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Perth Now
18-06-2025
- Automotive
- Perth Now
Pedal Prix rolls into Yanchep
Dozens of Human Powered Vehicle teams will descend on Splendid Park in Yanchep for the first time this weekend as it hosts the second round of the 2025 WA Pedal Prix Series. From 2pm on Saturday, June 21, more than 350 racers from a record 42 entries across 18 teams will compete in a six-hour endurance race around the 1.4km circuit at the park. The event, organised by the WA Human Powered Vehicle Association and supported by the City of Wanneroo, will include competitors of all ages and experience levels, with many high school students and community teams among the participants. Your local paper, whenever you want it. More than 350 racers will hit the track at Splendid Park in Yanchep this Saturday. Credit: Graham Johnson Event organiser and competitor Graham Johnson believes the sport delivers valuable benefits to participants such as teamwork and strategy, innovation and thrilling racing action. Mr Johnson said the race in Yanchep would make history as the first Pedal Prix event held under lights in WA. 'Splendid Park in Yanchep is WA's first UCI-standard criterium circuit designed specifically for competitive cycling,' Mr Johnson said. 'Its 1.4km circuit and dedicated facilities make it ideal for the first Pedal Prix event held in Yanchep.' The 2025 Pedal Prix season began at Wanneroo International Kartway last month, with Hale School's Blue Haze team crowned winners of the S1 category. After the Yanchep race, competitors will head to Bunbury City Kart Club for the third round on July 26, before the grand finale at Busselton Foreshore on August 24 as part of the UniSA Australian HPV Super Series.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Flyovers taking to Oregon, Washington skies for Memorial Day
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Take a look up at the skies this Memorial Day when F-15 Eagle fighter jets will fly across parts of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. The Oregon Military Department says they are planning 17 different flyovers on Monday, beginning at 9:14 a.m. over the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Gresham. What's open and closed on Memorial Day? 'It's an incredible honor to fly for the Air National Guard on Memorial Day, paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom,' said Maj. Graham Johnson, one of the two flyover pilots. These jets will be flying at close to 1000 feet up in the air at speeds of 400 miles per hour. Full schedule below: 9:14 a.m. Forest Lawn Cemetery, Gresham, Ore. 9:30 a.m. Veterans Memorial, Springfield, Ore. 10:13 a.m. Mt. View Cemetery, Oregon City, Ore. 10:15 a.m. Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Ore. 10:18 a.m. Adams Memorial Cemetery, Molalla, Ore. 10:25 a.m. Timber Linn Memorial Park, Albany, Ore. 10:33 a.m. Depoe Bay, Ore. 10:55 a.m. Dallas Cemetery, Dallas, Ore. 10:58 a.m. Restlawn Memory Gardens, Salem, Ore. 11:00 a.m. WWII Memorial, Salem, Ore. 11:05 a.m. Calvary Cemetery, Mt. Angel, Ore. 11:06 a.m. Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn, Ore. 11:11 a.m. Veterans Memorial Park, Beaverton, Ore. 11:15 a.m. Fir Lawn Memorial Park, Hillsboro, Ore. 11:16 a.m. Forest View Cemetery, Forest Grove, Ore. 11:19 a.m. Vernonia Memorial Cemetery, Vernonia, Ore. 11:28 a.m. Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, Wash. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Otago Daily Times
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Dunstan underdogs rally for upset against Otago Boys'
