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Nicole Kuttner and Anna-Marie Moffat win in doubles

THIS Saturday, the Longreach Tennis Association held its doubles tournament with interesting results in the Women’s A Grade, Men’s A Grade, and the...

Climbing the League ladder

HOLIDAYS? No such thing for this talented young athlete Macen Palmer, who played 27 games of football in 15 days, travelling away to four...

Barcy’s Club of the Year

THE Barcaldine Sandgoannas has been named the XXXX Community Club of the Year. The Queensland Rugby League recognised the Barcaldine League Club and...

Tennis champions decided

THIS month the Longreach Tennis Club held several tournaments, including a mens and womens tennis singles tournament at the Longreach Tennis Courts. The winners...

Bucking good weekend

OVER 600 people ventured to the showgrounds last month as locals of all ages showed what they were made of. Longreach Rodeo Association president...

Outback Queensland Masters 2021 Winners!

Longreach Golf Club hosted the 2021 awards dinner last Sunday night of the Outback Queensland Master’’s million-dollar-hole-in-one weekend. The weekend was the culmination of...

Touch footy grand finals see “awesome turnout”

THIS week saw a different kind of footy grand final in Longreach. Touch football is a sport that has been seeing a resurgence...

Longreach/ Ilfracombe win in first season

THE merging of Longreach and Ilfracombe has proven to be fruitful with the side taking home the trophy in its inaugural season. Both...

New team rocked the comp

THIS year, the Alpha Brumbies fielded their first team in 18 years and during the have managed to worry some of the top, already-established...

100 years of footy and community

CENTRAL WEST footy team the Magpies may have won back-to-back premierships in 2018 and 2019, but this year they have another cause to...

Central West juniors represented at State Trials

SIX girls from the Central West represented their district at the State Trials last month. There were three from Longreach, two from Barcaldine, and one...

Footy enthusiast given ticket to Origin

TO say Viv Johnson is a football enthusiast is an understatement. She has travelled overseas five times to watch the Kangaroos on tour...

10 years of Outback Writers Festival

Seven book launches. Three workshops. Two social events and a panel discussion. And Winton’s Outback Writers Festival celebrated its 10th birthday. Longreach’s Teresa Walsh enthralled...