WASM Wombats

Wombat Teams

2006: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Seven teams, the largest ever from the Wombats, entered as the host team and emerged as the World Champions in every Division. The Womens and Co-ed teams put up a stellar performance with a first in each division and a very close second in the Co-ed Division. The competition has certainly stepped up in these divisions over the past few years, with some very tight finishes between the teams.

The Mens and Alumni teams fight it out with some very competitive teams putting all the hard training into good use. With most of the BHP Billiton WASM Wombats Mens team in the organising committee there wasn't much training done in the weeks preceding the games but this seemed to make no difference as they took out the Surveying, Mucking and for the first time the Trackstand. We lost second in 3 events by only a minute margin, i.e. 1 cm in Hand Steel, 1 second in Swede Saw and 5 seconds in Gold Panning. Very close indeed. Competing Alumni teams were made up of ex-competitors who had heaps to prove that they still had what it takes. It was a fierce battle with a draw between the two WASM Wombat teams locking them into a tie-breaking event, which turned out to be Airlegging. The big guns from both teams were pulled out to see who reigned supreme. Wes and Steve managed to marginally beat Muz and Choda to take out the championship.

Overall Team Captain

BHP Billiton Mens

Westrac/Cat Mens

Rio Tinto Womens

Anglo-Gold Co-ed

Barrick Co-ed

Ex-bats Alumni

Wombats Alumni