DEFENCE MEDIA ALERT
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 392/09
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
NAVY GEORGE BASS SURFBOAT MARATHON:
SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT AND LAUNCH
WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 09
BULLI BEACH, NSW
What:
Commander Fleet Air Arm, Commodore Tony Dalton and Greg
Malavey from the Australian Surf Rowers League will announce the
Navy naming rights sponsorship, and launch the 2010 Navy George
Bass Surfboat Marathon.
Where:
The headland of Bulli Beach Surf Life Saving Club (look out for the
signs).
When:
4:30pm Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Media note:
Commodore Dalton will be arriving at Bulli Beach by Navy helicopter surf boats,
along with the crew at 4:30pm.
Life savers and rowers from the Bulli Surf Life Saving Club will be available for
interview as will Chris Wilson, who has competed in every George Bass marathon
from its inception.
Interviews with serving Navy personnel from Team Navy will also be available.
Background:
Navy is again the naming rights sponsor of the George Bass Surfboat Marathon for
2009/10.
The marathon is a biannual event in which both male and female surf boat crews
compete over a consecutive period of seven days.
The teams row their surfboats along 180km of the south coast of NSW from
Bateman’s Bay to Eden between 3 - 9 January 2010.
It’s the longest, toughest Surfboat Race in the world over open sea.
Media Contact:
Malcolm Grieve, Defence Force Recruiting: 0409 603 684
Defence Media Liaison:
02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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