Lee Gaskin

Lee Gaskin

Motor sport

Mulach tears up ACT Speedway

The ACT Speedway Titles, Fairbairn Park. The Aussie Six event. Kerryn Bailey left and Jonathan Ashley, get tangled up.. May 5th. 2013 Photograph by Graham Tidy The Canberra Times.

Lee Gaskin More than 60 competitors from the ACT, NSW and Victoria pushed their cars to the limit at the ACT Speedway titles on Sunday.

Soccer

Shields strikes four times to help lift Olympic to top spot

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Lee Gaskin Mark Shields fired home four goals to lead Canberra Olympic to the top of the Canberra National Premier League table.

Saturday Serve

Return to sender

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Lee Gaskin No group of supporters do payback better than those who follow the Canberra Raiders.

Motorsport

Need for speed

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Ashley Hodak, 18, with her car, who is leading the super production class of the ACT Speedway championship. 
 

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Lee Gaskin During the day, she works at a childcare centre and is like any other teenager.

Soccer

Schroder aims high

Lee Gaskin Not only would an elusive championship be the pinnacle of Robbie Schroder's 14 seasons in the ACT top flight, it would also be the perfect swansong for the Canberra Olympic veteran.

Soccer

Canberra coach heads to NZ to fulfil dream

Nikki Washington Jitka Klimkova

Lee Gaskin Canberra United is scouring the globe to find a replacement for championship-winning coach Jitka Klimkova.

United's coach heads across the Tasman

23RD SEPTEMBER- 2012 -SPORT -STORY- CHRIS DUTTON- THE CANBERRA TIMES- PHOTO BY MELISSA ADAMS.
Canberra United coach Jitka Klimkova looking over potential players for the W-League season ahead, at the AIS training fields , Canberra.

Lee Gaskin Canberra United's championship-winning coach Jitka Klimkova has left the national capital to take charge of the New Zealand women's under-17 national team.

Soccer

Olympic enhances title claims

Sport: National Premier League Canberra Olympic Vs Belconnen United.  Canberra Olympic player Robbie Schroder and Belconnen United player Jack Blackley go up for a header during the match at O'Connor Enclosed Oval. 28 April 2013 Canberra Times photo by Jeffrey Chan.

Lee Gaskin Canberra Olympic justified its standing as a championship contender in handing newly-installed Belconnen United coach Lou Gaspari his first loss in the top job.

Monday's Expert

Brumbies galloping ahead with season's best first-half show

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Lee Gaskin What a difference a week can make in the perception of a rugby team.

Soccer

Panthers coach tells players to find desire

Lee Gaskin MONARO Panthers coach Njegosh Popovic has questioned the commitment of his players and whether they have the desire to play in the Canberra National Premier League.

Soccer

Woden Valley on the hunt for consistency

SPORT: Belconnen United v Canberra City at McKellar Soccer field, Canberra. City player Ahley Lagarde is tackled by United player Micahel Taurasi..  14th April 2013. Photo by MELISSA ADAMS of The Canberra Times..

Lee Gaskin Woden Valley has knocked over the reigning premiers and inflicted Canberra Olympic's only loss of the season.

Soccer

Fairytale a change of pace for Topor-Stanley

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 21:  Daniel McBreen of the Mariners competes for the ball against Nikolai Topor-Stanley of the Wanderers  during the A-League 2013 Grand Final match between the Western Sydney Wanderers and the Central Coast Mariners at Allianz Stadium on April 21, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Lee Gaskin Western Sydney Wanderers star Nikolai Topor-Stanley will be the first to tell you everything happens for a reason.

Athletics

Japan then the world for Breen comeback

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Lee Gaskin Melissa Breen has one foot, a few fingers and most of her backside in the door to the world championships.

Saturday Serve

Stop sinking in the boot

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Lee Gaskin Judging by Shaun Johnson's reaction on Twitter, you'd guess he spent a week in jail as opposed to a trip to the national capital.

Netball

Capitals veteran on the ball in new code

Chronicle. Launch of the Canterbury State League netball competition at the ACT Netball Centre, Lyneham. Queanbeyan Representatives of the 6 teams at the launch. L to R Jo Pivac, Tuggeranong, Sepi Langi, Belconnen, Kim Rice, Arawang, Jasmine Keene, Canberra, Kelsey Allen, South Canberra and Lara Bowyer, Queanbeyan. April 24th. 2013 Photograph by Graham Tidy The Canberra Times.

Lee Gaskin She's spent more than a decade in the WNBL, but Canberra Capitals veteran Michelle Cosier's next challenge is on the netball court.

Cricket

Winter into Redbacks as Lyon packs his bag

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ACT Cricketer Nathan Lyon at a cricket clinic for asylum seekers next to Manuka oval ahead of the PM's XI tomorrow.
28 Jan 2013.
Photo: Rohan Thomson. The Canberra Times.

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Lee Gaskin ACT Comets young gun Nick Winter will be among several familiar faces at the South Australian Redbacks.

Matildas to face Ferns

Lee Gaskin The Matildas are the latest Australian team to join in Canberra's centenary celebrations, taking on New Zealand in a two-match series in June.

Soccer

Matildas join the centenary party

Sport, W-League Canberra United Vs Melbourne Victory. ?Canberra United player Michelle Heyman appeals after a team mate is fouled during the match at MacKellar Park.  15 December 2012   Canberra Times Photo by Jeffrey Chan

Lee Gaskin The Matildas are the latest Australian team to join in Canberra’s Centenary celebrations, taking on New Zealand in a two-match series in June.

Soccer

Blue Devils end Canberra FC's dream run

Sport:  Canberra National Premier League Belconnen Vs Canberra FC.   Canberra FC player Ian Graham holds back Belconnen United player Callum Smith during the match at McKellar Park 21 April 2013 Canberra Times photo by Jeffrey Chan.

Lee Gaskin Two penalties and a controversial no-goal combined to end Canberra FC's five-match unbeaten start.

Late goal gets Tuggeranong off hook

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soccer By Lee Gaskin Tuggeranong defender Tim Ireson scores dramatic match-winner in the final minute of injury time.