Sports Noticeboard

Notices relating to Athletics, Australian Football and Rugby union.

ADFA downs TC-A

THE ADFA Cougars Cricket Club has returned from Sydney with the silverware after their third biannual cricket match against Training Command – Army (TC–A) at Victoria Barracks.

Champs impress

THE ADF’s top triathletes recently participated in the Australian Ironman competition at Forster, showing the rest of the triathlon community exactly what Defence members are made of.

Riding for charity

THE ADF is well-known for participating in community events, especially when it comes to raising money for charity.

ADF touch referees upgraded

PARTICIPATING in sport is not only about being a member of the actual team – the ADF Touch Association (ADFTA) had four refereeing representatives at the National Touch League held in Coffs Harbour recently.

Arafura games catches flu

CONTINUED uncertainty about the availability of international teams because of ongoing health concerns surrounding Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has forced organisers of the 2003 Arafura Games in Darwin to cancel the event.

Awesome Anzac Day victory

INSIDE the change rooms for the ADF All-Stars Australian Football team at the Sydney Cricket Ground hangs a big poster put up by Australian Test cricket captain Stephen Waugh, which reads: “The big occasion is – the opportunity you have been waiting for; the time to do something special”.