Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Maclean resident Tom Hancock has shown that age is no barrier in athletics. At 80 years of age, he has just won seven medals at the World Masters Athletic Championships in Perth. In the process of winning the seven medals, he broke four world records. He broke the world records in the high jump, discus, shot-put and throw pentathlon. Tom puts his success down to his long love of body conditioning. He started strength and conditioning routines at the age of 15 and has been doing athletics for 60 years. Congratulations to Tom. He is a fantastic inspiration to our junior athletes.

Every year in Shenzhen, China, there is a sailing regatta known as the China Cup. In October this year, the cup was again contested with a fleet of 38 boats representing 25 countries from all over the world. What makes this special this year is that three sailors from Yamba were onboard the winning vessel, Wanhang Longcheer, in the Beneteau. Scott Hinton, Kieran Searle, and Joey O'Keefe were part of the 10-man crew that took out the event for the second year in a row. I congratulate them on their success and wish them all the best in the future.