AUF Members - check out this deal.
Tony Heugh (Superfrog) is still making great guns, and they are currently available at a ridiculous price.
Australian Underwater Federation
The site for Underwater Sports and Diving in Australia. Bringing Sport, Conservation and Awareness to the Underwater World.
AUF Members - check out this deal.
Tony Heugh (Superfrog) is still making great guns, and they are currently available at a ridiculous price.
Its a shame we have lost someone like Slim Ward, we only knew him from a trip we did to Tahiti for the inter-pacific. Slim wanted to come along as interpreter and he proved to be much more than that. We learnt a lot from Slim and kept in touch with him with cards each year. A sad loss to Spearfishing.
Slim will be laid to rest this Friday 8th April 11.00am, service at the Good Shepherd Church 143 Moss Vale Rd in the main street of Kangaroo Valley.
On the hearing of his passing someone who knew him better than us contributed the following:
At the beginning of the 1970's Australia held a competition at Narooma and a NZ team was invited. We arrived in Sydney and Slim met us at the airport, introduced himself and packed us into his wagon and took us home to his place for a meal that Glynnis (spelling) had laid out for us. Hospitality was first rate and our education about Sydney's toilets in the area where he lived became a talking point for several years. We couldn't believe that in the city you had to walk to the back of the section in order get a seat!
We were introduced to Slim's shop, checked out his bikes, hitched up a caravan and headed to Narooma. Parked in a camping ground, that caravan became our home courtesy of Slim for the period of the competition. Generous to a fault. We had comfort, access to the RSL and people arranged to take us diving each day. As I said earlier, Slim made an indelible impression on us Kiwis, one that was reinforced on numerous occasions thereafter when he would travel with Australian teams to international spearfishing events and when he and his wife did a travelling holiday around NZ. He and I kept that contact up until the last 3 or 4 years. Good for a chat, I was often told what George and Merv were said to have done or be doing and how he thought spearfishing administration in NSW should develop. He certainly had strong opinions and could be forthright in putting them forward.
Australian spearfishing had in Slim a committed supporter for which it ought to be grateful. Such people contribute handsomely to the lifeblood of voluntary organisations and I would imagine that those Australian spearfishing representatives in the era when Slim shouldered so much of managerial roles, will be grateful he put his hand up at the time and said, "I'll do it."
I'm grateful to have called him a friend."
Bob Rosemergy
Speaqrfishing NZ
May he rest in peace.
AUF Spearfishing.
A well run event held in Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Congratulations go out to the New Zealand teams on their winning result in both the Mens and Ladies.
Our Australian Men's Team Guy Wood, Michael Pannach, Ryan Schulter, Jack Lavender and team manager Scott McKenzie placed a hard earned third position and our ladies team Taylah Martindale, Nikki Watt and Team Manager Joe Martindale fort hard in a tough competition placed 4th. Congratulations to all our team.
Men Day 1 Day 2 Total Place
NZ 100 100 200 1st
New Caledonia 87 87 174 2nd
Australia 81 77 167 3rd
Tahiti 76 87 163 4th
Hawaii 71 88 159 5th
Guam 35 74 109 6th
Ladies
New Zealand 92 100 192 1st
Hawaii 100 79 179 2nd
Guam 36 88 124 3rd
Australia 48 54 102 4th
We would like to again take the opportunity to sincerley thank all our sponsors for the prizes donated to the team fundraiser and all the supporters who brought tickets.
Australia, Guam, Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Tahiti Competitors 2016
Mens team Placings New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, Tahiti, Hawaii, Guam.
Ladies team placing - New Zealand, Hawaii, Guam, Australia.
Team Australia
2016 Mens winners New Zealand with Inter-Pacific Champions - New Caledonia
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