State News - QLD

Mount Isa athletes hit their straps

17 May 12 | PERSONAL best performances came hard and fast at Mount Isa Athletics Club's latest competition day, with many individual milestones being bettered with each run, throw or jump.

Sport - Athletics

Preparation tips for Mine2Mine

17 May 12 | WE are now into the second week of training for the Isa Rats M2M Half Marathon, which is being held on July 22.

Sport - Athletics

Tony Griffin flexes muscles in time for bodybuilding championships

17 May 12 | WHEN you are only eating four main foods as part of a strict training regime, it's hard to stay enthusiastic about them.

Sport - General

Taipans impressed with Mount Isa talent

17 May 12 | ABOUT 40 budding basketballers took advantage of some visiting local talent when they took part in a coaching clinic at Sunset Stadium on Tuesday.

Sport - Basketball

Lynda Jones rides 600km for MS

17 May 12 | "So many kinds of amazing." IT only took Lynda Jones five words to sum up the six-day journey into the middle of the Northern Territory that transformed her into a cycling tragic.

Sport - Cycling

Battle Royale on here

17 May 12 | THIS weekend, the Redlands United Red Devils welcome Southside rivals Olympic FC to the Cleveland showgrounds for Round 12 of the Brisbane Veto League.

Sport - Waterskiing

Dogs fired up

17 May 12 | FILLED with new confidence, the Bulldogs travel to Taringa Rovers on Saturday intent on taking the three points.

Sport - Waterskiing

Bombers blow it

17 May 12 | THE Redland Bombers blew a wonderful opportunity to enter the NEAFL Northern Conference top five after going down by 29 points to Labrador at Victoria Point on Saturday.

Sport - Waterskiing

Rising Star

16 May 12 | Meet rising netball star Abbey McKavanagh

Sport - Netball

AFL aims for record signings

16 May 12 | JUNIOR Australian football players will have the chance to lace up their boots for another season when AFL Mount Isa holds its junior sign-on Friday night.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Racing round the ridges

16 May 12 | Straight from the horses mouth, with the coat-tuggers.

Sport - Horse Racing

Boars whip the Cowboys 46-26

16 May 12 | “The Boars’ big men closed down the entire Cowboys’ pack with some great go-forward and scrambling defence...

Sport - Rugby League

16 May 12 | THE Under 12 Junior Boars travelled to Clifton on the weekend to take on the Wattles Warriors in what was expected to be a very close game as the Boars had had a draw and two narrow wins against them the previous season.

Sport - Rugby League

Peter's no mug

16 May 12 | Saturday’s golf event was the Monthly Mug, a single stroke sponsored by the Queensland Hotel. We had a field of 44 players and the winner was Peter “I played unbelievable” Jamieson, who held his nerve on the back 8...

Sport - Golf

Tough day at the office for Emus

16 May 12 | THE Goondiwindi Emus travelled to Toowoomba on the weekend to meet a tough opposition who were hungry for a win.

Sport - Rugby Union

Cutting it up in Gundy

16 May 12 | Riders celebrate Mother’s Day with a record cutting carnival at Goondiwindi

Sport - Equestrian

Ready for big test

15 May 12 | MATARIKI A will be aiming to continue its momentum into this week's clash against Subway Pirtek after taking two division one scalps in round 10 Mount Isa Amateur Netball Association action on Sunday.

Sport - Netball

Teen Bellenger on top

15 May 12 | JUNIOR golfer Sam Bellinger, 14, flew the flag an impressive 280m down the third fairway after winning the Shaun Byrnes Flag at the Mount Isa Golf Club.

Sport - Golf