April 

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• MACFARLANE TAKES ON THE BEST IN THE WORLD
  Fresh from her bronze medal winning success at the Commonwealth Games, Tasmania’s Donna MacFarlane this weekend takes the next step in her most successfully resumed athletics career.
• Australia wins Bronze in IAAF World Cross Country Championships
  Breaking News: Australia has just won Bronze in the Womens Short Course at the World Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka
• Another International Medal For McFarlane
  Tasmania’s number one female athlete, Donna MacFarlane began April as she finished March with another bronze medal at international level
• Top three finish for Australia in the World Race Walking Challenge
  Australia’s three times Commonwealth gold medallist Jane Saville and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Luke Adams both finished third at the 22nd IAAF World Race Walking Challenge in Rio Maior, Portugal, this weekend
• Kyle Vander-Kuyp gets Head Start on Gift Preparations
  Olympic finalist and four time Commonwealth Games representative Kyle Vander-Kuyp begins a tour of schools in the Western region of Victoria today as part of the build-up to the 125th edition of the Australia Post Stawell Gift this Easter.
• Australia Take Bronze in Japan
  Fielding the second largest World Cross Country team since the 1991 World Cross in Antwerp, Belgium, Australia in it’s 29th appearance at the World Cross Country Championships claimed its first ever-team bronze medal at the 34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan last weekend.
• Passing of Mr Brian Foley: Secretary, Australian Masters Athletics Inc.
  With deep regret, the Board of Australian Masters Athletics (AMA) advises of the sudden death of its secretary Brian Foley, aged 62, on 1 April 2006 from a stroke. Brian had just returned home to Perth Western Australia from two weeks as an Athletics official at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, an experience he enjoyed immensely.
• Mottram Chasing Fourth Successive Win In Great Bupa Ireland Run
  World 5000 metres bronze medallist Craig Mottram insisted today competing in Sunday's Great Bupa Ireland Run is very important in the build-up to the fast approaching track season.
• Mottram Continues Games Form in Fourth Great Ireland Win
  Craig Mottram won his fourth consecutive Great Ireland run in Dublin earlier this morning and is now know as Craig O’Mottram by the local Irish Community.
• Sprint star Sally to race for the richest prize in Australian women's sprinting
  Queensland sprinter Sally McLellan has had a hectic six months, winning her second Australian 100m sprint title and competing in front of a massive crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the Commonwealth Games.
• Aussies Do Well In Beijing
  A team of twelve Australian athletes flew to Beijing to compete in the International Ekiden Race on the weekend (9-10 April).
• Ross Ready for Dash for Cash
  Dual Australia Post Stawell Gift winner Joshua Ross says he has recovered from the slight hamstring strain that kept him out of the Commonwealth Games relay final and is ready to repeat his historic Gift victory from last year.
• Benita Johnson Continues Good Form
  BENITA JOHNSON continued her excellent form following on her two outstanding fourth placings in the world cross country by setting a new Australian record over 10km to place second to Commonwealth 5000m champion Isabella Ochichi in the Crescent City Classic in New Orleans yesterday (Saturday).
• Athletics a big hit in the outback
  Athletics Australia has just delivered a very successful indigenous participation program to the Murchison area of Western Australia as part of its ongoing commitment to the indigenous community.
• Athletics a big hit in the outback
  Athletics Australia has just delivered a very successful indigenous participation program to the Murchison area of Western Australia as part of its ongoing commitment to the indigenous community.
• Benita Johnson Continues Good Form
  BENITA JOHNSON continued her excellent form following on her two outstanding fourth placings in the world cross country by setting a new Australian record over 10km to place second to Commonwealth 5000m champion Isabella Ochichi in the Crescent City Classic in New Orleans yesterday (Saturday).
• Adrian set to win a Mott-za
  Adrian set to win a Mott-za A former winner’s determination to forge a successful coaching career has produced the odds on favourite for this year’s Australia Post Stawell Gift.
• McCann, Can in Capetown
  Commonwealth marathon champion Kerryn McCann was 2nd in the Two Oceans half marathon today in Capetown less than a month after her fabulous gold medal marathon sprint to the finish on the MCG.
• Mott ready for race into the history books
  For the first time in the Gift’s rich history, the nation’s five fastest men competed in Saturday’s heats – with four of the Fab Five making it through to tomorrow’s cut-throat semi finals, ensuring no shortage of class in 2006
• Say Cheese - Mott's the Fella
  It was very much the same story in the Make it Happen in Provincial Victoria Women’s Gift in which Samantha Brailey was guided to victory by Paul Singleton, won had won the men’s gift in 1984.
• 2006 Telstra AMA National Championships a success
  The ACT Veterans Athletic Club successfully staged the 2006 Telstra Australian Masters Athletics National Championship over Easter weekend. Throughout the four days there was intense competition, as well as the renewing of old friendships and making of new ones.
• Deakes Looks Set To Defend His Title This Weekend In Shanghai
  Australia’s top walkers continue to pace it out and will make their way this weekend to race the second leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Yangzhou, China. Leading the Australian attack and looking to defend his title, will be recent dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nathan Deakes. Winner of last year’s Cixi City event, Deakes took the win showing great form. He will be looking to hold out team mate and challenger Luke Adams this year
• Australia select large team for the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships
  A total of 52 athletes have been selected, with the team size likely to increase with further selections in July. The additional selections should ensure the team is the largest ever World Junior team to compete overseas, surpassing the 53 selected to compete in the 1994 World Junior Championships held in Lisbon. The largest ever Australia World Junior team numbered 59, when they competed on home soil in Sydney in 1996.
• China Dominate The IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  China’s teenager Li Gaobo outclassed many of the world’s most experienced 20km race walkers including last year’s race winner Australian Nathan Deakes to take the win in the third leg of the 2006 IAAF Race Walking Challenge which took place in Yangzhou in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, today.
• Girls Go NRL
  Be sure to tune your TV’s tonight to Channel 9’s NRL Footy Show at 9.30pm (NSW) or 11pm (Vic) to see some of our female athletics stars.
• Sad Passing Esteemed Colleague Mr Brian McEwan
  The Athletics Australia officiating family was deeply distressed and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of our esteemed colleague, Brian McEwan Brian was a proud New Zealander but was equally proud of his status as an "Honorary Aussie". For many years Brian was a key member of the Athletics New Zealand officiating scene and his contribution to the Technical Officials area in New Zealand and indeed Oceania will be unlikely to be surpassed in our lifetime