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Invictus Games

Governor-General General (retd) David Hurley congratulates Peter Brown as Australia's Invictus Games flag bearer during the farewell function at Admiralty House in Sydney. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.
Invictus Games News Veterans 

Invictus Games flag-bearer named

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1161 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2022

Peter Brown has been announced as the team Australia flag-bearer for the Invictus Games The Hague 2020. CAPTION: Governor-General General

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Competitors and staff of the Australian 2020 Invictus Games team at Torrens parade grounds, Adelaide. Photo: Leading Seaman Jayson Tufrey
Invictus Games News 

New dates for postponed Invictus Games 2020

08/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1262 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

New dates for the Invictus Games 2020, postponed twice because of the coronavirus pandemic, have now been announced as April 16 to 22 2022.

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Competitors and staff of the Australian 2020 Invictus Games team at Torrens parade grounds, Adelaide. Photo: Leading Seaman Jayson Tufrey
ADF Invictus Games News 

Second Games’ postponement a positive for Aussies

18/03/202118/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1175 Views 0 Comments

Thirty-two competitors from the Australian Invictus Games 2020 – The Hague team, have been given the reprieve they were hoping

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Beau King in action at the Sydney 2018 Invictus Games. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Invictus Games News 

New dates for Invictus Games 202One

27/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1203 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

New dates for the Invictus Games in The Hague have been finalised, with the 2020 games cleverly rebranded Invictus Games 202One.

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The 2020 Australian Invictus Games team at the team announcement, Victoria Barracks, NSW. Photo by Leading Seaman Jayson Tufrey.
Australian Invictus Games News Veterans 

Australia’s 2020 Invictus Games team announced

18/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2729 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

The combined ADF, RSL and Veteran Sport Australia team that will represent Australia at the 2020 Invictus Games was officially named in Sydney today.

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Gregory Sedoc, Angelien Eijsink, Stefan Nommensen, Johan Remkes. Photo supplied.
Australian Invictus Games News Videos 

100 days until Invictus Games 2020

30/01/202030/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1508 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

To mark 100 days until the start of Invictus Games 2020 in The Hague, the city’s mayor and the Dutch Team Chef de Mission attended an event at City Hall.

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Major Kiely Pepper, who has been named in the New Zealand Defence Force Invictus Games team to compete in The Netherlands next year, competing in the 2018 Games in Sydney. NZDF photo.
Invictus Games New Zealand News 

New Zealand names its 2020 INVICTUS Games Team

04/07/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1499 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force has named its team to compete at the Invictus Games in The Netherlands next year.

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RAAF Flight Sergeant Ben Morgan (right), celebrates winning bronze in an Australian clean sweep of the cycle street race with (from left) silver medallist Jason McNulty and gold medallist Tim Grover at the Warrior Games 2018. Photo by Leading Seaman Jason Tufrey
ADF Australian Invictus Games News Veterans 

Aussie team headed to Warrior Games 2019

14/06/201914/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1496 Views 0 Comments

A team of 24 competitors from the Australian Defence Force and Veteran Sport Australia (VSA) will compete at the 2019

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Invictus Games Sydney 2018 – special issue of COMBAT Camera magazine out now.
ADF Australian CONTACT Shop Invictus Games News Veterans 

INVICTUS GAMES – COMBAT Camera issue 17

03/11/201830/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3534 Views 3 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

I have very great pleasure in presenting below, Issue 17 of COMBAT Camera, a bumper 100-page magazine dedicated to my

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Australian Army soldier Lance Corporal Cameron Webster shows Royal Thai Army soldier Corporal Metha Yupanit how his drone works during the International Drone Racing Tournament at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. Photo by Able Seaman Tara Byrne.
Australian Australian Army Invictus Games News 

Aussie Army wins first Military International Drone Racing Tournament

21/10/201807/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1836 Views 0 Comments

The inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament team cup was won by the Australian Army beating the New Zealand Defence

