The Boer war

IT IS not often that a military sporting side will rise triumphant within the civilian sporting arena, but on Saturday, September 14, the Puckapunyal Rugby Union Team, the Boars, achieved that very thing.

North set for carnival

For the first time, North Queensland has sent a team to the Combined Australian Services Rugby League National Carnival at Randwick Barracks.

ADFA gets taste of Kiwi rugby

AN ADFA rugby union team has been hardened up from a tour to New Zealand where the quality of the opposition was more than matched by the spectacular scenery.

Medal shoot at RMC

CANBERRA District Army Rifle Association is pleased to remind all Canberra-based shooting enthusiasts that their Monthly Medal Competition continues tonight, October 10, at the RMC WTSS facility.

Guide to sports contributers

HERE at Army we understand that it’s not always easy to figure out how to send us your sports without putting the team on the plane to tackle us here in Canberra.
We have streamlined the way to get your action-packed sport reports onto the pages as quickly and reliably as possible with your help.

Keogh conquers gruelling challenge

AN AUSTRALIAN Army officer assigned to the US Army Intelligence Centre at Fort Huachuca in Arizona staved off two near drownings in a remarkable 362km journey to help her team win the 2002 US Armed Forces Eco-Challenge in Alaska.

Sports fan welcomed

SPORTS fan Michael Weaver was last week appointed as Sports Editor of the three service newspapers and is now the central point of contact for all Army and ADF sport.

Endurance test

The ADF Marathon Championships were held recently as part of the Sydney Marathon and 10km Bridge Run, with about 30 members tackling one of the toughest marathon courses in the country.

Soccer squad tours

AN AUSTRALIAN Combined Service Soccer Association (ACSSA) squad is currently on tour in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia after accepting an invitation from former ambassador to Vietnam Mr Michael Mann in HMAS Perth (CO Lou Rago) back in 1999.

ADF Sports Billboard

Your chance to post notice of coming sports events.

ENCOURAGING results at the first round of the Queensland Bream Series with Matt Fraser, Leo O’Reilly and myself keen for an attempt at round two.
The competition was held at Caloundra on July 27-28, throughout the Pumicestone Passage into northern Moreton Bay.