Balmain Athletics Club

03/05/2026

NSW Short Walks Championships, 3 May, The Armory, Sydney Olympic Park.

Big day for our race walks crew in the first of the road walks! 9 athletes, 6 medals, 2 of each colour🥇🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉💥👊🔥

Congratulations to Carsen and Darcy🥇Felicity and Olivia🥈Grace and Levi🥉Josephine, Nicholas and Cooper on their outstanding performances👏

26/04/2026

Australian Track and Field Championships, Brisbane, 15-20 April 2026.

The final event of the domestic season saw 21 U14-U20 athletes represent Team NSW 👊Congratulations to our athletes on achieving the qualifying standard, setting PBs, and producing stellar performances against the best in the country. Balmain proud 🖤🧡🔥

Medallists🎉👏
🥇U18 Maddie Gifford 4x100m relay AR
🥈U14 Avia Luketic 3000m Race Walk
🥉U15 Dexter Wardle 2000m Steeple Chase
🥉U18 Maddie Gifford 200m

Finals🎉👏
U14 Alexa Lemura Discus Throw 10th
U14 Felicity Rudd 3000m Race Walk 13th
U14 Harley Winn‑Wright Triple Jump 4th
U14 Sarah Hickey 800m 4th, 400m 5th
U15 Alice Keeler 3000m 13th
U15 Dexter Wardle 3000m 9th
U16 Gabrielle Moller 800m 5th 1500m 2nd B Final 13th overall
U16 Leo Balmond Discus Throw NM
U16 Maximilian Nelson‑Williams Heptathlon 10th, Hammer Throw 19th
U17 Amelie Wardle 400m Hurdles 5th
U17 Oliver Watson Pole Vault 4th, Decathlon 6th
U18 Ashley Hogan Discus Throw 7th
U18 Maddie Gifford 100m 4th
U18 Will Cheshire 1500m 1st B Final overall 6th
U20 Ashley Hogan Discus Throw 16th
U20 Audrey Sutton Long Jump 13th
U20 Tomi Reynaldo 400m Hurdles 5th

Heats 🎉👏
U14 Alexander Miller 800m 9th (17th overall)
U14 Sienna Keeley 80m Hurdles 7th (26th overall)
U17 Amelie Wardle 100m Hurdles 4th (11th overall)
U18 Phoenix Phillips 100m 6th (16th overall)
U18 Will Cheshire 800m 4th (12th overall)
U20 Sebastian Gonzalez 400m Hurdles 8th (24th overall)

18/04/2026

Day 4 Australian Juniors Championships 18/04/26

🚨NSW goes 1-2-3 in a windy(+2.3)Women’s U18 200m Final 🎉Club Captain Maddie Gifford L5 ran 24.12 to take🥉after setting a legal PB of 24.08 in the heats, under the WJQ time of 24.35🔥Congratulations Maddie 🙌

17/04/2026

Day 3 Australian Juniors Championships 17/04/26

🚨Dexter Wardle on debut takes🥉in the U15 Boys 2000m Steeplechase in a PB time of 6:38.44🔥That’s flying 🚀Congratulations Dexter 🙌

15/04/2026

Day 1 Australian Juniors Championships 15/04/26

🚨Club Captain Maddie Gifford U18 Women 100m runs 4th in 11.67 PB and under the WJQ time of 11.78💥Congratulations Maddie 🎉

14/04/2026

14/04/2026

Australian Little Athletics Championships, 13-14 April.

🚨Outstanding performances by our fantastic FIVE for Team NSW 🙌🎉 Congratulations to Darcy, Jiselle, Oscar, Sam and Sarah on their selection to the NSW Team and PB performances over the past two days🔥We hope you had fun, made new friends, and enjoyed an incredible experience. Big 📣out to the coaches of all our athletes 👏

🥇U12 800m MR & 1500m Jiselle Bechara
🥈U12 1500m Race Walk Darcy Dennis
🥈U13 800m Sarah Hickey
🥉U12 1500m Oscar Elliott
🥉U13 400m Sarah Hickey
7th U12 80mH Sam Kelly
🏆Team NSW U12 & U13

14/04/2026

Day 1 Australian Little Athletics Championships, 13/04/26.

🚨Sarah Hickey set a cracking pace to record a new PB of 2:17.56 in the U13 Girls 800m and claim🥈in a well-executed race💥🎉Congratulations Sarah 🙌
“NB: First across the line was disqualified.”

13/04/2026

Day 1 Australian Little Athletics Championships, 13/04/26.

🚨In fierce contest with multiple lead changes, Darcy Dennis wins🥈in the U12 Boys 1500m Race Walk, recording a 24 second PB of 6:43.54 going under the NSW state record 💥🎉Congratulations Darcy🙌

13/04/2026

Day 1 Australian Little Athletics Championships, 13/04/26

🚨Jiselle Bechara is the U12 Girls 800m Australian Little Athletics Champion winning🥇in a time of 2:19.21 💥🎉 Jiselle 🙌

12/04/2026

Balmain represents at the Australian Athletics Open Championships 9-12 April.

Richard and Samuel Chen, along with Alex Llavero, experienced the action up close while serving as officials at the National Championships. Today, Sam was one of the youngest ever appointed to Chief of Photo Finish 👏

Keep an eye out for Richard and Sam, who will be officiating at the Australian Athletics Junior Championships in Brisbane from 15-20 April.

Interested in becoming an official👉https://www.nswathletics.org.au/get-involved/officials