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	Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Diamond Valley Group


	C/- 34 Hakea St. Watsonia 3087 email: dvcaa@optushome.com.au web URL: http://members.optushome.com.au/dvcaa

April 2003 Group's Newsletter Page 2 Home


	Trail Walker 2003 April 4th - 6th Thanks to the many Diamond Valley Group members who volunteered to help run this event. The organization of the event was absolutely outstanding. Even as the walkers came in totally exhausted, weary and sore, they still had the energy to praise the people who were responsible for putting on such a well organized event. It's a real tribute to Cameron Wiseman, Jim Lawson and Mark Thomas. Results are on the Web. Here are a few results that may be of interest to members. 257 teams started and 249 Finished Team: 88: Gurkha Signals Start Time 10:00 Fri, 4 Apr 2003 Arrived Finish at 21:27 Fri Estimated position 1 out of 257 Distance Walked 100 km Time Elapsed up to finishing 11 hr 27 min Walkers Ashish Subba Finished Anil Thapa Magar Finished Bishnukumar Chongbang Finished Rajesh Rai Finished Team: 126: The 1 Programme Team Start Time 10:00 Fri, 4 Apr 2003 Arrived Finish at 17:01 Sat Team Status Finished Estimated position 110 out of 257 Distance Walked 100 km Time Elapsed up to finishing 31 hr 0 min Walkers (Oxfam staff members) James Ensor Finished Chris Adams Finished Chris Roche Finished David Brown Finished Team: 15: Valley Vets (Locals from Diamond Valley) Start Time 10:00 Fri, 4 Apr 2003 Arrived Finish at 01:59 Sat Team Status Finished Estimated position 6 out of 257 Distance Walked 100 km Time Elapsed up to finishing 15 hr 59 min Walkers Robert Broberg Finished Rob Wendel Retired at CP 6 Colin Heywood Finished Gary Hammett Finished


	Next Meeting Friday April 11th Iraq with James Ensor Director of Public Policy & Outreach at Oxfam CAA. James will talk about Oxfam's position and involvement in Iraq and, as he said, "I can't give you definite details as they may be totally altered by next Friday". Here is a chance to come along and listen and ask all the questions you have been dying to know. It should be a very topical evening. Come to express your feelings and biases. Some of the OCAA team are in the area at the moment. James is making a special effort to be with us as he is flying in from interstate that afternoon. Visitors are very welcome to come and join the discussion. Special Mention: James Ensor and three other members of staff from the OCAA Office formed a team for Trail Walker, and you can see the results of their efforts on this page. We hope James has recovered by Friday !!!