{"id":5073,"date":"2016-09-26T08:49:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T22:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=5073"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:16:19","slug":"opening-ceremony-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=5073","title":{"rendered":"Opening Ceremony 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What a big day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Patches and show bags, first timers &#8211; athletes and chief officials, returning families straight onto duty to get events going, presentations and special guests.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all our families, athletes, volunteers and special guests for helping to get the season started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>See you on Friday 30Oct for the twilight meet, starts 6pm.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5105\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200324180205\/http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/JDklac24092016-112-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5105\" class=\"wp-image-5105 size-rss-image\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200324180205\/http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/JDklac24092016-112-2-200x142.jpg\" alt=\"jdklac24092016-112-2\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/JDklac24092016-112-2-200x142.jpg 200w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/JDklac24092016-112-2-100x71.jpg 100w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/JDklac24092016-112-2-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/JDklac24092016-112-2.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Bennett Award recipient Elise Keeghan with Olympians Rydian Cowley and Brooke Stratton<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5103\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200324180205\/http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4564-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5103\" class=\"wp-image-5103 size-rss-image\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200324180205\/http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4564-2-200x143.jpg\" alt=\"lt-20160924_klac_mg_4564-2\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4564-2-200x143.jpg 200w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4564-2-100x71.jpg 100w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4564-2-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4564-2.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Council Volunteer recognition Keith Gay and Centre Life Membership recipient Stephen Hough.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5106\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220328225928\/http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4609-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5106\" class=\"wp-image-5106 size-rss-image\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200324180205\/http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4609-2-160x200.jpg\" alt=\"lt-20160924_klac_mg_4609-2\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4609-2-160x200.jpg 160w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4609-2-80x100.jpg 80w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4609-2-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LT-20160924_KLAC_MG_4609-2.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olympic walker Rydian Cowley umpired and walked a few laps with our athletes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5073 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=5081'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"69\" 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