Nanango’s hopes of a fairytale ending to their return to the South Burnett rugby league competition were brought back to earth with a thud on Saturday afternoon by the Cherbourg Hornets, who have now won four South Burnett premierships in five years.
Dreams do come true. Just ask Kingaroy’s own Taliqua Clancy who will join her on-court partner and mentor, Olympics veteran Louise Bawden, at her first Games in Rio on Sunday.
The 2015-16 results of the premierships for the non-TAB meetings in the various districts show that Nanango apprentice Hannah English deserves a pat on the back.
The Durong Bowls Club officially launched its new $140,000 bowling green surface last Saturday.
Since the onset of winter there have been some cracking catches of our native fish being recorded in the South Burnett.
Results from Round 3 of the Kingaroy Basketball competition, played on August 2:
The South Burnett Saints notched up an easy win over Lockyer Valley – yet to record a win this season – in their AFL Darling Downs game played at Lyle Vidler Oval on Saturday.
Nanango Stags will face the Cherbourg Hornets in the South Burnett seniors rugby league Grand Final next weekend after a nail-biting finish to the Preliminary Final played at Nanango on Saturday.
The cliff-hanger that is the Queensland Country Apprentice Premiership duel will be finalised this Saturday.
Kingaroy Basketball’s 2016 Season 2 began a fortnight ago at the Kingaroy State High School indoor sports auditorium.
The Burnett Ladies Champion of Champions competition which was held at the Kingaroy Bowls Club from Tuesday to Saturday last week drew a good roll-up.
After a two month, injury-induced absence, Hannah English is back in action at Gympie on Saturday.
Cherbourg rugby league legend Henry Hegarty will be the special guest at an event being held at the State Library on July 29
Competition leaders Valleys brought Burnett Blues’ 10-game winning streak to an end in the U18s Toowoomba competition at the weekend.
South Burnett Saints had an easy win over Chinchilla on Saturday, improving their for and against and keeping them four points clear of fifth placegetters Goondiwindi on the Darling Downs AFL ladder.
The weather wasn’t the best – in fact, it was pretty miserable for all the oldies present – but the young footballers taking part in Saturday’s Mini Mod Carnival at Wondai didn’t seem to mind too much.
The Burnett Blues – the northern of the two South Burnett teams taking part in this year’s Toowoomba Rugby League U18s competition – will be keen to knock off Valleys in their top-of-the-table clash to be played in Toowoomba on Saturday.
South Burnett stables were less than a length short of a clean sweep at Wondai last Saturday.
The South Burnett Rugby League released the official ladders for the U12s, U14s, U16s and Senior competition on Thursday as well as the venues for the A Grade Final Series
The annual Mini Mod rugby league carnival will be on again this Saturday at Wondai.
