So very close Air Force’s agonising 15-14 defeat by the Kiwis in the Burn-Merz Shield.
   
Defence cricket heads towards a World Cup Big events grow from small beginnings and that’s the plan for the International Defence Cricket Challenge (IDCC) in Canberra in November.
   
Dean’s long road It takes a particular mindset to be an ultra-marathoner, as Air Force’s CPL Dean Cook from RAAF Base Williamtown has let slip.
   
Lords of the lawn All services were to the fore when a dozen members of the Australian Services Bowls Association’s (ASBA) national team made a successful sortie to the 2007 Gold Coast Winter Carnival.
   

Cassie keeps the medals coming LACW Cassandra Fien from RAAF Base Amberley has continued clocking up the medals since her record-breaking efforts at the Arafura Games in Darwin in May.

   
Thunderbirds were the go The Defence Athletic Club’s Thunderbirds were all go when they smashed the women’s record in the challenging and internationally-acclaimed 138km Round Island Relay staged around Vanuatu’s Efate Island recently.
   

Air Force’s best make rep team AIR FORCE’S role in the winning women’s team at the Australian Services Rugby Union championships, which ended in Canberra on August 18, produced three berths in the representative team.

   
GAME PLAN
- Running
- Shooting
- Mountain biking
- Football