Office for Recreation & Sport SA : SASI : Olympic Athletes

The Australian team of Hayden Stoeckel, Andrew Lauterstein, Rickard and Sullivan finished 0.70 seconds behind the US to win silver in an Oceania record 3:30.04, also under the old world record.

Australia went into the race as world champions but only as beneficiaries of a US disqualification at the 2007 world championships.

Megan Jones riding Irish Jester was part of the Eventing Team Jumping SILVER MEDAL Winning Team

SASI Swimmer Hayden Stoeckel produced the swim of his life to clock the second-fastest 100 metres backstroke time in history to qualify fastest for today's final.

Grant Schubert out!

Nothing more to say really, gutted for him, gutted for the Kookaburras and on a selfish note gutted for us the supporters and Australia. The Kookaburras have depth though and they will bring in Smith who is a quality guy, a very good player and just as importantly someone who will do Australia proud. He is a guy who just missed out on the last Olympics and a Kookaburra servant who has regularly missed out on the big tournaments, so the magnitude of this opportunity will not escape him. Good luck Smithy if anyone deserves the opportunity you do.

Smith has been training on the rests days with the Kookaburras so he is here and not totally out of the loop but he has not been living in the athletes village and obviously has not played so I am unsure of how much he has missed and where he is at in terms of being prepared for something like this. Our 17th and 18th players in Beijing which also includes Mowlam have been living in a flash hotel half a km from the grounds with many of the officials who have not been afforded places in the village.

This will be a tough gig for Smith even though he is an experienced player. Coming straight in to an Olympic semi-final against a team of the quality of Spain is no easy task I would suspect.

Time will tell. Apparently he didn’t sleep much last night. Hope he gets some tonight.

We wish Grant the best and our thoughts are with him. He is a true champion of our sport and a fantastic ambassador for Australia and South Australia. He epitomises everything we want our kids to be, his work ethic, courage and honesty are reasons we can all learn from him and look up to him.

As I said before some things don’t happen for a reason, they just happen. It’s how we react that defines who we are. Nothing is surer though than Grant again leading the way.

Friday 22 August 2008

Athletics	Men’s 4 x 400m Relay – Round 1
9.40pm	Mark Ormrod
	Qualified 4th
Canoeing	Flatwater Women’s K4 500m Final
5.00pm	Hannah Davis
	Bronze Medal

Thursday 21 August 2008

Athletics	Women’s 20km Walk – Final
10.30am	Claire Woods
	Finished 28th
Basketball	Women’s Semi-Finals
9.30pm	Erin Phillips & Laura Summerton
	Won 90 - 56
Hockey	Men’s Classification – Semi-Finals	Aust v Spain
10.30pm	Grant Schubert (out injured)
	Defeated 3 - 2

Wednesday 20 August 2008

Table Tennis	Men’s Singles 2nd Round
6.30pm	William Henzell v Yoon Jae Young
	Def 4 - 3
Basketball	Men's Quarter Final	Aust v USA
	Brad Newley & Joe Ingles
	Def 116 - 85

Tuesday 19 August 2008

Basketball	Women’s Quarter-Finals
4.00pm	Erin Phillips & Laura Summerton	Aust v Czech Republic
	Won 79 - 46
Canoeing	Flatwater Women’s K2 500m heats
7.30pm	Hannah Davis
	Qualified 3rd
Diving	Men's 3m Springboard - Semi-Final
11.30am	Robert Newberry
	Qualified 11th (460.35 points)
	Men's 3m Springboard - Final
10.00pm	Robert Newberry
	Finished 9th
Hockey	Men’s Preliminaries – Pool A
10.00pm	Grant Schubert	Aust vs Great Britain
	Draw 3 - 3
Table Tennis	Men's Singles Preliminary Round Matches
12.15pm	William Henzell v Khourta (Algeria)
	Won 4-1
8.15pm	William Henzell v Lundqvist (Sweden)
	Won 4 - 2

Monday 18 August 2008

Basketball	Men’s Preliminaries
12.45pm	Brad Newley & Joe Ingles	Aust vs Lithuania
	Won 106 - 75
Canoeing	Flatwater Women’s K4 500m heats
6.00pm	Hannah Davis
	Qualified 3rd
Cycling	Track – Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit Final 3rd vs 4th
7.45pm or 7.50pm	Jack Bobridge & Luke Roberts
	Finished in 4th place overall

Sunday 17 August 2008

Basketball	Men's Preliminary
12.45pm	Erin Phillips & Laura Summerton	Aust vs Russian Fed.
	Won 75 - 55
Cycling	Men’s Team's Pursuit -Qualifying & 1st Round
11.30am & 5.55pm	Luke Roberts and Jack Bobridge
	Qualified 3rd / Defeated Netherlands in 1st Round
Hockey	Men's Pool MB Match M22
10.00pm	Grant Schubert	Aust vs Netherlands
	Draw 2 - 2
Rowing	Men's Quadruple Sculls Final A
6.20pm	Chris Morgan and James McRae
	Finished 4th
Swimming	Men's 4 X 100 Medley Relay
12.22pm	Silver Medal

