Run for their money

Some members of the AFHQ team that took part in the Relay for Life, from left: Corporal Rob McManus, Pilot Officer Paul Longley, Squadron Leader Cheryl Neal, Miss Erin Rinaldi, CAF Air Marshal Angus Houston and Sergeant Janelle Longley.

FOR the third year running, a team from AFHQ has put their hearts and soles into the Cancer Council’s 24-hour Relay for Life.

The team of 17 members all ran/walked, in a relay format, for a minimum of two half-hour stints throughout the event at the Australian Institute of Sport running track.

They raised $1200 in support of people with cancer.

CAF Air Marshal Angus Houston took time out of his busy schedule to run an hour in what turned out to be the greatest accumulated laps in one session by a team member.

A few members had to do two shifts as well as covering for a couple of injuries during the 24-hour relay.
The weather could not have been better, which was a relief to the members who participated in last year’s event in the rain.

Squadron Leader Tammy Hodge provided recovery massages to keep the members moving.

Team members were: AIRMSHL Angus Houston, CPL Rob McManus, WOFF Graeme Tingy, WGCDR Angela Rhodes, SGT Janelle Longley, SQNLDR Cheryl Neal, Miss Erin Rinaldi, PLTOFF Mat Lewis, SQNLDR Sue McGready, Miss Grace Carlile, SQNLDR Andrew Ratz, SGT Phil Crome, SQNLDR Tim Anderson, SQNLDR Richard Dyson, Mrs Celestine Dyson, SQNLDR Tammy Hodge and PLTOFF Paul Longley.

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