Foot from behind to win mile Reigning women’s champion Andrea Foot put aside an injury that has kept her from competing in the Games since Sunday to win her second Masters Mile yesterday evening. Later Brad White, running in his first Alice Springs Masters Games, comfortably won the the men’s race from Chris Hunter and Shane Cadan. Foot produced a surge with about 50m to go to run past Emma Kraft in the dash to the line. Andrea was in the hands of the Sports Medicine team and icing her aching muscles after the race. “I’m done. Exhausted. I put everything in and having nothing left,” she said. “I am really happy. I didn’t think I was going to run after getting injured playing touch for Spartans on Sunday. “I can’t turn so I haven’t been able to do anything because of the injury. “I wanted to compete in the Masters and the Mile was my final option, so I decided to run.”
Emma finished ahead of Fiona Coyle with previous Mile winner Cristine Suffolk coming in fourth. Despite coming fourth overall, Cristine came first in her age group providing her with her fifth gold medal of the Games.
A glitch in the system made the timing of the men’s race out but Brad won by about 30 seconds with three seconds between the second and third runners. Brad was the pre-race favourite but he was still nervous before the run. “You never win until you get to the finish line ... I thought I could give this a fair crack,” he said. “I have loved my first Masters Games. I have been up in the mornings helping with the water stations and finish line for the distance events. “The night sessions have been great too. “This is definitely not my last Alice Springs Masters. I will be back.”
Winners Andrea Foot and Brad White celebrate their wins at the Masters Mile finish line.
Photo by Justin Kennedy, JTK Photography
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Targets loaded up during the archery competition at the Masters Games
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Warning: With the Temperatures soaring and an Extreme UV Index don’t forget to hydrate regularly and cover up to avoid heat distress.
Games wedding bell rings
SPORTS HOROSCOPE The morning and early afternoon hours of October 17, 2014 will be rewarding for your creative activities. You’ll find it easier to use your imagination in everything that has to do with art and beauty. If you want to draw attention to your persona, experiment with your appearance. The evening hours are hardly possible to refer to as stable.
Three years of courting has resulted in the best slam dunk of David Pilgrim’s life. The Tasmanian basketball official married his basketballer sweetheart Linda Smith as part of their visit to the Alice Springs Masters Games. “We thought it would be nice to be married in Alice Springs,” David said. “It was all planned before we left Tasmania.” The pair married in true Territory style, opting for
ARIES Aries’ actions today are both romantic and explosive. This is the day of pleasant surprises in your personal life. If you started relations with someone from another country, things will develop quite fast. This may be due to your ingenuity or thanks to good luck.
TAURUS Taurus’ actions today can’t be described as typical. Unplanned acquisitions and deals are likely to take place especially if they involve foreigners. Taurus women may have their tastes and image change abruptly. You’ll find it hard to look away from the prospect of a financial or amorous adventure.
GEMINI Gemini’s partnership, friendship and amorous relations are moving with the speed of light today. Romantic environment or surprising turn of events can create a whole revolution in how you feel. Regular work may seem unbearably boring.
CANCER On October 17, 2014 you will want new experiences. You will want to be progressive and ahead of your time. Thirst for changes and extreme emotions may play an evil trick on those Crabs who aim at rapid career development. They may suddenly decide to abandon what they’ve been doing and make a dangerous move.
LEO All preconditions are forming for Leo to acquire a new hobby or develop a sudden romantic fling. You may find your happiness in unfamiliar environment or under unexpected conditions. You may get interested in someone from afar or with different cultural background.
Maurie Bishop Russell Simon Ron Saint Stephen Purcell Lindsay Carey Kylie Foley Kylie Bethel
SCORPIO October 17, 2014 is good for trying to choose a unique gift, trendy clothing, stylish trinkets as well as electronics, music records and computer games. The Scorpions abroad will show much interest in exotic souvenirs. You may buy something online and choose the fastest way to pay for it.
