Mackay Basketball’s annual Australia Day carnival always attracts a high calibre of teams vying for impressive pools of prize money. The 2022 edition was no different, with fun and friendship setting the tone as well as some fierce competition.
The carnival provided a heartwarming triumph for women with an intellectual disability everywhere.
Nine Mackay Fire female athletes began their basketball journey in the Australia Day carnival, the first time a women’s team with intellectual disability has fielded the competition.
The Mackay Fire men began their 7th year competing in the carnival.
CARNIVAL WINNERS
𝙈𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 1 - 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘻
𝙈𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 2 - 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘢 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴
𝙈𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 3 - 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘖’𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬
𝙈𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 4 - 𝘗𝘊𝘠𝘊 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢’𝘴
𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 2 - 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘴
𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 - 𝘔𝘢𝘥-𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘴