For the Noosa Outriggers it must surely rate as one of the best ever performances at a National Marathon Championships. Held at Mooloolaba out team did us proud by coming home with an overall total of some seven gold two silver and four bronze medals.
Regarding the team’s mental attitude, spokesperson Colin Jones said, “The team was in a very confident frame of mind, but then to top it off they became even more buoyed, with the news that our club had recently obtained, a Sponsorship Support Partnership with the Tewantin Bendigo Community Bank.’’
Many interstate clubs participated, and events were held in perfect conditions: perfect for excellent results and outstanding times. This was the conditions that prevailed for the 10km and 18km events. In the juniors Adler Lenitschek and Oscar White finished third in the U16 OC2. In the 6km dash our U16 boys won their race and the U14 girls finished with the silver medal.
In the Minnows, Team Bodo finished with the gold and team Flea finished fourth. In the OC2s Holly Parsons and Xanthia Skudde also took a gold. In the OC6 long course, Team Bodo won, Senior in both Masters Men and Team Mabbot in Platinum Masters Men. Team Rocco came 4th in the Golden Masters Men, and Team Duff finished in 5th in the Masters Men.
Contesting the Short Course Team Bodo was first in the Masters Men, Team Duff 3rd in the Novice Men. In the Platinum Masters Men, Team Mabbot finished 2nd and Team Ando 3rd.
The Noosa Outriggers Club, is now after 33 years, rated as being possibly the biggest in Australia. This speaks volumes for the members loyalty, hard work and above all, team spirit.
In an era where the, ME factor of what’s in for me, is unfortunately prevalent in some clubs, to have a club such as Noosa Outriggers, achieving at National levels, be good enough reason for our community to shout from the roof tops – Well done to all.
Rugby League.
For the Noosa Pirates it has been another big week. It all started with an epic battle between Caboolture and Pirates A grade. The game was definitely an epic with the lead moving back and forth which saw the Pirates heading into the final 10 minutes with a slim 2-point lead.
However, a last minute try for the Pirates saw the game at 28-20 on the final whistle. For the reserve grade, they got behind early in the first half and despite coming out strong in the second went down 24-16 to Caboolture. In the women’s game, the lead changed several times and heading into the final minutes the score stood at 16-16.
But in those dying minutes a strong set of six by the Caboolture ladies saw them take the game in the last seconds to finish 22-16. The U19 men also did it tough going down 42-12 to Caboolture. In C grade against Bribie Island, Pirates lost 52-0. Also heading into the Juniors, the U17 boys had a big win over Caboolture 52-0, and for the girl’s U17 they went down to Kawana 18-0
The U15 boys had a great win in their division 2, beating Caloundra 26-18. This win saw them hold their 2nd place on the ladder. Same thing for the girls: their win beating Caboolture 28-10, saw them hold on to 2nd place on the ladder. Under 14 boys are back in the winner’s circle, beating Gympie 44-4 this also saw them holding 2nd place on the ladder
The U13 boys went down 52-4 to Caboolture. Rounding out the weekend in the international juniors, our top of the table, the undefeated U13 girls won 36-10 over Caloundra. It’s a massive weekend coming up at Pirates Park with the U11 girls, the U14 boys and U15 boys kicking off Friday night at 5.30pm.
Saturday has a full slate of footy starting with the U13 girls at 9am and the U10, U11 boys and U17 boys all playing at home. Our Seniors continue with Old Boys Day, celebrating past players with a local derby against Coolum.
All senior grades will be in action starting with /19 Men’s at 11.30am against Coolum, C grade at 1pm against Mary Valley and the Open Women’s at 2.30.pm, Reserve Grade at 4pm and A grade at 5.30pm all against Coolum. To all our supporters, come on down to this massive day of footy and support the Mighty Pirates in their home base.
BETWEEN THE FLAGS.
It’s great news from Between the Flags! Josie Holmes aged 18 from the Noosa Heads SLSC has been selected in the Australian Surf Life Saving Team to contest the Battle of the Tasman. The Pathways and Youth Teams are set to take on the Kiwis in August 2025, at the Gold Coast.
Josie’s selection, is no surprise following her breakthrough 2024/2025 season: becoming a World Champion after winning the Youth World Beach Sprint title, in September 2024. This was followed by her being named the Overall U19 Female Beach Series Age Champion, in January 2025.
At the conclusion of the 2025 season in April, Josie secured the silver medal in a closely contested finish at the Australian Championships. Noosa Heads SLSC, now has (2) Australian Rep and World Champion coaches -leading the Junior and Senior beach programs: Josie and club mate Senior Coach Taylor Ross. Josie this season, started her own coaching journey as Junior Beach Coach at Noosa.
The nippers and youth at Noosa, are lucky to have such great female role models around the club to help them achieve their own goals. Josie had dreams about representing her country in Surf Life Saving, when she first started her journey at Mudjimba Beach SLSC in 2013: watching her idol Bree Rizzo growing up. Now it is her turn to inspire a generation at Noosa and beyond.
Fast forward 11 years and now Josie is a Noosa Heads SLSC World Champion, set to wear the Green and Gold, amongst an amazing team of 36 athletes in the Battle of the Tasman. This- is a pathway competition to the 2026 World Championships in Morocco.
Let us now acknowledge Todd Mc Swan (Swanny) the man who coached Josie for 11 years: starting her long journey from childhood to champion.
In this team of athletes from all over Australia, three from the Sunshine Coast have been named to ware the Green and Gold: and to cap it off Craig Law (Lawzee) has been named Australian Youth Team Manager.
