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Wednesday, 5 March 2025
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Gloucester rider’s speed record bid By John WATTS NEW Zealand might have had its Burt Munro, the motorbike rider immortalised by The World’s Fastest Indian, but Gloucester has Steve Rogers. Steve, 62, who retired to Gloucester about three years ago, is this week competing in Speed Week on Lake Gairdner in outback South Australia. He’ll be riding his 1103 cc Ducati Panigale V4 motorbike.
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Campaign to keep Gloucester Pool open for longer
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
By John WATTS
FOUR days each week, Susan Moore joins about 20 to 25 other women, some aged over
Steve Rogers is taking on Speed Week in South Australia. Photo: supplied.
80, for a free aerobics class in the Gloucester Olympic Swimming Pool. Swimming is known to be an excellent way to keep fit, particularly as people age.
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However, the pool is scheduled to close for the season on 6 April. For some time Susan and others have been trying to persuade MidCoast Council to
keep the pool open until after the Easter school holidays, which this year end on 24 April. Apart from those doing
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