ADF Sports Noticeboard

Golf
The 2003 Air Force NSW Golf Championships will be held at Westside Golf Club at Rutherford near Maitland on August 25-27, with the team to play Navy and Army in October selected from this event. Format is 36-hole stroke for all grades. Contact SGT Stewart Rawlinson at RAAF Williamtown on (02) 4964 5243.

Lawn Bowls
The 2003 NSW Inter-service Lawn Bowls competition will be conducted at Beresfield Bowling Club (Newcastle), from August 12-14 inclusive. The 2003 ACT/SNSW Inter-service Lawn Bowls competition will be held August 21-22 at West Deakin Hellenic Bowling Club, Kent St, Deakin, ACT. The competition is being managed by the ACT Defence Lawn Bowls Group. Points of contact in the ACT are FLTLT Russ Wise 6266 5034, CPL Ben Maxwell 6265 9070, CPORS Harry Coulson 6266 4395; SNSW point of contact is FSGT Dave Stevens 6937 4839. The ADF national competition is planned for September 1-5 at Ferny Grove Bowling Club (Brisbane). Any enquires please contact SGT Michael Powell by e-mail or ph 02-4928 6264.

Touch Football
The 2003 Canberra Defence Force Touch Association Interservice Competition will be held on August 15 at HMAS Harman. This competition is open to Canberra based Defence members, (including ADFA), Reservists and Defence public servants. The nominations for men's/women's opens, 30s, 35/40+ are to be forwarded to the following POCs: Army - MAJ Stu Cramb, Stuart.Cramb@defence.gov.au; Navy - PO Kel Bryant, Kelvin.Bryant@defence.gov.au; RAAF & Defence Public Servants - Mick Eddleston, Mick.Eddleston@defence.gov.au. Tournament coordinator is CPL Coralee Goedhart, 02-6265 6357 or Coralee.Goedhart@defence.gov.au.

Fishing
The annual ADF Inter-Service Fishing Championship will be held from October 17-19 out of Darwin. Further details from the website www.fishingnt.com, or email Mark.LosteBrown@defence.gov.au or Gary.Scells@defence.gov.au.

Hockey
The 9th Australian Masters Games will be held in Canberra from October 31 - November 9, with the ADF Hockey Association entering teams again this year. The major requirement for entry is to be old enough, and for hockey this is 30 years of age at December 31, 2003. Last year three teams (two men's and one women's) competed in the World Masters Games in Melbourne, and it is hoped the same numbers can be achieved for the Australian Masters. Detailed information is available from the website at www.amg2003.com. The ADF Hockey coordinator for this event will be LCDR Brian Froome at HMAS Harman who can be contacted on 02 6266 6801 or email Brian.Froome@defence.gov.au.

Basketball
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Australian Defence Force Basketball Association (ADFBA) as an accredited sporting association. To celebrate the milestone the Patron, RADM Raydon Gates and President COL Tony Cotton extend a cordial invitation to all former participants, competitors and officials alike, to attend the this years championship in Sydney Oct 19-25, culminating in a gala ball reunion on October 25.For detailed information and invitation details, please contact the Secretary mark.thomas2@defence.gov.au 02 62657707 (BH), or the vice president chris.siegmann@defence.gov.au 02 62667122 (BH).

Touch Football
The 12th ADF National Touch Football Championships will be held at RAAF Base Amberley from November 27 - December 4. Nominations close August 29 to WO2 Ross Crowe, ph. (07) 3332 7908 or email ross.crowe@defence.gov.au.

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