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Free sausage sizzle and ice blocks at Oakey Skatepark

Every Thursday from 3pm, the PCYC Youth Connect van will be down at the Oakey Skatepark giving away free sausage sizzles and zooper doopers. Everyone is welcome to attend! To stay up-to-date with upcoming youth events in Oakey, visit the Oakey Youth Connect Facebook page. Battle of the Bands

All musicians aged 12-25 years old are invited to enter this year’s Battle of the Bands competition. This year’s prize pool consists of $7,000 for competitors to win. For more information, visit https://www.tr.qld.gov.au/community-business/ community-support/live-local-music/14791-battle-of-the-bands. Need to talk?

PCYC Oakey Connect service is available for local young people. To connect or refer, phone or SMS Kat on 0459 836 335. Youth Connect Toowoomba

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Oakey ParkRun Results

On Saturday 30th April, Oakey ParkRun competitors completed their weekly 5 kilometre track.

In 1st place was Bradley McKay with a time of 21 minutes and 35 seconds; 2nd place was David Batterham with 21 minutes and 44 seconds; 3rd was Shaun Cavanough from the Euphoria Strong Striders with 23 minutes and 44 seconds.

Oakey ParkRun welcomed nine first time Where Great Mates Where Great Mates competitors - Neville Cherry, Sarah Pinder, Dominic Pinder, Freia Jensen, Gary Pinder, Myles Fogarty, Chloe Crighton,

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Brittany Grant and Vicki Cavanough.

Three personal bests (PB) were recorded.

Congratulations to Audrey Casey with a PB of 37 minutes and 38 seconds, Stacy Treble with 37 minutes and 42 seconds and Margaret Lovell with 38 minutes and 48 seconds.

For information on how ? to get involved with, visit the Facebook page or website via https://www. parkrun.com.au/oakey/ results/latestresults/

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A ‘super-sized’ round of gambling grants

A new super round of Queensland’s largest one-off funding grants has been announced to support community groups impacted by the recent natural disasters.

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Shannon Fentiman said $30 million has been set aside for the next round of the GCBF to help local community groups recover Do you have any stories or tips from the recent flooding events. for our newsroom?

“We know recovery Submit them to our journalist Chloe via email at for our Queensland editorial@oakeychampion.com.au

The Queensland Government is committing to another round of grants from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) worth $30 million to help community groups hit by flooding.

communities following a natural disaster will take a long time,” she said. “That’s why we have combined the May and August 2022 rounds of the GCBF to create a supersized Disaster Recovery Round. “Any community group that has been impacted by a natural disaster in the last two years can apply for a grant of up to $100,000. “Applications from community groups for other non-recovery related projects are still welcome in this new round, however the funding for projects not linked to a natural disaster will be limited to the standard grant amount of up to $35,000. “The Disaster Recovery round will open on 16th May 2022 and close on 15th July, which we hope will give groups enough time to assess the damage to their facilities and equipment and work out what they need to get up and running again.” For more information about the Disaster Recovery Round, visit https://www.justice.qld.gov. au/initiatives/communitygrants/current-round.