Back
Row: CMDR Mark Purcell, LSATV Peter Bevin, ABCSO Tim
Baird, LSET Peter Sutton, ABATA Jason Storr, Peter Smyth,
Brian Read, ABCSO Katie van der Wiele, CAPT David Michael.
Front Row: PO Helen Edwards, CPOET Ralph Loeding,
LCDR Garry Lewis, CPOCSM Tom McLaren, LEUT Robyn Boyd, LEUT
Racheal Thompson. Absent: SBLT Dave Dawes, ABCK Melisa
Webb.
Classic
at Kosciusko For the second year in a row, the Navy has won the
interservice trophy for cross-country skiing in the classic Kosciusko
Tour race.
The result was determined by the aggregate time of each teams’
three competitors. The Navy ‘Guns’ Team of LCDR Garry Lewis, CPO
Ralph Loeding and CMDR Martin Linsley triumphed over the other
Navy, military and civilian service teams.
Navy has won the interservice Kosciusko Tour trophy 11 times with
Army winning it eight times and the RAAF three times. The race
started above the village of Thredbo with a two-kilometre climb
almost to the summit of Kosciusko.
Then followed a predominantly downhill traverse across to Charlotte’s
Pass to finish at Perisher, a total distance of 18km. The race
was not without incident with CAPT David Michael breaking a ski
during the race and having to withdraw.
Top ADF/Navy times for the Kosciusko Tour were LCDR Garry Lewis
with a time of 1hr 8mins 28sec (8th fastest male/3rd in age group)
with CPO Ralph Loeding a close second with a time of 1.11.33 (9th
fastest male/4th in age group) and CMDR Martin Linsley third with
a time of 1.22.03 mins
(16th fastest male/4th in age group).
