Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Today I congratulate a group of seven local high school girls on their fantastic performance at one of the biggest cheerleading competitions in the world. They are Shakira Jefferys and Jessi Abeleven from Richmond River High School, sisters Laura and Lily Davidson from Woodlawn College, and sisters Tami and Heyley Rose and Natasha Hern who all attend Trinity Catholic College.

All of these girls were part of a cheerleading squad that competed in the Asian Pacific Games in Australia with their results enabling them to compete in the American national championships held in Dallas, Texas, earlier this year. Due to the girls' hard work and dedication they were placed seventh. It was a great result at such a high level of international competition. Congratulations to all.

I would like to congratulate Lismore locals Stuart Thomson and Andrew Gordon. They recently represented the Far North Coast team at the Australian Canoe Marathon Championships in Sydney. There were representatives from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. They both spent many hours in the water for this event, training, and all the hard work paid off with them completing the course in under two hours: one hour and 50 minutes. This placed them in second position. Congratulations to them.

See this speech in context