SAGITTARIUS This is a good day to have your image drastically changed. Sagittarius ladies will keep a watchful eye on fashion trends and follow their instructions. This is a wonderful moment to start an activity tied to design, aesthetics, politics, games and entertainment.
CAPRICORN Capricorn may experience sudden changes at home, in business and in its domain. The atmosphere of novelty, game and universal party may depress or even irritate you. The unpredictability of today’s situation can make the Goats nervous, unbalanced and even stressed out.
AQUARIUS Everything is happening fast today. Many events will take place due to your initiative or simply because of your unimaginable ability to predict them. You may go on a sudden short trip, meet someone unexpectedly or develop an unconventional hobby.
PISCES Pisces’ financial situation may drastically change. It is possible that you will decide to use the electronic payment services for the first time, participate in an online auction or place a bet in the online sweepstakes. Both sudden enjoyable gains and unexpected upsetting losses are possible.
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Tired and sore touch footballers have one more day to get through before relaxing at tonight’s presentation where tales from the week will be shared. With the men’s and women’s finals occurring this afternoon, it looks set for some close and competitive games in the various divisions. In the men’s 30s the gold medal will be decided between Whanau and Young Braves in a repeat of the 2012 final. The teams met earlier this week in a fierce competition with the game ending in a draw. The men’s 40s is heading the same way with the finals being played between Braves and Rats. Again these two teams could not be split in the rounds so this one could also go either way. In the men’s 50+ division, Colts and Geldings look to have the edge over NQ Living Legends. But the boys from NQ have been there and
done that so anything could happen in that game. The women’s division was so competitive it took until the games last night to determine the finalists. Young Squaws and DragonFly Divas appear to be the frontrunners for the finals but Whanau could still be in with a chance if results go their way. In the mixed finals played yesterday, the game of the day was Rats v Spartans in the M45/W40 division. The game was drawn at fulltime. In this situation each team loses a player every two minutes until there is a result. With numbers down from six to four per side, Spartans were able to get across the line for the win. Indians took out the other gold medal in the younger age division (M30/W30) defeating Spartans by three touchdowns.
The Alice Springs Turf Club is marking one of Australia’s most prestigious race days with a five-card race program tomorrow. Games participants are invited to let their hair down and make an afternoon of it at the Club at Pioneer Park on the South Stuart Highway. The Alice Springs Turf Club is offering free entry with gates opening at noon. The first
local race will be held at 1.27pm with the last scheduled for 3.47pm. The prestigious $2.5m Caulfield Cup at 4.10pm will be the highlight of the day. The Cup is one of the world’s richest handicap races over 2,400m and will be part of a 10-race program at the Victorian track.
See you all trackside
Unexpected event may completely change Virgo’s current plans. Today even the most sober-minded and cautious Virgins are capable of losing their head and dashing after an elusive dream. If your constant business partner or your other half finds out about your adventures, excuses will hardly help you.
This is the day of surprises for Libra. Your life with interesting and bright personalities in it will hardly be boring. You may unexpectedly make new friends or form a new alliance. Don’t try to foretell your significant other’s next move.
pretty laid back and went well,” David said. Linda hasn’t seemed to suffer from nerves as brides often do - she has helped her team win four of its first five games. David has been chief scorer while Linda has played. This is his first Games and her third. “I reckon we’ll be back in 2016 for the Games 30th anniversary and our second,” he said. “But I might have to take up a sport.”
