bryce gave it their all, but unfortunately didn’t manage a clean jump this week; maybe next time.

It’s great to see so many people enjoying the sport of athletics and we love seeing the family participation. Next week we will compete with Series 3 of the program. See you there!

CYCLING

NOWRA VELO CLUB INC. GRADED CRITERIUMS, ALBATROSS AVIATION TECH PARK 28TH OCTOBER 2018

Division One, 30 minutes plus 2 laps:

1. Aaron Coghlan (Allen Price & Scarratts). 

2. Brooklyn Henry (Hanlon Windows)

3. Ben Rolfe (Allen price & Scarratts)

4. Richard Vitiello (Hanlon Windows)

5. Michael Beriman (Access Storage)

6. Scott James (Access Storage)

7. Jason Spence (Hanlon Windows)

8. Ben Wallis (Access Storage)

9. Tim Devlin (Nowra Velo)

10. Stephanie Lord (Nowra Velo)

Other starters,

Curtis Trkulja (Illawarra CC)

Jade Colligan (Sydney Uni/Staminade)

Division Two, 30 minutes plus 2 laps:

1. Josh Henry (Bom Vet Hospital/Coffeeliscious)

2. Dean Jackson (Allen Price & Scarratts)

3. Gary Bryce (Bom Vet Hospital/Coffeeliscious)

4. Bill Stahlhut (Hanlon Windows)

5. Brad Oaten (Allen Price & Scarratts)

6. Amelia Trkulja (Illawarra CC)

7. Scott Martin (Allen Price & Scarratts)

Division Three, 30 minutes plus 2 laps:

1. Jo Chalain (Access Storage)

2. Jose Pereira  (Access Storage)

3. Bruce Jenkins (Bom Vet Hospital/Coffeeliscious)

4. Sara Armsatrong (Nowra Velo)

Ashley Johns (Allen Price & Scarratts)   

DARTS

Shoalhaven Darts Association

Results round two split comp:

First Division:

Fisho’s def Ex-servicemen 8 games to 3.

Vic Leng led the way with six finishes and John West had the high score of 140.

Tim Howe had four finishes for Ex-servicemen and Hoogs Hoogenboom had the high score of 138.

Eagles def Marlins 7 games to 4.

Ian Green had four finishes and Danny Watson had the high score of a great 180.

Marlin’s Kevin Flanagan was the only one to win his singles and also shared the high score of 140 with Peter Wood, Ray Cattermole and Bradley Moulds.

Bandits def Mohawks 6 games to 5.

Dave Hogan had four finishes and Shane Pritchard had the high score of 140.

Mohawks played one short. Duane Lichtendaul had four finishes and shared the high score of 140 with Pat Duke, Darren Brudenell, Pete Smith and Skye Quin.

Pointscore: Marlins 20-91, Mohawks18-95, Eagles 18-86, Bandits 12-68, Fishos 12-66, Ex-Ex-servicemen 6-36.

Second Division:

Squaws def Taipans 9 games to 2. Kelly Hogan and Lynda Economos had four finishes each and Lynda had the high score of 126.

Taipans were playing one short. Maureen Donno had four finishes and Kate Watson had the high score of 119.

Misfits def Devils 8 games to 3. Robert Webb and Trevor Bloxsome had six finishes each and Trevor had the high score of 140.

For Devil’s Brooke Robinson had four finishes and Darren Ralph had the high score of 128.

Pointscore: Squaws 8-53, Misfits 8-52, Devils 6-27, Taipans 0-18.

Nowra

​Results Semi Final

Division One

Pirates Defeated Mohawks 6-5

Karey deBakker was best player for Pirates with five finishes, 125 and 135. Peter Wood, Phil Reeves and Ray Cattermole had two finishes each and Peter threw the ultimate high score of 180.

Darren Brudenell, Matt Goozeff and Dulcie Ward had three finishes each for Mohawks and Darren top scored with 156.

Cherokees Defeated Camels 10-1

A great team effort from Cherokees this week with Barry Jouannet and Kay Dowell leading the way with four finishes each and the rest of the team had three finishes each.

Dave Hogan and Bradley Moulds top scored with 140 and Gloria Liddicoat threw the high score of 121.

For Camels, Trevor Green had three finishes and 140 and  Kristel Kenny had a finish and Megan Stewart threw 140.

Division Two

The Bangers Defeated Dragons 6-5

This was a close game with The Bangers just getting home, Dragons only had five players but they still put up a creditable performance.

Best players for The Bangers were Graham Thompson with three finishes and Kerrie Dempsey, Brooke Robinson and Rhonda Barbara had two finishes each. Norm Maney top scored with 135 and Kerrie threw the high score of 108.

