Rugby Briefs

Clubs share Uni's grief THE thoughts of the Newcastle and Hunter rugby community will be with members of the University club in coming weeks following the tragic death of first-grade flanker Mark Charles. Charles and his mountaineering mate Steve Rogers died in an abseiling incident at the Bl

No Law Should Kill The Human Spirit

CRIES for rules to govern the sport of abseiling in the wake of the tragic deaths of two members of Newcastle University's Mountaineering Club last weekend are surely unrealistic. As shocking as was this freak accident I cannot help but think that yet another adventure sport is under threat.

Bodies Left Hanging

Two men died during a weekend abseiling expedition to the Blue Mountains, their bodies left suspended above the base of a freezing waterfall until police reached the scene yesterday. The two men were part of a nine-strong expedition from Newcastle University's Mountaineering Club. Survivors

On The Rails

The Forum, above St Leonards station, integrates residential and commercial, writes Jennifer Stynes. Fancy a little abseiling? Or perhaps some base-jumping? Why not do it off the building you live in? It will make it so much easier for the ambulance men to identify you and notify your nearest an