By
Cpl Belinda Mepham
RADIO
waves seem to produce the finest athletes in 3 Bde with members
of 103 Sig Sqn consistently blitzing athletic competition.
Sig
Tanya Murdoch dominates the pool and runners beware, Capt Ana
Duncan will defend her titles and probably leave a blazed trail
in her path.
Since
primary school, Sig Murdoch has been in the pool, running half-marathons
and has played all the usual team sports to a high standard.
The
2002 ADF cross-country champion is rather shy and bashful about
her natural ability to stun the brigade in and out of the pool.
Most
people in the region would remember Sig Murdoch performing like
Ian Thorpe’s little sister in last year’s brigade swimming
carnival – she is expected to do just as well this year.
Sig
Murdoch is a radio operator and said that she enjoys the unit
tempo and that Townsville was a great place to be outdoors.
“I
love being out and about, I bushwalk and mountain bike ride and
I recently brought a sea kayak. I would love to get into some
competition which involved each of these activities,” she
said.
“The
squadron is very high tempo particularly at this time of year
so unfortunately we can’t be here to compete in all the events.”
Capt
Duncan, 2IC 103 Sig Sqn, is the fastest female on any track in
the brigade and around Townsville’s local running circuits.
She
is a two-time ADF cross country champion, won Best Female at the
brigade cross-country competition and is the fastest person in
the squadron.
Capt
Duncan has participated in road marathons around Townsville for
the past few years rarely performing anything less of fantastic
coming in mostly first place for the female category.
She
said the natural ability to run and compete for her was fostered
at Little Athletics and school competitions.
The
squadron’s PTI Cpl Simon O’Regan, is her only rival
for the fastest times – he is Townsville’s male athletics
champion and has consistently won brigade cross country competition.
