The summer season of track and field has commenced for Illawarra Blue Stars and once again junior athletes have commenced with a bang. Bring on the NSW All Schools next Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as it is here
Three young athletes have taken advantage of IBS Winter Series and have now been named in the Australian Team for the Para Games. All three were welcomed with open arms to our meets, with two of the athletes achieving their marks for selection at
Blue Stars President Geoff Hynoski has set himself an even greater challenge than the one of President of the club. This coming weekend we will see Geoff take on the challenge of the Sutherland Half Marathon, a great challenge,
Illawarra Blue Stars will head into the summer track and field season determined to take on the challenges that the controlling body ANSW has now put forward to all senior clubs. Blue Stars welcomes the new change to Dual registrations
This week’s column is possibly one of the saddest and hardest that I have written over all the years that we have published Track and Field. Our club Illawarra Blue Stars farewelled a former member in Braeden Gibbins, after his life was cut shortby a fatal car accident.
Light showers greeted athletes as they lined up for the Mt Kembla Run last Sunday, but the showers were not the challenge they were confronted with. The Mt Kembla climb is a tough course at any time but with a little bit of rain,
Memories are held by us all, but are held in many different ways. I will hold the memory of former member, Braeden Gibbins as a young man who showed a lot of respect for his twin brother Reece, his sister Isabella and his mum and dad, Cassie and Jodie.
Illawarra Blue Stars winter track and field series is once again proving popular with athletes of all ages over the last two meets, a great place to meet qualifying distances. Over the May and June series the club has welcomed some
After being washed out on the Bulli Course two weeks ago, IBS Cross country athletes were hoping the skies did not open up again. Conducted at Fairy Meadow, rain just held off as athletes finished the 3km and 6km runs through the
Three of the clubs long serving members have been awarded Life Membership of IBS at the Annual General Meeting held recently. Nominated and seconded, and then endorsed by the former committee, all three,
Geoff Hynoski will lead the club into the 2016/2017 season when he was elected into the President’s position at the AGM held just recently. He will be ably supported by the return of Sue Sundstorm to the Executive as Vice President.
No, we didn’t win the gold, silver or bronze medal at the recently held NSW Cross Country Relays, but the men won the gold for sportsmanship, guts and determination.
Illawarra Blue Stars opened the winter track and field series with a bang. Combining a cross country event of 2km and 4km, members then went onto the track to commence the first round. The club played host to three
Fusion Training Solutions are offering club members the opportunity of doing their First Aid Certificate. Sponsors of our Illawarra Track Classic 60m, Fusion Training is a respected training organisation in Illawarra. This is a
At the recently held Annual Awards and Presentation evening of IBS, all ages were featured in the major awards. In front of a packed crowd of over 75 members, Male Sprinter of the Year for men was shared by Junior athlete Steven
Thomas Cleverly and his younger sister Georgia have created history within their club, by taking out both the men’s and women’s overall Yearly Point Score. Judged on points allocated each round of competition in summer, the two athletes achieved the highest
Illawarra Blue Stars athletes will be keenly contesting for awards this Saturday evening when the club will hold its Annual Awards and Presentation evening. To be held in Kanahooka , commencing at 7.00 pm, all awards this season have
Duel registration is paying off for U14 athlete Grace Adams. Joining Blue Stars with her family, younger sister and mum and dad, she is developing into a young hurdler with a lot of promise and has combined her Blue Stars activities well with her Little A’s commitments as a
Not content with having a fabulous Australian National titles with bringing home a bag of medals to add to her already impressive list, Mary Thomas finished the season off with a bang. In conjunction with the National Titles, the Australian Masters conduct their awards
Illawarra Blue Stars Masters athletes have finished off their summer season with a bang and have to be ranked among the best all round club athletes at National level. June Lowe stole the show with an outstanding display of all round
