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Fielding one of its youngest-ever male line ups, Mercy College Mackay has risen to the challenge at the Champion Basketball School of Queensland tournament staged recently on the Gold Coast.
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St Patrick’s College Mackay have appointed former international centre Ian Schifilliti as coach of its Open boys rugby league team for 2023. The Ingham native – who joined the St Patrick’s teaching staff at the beginning of this year – was a popular choice to replace departing mentor Michael Comerford, who has taken on a new role as Head Coach of the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Hostplus Cup.
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When he’s not rebounding, playing in the post or setting screens as a power forward on the basketball court you’ll find top schoolboy athlete Treyce Ciantar weaving his magic on a touch football field
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The fierce and fast were recognised last month at the Mackay Road Runners Annual Awards for 2022.
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The date was March 27, 2020. Kay Nyenuh’s two Muscle Garden gyms in Mackay and Marian were about to be shut down due to COVID restrictions. He was at his newly opened Marian gym for a lengthy telecommunications appointment when he took his daughter, Rosa, for a walk.
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Mackay City Rollers will play host to the first ever RADfest. A bootcamp and scrimmage weekend for junior roller derby players from Regional Queensland. RADfest takes its name from Regional Alliance Derby and sees skaters between the ages of 8 and 18 from Rockhampton and Townsville converge on Mackay.
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What a week! Terrence Sheedy won the Presidents Shield Trophy after three weeks of play with three different partners. Terrence’s consistency had him in the lead over all three weeks, ultimately leading to his win. After three weeks of hotly contested play and three different winners over the three weeks of play, Ian and Carol Gaskell won the Mackay Novice Pairs.
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Hi Everyone, Firstly, a huge congratulations to everyone in our local tourism industry – we live in one of the most beautiful destinations in Australia and this is made even better by every individual who works to enhance visitor experience through tours and experiences in our region.
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In years gone by, when we think about a teenagers’ attitude, we are likely to imagine a grumpy, unhelpful and often silent individual that wishes the world would go away.
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The southern hemisphere’s only historic recreation of a 15th century explorative vessel -which would have been used by the likes of Christopher Columbus - is now docked at Bowen Harbour and open to the public all weekend.
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At 11 am on 11 November 1918, the guns on the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare.
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The owners of a historic Bowen institution were honoured for six decades of continued service and contribution to community last week in a morning tea celebration.
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Bowen State High School is shooting for the stars as it officially becomes an Aerospace Gateway to Industry School, allowing its students to take their first small step towards the final frontier.
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Representatives from our local agriculture industry have spent the last five months passing on knowledge to a team of dedicated foreign trainees as part of a Japanese Agricultural Exchange Program.
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The highly anticipated first book in the series ‘Campfire For The Heart’ has been just been released by local Airlie Beach author Natalie Stockdale.
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Blink and it’s November already. The Summer heat has hit, Airlie Beach Music Festival is this weekend and Christmas parties are being arranged as we speak. Time flies. A crazy reflection on how busy we all are.
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A worldwide, unprecedented research and tourism partnership has expanded to the Whitsundays, launching the Coral Nurture Program to help local reefs recover with a plan for long-term Reef stewardship.
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BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort raised a staggering total of $10,009.64 for RACQ CQ Rescue through its annual ‘Camp and sCare’ charity event last weekend.
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A young woman who left the workforce to have children and feared it may have been too late to return, is being congratulated by TAFE Queensland for her inspiring work teaching young people in Bowen how to find employment.
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After 21 years producing one of Airlie’s favourite community events, the dedicated team of organisers and volunteers finally took home Gold for best Festival and Event at the Whitsunday Tourism Awards last weekend.
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Last Saturday saw tourism operators from across the region come together for the first formal awards ceremony in the Whitsundays in two years.
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Bowen mango growers are in for a strong season of good prices, according to local growers and the industry’s peak body.
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It was a golden night at Saturday’s Whitsunday Tourism Awards for the region’s most awarded tour operator, Ocean Rafting, who took home the top spots in Major Tour and Transport Operator, Adventure Tourism, and the People’s Choice Award.
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Bowen Tourism and Business won Gold twice at the 2022 Whitsunday Tourism Awards on Saturday night.
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One of the Whitsunday’s most innovative business offerings, Little Fish Tourism Development Consulting, took out two accolades at last weekend’s Whitsunday Tourism Awards – Gold for New Tourism Business and winner of the Young Achievers Award.
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