News

New Tasmanian rep (17/05/06)
Welcome to the team Winston Mason who lives at Low Head Tasmania. For all those Fanciers in Tasmania who want to send birds you now have a direct contact in your own state. Winston's contact info is on the contacts page.

Birds update (17/05/06)
The birds are working well but as is very common with all places these days unfortunately the falcons are around almost every day. Tossing will begin very soon and an update of birds will take place when the "chipping" is done after the first couple of short tosses are completed. This should be done around the end of the month and you can then keep an eye on your bird's progress. A special thanks to the two Arthurs for looking after the birds while I had a break at Easter.

Photos of Maxum watches available (25/03/06)
You can now see the great Maxum watches that form part of the Taree Invitation 5000's prize packages. With 1st prize money, a pair of silver watches, ladies and gents. With 2nd prize money, a gent's gold watch. Click these links to open each photo in a new window.
 • First prize (ladies)
 • First prize (gents)
 • Second prize (gents)

Lucky entry prize drawn (21/03/06)
D. Murison of Hexham wins the Australian Hotel Wingham lucky entry draw, thanks to the generosity of Keichi Nakamura of Tokyo who was the first drawn but gave up his prize to a second draw. The Australian Hotel has also offered accommodation at $22 per person per night to all Taree Invitation 5000 guests.

Calcutta Night 22 July (21/03/06)
Old Bar Surf Lifesaving Club joins in to run the "refreshment stall" on the days of the races, and will hold a Calcutta night on the night before the race, 22 July 2006. Full details as they come to hand, but pencil in the date to make sure you're available.

Australian Hotel Wingham donates prizes (22/12/05)
The Australian Hotel, 24 Bent St Wingham, phone 6553 4511, has donated a night for 2 and also a meal for 2 to the value of $40 as a lucky entry prize, to be drawn in the first week of March.

Maxum prizes announced (22/12/05)
Maxum have selected the watches they are kindly donating for the race, with a gents and ladies watch to go with first prize and another gents watch to go with second prize. Value is approximately $160 each.