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PrintRun heroes hit charity jackpot in City2Surf
Print industry PrintRun runners prepared to make the 14k run. PrintRun organiser and printIQ director Mick Rowan is third from right back row, Print21 editor-at-large Patrick Howard is far right.
Print21 Mastermind rocketed into weekly final
It was cold, it was windy, and it got the blood pumping
as the PrintRun heroes assembled in Sydney’s Hyde
Park at the Archibald Fountain on a Sunday morning for City2Surf.
The 16 were there to represent the printing industry in the fun run of 14 kilometres from the city park to Bondi surf. They were also there to help raise $6225 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association,
a charity close to the heart of Mick Rowan, sales director
of printIQ, the leading light behind the PrintRun challenge.
Working with Print21, the running enthusiast welcomed a late rush of sponsorships
to lift the charity total to Hero status on the City2Surf leaderboard. Ever the team
player he eschewed the honour of running in the elite group and started with the rest.
Arrayed in distinctive ‘Powered by Print’ PrintRun t-shirts, the mainly Queensland- based runners revived the industry event to have some fun and raise the profile of printing. As to where everyone finished, and the times... well, it’s a fun run after all, and finishing is the main aim. 21
Print21 labels and industrial editor Jake Nelson blitzed his way into the weekly final
for TV quiz show Mastermind Australia, where he narrowly missed out on a spot in the semi-finals of the popular prime time quiz show.
Draped in a towel in honour of his special subject, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy novels, Nelson won his way
through his heat in a nailbiting finish that sent him to the weekly final. “It was really close, the others put up a great fight,” he said. “You never know your final score until you actually hear Jennifer Byrne read it, so I wasn’t sure myself up until the end.”
Mastermind comprises two rounds of rapid-fire questions in the show’s iconic black chair: one on a special subject selected by the contestant, and one on general knowledge.
“General knowledge was
the hard part – you can’t study for it, because you don’t know what you’re going to get. All you can do is cross your fingers and hope for questions you know,” said Nelson.
“On the other hand, your special subject round is where you get to have the most fun. I love Hitchhiker’s and have read the series probably too many times, so that did help.”
Nelson’s attempt to reach the stars can be viewed anytime at SBS On Demand. 21
Mastermind: Jake Nelson rockets into the weekly final
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