The spirit of reconciliation was on show at Moree Services Club on Wednesday as teams of four worked together to build friendship and camaraderie while overcoming various challenges.
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Nine teams battled it out at the inaugural Reconciliation Obstacle Challenge on Wednesday, where they competed in a range of different activities designed to test their physical and mental skills as part of National Reconciliation Week.
The teams of four, which all had to include at least one female, one Aboriginal person and one non-Aboriginal person, competed in games that had an Aboriginal twist such as quoits, bucket throw, spear the kangaroo, goanna run, emu bob, skipping, shoot the hoop, pass the ball, and trivia.
Overall winners of the day were Mixed Grill – consisting of Chris Rowden, Kristy Moody and Brod Baker – who narrowly beat United 2400 in the final trivia question decider.
Gali Girls came in at third place.
The first, second and third teams won gold, silver and bronze medallions which featured the symbol of reconciliation, while ribbons were handed out for the winners of each challenge.
There were also encouragement and special awards handed out at each activity.
The Obstacle Challenge was a new event on Moree’s Reconciliation Week calendar but due to it’s outstanding success, it’ll be back next year.
“It was a lot of fun; there were a lot of laughs and everyone had a great time,” Moree Reconciliation Week committee member Cathy Duncan said.
“We had Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people working together as a team, and along the way other people got to know each other and build comaraderie.
“It was just a resounding success, it was so much fun – people were working together, building friendships, and sharing a laugh, all the foundations of reconciliation,” fellow committee member Jess Duncan added.
The committee would like to thank Cohen, Raymond, Percy and all the boys from Pius for setting up the challenge.
