With two days of competition down and only a hand full of events left who will take victory in the 2017 Oceania Inline Speed Championship? Inline speed skaters from all over Australia and New Zealand arrived in Brisbane to go head to head for their country, glory and the gold! Pauline Robertson, Head of the Speed Branch for Skate Australia, opened the events on Sunday 16th of April and with skinsuits on, skates laced up and helmets fastened the racing commenced. Brisbane turn

"The most important thing ... is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle" - Pierre de Coubertin, Founder of the Olympics. MEDAL TALLY Australia GOLD - 31 SILVER - 41 BRONZE - 30 New Zealand GOLD - 29 SILVER - 19 BRONZE - 21 India GOLD - 0 SILVER - 0 BRONZE - 1 OVERALL POINTS COUNTRY POINTS 1st Australia - 1331 2nd New Zealand - 974.5 3rd India - 29.5 INDIVIDUAL POINTS Cadet Girls

Article published in Quest Albert and Logan News on April 13th 2017. FIVE LOGAN CITY CLUB SKATERS PICKED FOR AUSSIE TEAM The Logan City Inline Speed Club will be behind Australia's push to take out the Oceania Inline Speed Skating Championships this weekend. Picture: PETER CRONIN Craig Hill, Rob Cook, Neale Clancy, Samon Lee and Stephen Hampson from the Logan City Inline Speed Club. Five skaters from the Hillcrest-basd club - Rob Cook, Craig Hill, Samon Lee, Stephen Hampson

Despite torrential rain and localised flooding, nothing would hold back Brisbane's future speed skaters from the first event in Logan City Speed's Simulated Race Series on April 1st. Over twenty skaters as well as family, friends and officials descended on Mount Warren Park Sports Centre on Saturday, ready to compete. Skaters were divided into four categories, dependent on age and skill level, and competed in races of varying distances from 100m to 1500m. This simulated ra