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Australian Invictus Games 2018 team member Trudi Lines prepares to pass during a wheelchair rugby exhibition match with RSLWA, in Perth. Photo by Leading Seaman Jason Tufrey

INVICTUS GAMES – 100-day countdown begins

12/07/201812/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3041 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

The 100-day countdown to Invictus Games 2018 in Sydney begins today. FILE PHOTO (5 July 2018): Australian Invictus Games 2018 team

Ian Thorpe at the official launch of ticket sales, on the road cycling course for Invictus Games 2018, at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair on the Sydney Harbour foreshore. He was joined by two members of the 2017 Australian Invictus Games Team – Corporal Sonya Newman and Jeff Wright, plus Chief Delivery Officer of Invictus Games Sydney 2018 Michael Hartung, and NSW Minister for Veterans Affairs David Elliott. Invictus Games official photo

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Invictus Games ticket sales

02/07/201812/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3844 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

International swimming champion Ian Thorpe has called on Australians to buy a ticket and be in the stands to support

The Australian Invictus Games team on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. Photo by Pilot Officer Aaron Curran.

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Meet Australia’s Invictus Games Team

28/06/201812/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4592 Views 2 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

The members of our team for the first Invictus Games in Australia should be admired not just for what they

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Oz V UK Invictus teams take Ashes to the water

22/12/201712/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3750 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Wounded-warrior teams from Australia and the UK will steer two yachts in this year’s Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race under

Patrick Kidd, CEO, Invictus Games; James Baker, Boeing Australia –Veterans Champion; Dan Tehan, Minister of Veterans Affairs; Maureen Dougherty, President, Boeing Australia, NZ & South Pacific; Brendan Nelson, AWM; Lieutenant General Peter Leahy (retd) representing Soldier On, and Chair of Invictus. Photo supplied by Boeing.

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Boeing commits big to Invictus Games 2018

12/12/201712/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3885 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, AWM, Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018, Soldier On

Boeing has announced major funding commitments to next year’s Invictus Games in Sydney, as well as to vAustralian veterans’ organisations and

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Invictus Games – Swimming video

04/10/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2784 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

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Invictus Games – Archery video

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Australian athletes enter the 2017 Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Corporal Mark Doran.

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Invictus Games team arrive home – with 51 medals

04/10/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4334 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

Australia’s Invictus Games team arrived home yesterday thrilled with their personal results and the 51-medal haul from this year’s games.

Australian team co-captains Captain Emma Kadziolka and Sergeant Peter Rutland and their families display the Invictus Games Flag after officially accepting it on behalf of Sydney, during the 2017 closing ceremony in Toronto. Photo by Corporal Mark Doran.

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Aussies take Invictus Flag – Kiwis trumpet best medal haul

03/10/201712/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4541 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

The achievements of more than 550 wounded warriors were celebrated on Saturday night, 30 September, at the closing ceremony of

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Invictus Games 2017 – Wheelchair Rugby

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Invictus Games 2017 – Indoor Rowing

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Invictus Games 2017 – Wheelchair Tennis

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Australian Invictus Games indoor rowing team members are happy with their performance. Photo by Leading Seaman Jayson Tufrey.

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Aussies performing well in Toronto

29/09/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3344 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

The medal tally for the Australian team was impressive at the half way point of 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto

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Invictus Games 2017 – Powerlifting

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Former soldier Jeff Wright is assisted after a fall in a wheelchair basketball pool match against Denmark. Photo by Corporal Mark Doran.

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High hopes for Invictus Games coverage dashed

29/09/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3177 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

CONTACT had high hopes that this year’s Invictus Games coverage would be big, reliable and worthy of passing on to

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Trackside action at the Invictus Games

26/09/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2938 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

The first full day of competition of the Invictus Games on Sunday in Toronto meant plenty of action with the

Royal Australian Air Force officer and Australian Invictus Games athlete Pilot Officer Nathan Parker (right) with his bronze medal for the 100 meter sprint competition at York University athletics track as part of the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Leading Seaman Jason Tuffrey.

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Aussies landing Invictus medals already

25/09/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4194 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

Royal Australian Air Force’s Pilot Officer Nathan Parker (above) was among the first Aussie medal winners early in the Invictus

Australian athletes Chris Clark, Leading Aircraftwoman Melissa Roberts, Jason McNulty and Sarah Watson enter the 2017 Invictus Games opening ceremony in Toronto. Photo by Corporal Mark Doran.

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Invictus Games Opening Ceremony

25/09/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4206 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

The countdown is over for this year’s Invictus Games – the Australian team joined up with 16 other countries on

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Opening Ceremony Invictus Games 2017

23/09/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3137 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

Governor General of Canada David Johnston officially declared the Invictus Games open during a ceremony at the Air Canada Centre

Some of the Australian Invictus Games athletes with the Invictus Games mascot at the Athletes Village, Toronto, Canada.

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Aussie Invictus Games team ready for action

23/09/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4330 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2017

Australian Invictus Games team members have settled into the Athletes Village at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel and are ready