Go Mitch! Young Bungendore cycling champion Mitchell Lovelock-Fay ended a tough year with a triumphant win in the New Zealand SBS Bank Tour of Southlands, a challenging seven stage, 6 day Tour with Avanti Racing Team. He is the first Australian rider in 50 years to take out the Tour. Arguably his
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by Nichole Overall* He was the man responsible for the creation of that uniquely parochial sport, Australian Rules Football (AFL), and yet Thomas Wentworth Wills is a name few recognise. His connection with this region is even less widely known but yet another intriguing component in a fascinating story. Given his remarkable
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by Karen Lovatt Humans always seem to have had an obsession with history. The names of long-dead kings and queens learned by rote. Important moments that turned the tides of long-ago wars, their dates engraved in the memory. Presidents, prime ministers, states, peoples, languages, conquests, falls ...and, of course, cars. Vintage cars have
The game’s changing! Individual, extreme and corporate-run sports on the rise
by Karen Lovatt For decades Australians have become used to the idea that we are a very successful nation in the sporting arena. Cricket, rugby league, rugby union, swimming and hockey were all areas where Australia was often considered the best in the world. So when the entire first week of the 2012 London Olympic