Sports
BACK FROM THE DEAD ARMY men endured the agony and enjoyed the ecstasy as they won the Jim Smail Trophy in unusual circumstances in the closest Australian Services Australian Football Association Championship Carnival in history in Canberra from April 16-20.
Long hard run
TWENTY-FIVE ADF triathletes gave it their all at this year’s Australian Defence Triathlon Sports Association (ADSTA) annual National Ironman Triathlon Championships, with Air Force crowned champion service.
Out of touch THE Geoff Ledger Cup eluded Army women once again after a tight deciding match with defending champion Navy at the Australian Services Australian Football Association Championships in Canberra from April 16-20.
 ADF soccer tackles Asia’s best ADF soccer teams took on some of Asia’s finest in the Defence Football Federation (DFF) tour of SE Asia from March 15–31.
Army unstoppable
ARMY continued it’s dominance in rugby league when it defeated Air Force in a curtain raiser to the Anzac Test at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.
Industry no match for ADF EVEN though Industry had a little help from their rivals, Defence narrowly won the 14th Industry versus Defence Golf Challenge at Canberra’s Federal Golf Club on April 2 in near-perfect playing conditions.
Jets launch pre-season training NATIONAL A-League Soccer Semi-Finalists’ Newcastle Jets went to “boot camp” recently at the School of Infantry, Singleton.
Over-30s excel at touch nationals
THE ADF’s over-30s men’s touch football team turned in an exceptional effort to make it to the finals of the Australian championships in Coffs Harbour from March 14-18.