Dunstan scored a late try to pull off a stunning 22-19 upset against Otago Boys' at Littlebourne on Saturday. Coach Graham Johnson believes it is the first time Dunstan has beaten Otago Boys' in Dunedin. They last beat Otago Boys' in 2010. That was in Alexandra and they prevailed 9-8. Saturday's division 1 Southern School Rugby Championship fixture was just as tense. Otago Boys' scored two converted tries to lead 14-0. They dominated the first quarter of the game. But Dunstan rallied and went into the break on level terms. Otago Boys' wrestled back control of the game with a third try. The visitors replied with a penalty but found themselves pinned down in their half and unable to get in a position to press for the win. "We were under the pump, I suppose," Johnson said. "We were in our own 22 and our own half of 22 for probably about the last 10 minutes or so." They held them out and then made their way down the other end. Dunstan bashed the ball forwards and then flung it wide in the dying moments of the game. Winger Finn Donnelly crossed in the corner to seal the win in the last play of the game. "It was a huge forward effort, really. "[Blindside] Jack Cinnamon was pretty dominant all day. "Our front row was, well, I think we won three scrum penalties in the second half. "Props Cody Robinson and Jake McGinnis played the full 70 minutes and were sort of dominant. "But it's hard to single people out because it was really just a good team effort based around heaps of courage and good defence." In the other division 1 games, King's clobbered John McGlashan 63-7 on their home turf and they lead the competition standings following two comfortable wins to kick-start their season. Southland Boys' 1st recorded a 48-17 win against the 2nd XV, also unbeaten in division 1. In the Maroon Pool, King's 2nd cruised to a 54-12 away win against Cromwell, Wakatipu thumped Taieri 84-10 in Queenstown and Otago Boys' 2nds edged Mt Aspiring 15-5 in Wānaka. There were a couple of one-sided fixtures in the Blue Pool as well. Central Southland powered to a 74-5 win against John McGlashan 2nds at home, St Kevin's was too strong for Maruawai/Menzies, winning 81-15 in Oamaru. And Waitaki Boys' defeat South Otago 33-17 in Oamaru.
Otago Daily Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Dunstan stun Otago Boys' in thrilling upset
Dunstan pulled off a stunning 22-19 upset to beat Otago Boys' at Littlebourne this afternoon. Coach Graham Johnson believes it is the first time Dunstan has beaten Otago Boys' in Dunedin. The sides were locked 14-14 at halftime during the Southern Schools Rugby Championship fixture. In the other division 1 games, King's clobbered John McGlashan 63-7 on their home turf and they lead the competition standings following two comfortable wins to kick start their season. Southland Boys' 1st recorded a 48-17 win against the 2nd XV and are also unbeaten in division 1. In the Maroon Pool, King's 2nd cruised to a 54-12 away win against Cromwell, Wakatipu thumped Taieri 84-10 in Queenstown and Otago Boys' 2nds edged Mt Aspiring 15-5 in Wānaka. There were a couple of one-sided fixtures in the Blue Pool as well. Central Southland powered to a 74-5 win against John McGlashan 2nds at home, St Kevin's was too strong for Maruawai/Menzies, winning 81-15 in Oamaru. And Waitaki Boys' defeated South Otago 33-17 in Oamaru.
Otago Daily Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Dunstan stun Otago Boys' in thrilling victory
Dunstan pulled off a stunning 22-19 upset to beat Otago Boys' at Littlebourne this afternoon. Coach Graham Johnson believes it is the first time Dunstan has beaten Otago Boys' in Dunedin. The sides were locked 14-14 at halftime during the Southern Schools Rugby Championship fixture. In the other division 1 games, King's clobbered John McGlashan 63-7 on their home turf and they lead the competition standings following two comfortable wins to kick start their season. Southland Boys' 1st recorded a 48-17 win against the 2nd XV and are also unbeaten in division 1. In the Maroon Pool, King's 2nd cruised to a 54-12 away win against Cromwell, Wakatipu thumped Taieri 84-10 in Queenstown and Otago Boys' 2nds edged Mt Aspiring 15-5 in Wānaka. There were a couple of one-sided fixtures in the Blue Pool as well. Central Southland powered to a 74-5 win against John McGlashan 2nds at home, St Kevin's was too strong for Maruawai/Menzies, winning 81-15 in Oamaru. And Waitaki Boys' defeated South Otago 33-17 in Oamaru.
