Some of you may be aware of my other site catering for master short trackers, but as a devout fan of anything Australian, I thought it was time to devote some space to the Australian long trackers overseas.
Presently, there are five Australian inliners living in Enschede in the Netherlands attempting to make the transition from champion inliners to champion long trackers under the tutelage of Desley Hill, a former World Champion inliner herself. You can head to Desley's TeamDes (Team Gold Rush) for more profile info on the skaters.
Sohpie Muir and Joshua Lose have both broken Australian LT records (unofficially), Josh in the 3000m and Sophie in the 500m and 1000m. The next step for these skaters will be to qualify for some world cups.
Desley tells me that Josh is attempting to qualify for Erfurt, with Sophie and Josh hoping to qualify for Heerenveen. Hopefully we can get to know these skaters a little better with updates from them and Desley.
Richard Goerlitz has made the journey back into claps after a couple of years rest, skating in a Masters Cup event in Davos over last weekend, and I believe he is again skating in a Masters event in Davos this weekend (10th and 11th).
I will be heading to Germany on the 1st of February to compete in an event in Berlin then the Masters sprint cup in Inzell where I will get to compete against the very talented Andrew Love of ZATAOSS.
I will slowly add to the site as I want to capture some of the history of Australian long trackers. If you have any information, photos or videos you would like posted up, don't hesitate to email me. I will have an email address in the sidebar soon,or head to WMST and email me from there,
regards
Frank
Friday, January 9, 2009
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