Nanango Form Franked At Kilcoy
It may have been a winless occasion for South Burnett stables last weekend, but recent Lee Park victor Gentle Giant stood tall in the Keith Beavis Memorial Kilcoy Cup (1200m).
It may have been a winless occasion for South Burnett stables last weekend, but recent Lee Park victor Gentle Giant stood tall in the Keith Beavis Memorial Kilcoy Cup (1200m).
Queensland’s “Minister for Fun” Steve Dickson visited the South Burnett on Wednesday to talk to local sporting clubs and inspect projects funded by the State Government’s “Get In The Game” program.
If the four Central Burnett A Grade rugby league teams who came south on Saturday expected a warm welcome, they were sadly mistaken.
The Kingaroy Touch Association wrapped up its first season this evening with six separate Grand Finals games at Kingaroy’s T.J. O’Neill Oval.
Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum will be opening a new exhibition during NAIDOC Week
Nanango Stags proved too strong for the home team Wondai in their U12 President’s Cup rugby league match on Saturday.
After a week’s break for the Queen’s Birthday holiday, football returned to the South Burnett with a vengeance on Saturday for the ninth round of this year’s Evolution Solar Football League.
Rain washed out most of the younger grades but U12/13s and Cadets matches in Football South Burnett McDonald’s junior soccer competition went ahead as scheduled at Nanango on Saturday.
The Seniors Winter Competition kicked off on Thursday (June 12) with a game between the current Summer champions Panthers against a new team called the Bakery Misfit Boys.
The Queen’s Birthday weekend was a big one for Kingaroy, and they took the opportunity to finalise one of the remaining club championships: their Mixed Open Pairs.
This Saturday’s country racing spotlight falls on Kilcoy’s Cup and Ladies Day fixture.
A garage sale and “old-style fete” will be held at St Mary’s Catholic College in Kingaroy next month as part of fundraising to help student Pacey Clegg make a dream come true.
Murgon Golf Club will be marking 2014 NAIDOC Week with a special golf day on Saturday, July 5.
Representatives from South Burnett sporting clubs are being invited to have lunch in Kingaroy with Queensland Sport Minister Steve Dickson next Wednesday (June 18).
The inaugural Inverlaw Walk For MS on Sunday attracted more than double the expected number of participants and raised more than $4000 for Multiple Sclerosis Queensland.
Two former South Burnett rugby league players have been selected in the Queensland State of Origin squad which aims to level the series in Game 2.
It’s been great weather for bowling lately – and a great time of the year for visiting and hosting visitors.
The Summer Series of the Murgon RC club drew to a close with some close racing at Murgon last Sunday.
Wondai trainer Norma King has lined up a return trip to Oak Park after Flight Command’s hard-fought win for her apprentice son Joshua in the Rooms Motel Kingaroy Handicap at Nanango in May.
Some of Australia’s best cyclists will be coming to the South Burnett later this month … and local riders have been invited to join in the fun!