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the casual look of shorts, tops and thongs. All was going well when the little problem of no best man arose - so one of Linda’s team mates stepped in. The service was held in a spectacular poolside setting beside the slopes of the MacDonnell ranges. The ceremony was performed by Games Ambassador Eileen Boocock who is also a marriage celebrant. “The whole thing was
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telling tales from around the Games... The men’s cricket comp has a yellow rubber duck that is awarded to a batsman who scores a duck. He has to wear it around his neck until someone else gets a duck. The duck, who has been affectionately named Bradman, was ‘ducknapped’ by an unknown women’s team who then held him to ransom while sending photos of him in compromising photos – including one with him in bed, smoking a cigarette with a near-naked woman. The ransom demand was for the men to field a game in their jocks. They compromised and a couple
of them did moonies instead. Bradman was duly returned but the men think he has developed Stockholm’s Syndrome because Bradman seems to want to return to the girls. The chilly days caught some of the Masters Games’ operational staff unawares. Some are now sporting ASMG hoodies and have decided this entitles them to form a team. They’d like to see a rowing competition included in the next games. But there’s division among the ranks about whether they should be called the
Todd River Rowers or the Dragon Boat Rowers. Mountain biking up Anzac Hill is surely a feat of endurance. But competitors in yesterday’s race saw the funny side and dressed up in various costumes, including one who covered himself in yellow to look like Homer Simpson. There were a few super heroes and lots of wigs and colourful costumes too. The Sleuth reckons if you’re going to put your body to the test, you might as well have fun.
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The breast cancer awareness Pink fundraiser held by the netball competition at these Games has raised an amazing $1300 … and still counting. Some of the fundraising initiatives on the night included selling meals with pink rice and pink shepherd’s pie. Donation tins were also distributed to other sports to collect money. If your sport still has donation tins please return them to the netball girls.
Electoral Notice Casuarina By-Election Early Voting A reminder to all electors enrolled in the Darwin electoral Division of Casuarina that you must vote before tomorrow. The Casuarina electorate includes the suburbs of Alawa, Brinkin, Lee Point, Nakara, Tiwi and parts of Casuarina and Lyons. If you are unsure whether you are enrolled in the Division of Casuarina, see the map on www.ntec.nt.gov.au or call 1800 MYVOTE.
Early voting is available at the Alice Springs Electoral Commission office at Suite 3, Yeperenye Centre Gregory Terrace (next to the Commonwealth Bank). The Alice Springs office is open until 6pm tonight to facilitate early voting for the Casuarina ByElection. The office is not open tomorrow. Queries can be directed to 8951 5971.
Authorised by Iain Loganathan, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 80 Mitchell Street, Darwin
SMS 0477 741 665 with your name, Accreditation ID (on your Accreditation Pass) and make a caption for today’s photo. The best caption will win a prize. Winners announced in each edition of The Friendly Times.
Yesterdays Winner Darwin quad biker Denise Troon shows them how it’s done
Photo by Justin Kennedy, JTK Photography
60 year old racer wins Gold Sixty-year-old Denise Troon has won gold in the four-hour motorcycling enduro - in her first competitive quad bike race. And she thinks she may have also snagged the silver in the flat track and short course and the scrambles. “It has all been so fantastic,” Denise said. “The main thing is the participation - it is so fantastic and why we enjoy it so much.” The Darwin woman became a Games convert after watching the swimmers in the 2010 Games.
She then travelled the 1,500km from Darwin to Alice Springs in 2012 to watch her husband Peter in his motorcycling events. Denise was so excited about the Games, the competition and camaraderie, that she bought a quad bike six months before the 2012 Games but didn’t feel confident enough to compete. But she came and watched, received a lot of advice from riders at the event and was inspired again. Denise bought a new CanAm 90 quad for these Games.
“My quad only goes 50km/h and some of the others in the field are on 450 quads,” she said. “But it has really performed well and I’ve had no problems. “I’ve been to watch the swimming and other sports on my days off. “I must give a big thank you to the Alice Springs Motor Cycle Club and everyone in it. “They’ve really put on a good show throughout the week. “We will definitely be coming back in 2016 for the 30th anniversary.”
