The Cannonvale Cannons Swimming Club have received exciting news that their Gambling Community Benefit Fund grant application was successful. The Cannons grant of $34,879 will enable the club to purchase new starting blocks, Backstroke start ledges, a BBQ, tents, timer watches, lane ropes and flood lights.
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The May Day long weekend saw all teams have a bye in the Mackay Rugby competition. The reason was so that teams could travel to Rockhampton to trial for the Central Queensland Bushrangers representative teams.
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Huge week again this week for our little club, starting on Tuesday afternoon with an overwhelming victory for Ladda Purdie with lead Marjorie Hughes and Mark Mawson at second.
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Results of Wednesday Social: Peter Wilson, Bev Smith and Allen Williams defeated Ross Scanlon, Peter Thompson and Ron Gould.
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It was a huge week of bowls this past week. Martin Corr as Manager of the District Sides, Wayne Handley and Grahame Kinnear as members of the Mackay team came home from a strong week of District Sides play with the Win in Division 3. Congratulations to all involved.
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Tuesday’s results: Winners for the afternoon: Bron Tolcher, Sue Shearing and Geoff Danvers defeated Gwenda Lydom, Isobel Wheeler and Steve Roome. Merle Elphinstone, W Coonan and Greg Colquhoun defeated Irene Laird, Tracy Stanford and Kevin Jewell. The jackpot didn’t go off.
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Wednesday’s competition was a single stroke event for the May midweek monthly medals, sponsored by Bowen Golf Club. Ladies’ winner was Bev Lowcock 68 nett, runner up on a countback 70 nett. Men’s winner with a great score of 67 nett was Jeremy Chrzanowski, runner up Peter Swan 68 nett.
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It was John Roser's excellent play that helped him win the Tuesday Monthly Medal with 71 nett, narrowly defeating playing partner Michael Cragg on a countback, Allen Roberts won 3rd place with 72 nett. NTP winners were Gohn Grosskreutz and Tina Badenhorst.
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A beautiful day out on Sunday, with some suffering from Coronation sleep deprivation, the scores tell the full story.
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34 players competed for our May Monthly Medal. 12 women and 22 men.
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This week’s stableford 9-hole weekly competition was won by Michael Bond on 18 points, second place went to Glenn Rees with 17 points and third Dennis Moss on 15 c/b.
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Two concerned community members are aiding residents of Westminster Lodge, a North Mackay aged care rental village, to pursue legal action after an alleged decline in living standards and numerous alleged instances of neglect have affected their mental health and way of life dramatically. Christine McDonald and Glen Dreier of Worldwide Rally for Freedom Mackay are utilising their community connections and legal background, with an investigation by the Residential Tenancies Authority (RTA) curren
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Since its inception in 2018, Broken Ballerina has continued to support survivors of domestic violence in every way possible, relying heavily on donations and sponsorships. Using a $50 gift card donated by the Woolworths manager, Broken Ballerina Inc purchased sausages, bread, and onion, and began fundraising with a sausage sizzle in the foyer of Woolworths “It all started with a sausage sizzle and a huge dream,” Jules Thompson said, founder of Broken Ballerina Inc. “We also had sausage sizzles
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If you flick to the Event Guide on page 18, you’ll see we have a couple of icons coming to Mackay. Well, not quite; it would be quite the feat if both Elvis Presley and ABBA graced the stages of the MECC in the same week, but with world class tribute shows touring the country, we get to experience the next best thing. My parents are big music fans, Queen and ABBA frequently getting played through the record player growing up. Whenever tribute shows for bands like these came Toowoomba’s Empire Th
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One of St Vincent’s de Paul’s two Vinnies op shops has recently been revamped, the upgrades being blessed by Father Stephen Hanley on Friday April 21. The North Mackay store has been fitted with air conditioning, fans, roller doors and more to make the customer and volunteer experience a more pleasant one. President of the Saint Jude Saint Vincent De Paul Conference Laurence Bonaventura said he is happy with the upgrades as they assist his role of supporting volunteers. “We appreciate the work t
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A statue symbolising good luck and fortune has been donated to the Mackay & District Australian South Sea Islander Association (MADASSIA) by the people of the Solomon Islands. Mackay North Rotary Club do a trip to the Islands every year, donating labour and school goods including desks, chairs, printers, copiers, and books. Last year, the club took over two shipping containers filled with approximately 1,000 desks, 1,000 chairs and other supplies for schools throughout the country.
