Sport

$56,000 Upgrade For Nanango Tennis Courts

$56,000 Upgrade For Nanango Tennis Courts

Nanango tennis players can now safely play their sport well into the evening following recent upgrades to the Nanango tennis courts.

Beau Brings Home The Cup

Beau Brings Home The Cup

Apprentice jockey Beau Appo booted home two winners in a career best at Nanango on Saturday, including Thunder Lane in the prestigious $12,000 XXXX Gold / Carrollee Hotel Nanango Cup.

Big Crowd Turns Out To Support Kindy

Big Crowd Turns Out To Support Kindy

Kingaroy Kindergarten’s elegant marquee at the Nanango Races on Saturday drew a crowd of 161 people keen to help a good cause.

Festival Of Goals In Kingaroy

Festival Of Goals In Kingaroy

Nanango travelled to Kingaroy on Saturday to take on an injury-riddled Wests side in First Division.

School Excels At Equestrian Challenge

School Excels At Equestrian Challenge

Riders from St Mary’s Catholic College took out second place at the Fraser Coast Equestrian Challenge

Kingaroy Ends Hornets’ Unbeaten Run

Kingaroy Ends Hornets’ Unbeaten Run

The Kingaroy Red Ants have come storming home in the second half to end Cherbourg’s unbeaten run in the Premier League competition.

Saints Set Date For AGM

Saints Set Date For AGM

A date has been set for an Annual General Meeting to consider the next phase of the formation of a new Australian Rules football club in the South Burnett.

Full Fields For Nanango Races

Full Fields For Nanango Races

The Nanango Race Club will be holding its huge Nanango Cup meeting from 1:30pm on Saturday.

Tyreece Breaks High Jump Record

Tyreece Breaks High Jump Record

Cherbourg State School student Tyreece Gyemore earned a week of free school lunches by setting a new 11-year-old boys’ high jump record at the school’s two-day sports carnival held this week.

Big Weekend For Nanango Pony Club

Big Weekend For Nanango Pony Club

Nanango Pony Club’s Golden Anniversary campdraft and gymkhana at the weekend was a huge success with 125 campdrafters taking part on Saturday, and 163 riders on Sunday.

Nicole To Guide Sporting Clubs

Nicole To Guide Sporting Clubs

The Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation (BIEDO) has appointed a Sport and Recreation Co-ordinator to help South Burnett sporting clubs sort out some of their most common headaches: volunteers, fundraising, facilities and conflict resolution.

Nanango Hosts Regional Netball Carnival

The Nanango and District Netball Association will be hosting Round 2 of the Wide Bay Regional Carnival on Sunday (August 5) in Nanango.

Doing The Hard Yards For Country Kids

Doing The Hard Yards For Country Kids

There’s garage sales and then there’s GARAGE sales … of the type only a car dealership could arrange.

Junior Soccer Results – Round 11

Junior Soccer Results – Round 11

Junior Soccer finally returned to Kingaroy on Saturday, two weeks after originally scheduled because of delays caused by the weather.

Hot Football On A Chilly Weekend

Hot Football On A Chilly Weekend

On a cold windy weekend in the South Burnett some cracking football was played in Kingaroy and Nanango.

Thrashers Dominate In Scrums

Thrashers Dominate In Scrums

South Burnett Thrashers dominated the scrums in a strong performance against the Toowoomba Bears in their Downs Rugby Union clash at TJ O’Neill Oval in Kingaroy on Saturday.

Wolves Win Close Tussle At Nanango

Wolves Win Close Tussle At Nanango

Wondai came out eventual victors 42-34 in an evenly matched contest against Nanango in the Burnett Premier League A Grade rugby league played on Saturday afternoon at Fred Kassulke Oval.

AFL Team Moves A Step Closer

AFL Team Moves A Step Closer

The first public meeting of the fledgling group aiming to get a local Aussie Rules team into the Darling Downs competition next year attracted a small crowd of supporters to the Kingaroy Cricket Club this week.

Pony Club Celebrates 50th Birthday

Pony Club Celebrates 50th Birthday

The Nanango Hack and Pony Club will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend at its annual Campdraft and Gymkhana held at Nanango Showgrounds.

Weekend Sport Update

A couple of weekend sports updates for soccer and rugby union fans