Coast bowlers on target at State Championships
MOOLOOLABA'S John Thain has helped get another Sunshine Coast team into the State Champion of Champions finals with Zone final success in the mens fours at Maryborough Services last Sunday. It follows Club Kawana's Kurt Brown qualifyinf for the State singles last eight playoffs last week.Thain's team of Lou Dalakis, John Beresford - who substituted for Steve Garforth - and Jim See started with a win against the Fraser Coast.The match was shot-for-shot for the first eight ends before the Moolool..>> view originalPlumber's bid to build new Coast townhouse cluster
A SUNSHINE Coast plumber-cum-developer is behind the latest cluster of townhouses proposed for Caloundra. Camryn Stephenson will build a set of five boutique two-storey townhouses on a block of land at Nicholls St if the proposal submitted to Sunshine Coast Council on August 9 gets the nod. Each home would include two bedrooms, two living areas and a double garage, Mr Stephenson said. He had initially bought the block of land to use for his business, Flush Plumbing and Gas, but when he realised..>> view originalPopular rugby league identity calls it a day
RUGBY LEAGUE: Popular Sunshine Coast rugby league identity Bob Hagan has resigned his position as president of the Sunshine Coast Men of League committee.And to acknowledge his sterling service to the Men of League Foundation, Bob has been appointed a Queensland Ambassador by the state headquarters of the organisation. That recognition follows another significant salute last year, when he was awarded the prestigious Men of League Honouree recognition. Now in his 77th year, the rugby league grea..>> view originalWhat 'special weapon' is driving our Paralympians?
SWIMMING: As the University of the Sunshine Coast Paralympic swimmers prepare to leave on their own Rio campaign, the performances of the club's three able-bodied swimmers at Rio hasn't distracted them from the task at hand. USC Spartans para-swimming coach Jan Cameron and her seven swimmers will follow the lead of Chris Mooney and his charges and head for a pre-games camp at Auburn University in the United States next week.Three Spartans swimmers - Taylor McKeown, Jake Packard and Leah Neale -..>> view originalLook who's back playing in Queensland
RUGBY UNION: Sunshine Coast junior Conor Mitchell will line up beside rugby league and union royalty for Queensland Country in the National Rugby Championships this year. Despite retiring less than 18 months ago, 41-year-old Brad Thorn has also been named to lace up the boots when the competition starts later this month. Thorn has done all there is to do in both codes. He's won premierships with the Brisbane Broncos and State of Origins for Queensland, before heading to New Zealand and winning ..>> view originalHave the Warriors killed another coach?
SALARY caps in footy codes have practically guaranteed that on most weekends any team is capable of producing an upset. And every season, again in most codes, every team will turn in a shocker.But there are shockers, and then there are shockers. And the loss by the coach-killing Warriors on Saturday goes straight into the latter basket.Since their admission to the NRL 21 years ago, the Warriors have teased the Australian rugby league public. In just about every one of those 21 seasons, at some ..>> view originalTrump blames media after poor polls
DONALD Trump has explained why he is behind Hillary Clinton in the polls - biased media coverage. In a barrage of angry tweets, Mr Trump complained about the supposed media bias after the New York Times published a report about the troubled efforts of his campaign staff to restrain him. "If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20%," he tweeted on Sunday. He unleashed an attack on the Time..>> view originalRobert Allenby cops late-night arrest outside US casino
AUSTRALIAN golfer Robert Allenby -- who was last year caught up in a bizarre kidnapping saga -- has been arrested outside a US casino after failing to make the cut in the John Deere Classic. Allenby, 45, was arrested at 2.30am outside Jumer's Casino in Rock Island, Illinois, and charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing. His bond was set at US$1500, according to local television reports. Allenby missed the cut at by three strokes after making an even-par 142. Twit..>> view originalSunshine Coast Fire cops fourth loss in a row
FOOTBALL: The Sunshine Coast Fire was beaten 5-3 by Olympic at Yeronga in the penultimate round of the state league season on Sunday night.The Fire went behind within the first minute of the encounter and trailed 2-0 at the break but an own goal off a corner reduced the deficit. Alex Warrilow curled the ball in from the edge of the area to level the scores before the host regained a 3-2 advantage.The to-and-fro continued when Jeremy Stewart pivoted on the edge of the area and scored but Olympic..>> view originalRIO 2016: South African smashes world mark
ATHLETICS: South African Wayde van Niekerk has smashed the world record on his way to taking gold in the 400m in Rio. The South African, the first man to run under 10 seconds for 100m, under 20 for 200m and under 44 for 400m, ran an amazing 43.03 seconds to beat the previous record set by American great Michael Johnson in Seville in 1999. Johnson's mark was 43.18 and also saw his Olympic record of 43.50 also go. Defending champion Kirani James from Grenada was second in 43.76 and Ame..>> view original
Monday, August 22, 2016
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