Image Gallery: August 2008
ADF Brings AFL to Global Audience
07 August 2008
Soldiers of the International Stabilisation Force have been running an Australian Football clinic every Sunday, for 2 hours, over the last couple of months in Dili, East Timor.
The Australian Football League (AFL) had made sure that the troops who are far away from home got the opportunity to participate in its 150th anniversary. The AFL sent specially marked Sherrin footballs to the troops overseas to ensure they could celebrate Kick Around Australia; the day that marked 150 years since the first recorded game of Australian Football along with the rest of the nation.
| 20080803adf8161479_006 Captain Steve Catilano watches a local Timorese boy kick the ball during the regular Sunday Australian Football clinic in Dili. (Date taken: 03 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080803adf8161479_118 Local Timorese kids go up for the ball during a game of Australian Football. (Date taken: 03 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080803adf8161479_180 Major David Rogers holds a 150th Anniversary football donated by the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Australian Football footy clinic in East Timor. Australian Defence Force personnel have been running the clinic for almost a year. (Date taken: 03 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080803adf8161479_205 A Timorese girl practises her handballing skill with an Auskick handball target, during a Australian Football clinic in Dili. (Date taken: 03 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080803adf8161479_213 Major David Rogers gives local Timorese children some training in handballing, during a Australian Football clinic in Dili. (Date taken: 03 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080803adf8161479_278 Left to Right: Major David Rogers, George Musil and Major Ian Toohill give Antonio a 150th anniversary Australian Football to train with after the Australian Football clinic had finished for the day. Antonio is a regular attendee and has even turned up when he had a broken toe. (Date taken: 03 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080804adf8143085_002 Security Detachment (SECDET) XIII's Sergeant Royce Blair shows some of the lads his prowess off the boot. (Date taken: 04 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080804adf8143085_007 Security Detachment (SECDET) XIII's Sergeant Royce Blair shows some of the lads his prowess off the boot. (Date taken: 04 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080804adf8143085_008 Some of the lads at the Australian Security Detachment in Baghdad found time to have a kick and handball in honour of the games anniversary. (Date taken: 04 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080804adf8143085_046 Sergeant Royce Blair (right) and Private James Dallas (left) along with members of Security Detachment XIII check out the Sherrin football sent by the Australian Football League (AFL). (Date taken: 04 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080804adf8143085_080 Some of the lads at the Australian Joint task Force Headquarters at Camp Victory in Baghdad found time to have a kick and handball in honour of the game's anniversary. The headquarters of about 70 personnel commands all Australian Defence Force (ADF) maritime, land and air elements deployed on either Operation CATALYST (Iraq) or Operation SLIPPER (Afghanistan). (rear)Chaplain James Pearce (Army) (Date taken: 04 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080804ran8506307_002 Members of HMAS Stuart get into the spirit of the AFL anniversary. Lft - Rht (from fnt): Petty Officer Wickman, LEUT Cooke, Leading Seaman Belleville, Petty Officer Lowery, Petty Officer Beyer and Petty Officer Murfett. (Date taken: 04 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080804ran8506307_001 Members of HMAS Stuart get into the spirit of the AFL anniversary. Lft - Rht (from fnt): Petty Officer Wickman, LEUT Cooke, Leading Seaman Belleville, Petty Officer Lowery, Petty Officer Beyer and Petty Officer Murfett. (Date taken: 04 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 200800703adf0000_01 The Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, Minister for Defence, stands outside Parliament House with a 150 year Anniversary AFL Ball. (Date taken: 03 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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