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==Reporter's Notes:==
Announcement made by Australian Paralympic Committee and Cycling Australia in Adelaide.<br />
News item not yet picked up in mainstream media.<br />
Launch attended by Wikimedia Photographer: Bilby 
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Photos taken at the announcement:
* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Australian_Paralympic_Cyclists_2012.jpg
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== Reporter notes ==

I'm not sure if this will be of much of value, but these are my notes from the event. I'll ask Ruth to look over this as well.

Ruth and I attended the announcement of the Australian Paralympics Cycling on June 12 at the [[w:Adelaide Super-Drome|Adelaide Super-Drome]]. The event got underway at 11:00 am.

Present were five athletes who had been selected: Kieran Modra, Scott McPhee (pilot), Jayme Paris, Felicity Johnson and Stephanie Morton (pilot). Stephanie, Felicity, Scott and Kieran are all from South Australia, and Jayme was over from NSW. Also present and speaking were Rebekka Wake as the coordinator for Public Relations & Marketing and Jason Hellwig, Chef de Mission and Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) Chief Executive. Others present included two camera crews, one press photographer, and others from APC along with some members of the athlete's familes. I have photos of all the speaking attendees if needed.

The event started with a brief introduction by Rebekka before the list of athletes was read out by Jason Hellwig. I didn't write down the names as they were included in the press pack, but listed were:

* Nigel Barley (WA)
* Carol Cooke (VIC)
* [[w:Michael Gallagher (cyclist)|Michael Gallagher]] (VIC)
* Alexandra Green (NSW)
* [[w:Felicity Johnson|Felicity Johnson]] (SA)
* Simone Kennedy (NSW) 
* [[w:Bryce Lindores|Bryce Lindores]] (QLD)
* [[w:Kieran Modra|Kieran Modra]] (SA) 
* David Nicholas (QLD)
* [[w:Jayme Paris|Jayme Paris]] (NSW)
* Susan Powell (ACT) 
* Stuart Tripp (VIC)
* [[w:Mark Jamieson|Mark Jamieson]] (TAS - pilot for Bryce Lindores)
* Scott McPhee (SA - pilot for Kieran Modra)
* Stephanie Morton (SA - pilot for Felicity Johnson)

Particular mention was made of Nigel Barley, as he would be competing in the handcycling event, and Kieran Modra, who would be attending his seventh Paralympics and who had won 4 gold in previous years.

Rebekka then asked questions of each of the athletes. Of particular note was a discussion with Kieran, who she asked to describe the difficulties he had with preperation for the games. He had been in two accidents, in one breaking his collarbone and in the other breaking his neck and back.

After the official part, we took photos of the athletes. We spoke to Jayme Paris, who expressed her excitment at attending. She reiterated a point she had made in the official part, about being very happy with her bronze at the previous Paralympics, but stated that she hoped to do better - she wanted gold or silver, but would still be happy with bronze. She also commented on how much she liked the training track at Newport, but hadn't tried the official Paralympics one yet, and mentioned how many of her family would be going, including some who live in Wales. Accordingly, she felt that the games would be the next best thing to a home Paralympics. Photo of Jayme from the session is at: [[:File:Jayme Paris 2012.jpg]]

After speaking with Jayme we photographed Felicity and Stephanie, who then demonstrated their riding around the track on the tandem cycle. (We have some photos of the two together, and I'll see if Ruth can upload hers to Commons as it came out better than mine). Photo of them cycling is at: [[:File:Stephanie Morton and Felicity Johnson riding.jpg]]

This led into a group shot. While waiting Ruth spoke with one of the officials present, who described how Kieran's cycle had to be modified by being extended due to his height. We also heard about how the 2012 track was to be a fast one, so they were hoping to break some records at the event. We got a number of group photos. One is at: [[:File:South Australian Paralympic Cyclists 2012.jpg]]. We had others, and one of Ruths I particularly like, so I'll ask her to upload it later.

Finally, there was a demonstration of the cycling by Scott and Kieran. Photos: [[:File:Scott McPhee and Kieran Modra riding 01.jpg]] & [[:File:Scott McPhee and Kieran Modra riding 01.jpg]]

[[User:Bilby|Bilby]] ([[User talk:Bilby|talk]]) 00:46, 14 June 2012 (UTC)






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