Sue Stanley, Maj Aleks Kostadinovic, Wg-CdrArthur McPherson, and Cmdr Joh Rienks, all HQJLC. Photo by Sgt Dave Grant, MSPA-Vic

Lake attack
Melbourne fun run for charities





By Peter Meehan

IN MELBOURNE you know the annual Defence Lake Attack run or walk for charities is getting close when Defence personnel begin stripping off and recruit one of the world’s foremost experts on physical well being.

Sue Stanley, three-time World Aerobic Champion and twice Australian Olympic gymnastics representative, recently bounced in to provide tips on physical fitness and aerobic performance, during a recent training run around Melbourne’s Albert Park Lake.
Commander Joint Logistics Command Maj-Gen Peter Haddad will receive an aerobic briefing from his Lake Attack committee and staff members, who were put through their paces by the diminutive fitness supremo.

The Lake Attack, sponsored by Exel, hopes to raise in excess of $50,000 for charities involved in assisting children and families in need.

The beneficiaries are Legacy, The Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children, The Compassionate Friends and Kidsafe Child Accident Prevention Foundation.

Since 1982, one of the primary objectives of the Defence community in Victoria has been to raise funds for charity organisations.

Entrants in the Lake Attack will have the choice of running or walking as an individual, or forming a family, friends or work-place relay team.

The relay team format encourages participation by all-age entrants from school children to older citizen groups.

Over the years, the relay evolved into a series of charity focused events and more recently has become a charity run or walk for the public, around Albert Park Lake.

• Electronic entry forms are available on www.lakeattack.com.
  

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