An itch for riding will see Eatons Hill’s Richard Mayfield swap his officials cap for a helmet as he takes on the outback on two wheels this month.
Mayfield is set to ride in the Australasian Safari, an eight-day endurance race covering more than 3600km through the Western Australian bush.
The local version of the famed Paris to Dakar off-road ...
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Australia’s top ranked 15-year-old female squash player says an attitude adjustment has driven her towards one of her best years on court.After winning a national title for her age group in 2008, Jessica Turnbull said a nonchalant approach to her game proved costly at last year’s Australian junior championships.“I didn’t play too well last year and ...
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Three rising sports stars have scored big in hockey circles.Wamuran’s Jodie Schulz, Albany Creek’s Alyssa Kerr and Brendale’s Adam McClelland all received news last week they can count as high points in their careers.Schulz, a defender for the Kedron-Wavell club, was named the player of the year for the Brisbane Womens Hockey Association (BWHA) ...
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A primary school student who tops his class academically is proving to be just as quick between the ears in the boxing ring.
Delaneys Creek’s Leroy MacNamara won the Queensland Global Amateur Boxing title for the 35kg division after beating old rival Nick Jones, from Caloundra, in their bout at Noosa earlier this month.
The 12-year-old, who had ...
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Camp Mountain gymnast Olivia Dykes is
on a high after helping Queensland to success at the Australian
Championships last month.Contesting her first national titles,
the 13-year-old helped her state win the Level 7 teams event as well
as claiming two individual medals.She placed second overall in the
individual competition for Level 7 gymnasts, ...
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The Samford Stags can erase the bitter
memories of three horror seasons at Alan Cash Oval with victory in
the Northside 3 rugby league grand final this weekend.After having an unwanted ownership of
the wooden spoon between 2007 and 2009, the Stags bucked their
easybeats tag this season, losing just once en route to their first
premiership ...
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While three teams will battle it out for the last spot in the Brisbane Hockey League semi finals this weekend, the race to finish as the competition’s leading goal scorer is just as hot.Ryan Kilpatrick (Pine Rivers St Andrews), Adam McClelland (United) and David Halliday (Redcliffe Leagues) are all in line to snare the top goal scorer prize.Heading ...
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Anyone wanting to send some bowls down the green, without having to spending their own green, should head to Samford Bowls Club this Saturday.The club will host a free open day where they will showcase one of the world’s most patronised sports.“There will be experienced club members available to give a demonstration and brief lessons to assist ...
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A plumber from Highvale has returned home a big winner from the Australian Tug of War Championships.
Kev Taylor helped the Brisbane Bulldogs to their best ever result at a national titles, with his team winning gold medals in four out of seven weight divisions they contested at the Australian championships at Aberdeen, New South Wales from 3-4 ...
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They might not have the skills of a Federer, Nadal, Stosur or Williams, but social tennis players from Mt Mee will feel like champions when they take to a new court in the coming months.The Mt Mee Sports Association is set to benefit from almost $58,000 in funding as part of the State Government’s Sport and Recreation Infrastructure program. The ...
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A man who spends his days servicing the hooves of horses around Samford and Dayboro says he is no shoe-in to defend his Australian welterweight boxing title in Sydney next month.
James Giltrow, who earns his keep as a master farrier, said he will need to be at his best to retain the title belt he claimed earlier this year when he fights Victor ...
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Warner’s Mitch McCarron is coming ahead in leaps and bounds on international basketball courts.The 18-year-old, who plays as a point guard or a shooting guard, has been jet setting around the world as his basketball career heats up.Last year he played for his country at the Youth Olympic Festival then toured with the Australian Schoolboys team to ...
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