It’s been a wonderful week for football in the South Burnett. Not only have we been given an FFA Cup fixture to host but also the Kingaroy Junior Redbacks scored a handsome donation from Hyundai in their Goals for Grassroots promotion.
Five local teams went to the Sunshine Coast Regional Touch Footy Carnival on Saturday, March 1.
Futsal results from games played on March 6
RACQ CareFlight Rescue has airlifted a second person injured in the Aussie Bush Rally 2014 at Manumbar.
The dry weather has continued. And this week it continued so long that the South Burnett was drought-declared.
A revised proposed draw for the 2014 South Burnett junior and senior rugby league competitions was released this evening.
In a great coup for our region, Nanango will take on 2013 Toowoomba Premier League Grand Finalists, Willowburn, on Saturday March 15 in Kingaroy at 5:00pm.
AFL Darling Downs today released the draw for 2014 Darling Downs Australian Rules season.
The Bell Rodeo drew a big crowd on Saturday despite the drought; ironically, the popular annual event had to be cancelled last year because of the floods.
The return of the Kingaroy Red Ants into the rugby league competition, the retirement of a couple of players and others moving out of the area have been blamed for the South Burnett Thrashers having to withdraw from the Darling Downs rugby union competition this year.
Interest in the sport of radio-controlled car racing has been powering ahead since the Murgon RC (“radio control”) group was formed late last year under the umbrella of the South Burnett PCYC.
More than 50 rally cars will be racing around the forestry areas near Manumbar at the weekend in the 2014 Aussie Bush Rally, the opening round of the Queensland Rally Championship.
Futsal results from games played on February 27.
Nanango’s FFA side beat Toowoomba premier league team Gatton 2-0 at Clive Berghoffer Stadium on Saturday night.
Young Redgate off-spinner Jared Sippel has been selected to tour Sri Lanka in May.
Goodness me … it’s the first of March already. March marks the start of autumn – though it’ll be hot for awhile yet – and some of the clubs are well underway with their club championships.
The countdown to the 2014 South Burnett rugby league competition has begun, with an amended senior draw about to be released and the Kingaroy Red Ants hosting a major trial match on Friday night.
The first round of the Husqvarna Queensland Sprint enduro series was raced at Kilkivan on Sunday.
Kingaroy’s Tom Alford Oval came alive at the weekend with 42 football teams from across Queensland in town for the Evolution Solar South Burnett Football Sevens Carnival.
Futsal results from games played on February 20.
