Sixth time Airlie Beach Festival of Music veteran, Matty Rogers is back by popular demand and ready to carve up the main stage – this year marking the first time he is bringing his band along too!
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Shawn's Summer Social Series started last weekend with an exceptional number of athletes and supporters. The Claydon Family were in attendance for the first race in the 2022/2023 series which are due to run through to February 2023, just before the formal Mackay Road Runners program commences.
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After months of anticipation, the Young Whitsundays Got Talent Grand Final took place on Sunday and young songstress, 18-year-old Mackay local Tiffany Grace, took the crown.
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Tropical shirt? Tick. Pina colada? Double tick. The Race That Stops The Nation? Triple tick, tick, tick! The Melbourne Cup is galloping ever closer and Airlie Beach is set to be the starting line for locals with The Pub celebrating the iconic event in style with a ‘Tropical Party’ for the ages.
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Recently, four Mackay ‘Picklers’ travelled to the latest Australian Championship Tournament held at the very impressive Queensland Tennis Centre in’ Brisbane. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t so accommodating. The first days, Friday and Saturday, were sunshine and blue skies with the programmed games running the full day which incorporated Hybrid Coed Doubles (any age) and Junior Men’s Doubles (17 years and under).
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Mackay netball fans will get a unique opportunity to get up close to the entire Queensland Firebirds squad when the Suncorp Super Netball stars visit Mackay in November. The pre-season trip will include the Suncorp Spirit Cup clash against the Sunshine Coast Lightning at the Mackay Multisport Stadium on Saturday, November 26.
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There’s plenty in store for The Race That Stops The Nation this week, with events popping up all over the Whitsundays – especially in the coastal town of Airlie Beach.
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Saturday saw two of three weeks of the Mackay Presidents Shield played. All players played with a different player to last week. Terrence Sheedy is currently in the lead with one week to go. On Sunday Novice’s played week two of three of the Novice Pairs. Annie Lynch and Sandra Morris have jumped to the front, closely followed by Carol and Ian Gaskell.
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Wangaratta Bowls Club was jubilant to see some of its recent Come and Try day participants back this week to have another game of bowls.
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On Wednesday Proserpine Bowls Club had twelve players enjoying games of three bowl pairs for social bowls.
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Bowen Bowls Club hosted their Presentation of Trophies on Saturday night at the Central Hotel, with fours Winners Tiarna Rogers, Steve Roome, Jill Brabon, and Daryl Tuttle.
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Dave Elliott is regarded as one of the finest rugby league coaches in Queensland and a major career influence - now his 12 year old son, Cooper, is ready to carve a niche in the sport he covets.
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There were only magnificent games for Airlie Beach Bowls Club this week, starting on Tuesday in Yeppoon.
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This week seemed to be all about holes-in-one at Whitsunday Green Golf Club, with George Meharry making his fifth ever hole-in-one, Danny York his second, and Jai Young and James Kontis making their first.
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It was another very successful trip for Proserpine Veteran Golfers on Saturday last week as they competed in the final round of the Whitsunday Veterans Competition.
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Whitsunday Golf Club’s October Monthly Medal and first round of club championships were held on Sunday.
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On Saturday the club played a single stableford for the RV Golf trophies for the men and ladies. The men’s winner was Gavin Kerwand with 43 points from Ross Meade, 41 and Jacob Nightingale, 40 on a count back.
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Wednesday’s competition at Bowen Golf Club was a single Bogie for the men and a single stableford for the Ladies.
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Airlie Beach will be “safer for all waterway users” according to Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) after the announcement of a new six-knot speed limit for the area.
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With Proserpine Cricket Club’s Juniors Pitbulls under 11 side having a bye last weekend, the club took the opportunity to blood some young guns in its under 12s.
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The Whitsunday iteration of parkrun in the coastal town of Airlie Beach welcomed runners, joggers, and walkers for its 333rd parkrun where tutus were optional but many were seen out on the waterfront course.
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Twilight Race: As the boats left the marina for last Wednesday’s weekly twilight race, they were greeted by a 15 knot north easterly breeze, which subsequently dropped to 10 knots by the time the race commenced.
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On the weekend, 30 Cannonvale Cannons competed at the 49th Great Barrier Reef (GBR) LC Transition Meet.
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The rate of Volunteer Marine Rescue activations increase has slowed as the last week’s windy conditions restrict movement on the water, but the local organisation are still comfortably ahead of last year to date.
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Mackay Isaac Tourism Awards Celebrate A Renewed Positivity In The Industry The 2022 Mackay Isaac Tourism Awards were held last Friday night and a total of 186 people were in attendance, representing the region’s tourism businesses and industry stakeholders including, Mackay Regional Council Mayor Greg Williamson, Isaac Regional Council Mayor Anne Baker and Member for Dawson Mr Andrew Willcox MP.
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