81-year-old cyclist to ride 40km for dementia research in tribute to late husband
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Illawarra cyclist Janice Fitzpatrick will ride 40 kilometres around Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin on Friday, 18 September, aiming to raise $15,000 for dementia research at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at UNSW Sydney. The 81-year-old will start at 9am from Acton Peninsula on Lawson Crescent, completing a lap of…
Boxing Great Tony Mundine Dies Aged 75.
Warning for First Nations people: this story contains images of people who have died. Australian boxing great Tony Mundine has died aged 75 after a heart attack, bringing to a close the career of one of the country’s most accomplished and respected fighters. Mundine died on Sunday, according to reports,…
The legend and the young gun
Just two Queensland boys who like riding bulls! Sixty years difference, same eight seconds matter to these bucking Bronco wranglers. There are sixty years between them, yet these two Queensland cowboys speak the same language, and that’s bull riding! Warwick is their favourite arena. The place where Daryl Kong, 77, is rodeo royalty….
Sporting Greats chip in for World Record attempt
This Monday, Sam Thaiday, Corey Oates, Josh McGuire, Robbie Dolan (2024 Melbourne Cup winning jockey), Romy Teitzel and others will all chip in to help Brisbane’s Mick McLoughlin (pictured) on his journey to a second Guiness World Record. They are donating their balls – golf balls – and having a chip with Mick, in the lead up to…
“Boof” Lehmann vows to double his MyMarathon kilometres.
Former Test cricketer and Australian Cricket Team coach, Darren “Boof” Lehmann, is lacing up for a second year in the Heart Foundation’s MyMarathon – and in 2021 has vowed to double his kilometres in the charity’s annual fitness and fundraising challenge. MyMarathon participants will have the entire month of October to walk…