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Puffin Magic IX – Test Event

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Recently it was decided that, in an effort to re-live some of the glory from the mid 1990’s, a few of the boys would jump back into an VIII to row in a regatta known as the Shore Rowing Challenge.  Eight VIIIs will be representing three decades of Bob Shirlaw’s Rowing Supremacy as Rowing Master at Shore School (with countless wins and championships to his name).  They will race head-to-head for bragging rights as the most ‘Glorious and Decorated’ crew of their era!!
They’ve been training hard and, in an effort not to disappoint their fans (and their own egos), will be racing to win at all cost.  Competition at its best!

SHORE ROWING CHALLENGE
SATURDAY 28th AUGUST 2010
Shore Boat Shed
Wharf Rd (right at the end), Gladesville
Heats 9:00am / 9:15am
B FINAL 10:00am
A FINAL 10:15am followed by a BBQ and presentation from 11am

95/96 GPS, National, World Champion Puffin Magic VIII
Stroke Saxon Lyne
7 James Armarti
6 Sam Wallrock
5 Andrew Waite
4 Joel Cape
3 Michael Irvine
2 Evan Sturrock
Bow Matt Davis
Cox TBA
Coach Michael Doyle

Hope to see you there!

For more information, contact Evan Sturrock evansturrock@gmail.com or 0412 304 419

Puffin Magic Test Venue

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Recently it was decided that, in an effort to re-live some of the glory from the mid 1990’s, a few of the boys would jump back into an VIII to row in a regatta known as the Shore Rowing Challenge.  Eight VIIIs will be representing three decades of Bob Shirlaw’s Rowing Supremacy as Rowing Master at Shore School (with countless wins and championships to his name).  They will race head-to-head for bragging rights as the most ‘Glorious and Decorated’ crew of their era!!
They’ve been training hard and, in an effort not to disappoint their fans (and their own egos), will be racing to win at all cost.  Competition at its best!

SHORE ROWING CHALLENGE
SATURDAY 28th AUGUST 2010
Shore Boat Shed
Wharf Rd (right at the end), Gladesville
Heats 9:00am / 9:15am
B FINAL 10:00am
A FINAL 10:15am followed by a BBQ and presentation from 11am

95/96 GPS, National, World Champion Puffin Magic VIII
Stroke Saxon Lyne
7 James Armarti
6 Sam Wallrock
5 Andrew Waite
4 Joel Cape
3 Michael Irvine
2 Evan Sturrock
Bow Matt Davis
Cox TBA
Coach Michael Doyle

Hope to see you there!

For more information, contact Evan Sturrock evansturrock@gmail.com or 0412 304 419

A while between drinks

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Ok so it has been a while between drinks…

The best part of a year ago, a dynamic filmmaker Jefferson Grainger approached me to ask whether he could tell my story as part of a film festival called Focus On Ability. Following my humble acceptance, we went to work over 2 incredible days filming and many more for the production and editing team. The result, taking out the most online votes i.e. winning the people’s favourite competition in the open category.

With a rookie talent a.k.a. Moi involved, it shows just how much magic was weaved behind the camera. In case you didn’t catch it during our blanket mass marketing promotional effort, here it is – link

The ultimate high and low of the period played out representing Australia in my first World Disabled Golf Championships alongside a team of 4 amputees. The excitement of them opening up a wheelchair category (a month prior to the tournament starting) and the thrill of an enterprising first nine holes to begin my campaign were slowly, painfully and methodically unwound over the course of the next 2 days. (more…)

2014 is going to be BIG!!!!

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A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody! I hope you managed some quality downtime over the break and are ready for a bigger and better 2014!

It has been a mad couple of months with Sarah’s family in town over the festive period, Australia going golfing crazy at the end of the year and good progress for Empower Golf Australia. The only downsides were a long bout of cellulitis and limited time for quality exercise and rehabilitation. (more…)

Changing the face of Disabled Golf in Australia

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I am now officially a Hubber! Check out this link. The Hub is basically a co-working space which encourages networking, collaboration and learning for individuals and small businesses from all industries. I am spending 2 to 3 days a week there (amongst exercise and walking practice) working on various initiatives, some of which I will touch on later. It provides a hyper interactive environment with an incredible cross-section of professionals from social entrepreneurs to graphic designers to management consultants. For anybody debating a fresh change to working from home, I highly recommend it. (more…)

A UK Trip for the Ages

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If you are wondering about the radio silence, I have just returned from a fantastic month away in the UK with Sarah.

I don’t know quite where to start with so many highlights. For once, we managed the perfect combination of downtime in the countryside and city highlife, quality time with old friends/family and larger nights out, experimenting with new activities and venues and enjoying our old favourites, mediating craziness with culture and even spent some memorable one-on-one time.

Firstly, catching up with Sarah’s family (and their many animals) and exporting some of Australia’s finest barbecuing skills… Mr Macdonald even borrowed my ‘off-road’ scooter as a joy-riding-alcohol-trolley, normally reserved for grannies and daytrippers. (more…)

James’ News & Progress – 3 April 2009

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A couple of weeks back, thinking it would buy me some time, I promised my grandmother, Cle, that if she was victorious during one of her mid-week bridge games, I would allow myself to be lured back to the table. I should have known better as last Sunday she turned up at the house with a pack of cards and a big grin on her face exclaiming that she had cleaned up that week at the Hunters Hill Bridge Club winning two out of three appearances and was ready for a long-awaited rematch. The afternoon progressed, heavily assisted for me by a new wooden cardholder designed and made by Dad (with my occupational therapist in mind of course!) which allowed me to manoeuvre the cards in and out of the board with growing success. Although the play was very slow as I tried to manipulate the cards, for the bridge aficionados, we did manage a successful six no trumps bid in the second hand, which was a nice way to enter the world of cards again. (more…)

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