Sport

25 December 2024

Sunday barefoot bowls

Recently elected club president, James Anderson, said it started when he put a Facebook post up on a community notice-board, to see who might be interested in barefoot bowls. “We received 100 replies over the space of a week, and we’ve had five new m...

18 December 2024

Disability Bowls program

Club coach, Geoff Sanderson, recently started the program after he felt he needed to give something back to the community and to the club. “In the UK I used to work with cancer patients and veterans with PTSD, but when I moved to Australia five years...

10 December 2024

High rollers win gold

This is the first time Mitchell has been selected to play internationally for Australia, and the team won gold for the first time in over ten years. Mitchell said he didn’t realise it had been that long, and felt honoured to deliver this result for A...

5 December 2024

Burpengary takes off

The 2024 awards ceremony, hosted by Aviation Australia, named BSSC as the Aerospace Gateway School of the Year, and awarded BSSC Year 12 student Lauren Steczkowicz the Year 12 Aerospace System award. Year 12 student Chelsea and Year 7 student Gizelle...

3 December 2024

Tayvian’s knockout triumph

Tayvian’s dream to become a household name in Muay Thai began when him and his family holidayed in Thailand. “When I was seven years old I went to Thailand for the first time, and there were kids younger than me fighting and then I just kind of fell ...

30 November 2024

Football camp in December

This holiday camp is perfect for children aged 6–13, with the camp offering fun athletic activities while giving parents time for last-minute Christmas shopping. The camp will run from Wednesday, December 18, to Friday, December 20, with sessions hel...

26 November 2024

Searle’s race to retirement

He has 56 years of bookmaking experience under his belt and joined the committee 20 years ago to give back to racing. In his first four years, Con was vice chairman, before moving up the ranks to chairman for the remaining 16 years. During his time i...

21 November 2024

Footworks steps into USA

We have nine days in LA where the students will perform at DisneyLand, Universal Studios and Citadel. The students will also do Workshops in Disney and Millennium Dance Complex, a leading LA dance studio. We then extend onto New York to experience th...

19 November 2024

Pirates miss out on BPL finals

This year’s BPL 20 was held at Club Pine Rivers in Bray Park, with the home team, the Moreton Bay Pirates, participating in the tournament. Star bowlers Alex Marshall, Ryan Burnett, and Katherine Rednall represented the Pirates, with coach Ellen Falk...