Ian Green was best player for Dragons with four finishes, one being a great 120 peg and the high score of 140. Georgie Vider had three finishes and 171.

Phoenix Defeated Coyotes 8-3

Matt Craig and Danny Watson had a good game for Phoenix both with four finishes but Danny stole the show with a great 160 peg. Tracy Lymbery had three finishes and Julie Pride threw 104. For Coyotes, Shane Pritchard had four finishes and 140. Karen Flentjar had two finishes.

Finals this week  are at Bomaderry R.S.L. Good luck to all teams.

Mohawks V Cherokees on boards 2 & 3

Dragons V Phoenix on boards 5 & 6.

Our bi-annual game of darts against Dapto is done and dusted with the local team winning 23 games to 15. A great day was had by all and many thanks to our local players who made the trip up to Dapto.

Our local dart players who competed in the Alice Springs Masters games all fared well bringing home a very impressive bundle of gold, silver and bronze medals. Congratulations to all players.

TENNIS

Shoalhaven District Tennis Association

Tuesday Ladies

Canaries defeated Kestrels 5 sets 39 games to 3 sets 32 games

Top scorers were Crysanth & Sandra on 21 and Kaye on 21

Robins defeated Wrens 5 sets 41 games to 3 sets 37 games

Top scorers were Debbie on 23 and Joy & Kerry on 19

Thursday Night Mixed

Division 1

Puggle defeated Labrador 3 sets 26 games to 3 sets 25 games

Top scorers Steven P and Jake Soames

Beagle drew with Jack Russell 3 sets  25 games

Top scorers were Paul S on 16 and Markus on 18

Shepherd defeated K C Cavalier 3 sets 33 games to 3 sets 22 games

Top scorers were Ray & Matt on 18 and Kiwi on 20

Division 2

Nightshade defeated Foxgloves 4 sets 35 games to 2 sets 25 games

Top scorers were Parri on 19 and Marie on 18

Hemlock defeated Oleander 3 sets 32 games to 3 sets 28 games

Top scorers were Malia on 18 and Mary on 17

Wolfbane defeated Snakeroot 3 sets 31 games to 3 sets 25 games

Top scorers were Toby on 18 and Tegan on 20

SAILING

Sussex Inlet Yacht Club

Race 2 Inside Course

Blue skies and a good steady sailing breeze of 10-12knots from the North-East greeted 6 boats for the first handicap start race of the season.

It should have been 8 boats but unfortunately boat gremlins kept Silver and crew shore bound on Sussex Inlet RSL with outboard problems and sadly Phil and the Duck on the committee boat, Sparrowfest, didn’t make if away from the boat ramp with some electrical troubles.

This left Andy and Louisa on HooRoo to step in and volunteer for start boat duties.

First away at 13.00 was Two Up (Paul and Lynne), with the sound of a pommie impersonating the sound of the start hooter ringing in their ears (due to some equipment still being on the regular start boat).

They were closely followed two minutes behind by ‘Tingaround (Andrew and the two Johns), then Equinox (Ken, Janette and Graham) 2 minutes further back.

New boat Optimist (Sandra with guest crew Paul and Lynne) was off at 5 minutes past the hour, then Backchat at 13:09 (Steve, Jan, Ian and Jackie).

Last away, at 18 minutes past the hour, was Southern Cross (Greg and Lynne).

Tricky little work to the first mark saw Two Up stay ahead and round first with Tingaround in hot pursuit, then Equinox nipping at their heels.

New boat Optimist bravely fought its way up the course slightly hampered by the extensive marine life attached to the hull and wishing barnacles could be trained to all push in unison!

Then a slight gap to defending series champions Backchat and Southern Cross patiently waiting to set off in pursuit.

Some early spinnaker work and a (mostly) successful gybe of the second mark saw Tingaround closing in on the lead, with the rest of the fleet starting to close the gap.

With the breeze mostly constant in direction but fluctuating in strength, once again there was everything to gain on the works by picking the best line.

Half way through the race and ‘Tingaround took the lead with the usually vocal encouragement from the skipper, and Equinox also slipped past Two Up into second place.

This would be the way it would remain until the finish, with the rest of the pursuing yachts getting closer but unable to close the gap enough to get past.

A well-deserved win for Tingaround in their first race back for the season ahead of 4 other finishers with Optimist deciding that their aquatic pets had had a long enough outing and it was time to get them back home to the river, and so retired before the finish.

Next week’s race is a Basin Chase Handicap Start.