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Then Chief of Army Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie and Commander Joint Health Command Major General Paul Alexander chat with participants in the ADF Paralympic Sports Program. Photo by Sergeant Brian Hartigan.
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog Invictus Games Veterans 

CONTACT will cover Invictus Games after all

13/10/201809/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3027 Views 2 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

I reported earlier this month that CONTACT did not receive media accreditation to cover the Invictus Games in Sydney next

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Drone racers, RAAF Officer Cadet Nicholas Eberl, Australian Army members Private Mackenzie Togo, Lieutenant Mark Sheppard and Lieutenant Thomas Gash, and RAAF Flight Sergeant Justin Galbraith, hover their drones over the flight deck of HMAS Canberra, to promote the inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament in the lead-up to Invictus Games. Photo by Able Seaman Leo Baumgartner.
ADF Australian Invictus Games News Overseas Videos 

Inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament

12/10/201812/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3143 Views 0 Comments MIDRT, Military International Drone Racing Tournament

The inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament (MIDRT) will be held in Sydney at historic Victoria Barracks in the lead

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Then Governor General Quentin Bryce chats with members of the ADF Paralympic Sports Program, including Private Liam Haven, left, who was blinded by an IED explosion in Iraq. Photo by Sergeant Brian Hartigan.
Australian CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog Invictus Games News 

CONTACT might be covering Invictus Games after all

02/10/201809/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 13108 Views 23 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

CONTACT – the Australian military magazine was informed it would not be allowed to cover the Invictus Games in Sydney

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Official workforce uniforms of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018. ADF photo.
Australian Invictus Games News Veterans 

Invictus Games uniforms unveiled

25/09/201825/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2895 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Official Invictus Games workforce uniforms were unveiled today to mark 25 days until the official start of the games in Sydney.

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R&B artist Aloe Blacc will perform at the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 Closing Ceremony.
Australian Invictus Games News 

Major R&B act announced for Invictus Games Closing Ceremony

19/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3344 Views 0 Comments Aloe Blacc, Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Grammy-nominated artist Aloe Blacc has been invited to perform at the Closing Ceremony of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 at

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Kiwi Samoan Nu Filo prepares for Invictus Games during a NZ team training camp at Burnham Military Camp. NZDF photo.
Invictus Games New Zealand News Overseas Veterans 

Kiwi Samoan prepares for Sydney Invictus Games

17/09/201817/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1884 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Kiwi. Samoan. Amputee. Soldier. Son. Brother. Partner. Faamanu (Nu) Taulafo Filo Leaana will be tapping into all these elements that

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Invictus games 2018 medals
Australian Invictus Games News 

Invictus Games medal design revealed

06/09/201806/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3459 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Olympic champion Ian Thorpe joined members of the 2018 Australian Invictus Games Team this week to reveal the medal designs

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Nearly 1000 officer cadets and midshipmen from the Australian Defence Force Academy show their support to Invictus Games 2018 at University of New South Wales, Canberra. Photo by John Carroll.
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Invictus Games Sir Jeffrey Armiger 

The best laid plans of mice and flag raisers

21/08/201810/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2807 Views 0 Comments Mice and men, Sir Jeffrey Armiger

Last Friday, 17 August, was a well-planned day in the countdown to Invictus Games Sydney. Hundreds of moving parts –

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NZDF Invictus Games team members are welcomed to Rolleston College, before talking to students about the healing power of sport. NZDF photo.
Invictus Games New Zealand News Overseas Veterans 

NZDF Invictus Team back to school on sport’s healing power

17/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1820 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

New Zealand Defence Force’s Invictus Games team went back to school today to spread the word on the healing power

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Nearly 1000 officer cadets and midshipmen from the Australian Defence Force Academy show their support to Invictus Games 2018 at University of New South Wales, Canberra. Photo by John Carroll.
ADF Australian Invictus Games News 

ADF flies Invictus Games flag – literally

17/08/201817/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2987 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Australian Defence Force establishments across the country will ‘fly the flag’ today for wounded serving and former serving military members

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