Late last month I enjoyed a few days at Noosa Heads photographing the Noosa Triathlon and the Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival. Here are some of my favourite pics from the main event: the Sunday morning Noosa Triathlon for elite and general-public competitors:
Clayton Fettell, who went on to come fourth, and also win an Ironman 70.3 the following weekend!
Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (Women's 4th place)
Oxygen please!
Courage, Guts, Determination - Michael Milton
Men's winner of the 2011 Noosa Triathlon: David Dellow
David Dellow with last year's Women's winner, Caroline Steffen
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Recently I attended the FIBA Oceania Basketball Championship in Brisbane. The second game, featured here, was a men’s fixture (for direct Olympic qualification) between the Australian Boomers and the New Zealand Tall Blacks. I’ve already shared my favourite photos in my Myspace blog here, so here are some extra pics:
Young point guard Matthew Dellavedova brings a smile to the Boomers' faces
National Anthem
The New Zealand Tall Blacks with their famous Haka
The Boomers respecting the Kiwi Haka
Mika Vukona shoots over Mattie Nielsen
Brad Newley, Casey Frank
Casey Frank, BJ Anthony, AJ Ogilvy
Boomers Matthew Dellavedova & Mark Worthington v Tall Blacks Mark Dickel & BJ Anthony
Patty Mills gets hooked up by Alex Pledger’s screen as he attempts to stay with Kiwi Veteran Mark Dickel
Recently I enjoyed another visit to the annual Swell Sculpture Festival at Currumbin on Australia's Gold Coast. I find it such an enjoyable experience to be able to see and photograph a wide variety of modern art and sculpture in a beach/coastal environment. Here are some pics:
From 22 to 24 September 2011 I was lucky enough to attend the Sunshine State Challenge NBL Basketball Pre-season Tournament, held at the Gold Coast and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The impressive and well coached Perth Wildcats beat the much improved Sydney Kings in the final. Here are some pics:
Joevan Catron, Ian Crosswhite
NBA Portland Trailblazers player Patty Mills defending Brad Robbins (Perth Wildcats)
Anatoly Bose (Kings) defended by Thomas Abercrombie (NZ Breakers)
My favourite pic from the entire weekend: Sydney Kings big man Martin Iti with the Alley-oop against the reigning Champion New Zealand Breakers
Chris Warren (Adelaide 36ers)
Mark Worthington (Gold Coast Blaze)
Kerry Williams, Ian Crosswhite, Andrew Warren (Cairns Taipans), Ash Cannon (SEQ All Stars)
Outstanding Shot Block on Matthew Knight by Jerai Grant [nephew of Horace Grant (former team mate of Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls)]
Talented Wildcats Head Coach Rob Beveridge has a quiet chat with Vaughan Mayberry
I enjoy supporting basketball, so I'm very much looking forward to the Australian NBL (National Basketball League's) pre season tournament over the next few days. Recently I saw a good game between the Cairns Taipans and the Gold Coast Blaze, in Brisbane. Here are some pics from the game:
Last weekend I took some pics at the Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane Fun Run. The course goes from the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridge (Gateway Bridge) to the RNA Showgrounds. A great positive, happy spirit was shown by so many people. Here are some pics:
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Last weekend I attended the FIBA Oceania Basketball Championship in Brisbane. The first game was a women's fixture (for direct Olympic qualification) between the Australian Opals and the New Zealand Tall Ferns. Here are some pics:
Yep, Referees are allowed to smile
Suzy Batkovic, Lisa Wallbutton
Abby Bishop, Natalie Taylor
Suzy Batkovic, Natalie Taylor (nee Purcell)
Suzy Batkovic, Lisa Wallbutton
The Opals won the game and the series, giving them direct qualification for the London 2012 Olympic games.
I recently enjoyed a very interesting game of basketball between the Gold Coast Blaze and the visiting University of Texas San Antonio Roadrunners (UTSA). It was played as an NBL pre-season game for the Blaze, and a part of a pre-season exhibition tour for the American visitors. Here are some pics: