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2009 Pierre De Coubertin Award Winners

The prestigious Pierre de Coubertin Award was awarded to 27 students at the awards ceremony for 2009. These students demonstrated the Olympic spirit, and the ideals of sportsmanship. Click below to see the Award Winners.

2009 Pierre De Coubertin Award Winners

Two Australians to oversee Rio 2016 Olympic preparations

14 January 2010

AOC President John Coates has been appointed to the IOC Co-ordination Commission for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Coates is one of two Australians on the 17-member panel which will oversee preparations for the Rio Games.

Greg Hartung, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) is also part of the multinational team responsible for assisting the Rio Organising Committee. [more]

They've failed to understand a simple truth about winning

21 December 2009

Herb Elliott, one of the greatest middle-distance runners the world has ever known, once set down, very candidly [more]

Trickett retires from swimming

14 December 2009

Dual Olympian, world record holder and multiple world champion Libby Trickett has today announced that she will retire from competitive swimming with immediate effect. [more]

Australia blitz second-half to win Champions Trophy

07 December 2009

The Kookaburras' ability to conjure big-match wins against the odds sealed a record 10th Champions Trophy [more]

Callus snatches record from Sullivan

26 November 2009

Ashley Callus has seized ownership of the title of Australia's fastest swimmer by breaking Eamon Sullivan's 50m freestyle record at the AIS International in Canberra. [more]

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VALE REG LIBBIS, 10 June 1933 – 25 May 2009

Reg Libbis passed away on Monday 25 May 2009.

Reg was originally from the Albert Park Rowing Club in Melbourne. He rowed in the coxed four that finished a close fourth at Melbourne 1956. He was on the organising committee for the 1964 National Regatta for the Australian Championship and Olympic Trials, held on Lake Burley Griffin.

Reg was a founding member of both the ACT Rowing Association and the Canberra Rowing Club and a leading coach and boat race official. As a builder he, with Club President Bill O'Brien, initiated the construction of Canberra Rowing Club's boatshed at Yarralumla Bay.

2008 Annual Report and Financials

2008 ACTOC Annual Report and Financials