Records were made to broken As Alice Springs Masters Games Patron Dawn Fraser is more than happy to point out, records are there to be broken. Only eight records from the inaugural Games in 1986 are still standing with an incredible 86 new records set in swimming and athletics this year. All the records set by Dawn in her years swimming at the Games have been broken - and she has congratulated the swimmer each time when she could. In the pool this year, an amazing 59 records had been set with swimmers still to hit the water for the 800m freestyle event yesterday. No doubt there will be more records to add after those swims. The record-breakers began on day one and continued all week. Leading the way has been Annie Kitto from Nedlands WA and Tubby Ramsay from Red Cliffs Victoria with six records in the 45-49 age group and 80-84 age group respectively. Penny Reid has added her name to five records while
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Anita and Kieren Jon Lawrenson set four. Five swimmers set three records each including the Games oldest participant 92-year-old Trudy Bullivant. Across the road, there were 27 records set in the track and field athletics. Lynette Smith, 44 from NSW, was a big record breaker – setting six records in the javelin, shot put, discus, hammer, high jump and outdoor pentathlon. One of the records to fall, set by Games legend Monica Osborne, was beaten by four runners in the 70-74 age 100m sprint. Miriam Cudmore came in first to slash an incredible 11 seconds off the mark Monica set in the 2000 Games. Miriam set three other records – in the 200m, javelin and shot put. Charles Crowley, 81 also set four records in his age group. And with another 34 competitions across the 32 Games sports still to be played, there are likely to be even more records broken.
Don’t miss out Don’t leave it to the last minute to get your commemorative Alice Springs Masters Games merchandise. Brandit, the official merchandise supplier
for the Alice Springs Masters Games still has plenty of stock, from polo shirts and singlets to hats, stubby coolers, water bottles and cooler bags.
Brandit is open from 9am to 5pm today and will have a stall full of merchandise at the Closing Ceremony tomorrow night.
Reward yourself at DoubleTree The international hotel chain DoubleTree by Hilton has provided invaluable support to this year’s Alice Springs Masters Games, including hosting the Midweek Party on Wednesday night. DoubleTree by Hilton Alice Springs is part of a fast-growing, global collection of more than 370 upscale hotels in gateway cities, metropolitan areas and vacation destinations across 32 countries and six continents. Everything at DoubleTree by Hilton hotels is aimed at creating
a rewarding experience for hotel guests. The benefits include the awardwinning Hilton HHonors guest loyalty program and the Create A Rewarding Experience (CARE) program, which aims to ensure hotel guest have an enjoyable stay. To make reservations at any DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, travellers should visit the website: http://doubletree3. hilton.com/en/about/locations/index. html.
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Archery
7am ABA 3D 3 & 1 arrow rounds Alice Springs Shooting Complex
Athletics R & C Country
6am 10km Run Simpsons Gap
Badminton
2pm Individuals OLSH Marian Centre
Baseball
9am Competition Lyle Kempster Park
Basketball
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10am Competition Traeger Park Stadium 9am, CDU Oval, Jim McConville Park 1.30pm & 3.30pm Jim McConville Park
Cricket Cycling - Track & Road
4.30pm Track Racing Velodrome 10am Doubles Alice Springs Golf Club
Darts Equestrian Football (Soccer)
10am Competition Blatherskite Park 5pm Competition Ross Park 7am Competition Alice Springs Golf Club
Golf Hockey
8.30am Hockey Centre Traeger Park
Indoor Beach Volleyball
3.30pm Finals Desert Sands
Lawn Bowls
9am Mens & Ladies Semi Finals Memorial Club 6pm Finals Pat Gallagher Netball Courts
Netball Shooting Sporting Shooters
8.30am Competition Sporting Shooters Club
Softball
10am Competition Jim McConville Park
Squash
2pm Individuals & Teams Alice Springs Squash Centre
Table Tennis
3.30pm Team Events OLSH Marian Centre 7.30am & 5.30pm Singles & Doubles Traeger Park Courts
Tennis Tenpin Bowling
10am Competition Dustbowl
Touch
3pm Finals Flynn Park
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