Posted by Adam Bishop
Clubs
Monday, 29th April 2013

Are you interested in competing overseas in 2014? Athletics SA coach, Rick Wilson, is once again offering his biannual trip to the United States with competitions lined up in Nevada and California. The trip, entitled SA Goes USA, is open to all club and state athletes, ages 13 – 17 years and participants will get to [...]
Posted by Adam Bishop
Breaking News, Clubs, Coaching, Local, National, Officiating, School Events
Tuesday, 16th April 2013

Athletics SA is pleased to officially introduce our two newest staff members, Lauren Roberts and Natasha Hudoba. Lauren commenced in the new trainee role of Sport Administration Assistant in early March. As part of her traineeship, Lauren will complete a certificate III in Sport and Recreation with the theory components of the qualification completed through [...]
Posted by Lauren
Breaking News, Clubs, News
Thursday, 21st March 2013

The Premiership Cup, running for 12 weeks from October 2012 to March 2013, was hotly contested between 13 athletics clubs. Dominating in the women’s events was Western Districts, coming out on top in 4 of 5 age divisions. In the Open Women’s, they were the winners with 669.5 points, from Salisbury in 2nd with [...]
Posted by Adam Bishop
Athletes, Breaking News, Clubs, International, Local, National
Thursday, 14th March 2013

Olympic race walker Claire Tallent has retired from competition to start coaching her husband, Jared, and the pair will move to Adelaide next month. It will be a homecoming for Claire, 31, who grew up in Adelaide but has been living in Canberra while part of the Australian Institute of Sport program. The dual Olympian [...]
Posted by Adam Bishop
Australian Junior Championships, Breaking News, Clubs, Local, National
Thursday, 14th March 2013

Day Three The South Australian team have continued to perform well on day three of the Australian Junior Athletics Championships with a number of medal winning performances in the distance track events. Jemma Potezny got the day off to a great start when she claimed the bronze medal in the under 18 5000 metre walk [...]
Posted by Adam Bishop
Athletes, Australian Junior Championships, Breaking News, Clubs, Local, National
Wednesday, 13th March 2013

Team SA has started with a strong opening performance on day one of the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Perth. Getting the team off to a great start was Salisbury’s Lachlan Page, who captured a bronze medal in the Under 17 Discus with a throw of 46.88m. Whilst Page was perhaps a little disappointed with [...]
Posted by Adam Bishop
Athletes, Australian Junior Championships, Breaking News, Clubs, Local, National
Tuesday, 12th March 2013

The 2013 Australian Junior Championships kick off this afternoon in Perth. Ninety six South Australian athletes were selected in the South Australian team, making it one of the largest teams Athletics SA has sent away in recent years. The championships run through until Sunday and include the Perth Track Classic on Saturday night. All the [...]
Posted by Kate Semiz
Breaking News, Clubs, General News, International, News
Monday, 4th March 2013

South Australian Official and new Athletics SA Board Member, Caroline Jackman attended the International Technical Officials Course for the International Paralympic Committee (Athletics) in Germany in early February 2013. We are very proud of her as she was the only Australian attendee out of the seventeen participants. Well done Caroline! Coaching, Officiating and Clubs [...]
Posted by Adam Bishop
Breaking News, Clubs, Local, State Championships
Tuesday, 19th February 2013

Athletics SA is pleased to announce that it has successfully negotiated a partnership with Run Adelaide, a new mass participation fun run, to host the 2013 South Australian half marathon championships on Sunday April 14. The new event, which is based on the very successful Run Melbourne, operated by Melbourne based Event Management company Start [...]
Posted by Adam Bishop
Breaking News, Clubs, Local, National
Wednesday, 30th January 2013

New Board Members Athletics SA wishes to advise that new board Member, Peter Gayen, was elected to the role of Vice President at the Athletics SA Board’s January meeting. Gayen joins Joe Stevens as President in a new look Board. Athletics SA also advises that Board member Darren Bown resigned prior to the January meeting [...]