Annual General Meeting

Just a reminder that the SAMBA AGM is on Tuesday 19th May (Tomorrow!) at 7.15 for a 7.30 start, at Newland Park Kindergarten (46 Lockwood Rd, Erindale).

We would love to see you there so we can tell you about some of the things we have done over the past 12 months and what we have planned for the future. We'd also love any feedback from our members.

We will also have Eris Watkins talking about personal and family health and wellness. She will be sharing her personal experiences of how she and her family have eliminated various health complaints, such as psoriasis, ADHD hormonal imbalances, allergies and eczema and are now enjoying exceptional health. Eris is passionate about educating families to make informed changes in their lives and empowering them to achieve optimal health and wellbeing.

Mother's Day Classic -- Results

Congratulations to all participants in the Mother's Day Classic - well done! The results are now available on the website, where you can also download your Certificate of Participation. We hope to have some photos available soon.

Mother's Day Classic

Attention all SAMBA walkers and runners for the Mother's Day Classic!

We would love to meet you before the race/s at the wrought-iron gates between Memorial Drive Tennis Centre and Next Generation opposite Pinky Flat :


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Liz (team coordinator) will be at the gates at 7.30, with some balloons in "SAMBA colours" (blue and yellow) to help identify her! If you would like to meet for a team photo, I'll be there until about 8.15 (am participating in the 7.2k run). My email contact is available from the flier included in the latest issue of the Multiple Mag, so get in touch if you need further info.

Runners, starting time is 8am for 4ks and 8.30am for 7.2ks, with warm-up aerobics commencing at 7.40am
Walkers for both distances, starting time is 9am, with warm-up aerobics commencing at 8.45am

Looking forward to seeing you there!

PS haven't entered and would like to come along? Registrations are available for runners until Friday 8 May, and for walkers right up until 9am on the day (note that a late fee applies to enter on the day).

Random Samples

From Science Magazine:

Researchers in the United Kingdom are aiming to set up the world's largest twin registry.

"We've been developing TwinBank for about a year," says behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin of the Institute of Psychiatry in London, who is working with genetic epidemiologist Timothy Spector of King's College London.

A pilot study funded by the U.K.'s National Health Service, which has birth records for more than 600,000 twins, estimates that at least 300,000 pairs would agree to participate, Plomin says. That would outnumber all the world's other twin registries combined. Determining whether twins are monozygotic (identical) or dizygotic (fraternal) "would add tremendous value" in studying genetic and environmental contributions to health, he says.

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