Pickleball Championship

 I was the official photographer at the local Pickleball Championship.  It's an amazing, fast actioned game and it was wonderful to see Chris in action.

University of South Wales Rugby match

I went to take some photos of a rugby match for a friend of mine, Bruce. That's him in the middle of the first photo. And him leaping in the second photo in the line out. I took a lot of photos but here is a small sample. Sports photography is hard I have decided but definitely a good challenge.

Photographing my first football match

On the way home from Bobbin Head today, I saw a football match being played and decided to take some photos. I've never photoed a football match before and all I can say is its bloody difficult! Anyway, here are some of the results.




...and my personal favourite (when in goal, always clutch your goolies!)...

Balmoral Burn

I went to the "Balmoral Burn" today with Charles and the Mosman Camera Club to take some photos. Basically the Balmoral Burn is a 420 meter road race straight up a hill starting from Balmoral Beach. The races are split up into fun categories like kiddies and parents, dogs and their owners etc. - and some serious categories too. It was a lot of fun but there was quite a bit of pain etched onto faces too - it's a steep climb. I was happy to take some snaps from the sidelines and not compete on this occasion.
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Dogs and Owners Race - Mack would have loved it!


Kids and Parents Race

This little guy wanted to make it all on his own!


This muscle bound chap opened up a huge lead at the start of the "professional" male race and pummelled himself up the hill only to collapse and end last.


Runners

The harley warriors helped keep spectators off the track

Paraplegics Race - amazing to watch these guys power up the hill with arm muscles thicker than my thigh

Skateboarding - down the hill this time, not up...

An assortment of cute pooches. Mack would have been in good company...