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Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia captains, Caz Gladysz and Doug Griffiths proudly wear the new team polo shirt. Story by Flying Officer Tina Langridge. Photos by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.

Invictus team captains named

10/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 696 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games

Former ADF personnel Doug Griffiths and Kaz Gladysz have been named team Australia co-captains for Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025,

The Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitors receive the new team polo shirt during a uniform unveiling event at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra. Story by Flying Officer Belinda Barker. Photos by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.

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New Invictus uniform a symbol of connection

10/12/202410/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 665 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, Invictus Games

Loss of connection has been an issue for some of the 33 members of Team Australia heading to Invictus Games

Invictus Games 2023 Team Australia competitor Flight Sergeant Nathan King prepares to throw during an athletics training session at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation, Narrabeen NSW. Story by Tina Langridge. Photo by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.

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‘We look fierce’: Invictus Games kit revealed

11/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1710 Views 0 Comments ADF Sport, German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Invictus Games

The Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023 Team Australia kit has been launched and it’s already been labelled a hit by the

Flight Sergeant Nathan King, Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Thistlethwaite and Able Seaman Taryn Dickens at the Invictus Games 2023 announcement of Team Australia's co-captains. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Andrew Dakin.

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Invictus Games 2023 Team Australia co-captains announced

18/06/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1918 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2023

Flight Sergeant Nathan King and Able Seaman Taryn Dickens have been announced as the co-captains of Team Australia for Invictus

Governor-General General (retd) David Hurley congratulates Peter Brown as Australia's Invictus Games flag bearer during the farewell function at Admiralty House in Sydney. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

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Invictus Games flag-bearer named

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1747 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2022

Peter Brown has been announced as the team Australia flag-bearer for the Invictus Games The Hague 2020. CAPTION: Governor-General General

Competitors and staff of the Australian 2020 Invictus Games team at Torrens parade grounds, Adelaide. Photo: Leading Seaman Jayson Tufrey

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New dates for postponed Invictus Games 2020

08/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1777 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

New dates for the Invictus Games 2020, postponed twice because of the coronavirus pandemic, have now been announced as April 16 to 22 2022.

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Second Games’ postponement a positive for Aussies

18/03/202118/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1628 Views 0 Comments

Thirty-two competitors from the Australian Invictus Games 2020 – The Hague team, have been given the reprieve they were hoping

Beau King in action at the Sydney 2018 Invictus Games. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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New dates for Invictus Games 202One

27/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1678 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

New dates for the Invictus Games in The Hague have been finalised, with the 2020 games cleverly rebranded Invictus Games 202One.

The 2020 Australian Invictus Games team at the team announcement, Victoria Barracks, NSW. Photo by Leading Seaman Jayson Tufrey.

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Australia’s 2020 Invictus Games team announced

18/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3284 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

The combined ADF, RSL and Veteran Sport Australia team that will represent Australia at the 2020 Invictus Games was officially named in Sydney today.

Gregory Sedoc, Angelien Eijsink, Stefan Nommensen, Johan Remkes. Photo supplied.

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100 days until Invictus Games 2020

30/01/202030/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1959 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

To mark 100 days until the start of Invictus Games 2020 in The Hague, the city’s mayor and the Dutch Team Chef de Mission attended an event at City Hall.

Major Kiely Pepper, who has been named in the New Zealand Defence Force Invictus Games team to compete in The Netherlands next year, competing in the 2018 Games in Sydney. NZDF photo.

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New Zealand names its 2020 INVICTUS Games Team

04/07/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1982 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force has named its team to compete at the Invictus Games in The Netherlands next year.

RAAF Flight Sergeant Ben Morgan (right), celebrates winning bronze in an Australian clean sweep of the cycle street race with (from left) silver medallist Jason McNulty and gold medallist Tim Grover at the Warrior Games 2018. Photo by Leading Seaman Jason Tufrey

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Aussie team headed to Warrior Games 2019

14/06/201914/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1914 Views 0 Comments

A team of 24 competitors from the Australian Defence Force and Veteran Sport Australia (VSA) will compete at the 2019

Invictus Games Sydney 2018 – special issue of COMBAT Camera magazine out now.

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INVICTUS GAMES – COMBAT Camera issue 17

03/11/201830/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4262 Views 3 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

I have very great pleasure in presenting below, Issue 17 of COMBAT Camera, a bumper 100-page magazine dedicated to my

Australian Army soldier Lance Corporal Cameron Webster shows Royal Thai Army soldier Corporal Metha Yupanit how his drone works during the International Drone Racing Tournament at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. Photo by Able Seaman Tara Byrne.

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Aussie Army wins first Military International Drone Racing Tournament

21/10/201807/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2358 Views 0 Comments

The inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament team cup was won by the Australian Army beating the New Zealand Defence

Then Chief of Army Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie and Commander Joint Health Command Major General Paul Alexander chat with participants in the ADF Paralympic Sports Program. Photo by Sergeant Brian Hartigan.

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CONTACT will cover Invictus Games after all

13/10/201809/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3571 Views 2 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

I reported earlier this month that CONTACT did not receive media accreditation to cover the Invictus Games in Sydney next

Drone racers, RAAF Officer Cadet Nicholas Eberl, Australian Army members Private Mackenzie Togo, Lieutenant Mark Sheppard and Lieutenant Thomas Gash, and RAAF Flight Sergeant Justin Galbraith, hover their drones over the flight deck of HMAS Canberra, to promote the inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament in the lead-up to Invictus Games. Photo by Able Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

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Inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament

12/10/201812/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3851 Views 0 Comments MIDRT, Military International Drone Racing Tournament

The inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament (MIDRT) will be held in Sydney at historic Victoria Barracks in the lead

Then Governor General Quentin Bryce chats with members of the ADF Paralympic Sports Program, including Private Liam Haven, left, who was blinded by an IED explosion in Iraq. Photo by Sergeant Brian Hartigan.

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CONTACT might be covering Invictus Games after all

02/10/201809/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 13803 Views 23 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

CONTACT – the Australian military magazine was informed it would not be allowed to cover the Invictus Games in Sydney

Official workforce uniforms of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018. ADF photo.

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Invictus Games uniforms unveiled

25/09/201825/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3535 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Official Invictus Games workforce uniforms were unveiled today to mark 25 days until the official start of the games in Sydney.

R&B artist Aloe Blacc will perform at the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 Closing Ceremony.

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Major R&B act announced for Invictus Games Closing Ceremony

19/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3785 Views 0 Comments Aloe Blacc, Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Grammy-nominated artist Aloe Blacc has been invited to perform at the Closing Ceremony of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 at

Kiwi Samoan Nu Filo prepares for Invictus Games during a NZ team training camp at Burnham Military Camp. NZDF photo.

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Kiwi Samoan prepares for Sydney Invictus Games

17/09/201817/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2391 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Kiwi. Samoan. Amputee. Soldier. Son. Brother. Partner. Faamanu (Nu) Taulafo Filo Leaana will be tapping into all these elements that

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