Pat Hyland hopes to taste Tassie success with Arianne in ...
Lizard Island in action. Picture: Derrick den HollanderIN HIS long career in racing, Pat Hyland has experienced great success as a rider and as a trainer but one state where he hasn’t had any is Tasmania.“I might have had a ride in a Launceston Cup and I don’t think I’ve had a runner there,” Hyland said.Hyland believes his mare Arianne, who contests today’s Launceston Cup, can give him his maiden victory in the Apple Isle.“She ran into all the strife in the world at her last start and should hav..>> view originalBush stayer aims for double
Young Racing Tasmania ambassador, Holly Mason with 2016 Hobart Cup winner, Up Cups ahead of the Launceston Cup. Picture: LUKE BOWDENHE was the bush-bred stayer that won the Hobart Cup and today Up Cups plans to give the $225,000 Launceston Cup a red hot go.The gelding old took out the Group 3 Hobart Cup on February 8 giving joint owners Brian and Justine Outtram, from Little Swanport, and Rick and Tina Polley, one of the most thrilling wins they have had as racehorse owners.“I don’t think too ma..>> view originalSand in gears of hammer thrower
Hammer thrower Huw Peacock at his current training facility at South Arm.ACROSS a cattle grid, up a dirt road and into vast dunes around South Arm.With his usual stomping ground of the Domain Athletics Centre out of action until April, this will be the training base of Commonwealth Games representative hammer thrower Huw Peacock for the next month.Although one of the most scenic locations to train for the hammer, with only a plywood plank — meaning Peacock’s movement has to be straight unless he..>> view originalNew media reform brawl brews between government, companies
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Federal Group's work experience program given thumbs up by Tasmania's hospitality sector Updated February 23, 2016 19:58:37 Tasmania's hospitality industry has backed efforts by the Federal Group to entice more young people into the sector. Key points:Federal Group offering work experience to high school students at its hotelsOrganisers say the program helps students connect with employers and gain experienceHospitality officials hope the program will help reduce state..>> view originalBellamy's still worth backing
Bellamy's baby formula has been in short supply on supermarket shelves because of international demand. Getty Images by Joe Magyer Forget gold, and definitely forget black gold. White gold has the market's rapt attention these days, thanks to booming demand for Australian infant formula.A handful of companies have made hay with this trend, but none more so than Launceston-based Bellamy's Australia.First-half sales h..>> view original11-week-old baby critical
A LAUNCESTON man has appeared in court charged with a series of assaults on his infant daughter who is fighting for her life in hospital with serious head injuries.The 11-week-old girl remained in a critical condition in the Royal Hobart Hospital last night.Her father, a 36-year-old man from the Launceston suburb of Newnham has been charged with three counts of assaulting his daughter and assault of his 36-year-old wife.Charge sheets before the court say police allege the man struck and pinched ..>> view originalVince Curry dead heat a rarity in Australian greyhound racing
THE amazing dead-heat between kennelmates Split Image (box 4) and Paua To Avoid (box 8) in the final of the Group 2 Vince Curry Memorial Maiden (520m) at Ipswich brings to mind the fact that dead-heats in major races are quite a rarity, even during the pre-photo-finish camera days of the sport.Indeed, since the start of the group racing era in 1995, the Vince Curry is only the third time a race with group status at the time has ended in a dead-heat for first.The first dead-heat in a Group race d..>> view originalRegional communities connected by Festivals Australia funding
Tuesday 23 February, 2016 More than $750,000 will be distributed among 18 projects through the Ministry for the Art’s latest funding round. Photo: Junction Arts Festival's The Tweed Run, 2015. Bermagui’s Four Winds Festival, the Junction Arts Festival in Launceston, and the Denmark Festival of Voice in Western Australia are among 18 events to have shared more than $750,000 in..>> view original
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