Category: Achilles News (page 4)

On January 11th, the inaugural Australian Para Triathlon Championships were held at Penrith’s International Regatta Centre. Although there no official Achilles teams in action, a number of Achilles members competed with considerable success. Jonathan Goerlach and his pilot Frazer Dowling won the Australian Championship…

By Peggy Soo (Achilles Melbourne Athlete with Vision Impairment)We stomp stomp stomped our way to the MCG! Brooke, Maddy, Christine and I, along with guides Jeff, Deb, Adrienne and Sarah all braved the cold and stomped around the MCG for…

On Saturday April 1st look out for a sea of yellow as Achilles members and volunteers head to local parkrun Australia events throughout Sydney.Parkruns are fun-filled, well-organised 5K races in many of Sydney’s Parks (also Australia & world wide). We’ll be joining…

On Sunday 23rd October, past and present members and friends of Achilles gathered to celebrate the Club’s 20th Anniversary.Many of the guest took part in a commemorative walk from the Art Gallery of New South Wales to Customs House at…

At our 20th Anniversary last month we gave out our first Achilles Honorary Lifetime Membership Awards.The recipients (pictured left to right) were members Nick Gleeson and Charlie McConnell who were two of our first members with disability to join Achilles…

We are super excited to launch our new Achilles shirts and singlets for members and volunteers.​We have 3 styles available – singlet (male/female), t-shirt and long-sleeve shirts. Each style has a GUIDE option which allows our volunteers to be easily…

Date: Sunday  11th December 2016Venue: The Domain – (over the road from the steps of the Art Gallery of NSW)Time: 9-45 am (after Sunday training)(in the case of the weather being inclement on the day, a venue or date change may be made)  Nomination for positions on…