NSW:Diary Events, Friday August 26, 2011

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2011
NSW:Diary Events, Friday August 26, 2011
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE

1200 - SA Premier Mike Rann to speak at Property Council lunch. Adelaide Convention
Centre. Info: Jesica Alvaro 82360900.

1300 - SA police to run a walk-up voluntary breath testing station. Gouger St, outside
BankSA. Info: Police media 82262688.

- Masterchef finalist Michael Weldon at Cancer Council Daffodil Day. InteGawler Place
canopy, Rundle Mall. 1330. Info: Anna Mazzone 82914119.

BRISBANE

0900 - Health Minister Geoff Wilson inspects the Royal Flying Doctor Service's new
plane, 12 Casuarina St, Brisbane Airport.

0945 - Premier Anna Bligh launches $20 million Sheraton hotel renewal plan, Sheraton
Mirage, Gold Coast.

- Annual Canooweal Drover's Camp Festival starts (26-28 August)

CANBERRA

No items listed.

DARWIN

No items listed.

HOBART

Prime Minister Julia Gillard to visit Tasmania.

MELBOURNE

No items listed.

PERTH

No items listed.

SYDNEY

0700 - Oxfam's 100km Trailwalker event begins. Parsley Bay, Brooklyn. Contact: Charlotte
Greig 0404 111 919.

1000 - Australian Father of the Year 2011 and NSW Community Father of the Year winners
announced. Exchange Square, Ground Floor, 20 Bridge Street, Sydney. Contact: Lauren Sharkey
0439 404 200, Amy Medcalf 0434 437 867.

1130 - Paul Lockyer's memorial service at St Ignatius College Chapel, Tamborine Bay
Road, Riverview. Contact: 02 8333 3662.

1100 - NSW Police and Emergency Services Minister Michael Gallacher and NSW Police
Commissioner Andrew Scipione to welcome 112 new recruits. NSW Police Academy, McDermott
Drive, Goulburn. Contact: Clint McGilvray 0413 285 186.

1230 - Stop The Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS) holds a rally to coincide with
anti-intervention protests marking Gurindji Freedom Day. Tanya Plibersek's office, 150
Broadway Road, Broadway. Contact: 0407 209 520.

1700 - NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge joins a Refugee Action Coalition protest against
the federal government's Malaysian refugee swap deal. Outside Sydney Town Hall. Contact:
Nick Riemer 0435 533 027, Mark Goudkamp 0422 078 376.

SPORT

AFL - Rnd 23 - to August 28 2040 (AEST) - Fremantle v Collingwood, Patersons Std, Subiaco
RUGBY LEAGUE - NRL - Rnd 25 - to August 29 1935 - Manly v Storm, Brookvale Oval 1935 -
Parramatta v Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Std
RUGBY - ARU friendly - 1930 - Australian Barbarians v Canada, Skilled Park, Robina, Gold Coast
CRICKET - Tour of Sri Lanka - to September 16 Practice match (3 day) - to August 27 1430
(AEST) - Australia v Sri Lanka XI, Colombo
TENNIS - ATP Masters - to August 29 Winston Salem USA
SQUASH (Men's) - to August 27 - World Team C'ship, Germany
JUDO - World C'ships - to August 28 Paris, France
GOLF - USPGA Tour - to August 28 The Barclays, Plainfield CC, Edison, New Jersey
GOLF - USPGA Tour - to August 27 Omega Mission Hills World Cup, Mission Hills GC, Hainan
Island, China
GOLF - USLPGA Tour - to August 28 Canadian Women's Open, Hillsdale GC, Mirabel Quebec, Canada
GOLF - European Tour - to August 28 Johnnie Walker C'ship, The Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire,
Scotland
BASEBALL - MLB - to September 28 USA
SURFING (Men's) - ASP World Tour - Billabong Pro Teahupoo, Taiarapu, French Polynesia
- to August 31
CYCLING (Road) - UCI World Tour - to September 11 Vuelta a Espana, Spain
MOTORSPORT - Moto GP - to August 28 Indianapolis, USA
MOTORSPORT - Formula 1 - to August 28 Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
GALLOPS - Albury Geelong Ipswich Bathurst Alice Springs Singapore USA
TROTS - Bankstown Melton Gold Coast Port Pirie Mildura Wagga Gloucester Park Kalgoorlie New Zealand
GREYHOUNDS - Wentworth Park Geelong Ipswich Angle Park Casino Traralgon The Gardens Mandurah
New Zealand

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