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To me, rugby and winter are synonymous. But winter

To me, rugby and winter are synonymous. But winter sure seemed a long way off when the refs blew their whistle to start last Saturday’s matches.

25 degrees is certainly a touch warm for someone to be lacing up the footy boots but, heck, who cared?

Rugby is back!

As feared there were a few (enforced) changes made

As feared there were a few (enforced) changes made to my Saturday schedule after I hit the “GO” button for my last post

Although in much warmer conditions than what we had been anticipating the cross country went ahead as scheduled. And given it was only the second real race of the season it was seriously hard work (and I guess that went for the athletes too!)

But at least it was dry and the sun was shining which made for some good — and occasionally testing — light

I had initially been penciled in to photograph four rugby matches but, due to some recently reinitiated COVID restrictions, that was wound back to just two — neither of which was a full scale hit out

Even so it was great to be paired up with the long lens again and to spend a Saturday afternoon charging around the place like I was a young buck once more

Given it was Mother’s Day I didn’t have as much opportunity as usual to get stuck into my images but did manage to punch out some from the cross country; I will have a few from the rugby tomorrow

Looks like all is “GO” for school sport tomorr

Looks like all is “GO” for school sport tomorrow — although with a few tweaks to the operating instructions — which means it is shaping up as a very busy day for me. But, after last year, I am certainly not going to whinge about that

The morning sees me up early to head out to Upjohn Park in Rydalmere for Round 2 of the CAS/GPS Cross Country. After the rain of the last couple of days it could well be a bit sloppy for the competitors — but the photographer in me is hoping that that might actually be the case!

And then, afterwards, it is back to Bellevue Hill to cover some rugby

Time to wind up the week with images from last Saturday’s cross country, all of which probably come under the header of “Caption This” (and one does potentially qualify for Gorby Of The Month too!)

As I write we are beginning to receive notificatio

As I write we are beginning to receive notification of some COVID regulations being reimposed/tightened

What that will mean, if anything, for weekend sport we will know when we know but, with a little luck, I will still be able to take photos in the same way that I was for some sports last year — but whether that includes cross country…!

So I guess the message is that you should make the most of today and tomorrow’s posts just in case there are not too many coming down the pike after that

In the meantime a few more images of the competitors pounding around North Ryde Common whilst competing in last Saturday’s Newington race

As foreshadowed yesterday I have uploaded images f

As foreshadowed yesterday I have uploaded images from the last two CAS/GPS Cross Country races to the peterwade.photography website

Best way to view them is to head to either the Recent Shoots page or the Gallery page dropdown menu and click on Cross Country

Whilst I try to post as many photos from each race to both the peterwade.photography Instagram and Facebook pages you will find lots more on the website than my social media feeds

The starter’s gun has just been fired!

The week is only two days old but I have already b

The week is only two days old but I have already been asked a couple of times whether I intend to post images from both the Centennial Park and North Ryde Common races to the website

I have been a bit tardy in not doing that already but am intending to upload photos from those events tomorrow

You will be able to view them in the usual place but, in case you have forgotten, will include details in tomorrow evening’s post

Some of today’s images will be amongst those

One of the best things about being able to take ph

One of the best things about being able to take photos of the cross country is that, with a couple of exceptions, each race is held in one of Sydney’s parks or woodland areas

And, despite their close proximity to the biggest city in Australia, it often feels like I have spent a morning bushwalking or, at the least, taking a well earned break in the middle of nature

But the question I sometimes ask myself after I have arrived home and loaded my cards into the computer, “Are these sport or landscape photos?”

I will let you be the judge but, whichever you decide, I trust you will appreciate them

A great day to start the season proper — and, ev

A great day to start the season proper — and, even if the course wasn’t one that gets the juices of either the competitors or spectators flowing, it was wonderful to be back into it again

And did I say spectators?

Yes; there were actually people wandering around the course (and in groups!) cheering on the athletes! Long may it continue

As it was the first race of the season where points were on the line it was serious stuff. But as the facial expressions showed, some seemed to take things a little more seriously than others…

From this point forward things start to get seriou

From this point forward things start to get serious again

The trials are now behind us with tomorrow seeing the start of the official Cross Country season — the Newington-hosted race at Ryde Common to kick things off

The weather forecast looks made to order and should pose no issues for competitors — even those who haven’t been as focussed on their training as some of the others!

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