Byron Rosier and Savannah Auvaa win medals at NSW Little Athletics Under 9s-12s state titles

Held at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre (SOPAC) in wet conditions, Savannah Auvaa won a gold medal in the under 9s shotput and Byron Rosier won both a bronze in the under 10s 100 metres and silver in the high jump.

Lilly Dawson, Lucy Windsor, Will Curtin and Carla Grimm also competed at the titles as well, but were unsuccessful at claiming a medal.

Bathurst Little Athletics Club committee member Mike Curtin said it was a huge honour for the six club athletes to compete in the state titles, while also being a great experience.

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"It was massive for them to compete in Sydney for the state championships and it was a great learning experience for the athletes," he said.

"There'll always be next year for all these kids, which is the big take home message. They've done a wonderful job to get to the state championships this year but there's always next year and they'll learn from competing in weather like this and learn from their injuries.

"Hopefully they'll come back a little more wiser and a little bit stronger. These are also our younger athletes, our under 9s to under 12s."

Curtin said Auvaa and Rosier - who were the only Bathurst athletes to win medals at the state titles - were "wonderful" ambassadors for Bathurst.

"It was wonderful and they were wonderful ambassadors for Bathurst and the clubs," he said.

"They won their medals with dignity and were very congratulatory to the athletes."

Auvaa won gold in her shotput event with a distance of 7.38 metres, 0.32 metres ahead of her closest rival Claire Fisher.

Rosier won silver in the high jump with a height 1.28 metres, 10 centimetres behind winner Ludvig Persson.

Rosier's bronze in the 100 metres came when he was 0.20 seconds behind second place Callum Gilchrist, with Forbes' Beau Wheeldon taking the win.

Unfortunately due to the wet weather, all events using the sandpit including long jump and triple jump were postponed until this weekend.

The postponement affected Rosier, who was competing in the boys under 10s long jump, and Curtin, who was competing in the boys under 11s long jump.

Rosier is unable to attend due to other commitments, while it seems unlikely Curtin will be able to compete this weekend, after he carried an injury into the state titles, something he picked up last Thursday.

Curtin said his son's knee will need to be checked and assessed before a decision is made.

"You cannot be at the level of this competition and be injured. It's not competitive and unfortunately for him he was injured," Curtin explain.

"It's amazing credit to him to be injured and make a final but I said, 'Go home, have a think about it and it'll make you a better athlete'.

"Will needs to have his knee checked and assessed before we make that decision [on whether he'll compete this weekend]. It might be better to let him heal. He's young and will get another opportunity through the school pathway latter this year."

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