Sport

Glyn Rees. It was all one-way traffic at Goondiwindi’s’ Gilbert Oval on Saturday when Wattles’ Under 15 Girls League Tag team racked up ten tries to overwhelm a gallant Goondiwindi lineup 54 - nil and cement a run-on spot in this coming Saturday’s Grand Final against the Stanthorpe Gremlins in Warwick.

"We've organised the weather to be beautiful today," announced Maldon Golf Club President Glyn Milner to the large group of locals and visitors who assembled on Sunday morning, 24 August. It was day two of the club’s annual tournament, augmented by the presence of hickory club enthusiasts from around the country who competed in the Schenectady Putter Championship.

A philanthropic gift to Toowoomba's Cobb+Co Museum has helped bring to life a new exhibition honouring the craftsmanship, legacy, and future of saddlery. Garth and Sandra Delbridge alongside The Saddlery exhibition at Cobb+Co Museum.

The world record of a 50-horse hitch set 30 years ago will be broken in Australia at the 2025 Good Old Days Festival at Barellan by the greatest horse teamsters of the modern-day era. Bruce Bandy, Barellan, Steve Johnson, Lake Cargelligo, and Aleks Berzins, Exeter, will combine their Clydesdale, Australian Draught and Suffolk Punch horses to create a mega team of more than 50 horses pulling an historic Bennett wagon ...

QUT researchers have created a powerful new tool that could predict when an athlete is at risk of suffering another injury when returning to play from a previous injury. It uses data from wearable sensors capturing how the athlete moves in training or gameplay … The system was developed by Associate Professor Paul Wu, Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen (pictured above) and Yu Yi Yu from the QUT…

Chris Durrington started his tenure as General Manager of Iluka Golf Club this month after more than two decades working for Yamba Golf and Country Club and he already is implementing changes as part of his dynamic vision for the growing club.

Hay Magpies’ first grade defeat over Leeton Greens in their final game of the regular season, has set the Club to host a final at Hay Park on September 6. For the first time since entering the Group 20 competition, all senior Magpies grades will contest finals, with league tag, reserve grade, first grade and the women’s tackle team all finishing at the top end of their competition ladders.

I’ve had the annual White Cliffs Camel Cup and Bikehana in my calendar for many weeks, and as life got busier and busier, I found myself yearning to hit the road and head north ... as coffee brewed and bacon sizzled, we heard the unmistakeable buzz of the motorbikes, warming up, ready for the bikehana.

Radio Controlled car racing is on the verge of making a comeback in the Clarence Valley ... A ‘relatively’ cheap way to get into motorsport, Radio Controlled (RC) car racing at the Grafton Pit sees drivers compete on clay or dirt tracks, with jumps, off camber turns and berms ...

Nhill's Wayne Batson has turned his passion for football and storytelling into a newly published book, The Ring-Ins. The comedy follows a ragtag group of ageing footballers who decide to drag themselves off the couch and back onto the field.

At the last home game for the season, the Nhill & District Sporting Club hosted the 2025 Amy Pilgrim Memorial Round. Held in front of a strong home crowd, the event honoured Amy's lasting legacy in the club and community.

Nathan Lyon has gone on a regional roadshow into New South Wales, back to where it all started, in his childhood community. Growing up in Young, and playing for Goulburn, Canberra, and Wagga Wagga, Nathan wants to give back to his community that has done so much for him. This week he hosted a children’s cricket clinic ...

Last week young students at St Patrick's School were treated to an entertaining session on campdrafting. The idea was to educate and obviously amuse the students in readiness for the Pacific Seeds 88 to Educate Charity Campdraft to be held on 23 and 24 August at the Allora Showgrounds.

Allora's Laura Geitz is one of Australian netball's greatest players and most respected leaders, achieving a decade of supremacy with the Queensland Firebirds and Australian Diamonds. Representing the Queensland Firebirds in 169 games, Laura played a significant role as a dominant player and inspirational captain in three championship-winning seasons: in 2011, and back-to-back successes in 2015 and 2016.

Peter Hibberd. Even though it was only a 6-race program at Charlton... it will go down in history, as the track record for a mile rate was broken not only once, but twice ... the two horses that broke that time are trained by the powerful Emma Stewart stable.

Harristown State High School student Xavier Robertson has just returned from a successful tour to China where he represented Australia in an under 13 Years Futsal Team against other Asian teams. Xavier, a former Bunker's Hill student, joined the Australian Futsal Association (AFA) team for its international tour to China, which played in two separate tournaments and after eight games remained undefeated.

Yanco Agricultural High School Year 10 PASS students travelled eight hours north to the small remote town of Goodooga to take part in their annual Indigenous Games. The event embraces the theme of Bridging the Gap – creating connections between city and rural communities, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, and the young and the old. It is a day dedicated to celebrating culture and fostering social harmony.

If you ask members of the Grafton Vintage Motor Vehicle Club how special Holdens are, you’ll be told a variety of different answers, each one overflowing with praise, pride, and passion ... A popular annual attraction which features a huge line-up of classic and vintage vehicles including race cars, motorcycles, trucks, and vans...

John Williams. Nhill was the halfway marker for outlandish speed records set in the 1950's by car drivers who took enormous risks. Risk of death and risk of arrest, but all survived. The test was who could drive from Melbourne to Adelaide in the fastest time in highly illegal speed runs on the Western and Dukes Highways, which at the time were rubbish roads.