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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Simon McCarthy

Australian Deaf Games wraps up after a week of competition in Newcastle

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie hosted the 19th Australian Deaf Games last week. Picture by Australian Deaf Games

The Australian Deaf Games concluded the weekend after a week of competition. Newcastle and Lake Macquarie hosted the biennial athletic competition that feeds into the global Deaflympics, the next of which will be hosted in Tokyo in 2025.

The cities hosted 15 sporting codes throughout the week, ranging from athletics to chess, darts to beach volleyball, and six demonstration codes, including a park run, sailing and surfing.

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