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Aussie ‘awesome foursome’ blog

Posted on May 3, 2013 by guy

Worth catching if you haven’t seen it yet – a blog by the Australian K4 that won gold in the 1,000m at the London Olympic Games last year. The boat, which comprises Murray Stewart, Jacob Clear, Tate Smith and David…

Tagged with: Australia Canoeing, David Smith, Jacob Clear, Murray Stewart, Tate Smith
Posted in Olympic Canoeing

Yet more surf lifesavers head for London

Posted on July 12, 2012 by guy

We wrote recently about the number of Australian canoeists who have graduated from surf lifesaving to the Olympic Games – Murray Stewart, Naomi Flood, Ken Wallace and Hannah Davis to name just four. It turns out that swimmer Tom Fraser-Holmes is also…

Tagged with: Hannah Davis, Ken Wallace, Manly Life Saving Club, Murray Stewart, Naomi Flood, surf life saving
Posted in Olympic Canoeing

Brabants: very happy with racing

Posted on May 26, 2012 by guy

Tim Brabants issued a confident message to his supporters on Twitter today, declaring he was ‘very happy’ with how he’d performed at the Duisburg regatta and professing himself to be ‘overwhelmed’ by the support he’d received. Brabants was 7th in…

Australia unveils Olympic kayak team

Posted on April 27, 2012 by guy

Australia has revealed who’s going to be racing in the sprint canoe events at London this summer. Heading the pack will be Ken Wallace, who won two medals at the Beijing Games in 2008, together with Murray Stewart, who cleaned…

Lawyers in as canoeists fight Olympic selections

Posted on March 31, 2012 by guy

Weed on the regatta course at a key selection race affected some canoeists’ bids for selection to the Australian Olympic canoeing team, a tribunal has decided. The judgement by the Australia Canoeing panel means final selections for the team in…