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May 2008 |
May 2008
BMX
2008 UCI World Championships in China
• Jared Graves men's senior 7th in final
• Kamakazi - semi final
• Steve Janssen junior elite male - knocked out in quarter final
• Rachel Bracken junior elite female - 3rd in final
Football
Men's
• QAS v Bundaberg Strikers - (QAS) 2-0
• QAS v Redland Devils - (QAS) 1-0
Women's
• Matildas v Canada - (Matildas) 2-1
AFC Women's Asia Cup - Matildas
Match 1: Aus 4 .v. Chinese Taipei 0 (Kate McShea was captain for this match)
Match 2: Aus 2 .v. Korea Republic 0
Hockey
Kookaburras 4 Nation Tournament - Darwin
Round 1: Kookaburras 3 .v. China 2
Round 2: Kookaburras 4 .v. Korea 2
Round 3: Kookaburras 1 .v. India 0
Championship Match: Kookaburras 9 .v. China 8
2008 Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy - Germany
Hockeyroos v Germany - (Germany) 2-1
Hockeyroos v Japan - (Hockeyroos) 2-0
Hockeyroos v Argentina - (Argentina) 2-1
Hockeyroos v China - 3-3
Rowing
Australian Selections
• Jared Bidwell made the Under 23's team together with Sam Conrad
Rowing World Cups
• Sally Kehoe: Gold Women's Eight
• Sam Conrad: Gold Men's Eight
Swimming
Seville's Open Water Challenge - Spain
• Melissa Gorman - 25th Open Water Challenge
Santa Clara Meet
• Bronte Barratt: Gold 400m freestyle & Gold: 200m freestyle
• Cate Campbell: Silver 100m freestyle
• Women's Telstra Dolphins: Gold 4x200m freestyle relay
• Men's Telstra Dolphins: Gold 4x200m freestyle relay
Telstra Dolphins West Coast Tour - Mel Zajak International Swim Meet
• Bronte Barratt: 1st 200m freestyle, 1st 400m freestyle, 3rd 100m freestyle, 1st 4x800m freestyle relay, 1st 4x400m medley relay
• Leith Brodie: 1st 100m freestyle, 3rd 200m freestyle
• Ellen Fullerton: 1st 4x800m freestyle relay, 1st 4x400m medley relay, 3rd 400m individual medley
• Kylie Palmer: 1st 4x800m freestyle relay, 1st 4x400 medley relay, 2nd 400m freestyle
• Amelia Evatt-Daley: 1st 4x800m freestyle relay
• Cate Campbell: 1st 50m freestyle
• Ashleigh McCleery: 1st 4x400m medley relay
Triathlon
• QAS secured 11 positions across the elite, under 23 and junior divisions
Water Polo
Four Series Test v China
Game 1: Australia 15 .v. China 11
Game 2: Australia 11 .v China 7
Game 3: Australia 10 .v. China 7
Game 4: Australia 8 .v. China 7
QAS REGIONAL RESULTS - MAY
BMX
• Rachel Bracken (Townsville) won Bronze in the junior women's final at the UCI BMX World Championships held in Taiyuan, China. Steve Janssen made the quarter finals in the Junior Men event.
• BMX Australian Championships (Adelaide):
o Rachel Bracken - 2nd
o Steve Janssen - 2nd
Cycling
• Mersey Valley 3 Day Tour (Tasmania):
o Ruth Corset: 2nd on General Classification, Queen of the Mountain - Elite Women
• Montreal World Cup (Montreal, Canada):
o Ruth Corset: 21st (3rd best placed Australian)
• Ruth Corset competed in the Mt Hood Classic (Oregon USA):
o Stage 1 - Portland Prologue 33rd
o Stage 2 - Mt Tabor Criterium 6th
o Stage 3 - Cooper Spur circuit race 8th
o Stage 4 - Scenic Gorge TT 30th
o Stage 5 - Wy'East Road Race 8th
o Stage 6 - DowntownHood River Criterium 31st
• Ruth Corset also competed in the Tour of Chongming Island (China):
o Stage 1 - Chongming Criterium 20th
o Stage 2 - Chongxi - Chongxi Road Race 51st
o Stage 3 - Chongdong - Chongdong RR3rd
o Stage 4 - Chongbei - Chongbei RR 13th
• U19 Australian Road Championships (Murwillumbah, NSW):
o Tom Richards: 8th Individual Time Trial, 24th 98km Road Race
o Jessy Byrnes: 9th Individual Time Trial
• Elite Womens Racing (as part of U19 Australian Road Championships):
o Kirsty Broun: 1st 105km Elite Women's Road Race
Hockey
• Ellen Seaniger and Karina Curtis have been named in the Scorchers AHL Squad.
• Scott Richards and Kris Glass have been selected in the Blades AHL Squad.
• Samantha Eiser and Kandice Olivieri were selected in the Queensland U21 women's team.
• Scott Richards, Kris Glass and Andrew Richards were selected in the Queensland U21 men's team.
Swimming
• Bradley Byrne, Jacinta Powell, Tessa Wallace and Jade Neilsen attended the QAS/SQ Shanghai training camp.
• Lorren Sellwood and Ashleigh McCleery attended the West Coast USA tour. Ashleigh won Gold in the 4x400m medley relay at the Mel Zajak International swim meet.
Tennis
• Madison Simmons won the 12's Brisbane Open Age
• Cory Jacobs' current national ranking is 585 (at 31/5/08)