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Petitions to council can now be made via a new e-Petition platform. The principal petitioner will be able to start the petition on council’s website before promoting its availability to sign in the community. The topic of the petition should be something within council’s jurisdiction to change and they can remain open from one to four weeks. The name and suburb of the principal petitioner will be published on the e-Petition website. Only the initials and suburb of anyone who signs it will be pu
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You’re invited to hit the pavement, hiking trails, dirt tracks or whatever surface takes your fancy to take a stand against domestic and family violence this month. May is recognised as Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Prevention Month and is the perfect time to commit to challenging a community-wide issue. DFV prevention organisation Challenge DV launched its national Darkness to Daylight 2023 campaign in Mackay last week, where Acting CEO Keith Tracey-Patte said the Darkness to Daylight even
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Having spent six weeks being refurbished in the 102 Field Workshop in Townsville, a donated German mortar gun has now been mounted outside the Calen Memorial Hall. The new addition, a 7.58-centimetre Minewerefer Trench Mortar Gun, was first used in World War l. The gun is portable by hand, operated by four or five men and would fire three-inch shells. Found underneath a tree on a Mount Charlton farm, it is believed the gun had resided there for over 50 years. Tremain Thomas, of the Calen War
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Applications are now open for original acts to enter what has now become Australia’s largest live, original music initiative, Passport to Airlie. Winners from each region, including Mackay, will get the opportunity to open Airlie Beach Festival of Music 2023, performing in the main tent on Thursday, November 9. “The chance to be on a bill with international stars was once-in-a-lifetime,” said Passport to Airlie co-ordinator Cherrie Hughes. “Fresh new acts and established artists can all enter
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Spoil your mum this Mother’s Day with a gift from the Sarina Arts and Crafts Centre. Leading up to Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 14, the centre is featuring its locally made crafts, giving you a chance to say ‘love you, Mum’ to the most important person in your life. All our crafts are hand-made locally to a high standard by our highly experienced crafters, who put many hours of painstaking work into their creations. “We are very proud of all our crafters,” centre manager Jenny Costello said.
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Exciting news for Moranbah, with a $48.5 million tender awarded for Moranbah Hospital. National company Hutchinson Builders has been awarded the massive tender to construct the improved Moranbah Hospital, which will include emergency department treatment spaces, improved medical imaging services and a helicopter landing pad. This construction will replace the existing hospital and align multiple health services into one building. The new hospital will increase the emergency department from si
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Mackay’s biggest annual fun run has big plans to increase in size this year and exceed fundraising expectations, adding more funds to its impressive tally of over $480,000 raised in the previous 14 years. The BMA Mackay Marina Run, held Sunday 4 June, yearly raises much needed funds for the Leukaemia Foundation with contributions to date totalling nearly half a million dollars. “We are extremely proud of our long-term relationship with the Leukaemia Foundation and what we have been able to cont
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A Mackay-based author, who introduced Billy the Aussie Easter Bilby to the world at the age of nine, is working to educate Australians about animal conservation. 64-year-old Rose-Marie Dusting wrote Billy the Aussie Easter Bilby at nine years old after an intimate interaction with a bilby near her childhood home in Richmond, Queensland. Since then, she’s created a bevy of characters, including Billy’s friends Wally the Whale, Dudley the Dolphin, and Thomas the Turtle, to carry a message of pres
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After years of contract work, Robyn Geiger focused her expertise into Phoenix Counselling, a small business allowing her flexibility while doing work she's passionate about. Phoenix Counselling celebrated its first birthday with a morning tea at Bohemian Elyse earlier this week, where Robyn also launched a new logo, inviting those who have supported Robyn over the last 12 months. "I decided to go back into private practise and set up in the city heart, which is an excellent place. It's been fabu
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