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Archives for September 2017

Wet socks at the swimming State of Origin

September 30, 2017 By Ben Ramsden

For swimmers the annual State Teams event is a State of Origin style clash between all Aussie states, territories and the Kiwis. For technical officials it’s kinda like High School Movie meets Police Academy (without the singing and with more grey hair)! This year I was one of the few lucky ones to be selected […]

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AIS, Canberra

September 21, 2017 By Ben Ramsden

AIS Canberra competition pool. 8 x 50m. Shown here in short course configuration. Karen MacLeod, SAL Technical Manager giving a briefing.

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