Saturday 16 August 2008

Basketball	Men's Preliminary
12.45pm	Joe Ingles & Brad Newley	Aust vs Russian Fed.
	Won 95 - 80
Beach Volleyball	Men’s Round of 16
1.30pm	Andrew Schacht & Josh Slack	Aust vs Netherlands
	Def 2 - 0
Trampoline	Men's Qualification 1st Routine and Men' Final
1.50pm 9.55pm	Ben Wilden
	Ranked 13th (67.10)

Friday 15 August 2008

Basketball	Women’s Preliminaries
12.45pm	Erin Phillips & Laura Summerton	Aust vs Latvia
	Won 96 - 73
Hockey	Men’s Preliminaries – Pool A
8.00pm	Grant Schubert	Aust vs Pakistan
	Won 3 - 1
Rowing	Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Semi-Final & Men’s Quadruple Sculls Semi-Final
5.10pm	Amber Halliday & Marguerite Houston
	Finished 5th in Semi-Final
6.00pm	James McRae & Chris Morgan
	Finished 2nd in semi-Final
Swimming	Men’s 200m Backstroke Final
11.46am	Hayden Stoeckel
	Finished 6th

Thursday 14 August 2008

Basketball	Men’s Preliminaries
12.45pm	Joe Ingles & Brad Newley	Aust vs Iran
	Won 106-68
Swimming	Men’s 200m Backstroke Semi Final
8.39pm	Hayden Stoeckel
	3rd in Semi-Final
Table Tennis	Men’s Team Group 2nd & 3rd Round
11.30am & 4.00pm & 9.00pm	William Henzell
	Lost to Greece 0-3
Tennis	Doubles – Quarter-Finals
5.30pm	Lleyton Hewitt & Chris Guccione v Bryan/Bryan
	Def 4-6, 3-6

Wednesday 13 August 2008

Basketball	Women’s Preliminaries
9.30pm	Erin Phillips & Laura Summerton	Aust vs Korea
	Won 90-62
Beach Volleyball	Men’s Preliminaries – Pool C
10.30pm	Andrew Schacht & Josh Slack	Aust vs Brazil
	Def 14-21, 17-21 progressed to round of 16
Diving	Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Final
4.00pm	Robert Newberry
	8th Place
Hockey	Men’s Preliminaries – Pool A
10.00am	Grant Schubert	Aust vs South Africa
	Won 10-0
Swimming	Men’s 200m Backstroke Heat
8.39pm	Hayden Stoeckel
	2nd in heat
Table Tennis	Men’s Team Group 1st & 2nd Round	Aust vs Austria
4.00pm	William Henzell
	Lost to Austria (0-3)
Tennis	Doubles – 2nd Round
5.30pm	Lleyton Hewitt / Chris Guccione v Robredo / Nadal
	Won 6-2, 7-6

Tuesday 12 August 2008

Basketball	Men’s Preliminaries
11.45pm	Brad Newley & Joe Ingles	Aust vs Argentina
	Lost 68-85
Equestrian	Team Eventing Jumping Final
8.45pm	Megan Jones
	SILVER MEDAL
Swimming	Men’s 100m Backstroke Final
11.58am	Hayden Stoeckel
	BRONZE MEDAL
Tennis	Singles & Doubles – 1st & 2nd Round
12pm & 6.30pm	Lleyton Hewitt v R Nadal (singles – 2nd Rnd) Lost 1-6, 2-6 Alicia Molik / Casey Dellacqua (doubles – 1st Rnd) Lost 4-6, 4-6

Monday 11 August 2008

Basketball	Women's Preliminaries	Aust v Brazil
11.45pm	Erin Phillips & Laura Summerton
	Defeated Brazil 80 - 65
Beach Volleyball	Men's Preliminaries	Aust v Angola
11.30am	Andrew Schacht & Josh Slack
	Defeated Angola 2 - 0
Diving	Men's Synchronised 10m Platform
4.00pm	Robert Newberry
	4th Place
Swimming	100m Backstroke - Semi-final
12.23pm	Hayden Stoeckel
	1st Place - OLYMPIC RECORD - 52.97
Equestrian	Team Eventing Cross-Country & Individual Eventing Cross-Country
9.30am	Megan Jones
	Ranked 3rd in Individual Cross Country Ranked 2nd in Eventing Team Cross Country
Hockey	Men's - Grant Schubert	Aust v Canada
	Defeated Canada 6 - 1
Tennis	Singles & Doubles -1st Round
12.00pm & 6.30pm	Lleyton Hewitt v Jonas Bjorkman (Singles) Won - 7/5 7/6 Alicia Molik v Maria Martiunez Sanchez(Singles) Lost 1/6 1/6 Lleyton Hewitt (Doubles) Won 4/6 7/6 18/16