The News Review:
- Riding off the 270m mark Jayden Veljacich
- Race switch winning favour from crews
- Tas farmers look to bigger harvests
- Easttern states face more wild weather
- Tas govt announces technology partnership
Riding off the 270m mark Jayden Veljacich
Cyclingnews.com – Dec 22, 2007
The series will include for the first time a series within the series. The event’s organisers Sports Carnivals Association of Tasmania announced in September it had been awarded UCI status for three of the events that make up the annual track racing series which means they now carry all important qualifying points for the 2008 lympic Games in Beijing. The three events Latrobe Launceston and Devonport will each feature four events that carry UCI points; the Elite Men’s sprint Keirin and Team Sprint as well as the Elite Women’s point’s race. B&E Personal Banking have lent their support to the UCI Sprint series in its inaugural year which should provide the thousands of expected spectators with some exciting racing… The series will include for the first time a series within the series. The event’s organisers Sports Carnivals Association of Tasmania announced in September it had been awarded UCI status for three of the events that make up the annual track racing series which means they now carry all important qualifying points for the 2008 lympic Games in Beijing. The three events Latrobe Launceston and Devonport will each feature four events that carry UCI points; the Elite Men’s sprint Keirin and Team Sprint as well as the Elite Women’s point’s race. B&E Personal Banking have lent their support to the UCI Sprint series in its inaugural year which should provide the thousands of expected spectators with some exciting racing. Grant Atkins President of SCAT believes that the UCI series will add to the carnivals and is thrilled that B&E Personal Banking has chosen to be the naming rights sponsor for the events. “B&E Personal Banking is a great supporter of the carnivals and in particular of the cycling program and this is a real boost to the series.
Race switch winning favour from crews
The Age – Dec 22, 2007
Slice of Heaven is sleek and well fitted for cruising but Weeks said his crew of nine won’t have time to relax during the 475-nautical mile dash to Hobart. "It’s a totally absorbing sport … the conditions are changing all the time and you have to concentrate on what’s happening while controlling your adrenalin at the same time. "Tasmanian Sally Rattle who skippered her yacht Archie to second place on IRC handicap results last year has returned for her second Hobart race and a chance at line honours. The Rudder Cup and the Melbourne to Hobart Heemskerk Trophy are both awarded for handicap victory and it is possible the same boat could win both the Launceston and Hobart races. Phil Coombs’ Dekadence from Sandringham and Paul Buchholz’s eXtasea from Geelong are expected to lead the battle for line honours in Hobart while John Geist’s Ruthless also from Sandringham is expected to challenge strongly for the Rudder Cup. Matt Hanaford who skippered No Fearr to line honours in Hobart last year has joined the crew on board Dekadence this year as co-skipper. Given the right weather conditions Laurie Ford’s downwind flyer Varta Spirit of Downunder could again be in the mix for line honours after narrowly missing out last year.
Tas farmers look to bigger harvests
abc.net.au – Dec 22, 2007
The Agriculture Minister Tony Burke reaffirmed the Commonwealth’s funding commitment during a series of meetings with Tasmanian farming representatives this week. The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association wants the money spent on nine water infrastructure projects which are expected to increase farm production by more than $200 million a year. The Chief Executive of the TFGA Bruce Williams says Tasmania would greatly benefit by harnessing just a small percentage of the water that flows out to sea each year. “If you take the entire rainfall for Australia 12 per cent of it actually falls in Tasmania and most of that water is run off and goes into the sea and we don’t do much with it” Mr Williams said. “We’ve got a great opportunity to capitalise on that particular advantage in this state” he said.
Easttern states face more wild weather
NEWS.com.au – Dec 22, 2007
article-tools –> December 22 2007 10:00am HEAVY rain and strong winds swept across five states overnight as the eastern seaboard battened down for another burst of wild weather over the weekend. The town of Broken Hill in far western NSW was among the hardest hit areas and parts of Victoria and South Australia were affected by flash flooding. Victoria was hit particularly hard with the State Emergency Service (SES) taking 2500 calls for help in the past 24 hours with heavy rain localised flooding and even snow forecast for the eastern seaboard over the weekend. The SES said many homes sustained damage when the storm went through the town about 4pm (AEDT). "We’ve had some fairly significant demand out that way" SES spokesman Phil Campbell said. "The SES has received 130 requests for assistance and that number is expected to rise overnight.
Tas govt announces technology partnership
abc.net.au – Dec 22, 2007
The Treasurer says initially larger businesses will have better communications. “Major businesses that need serious bandwidth between their branch offices and with consumer broadband supported by Aurora’s network are likely to follow later in the new year” Mr Aird said. “So it’s good news all-round for the Tasmanian consumers particularly major business” he said. Tags: labor-party privatisation-and-deregulation public-sector information-and-communication science-and-technology programs-and-initiatives tasSearch for news.