Tag: Sport
Ash Barty wins historic Wimbledon women’s singles title
From Ipswich to Wimbledon, Ash Barty has won the 2021 Wimbledon women’s singles title, 10-years after historically taking the junior All England title.
She defeated...
The Noosa Strade Bianche is back
The Noosa Strade Bianche is back for a celebration of the ‘heroic’ age of cycling and steel-framed bicycles, and has grown from humble beginnings...
Runners return to the mountain
The town of Pomona comes alive for the King of the Mountain festival every July, however, this year is going to look different.
Both the...
Polo a day to remember in Noosa
Noosa Country Polo recently hosted the Dowling Cup which has been continuously in competition for more than 70 years on the Sunshine Coast.
Noosa Country...
How to grow old
Your grey (actually more like white) and grizzled columnist has a significant birthday today, and while I do not ask for your sympathy, I...
The older Phil gets, the better he plays
When Phil Harrison won last year’s Sunday Series – and a year’s free golf at Noosa Springs – he promised he’d make good use...
Still plenty in the tank
Len Daddow, the father of Aussie Rules footy in Noosa, could hardly contain his excitement last Saturday at Rococo Oval. While the Tigers were...
Farewell big wave legend
“It is with a heavy heart the Noll family announces the death of our patriarch, Greg Noll.
Greg died of natural causes on Monday June...
Sunday leads her Noosa Springs team to junior pennant honours
Sunday Moore won an enthralling match on the 17th hole at Gympie on Sunday to give her Noosa Springs team of best friends an...
Hazards are half the fun for Cooroy vets
The Cooroy veterans sure know how to have fun. How else do you explain last week’s astonishing Ambrose competition – an event that has...
Surfing the hot tub (yawn)
While the world’s best surfers were battling 40-plus temperatures in the mechanical grinders of the wave pool at Lemoore, California, last weekend, the world’s...
Spartans swimmers named on Tokyo Games squads
Outstanding performances by five USC Spartans swimmers at last week’s national trials in Adelaide have earned them places in the Australian teams headed for...
Fate of soldier settlements
Soldier settlement, as one of a range of post-World War I repatriation programs, was intended to reward soldiers for their service and support their...
