Clarence Valley represented at the 11-15 September 2013 London Triathlon

Ray Hunt of Yamba is competing in the 2013 London Triathlon, representing Australia.

Ray’s first triathlon leg is the ITU Aquathlon World Championships in the 70-74 year age group for men, along with four other fellow countrymen. His start number is 10767.

This swim leg is scheduled to commence at approx. 6pm AEST 11 September in Hyde Park, London.

The sprint and standard legs for the 70-74 year age group start at approx. 5pm AEST Friday 13 and approx. 4pm AEST Sunday 15 September respectively.

This is not the first time Ray has participated in International Triathlon Union events.

Ray Hunt will be back home in time for the Yamba Triathlon Festival held on 11-13 October 2013.

North Coast Voices wishes him well in London and looks forward to watching the Yamba events.

Especially those 7-11 year old future athletes running, swimming and riding in their own special triathlon on Saturday 12 October as part of the festival.

* Photograph from The Daily Examiner

UPDATE:

Ray Hunt came 2nd in his age grouping in the Aquathlon swim and run held on 11 September 2013

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Ray came 3rd in his age grouping in the Sprint Distance Age-Group World Championships swim, bike and run held on 13 September 2013

Ray came 5th in his age grouping in the Olympic Distance Age-Group World Championships swim, bike and run held on 15 September 2013

Rejoice! The Freeloaders are in The Lodge

And the Sun-Herald accidentally voiced the bl$$dy obvious – they are “ready to rule” not govern.

@stilgherrian

Back story -

So how much is the softer, gentler Tony Abbott costing taxpayers?

What's-his-name is the new member for Page

So you think the new member for Page in northern NSW is a bloke called Hogan. Well, think again. 
Seems the bloke is also known in some circles as Hutchinson. 
Furthermore, there a bit of doubt about where he was born ... was it regional NSW or regional South Australia?



















Hogan told The Daily Examiner (2/9/13) he was born in a small town in regional South Australia.

Abbott wins government

Another Spot the Difference

Clarrie Rivers is a mighty big fan of Ginger Meggs so it's with a very heavy heart that another Spot the Difference is presented.

APN newspapers, including The Daily Examiner and The Northern Star, carried this version of Ginger in their Saturday editions.

This version appears at GoComics.com

 

Why is APN running budget versions of Ginger? Is it really that cash-strapped?

Credits: Images from APN publications (7/9/2013) and GoComics.com

State of Play in NSW North Coast Federal Electorates, 9 pm 7 September 2013

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If there's a high informal vote in the Senate in the Clarence Valley ...

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Today's Daily Examiner has rewritten the rules for voting in the Senate. While the AEC's instructions for voters in NSW who vote below the line is to number every box (and remember, there are 110 boxes) in order of preference the Examiner on page 5 advised its readers to number every box from one to 10. That will see voters having to vote 1-10 eleven times - the end result will be eleven Number 1 votes, eleven Number 2 votes, eleven Number 3 votes, ...