Sport

2 February 2024

Bronze caps for Masters duo

Stephanie swam in the 35- to 39-year age group, while Karin swam in the 75- to 79-year age group, as about 25 clubs and several hundred swimmers took part in the Masters event at the Miami Swimming Club last February. Among the Queensland swimmers, S...

1 February 2024

Award win for Woodford Golf Club

The award, titled ‘My Golf Centre Term 3’, was presented at the Woodford golf venue on Wednesday January 24. Woodford gained the accolade due to its program for juniors aged 4 to 16 years. The junior program began in Woodford about two years ago, sho...

31 January 2024

Australia Day races enthral crowd at Kilcoy

Amid the sweltering heat and humidity, there were a couple of showers, which fortunately did not disrupt proceedings as the track maintained a Good 4 rating. Kilcoy Race Club chairperson Con Searle thanked all patrons and the racing fraternity for he...

30 January 2024

Woodchoppers on fire

The youngsters joined dozens of competitors at the Kilcoy Exchange Hotel’s World Champion Woodchoppers festival last Saturday, with Hartley winning the Juniors event. The packed event started earlier than planned, due to a high number of competitors,...

26 January 2024

Teen’s lucky toss

And that was just one of the amazing experiences the 13-year-old had during, what he described as, the three best days of his life. Koby had been one of the lucky winners of an all expenses paid competition through the Deadly Choices program. With th...

26 January 2024

Kilcoy golfers brave the elements to raise funds

Starting at 5am and finishing at 7pm, the group known as ‘Spider Pigs’ contended with rainy and stormy weather, while raising money for the Cancer Council. Spider Pigs raised $2,800, which brought its four-year total beyond $11,000. It was the second...

24 January 2024

Kilcoy set for Australia Day races

Five gallop races, three mini trots and a series of sprinting races will ensure an action-packed day, and there will also be Kilcoy Gift professional sprint races for men and women. The Brisbane Trumpeter will play before each gallop race, and there ...

24 January 2024

Martial arts quartet Martial arts quartet earns swag of medals

Red Dragon placed tenth out of 84 teams as the quartet secured eight gold, seven silver and three bronze medals from the event at the Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope. Competitors came from all over Australia, with the majority from New South Wales....

23 January 2024

Top-two placing for Heat

It was the second consecutive time that Queensland finished second to NSW in the Gilley’s Shield, with last year’s championships played in Adelaide before this year’s were at the ACT-based Hawker International Soft ball Centre. This year was also the...