Petition Lodged To Honour Emerson
An official e-petition has been lodged with the State Government pressing for recognition of Blackbutt’s favourite son, tennis ace Roy Emerson.
New Date For Kumbia Draft
The Kumbia Charity Campdraft – which was cancelled on the Easter weekend due to the forecast rain – has been rescheduled.
Marathon Effort Proves A Winner
Marathon veteran Bruce “Digger” Hargreaves has hailed the inaugural Maidenwell Marathon held at the weekend as “spectacularly good”.
Northerners Play With Pride
Rugby league fans turned out in good numbers on Saturday in Kingaroy to watch the Central Crows take on the Northern Pride in the Cyril Connell Cup (U16s) and Mal Meninga Cup (U18s) competitions.
Punters Bet On A Good Time
The large number of racegoers who took a punt on the overcast weather conditions to head to Nanango Racecourse for the popular Easter Saturday race meeting emerged winners when the rain failed to develop
Nanango Tops The Tally
With 59 acceptors for its Easter meeting, Nanango Race Club’s participants will easily outnumber Saturday’s other non-TAB fixtures scheduled for Barcaldine (31), Boulia (35), Bowen (44), Einasleigh (46), Flinton (38), Gladstone (30) and Roma (28).
Henry Helped Create League History
Henry Hegarty never felt nervous when meeting royalty, the Prime Minister or tackling Artie Beetson
More Campdraft Action
Campdrafters were in action at Cooranga North and Nanango at the weekend, enjoying the perfect weather
Full Fields For Nanango Races
The Nanango Race Club will be holding its annual CROW-FM 90.7 Easter Race Meeting at the Lee Park Raceway this Saturday, April 4.
Cheer On Our Kingaroy Pair
The Kingaroy Red Ants have been offered the opportunity to host a round of the Cyril Connell Cup and the Mal Meninga Cup on Easter Saturday (April 4).
Cherbourg To Host Super Cup Game
Rugby League fans should make sure they mark May 30 in their diaries … that’s the day the Intrust Super Cup is coming back to the South Burnett for another afternoon of top-class footy action.
Grant For Young Champ
Goomeri junior cricketer Brooke Heness – part of the Murgon Flames’ all-girl team – has be awarded a grant under the Federal Government’s Local Sporting Champions program.
Panthers Still The Team To Beat
Nanango travelled to Kingaroy on Saturday for a much anticipated round of football against arch-rivals Wests.
NITV Catches Cherbourg Action
Many of the pre-season rugby league games pencilled in at Cherbourg on Saturday didn’t go ahead, disappointing local footy fans and the NITV crew which had come along to film the action.
Local Ladies Do Well At Binjour
The Burnett District Fours championships were played at Binjour this week, and lady bowlers scooped the headlines.
Lee Park Looms Large
Nanango Race Club’s most popular meeting – the Easter Saturday fixture – is just a week away.
Panthers Pounce On Another Trophy
Nanango Panthers have continued their dominance of the Kingaroy Seniors futsal competition by taking out the grand final of the Kingaroy Summer competition on Thursday night.
Price Proves It Was No Fluke
Defending champion Toby Price has thrown down the gauntlet to his competitors after completing a clean sweep of both days of the Australian Off-Road Championship at Kilkivan at the weekend.
Busy Time Coming Up For Campdrafters
After a famine of campdrafts in recent years, South Burnett fans will soon be treated to a feast
Northern Teams Join RL Comp
There’s been good news and bad news for League fans … more teams have joined this year’s senior competition which means more varied games; the bad news is the draw will have to be updated
