Deadly Vibe Issue 98 April 2005 Best in the Business He’s got the experience, he’s got the skill – Chris Johnson is the pride of the Lions The Brisbane Lions can feel confident in another successful season with a player like Chris Johnson on their side. Originally a forward and renowned goalsneak, in 2000 Chris […]
All about Adam Deadly Vibe Issue 117, November 2006 Swans’ Best and Fairest, the Skilton Medal, a Grand Final appearance and a second Brownlow – 2006 was all about Adam Goodes. When the final siren of the 2006 Grand Final sounded, Adam Goodes fell to his hands and knees onto the MCG turf, overwhelmed with […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 93 November 2004 She shoots, she scores This year’s Deadly awards were so jam-packed with talented Indigenous people that in just about every category it was a struggle to predict the winner. One of the hardest categories to judge was Female Sportsperson of the Year, as four sublime female athletes – touch […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 88 June 2004 Kate Romer is a member of Sydney Ice Impressions, a senior NSW synchronised ice-skating team. Established in 1997, the team has gone on to represent Australia in Italy, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. They’ve also won the national championships seven times So what is synchronised ice-skating anyway? Teams […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 106, December 2005 Batter Up! The awards just keep coming for this silver sister. Stacey Porter will soon be running out of space on her mantelpiece if things keep going the way they are. This 23-year-old softballing sensation has been inundated with awards, with trophies of all kinds jostling for position with […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 87 June 2004 Putting the boot in She’s waltzed with the Matildas, played Soccer in the outback and made her mark in touch. Vibe scores time with Belinda Dawney, one of Aussie soccer’s rising stars. Belinda Dawney is a woman of many talents. She’s been a champion touch football player, a state […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 83 January 2004 Rockhampton is well known for its beef and sugar cane, but the Queensland city can also lay claim as the breeding ground for some of the country’s most exceptional darts players, many of whom are Indigenous. Darts is one of the biggest sports in Australia, enjoying a huge player […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 92 October 2004 Scott Butler, basketball umpire Queensland referee Scott was selected by FIBA, the international governing body for basketball, to represent Australia at the 2004 Olympic Games. Scott referees in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL). Although only in his early thirties, Scott has been refereeing competitive basketball for more than 15 […]
>Deadly Vibe Issue 83 There are many talented singers in the music industry today that can impress an audience with spectacular renditions of other people’s songs. However Warren Milera, an Indigenous country music artist from South Australia, makes himself heard through his original and evocative songwriting talents. Warren sings from the heart and is a […]
>Deadly Vibe Issue 83 January 2004 Over the past month, the Deadly Vibe office has had the pleasure of working with a talented young Indigenous student by the name of Lala Perina. Lala is a student at Alexandria Park High School in Sydney, not far from where she lives at Leichhardt, in the city’s inner-west. […]
>Deadly Vibe Issue 83 January 2004 Tegan Blanch from Stuarts Point in NSW doesn’t believe in putting her eggs all in the one basket, and why should she? This talented athlete has been picking up awards across all areas of the sporting field and it seems like there’s nothing this girl can’t do. In recognition […]
>Deadly Vibe Issue 83 January 2004 When Troy Murphy was born, his parents Kevin and Dorothy never dreamed they’d be accompanying him to a national awards ceremony so that he could receive an award for excellence in sport. “We are so very proud of him,” says Troy’s father, Kevin Murphy. “To think that when Troy […]
>Deadly Vibe Issue 83 January 2004 For many people, the idea of leaving a well-paid director’s position within an Indigenous-run and owned TAFE in order to pursue a dream would seem crazy. However, screenwriter Marcus Waters is proving the doubters wrong. Marcus, a Gamilaroi man, took the brave step of following his heart just over […]
There’s a good reason that former Harlem Globetrotter Dwayne Cross is known as “˜Smiling’ Dwayne Cross. Big Dwayne just can’t keep the grin off his face as he hosts each and every 3 on 3 around the country. Ask him what it is that he likes about emceeing the event, and he answers without a […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 82 December 2003 So you’ve heard about the 3 on 3 event but don’t quite know what it’s all about? Then this story is for you. It all began as an ambitious endeavour to take the positive message of Australia’s premier Indigenous magazine, Deadly Vibe, into Indigenous communities around Australia. And now, […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 94 December 2004 My island home Dancer Albert David might live in the big city but his heart lies firmly in a tropical paradise. In 1989, a 17-year-old Albert David left his home in the Torres Strait to begin studying at the NAISDA Dance College, thousands of kilometres away in Sydney. It […]
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