Sharp criticism from Deputy Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington of the Government’s refusal to enforce a minimum bet limit for corporate bookmakers which she believes will kill country bookies and impact across the racing scene in regional areas. Ms Frecklington says the ‘no minimum’ move means … [Read more...]
Gaming Fund Comes Good for Christmas
There’s going to be a few smiles on faces around Our Towns this week with ‘round 90’ of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund grants rolling out. The grants stem from the levy on the massive amount of money put through gaming machines across the state. All those groups who received grants are … [Read more...]
Australian Swim Team Splashes across the West for WASTID
South West Police and schools have had a fantastic week of activity with the Australian swim team and their head coach Richard Scarce visiting the Queensland Outback, taking in Charleville, Tambo and Longreach. Cameron McEvoy, Jenna Strauch, Elijah Winnington, Brayden McCarthy and Amy Forrester … [Read more...]
Vale – Max Walker – Australian Cricket Legend
Max Walker, AM, has died aged 68 after a two-year battle with cancer. Known by Australians for his cricketing prowess, football ability and overall sports knowledge, ‘Tangles’ or ‘Tang’ as he was known played a key role in modernizing the games in Australia and achieving much by way of corporate … [Read more...]
Intrepid shooters stay on target in Tambo
50 people were marooned at the gun club for Sunday night, but no-one was complaining at the Tambo Clay Target Club’s annual two-day shoot. Heavy rain in the Barcoo River headwaters on Thursday saw the river cut access to the sports complex for a few hours on Friday but organisers and competitors … [Read more...]
Roma’s in raptures over Rio
The entire Maranoa Region is is celebrating with Roma’s own Emilee Cherry and her Australian Rugby 7s team after they achieved greatness this morning our time taking out the gold medal at the Rio Olympics. Emilee, a former St. John’s School student who began her sporting career in Roma, excelled … [Read more...]
Intrust Super Cup hits town
One of the regions Gala events and weekends swings into action this week as Charleville and Murweh play host to a huge weekend of NRL action with start of round 19 for the Intrust Super cup. Charleville Show Grounds on Saturday will be the venue for the Intrust games, as well as our local main … [Read more...]
New Racing Queensland CEO
Racing executive and qualified vet Dr Eliot Forbes is the new CEO of Racing Queensland in a timely announcement today following the NSW decision yesterday to ban Greyhound racing from 2017. Racing Minister Grace Grace has welcomed the appointment via an independent merit-based selection … [Read more...]
Augathella brings some kick back to New Years’
The Augathella Rodeo Association is picking up where Mitchell is putting down, with the staging of a new years’ Eve Rodeo. With the decision from Mitchell to not stage a New Years’ rodeo this year, Keith Clarke, President of the Augathella Rodeo Association says they can now pick up the … [Read more...]
Cash for Sport and Clubs
If you’re looking for an injection for the local club, now is the time to go knocking on State Government doors with Round 5 of Get Going Clubs and Get Playing Places funding and grants open now. The good news is the criteria has been changed in an effort to make the processes for application and … [Read more...]
