ADF attack on Albert Park

OVER THERE: National television personality and Geelong Football Club legend Sam Newman feels no pain while ‘pushing’ Defence personnel preparing for the annual Exel Defence Lake Attack in Melbourne.

Photo: Peter Meehan

Thousands of fun runners from around Australia are expected to take part in the Defence Lake Attack this month for charities supporting children and families in need.

The annual Defence event is to be staged around Albert Park Lake in Melbourne on August 28.

As the major Defence charity fund raiser in Victoria, proudly supported by Exel, the public event hopes to raise in excess of $100,000 for Legacy; The Malcolm Sargeant Cancer Fund for Children; The Compassionate Friends and Kidsafe Child Accident Prevention Foundation.

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 The origins of the Lake Attack come from the annual Army road relay race from Puckapunyal to Melbourne, first held in 1982.

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

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

Defence and civilian fun runners are urged to support the children’s charities and register for the Defence Exel Lake Attack. Electronic entry forms are available on www.lakeattack.com

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