There are so many activities around Mackay and the Whitsundays for you and the family to be involved in lately. So many great opportunities to get the family out of the house and have a few laughs and the odd yelling experience too.
Saturday night is your opportunity to go and check out some basketball action with our great local teams in the NBL1!
If you remember back in the glory days of the Queensland Basketball League or, the QBL, Mackay was an absolute powerhouse. Our basketball stars with the Meteors and Meteorettes were top of the pile in sporting circles, because we won a lot of flags and trophies for the cabinets.
Right now, fast forward to 2024, we still have that greatness in basketball, because our Meteors and Meteorettes are a strong force in this expanded NBL1 competition.
This Saturday is round 3, and we’ve got another home game (that’s 3 in a row) that you can come down to and cheer. This weekend we are taking on Rockhampton and I will tell you now, there is no love lost when we take on these guys from down the goat highway.
Whenever I mention these guys, comments come back about the history of these meetings over the years. There are plenty of stories when we played them down in their home court, and the disgusting crowd behaviour given to our players. Well, that hasn’t changed all that much really. There’s still hatred towards Mackay, but now that Rocky has caught up and now have electricity and sewerage services to their homes, they have picked up their game just a bit.
Who knows how they will act when they play us at Mackay Basketball stadium on Saturday, we can only wait and see.
What I do ask of you is, quite easily, come and join us and cheer our teams on to victory. Our Meteorettes are 1 and 1 and our Meteors are 2 wins and no losses! Can we make it three on the trot? Let’s see how we go.
It’s a fun night out in the stadium. Heaps of music, fun games to watch in between the actual basketball. I’ll be the idiot on the mic getting the crowd to get louder, and who knows you could be shooting a ball from halfway to grab a $1000 cash prize! Who wouldn’t want that! Just throw it a little further than our mate Josh Smith did last week! Just saying.
Come down and get involved in basketball on Saturday. I’ll make you smile. Guaranteed.
You can join Rob Kidd from 5am weekday mornings on 4MK 1026 AM in Mackay and Proserpine, 91.5FM in Airlie Beach or just ask your smart speaker to play 4MK on iHeartRadio!
