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King and Queen of the north
DAVE CAMERON This Saturday September 26, the Survivor Golf Series will see some of our region’s keenest amateur golfers tee off at the Atherton Golf Club for the finals of the King and Queen of the North Match Play Event. The semi-finals are scheduled to tee off from 6.44 am and the Men’s and Ladies finals are scheduled to tee off at 11.40am and 11.48am respectively. The Survivor Golf Series is all about giving amateur golfers the feeling of participating in a professional tournament. With the obstacles coronavirus has thrown community sports across the country, the Survivor Golf series this year pivoted from a traditional stroke play format with high energy crowds, to a handicapped match play event, seeing two players at a time go head-to-head with highlights broadcast online. The King and Queen of the North features equal prize money for men and women. Survivor Golf in partnership with Drummond Golf, will present the winners with a $1000 Drummond Golf gift voucher and second place will receive a $300 Drummond Golf gift voucher. After beginning the year with 32 men and 16 women participants, we are down to the final 8 players:
King of the North Semi Final 1 Liam Calvert Cairns Golf Club (Handicap 26) vs. Phil Hendricks Atherton Golf Club (HC 4) Semi Final 2 David Bawden Gordonvale Golf Club (HC 31) vs. Matt Veliki Half Moon Bay Golf Club (HC 3) Queen of the North Semi Final 1 Sam Duck Atherton Golf Club (HC 19) vs. Kayla Moss Cairns Golf Club (HC 18) Semi Final 2 Annabelle Hutchings Cairns Golf Club (HC1) vs. Beulah Merrick Half Moon Bay Golf Club (HC9) The home of this years final, Atherton Golf Club recently won the small golf club of the year award. The course is in great condition and the greens are superb. In addition to the finals playoff, there will be a putting tournament and a closest to the pin chipping competition with an opportunity to win great prizes! Survivor Golf would like to thank all participants and sponsors. We look forward to our exciting competitions planned for 2021, which are open to any players with an official handicap. Find out who is crowned King and Queen of the North follow @survivorgolfseries on Instagram and Facebook.
Friday, Sept 25, 2020
Football FNQ
Battling to keep season alive Round 11 starts this weekend for Footbal Queensland Far North. The Izmer Marine Premier men’s match of the round is Southside Comets v Stratford Dolphins. Finals football has come early for these two sides, as they head into the game knowing all too well only maximum points will be enough to keep their seasons alive. Both currently sit 5th and 6th respectively, with Comets four points off 4th place and the Dolphins a further two points adrift. With 3rd placed Mareeba having the bye and the 4th place Innisfail Cutters hosting the 2nd placed Lions the night before, both sides will know before kickoff how much there is to play for. Stratford will be looking for Kyle Nichol and Bronson Koppen to fire, with doubt over striker Joe Rusch who limped off against the Bulls clutching his hammy, while the homeside are coming off a strong 4-0 win with the young Comets side looking to finally hit their stride with key striker Zeca Soares finding his golden touch, but more importantly Billy Holiday keeping a clean sheet at the back. Sunday afternoon at Walker Road, Edmonton – Com-
ets V Dolphins – 5pm kick off The women’s competiton match of the round is Edge Hill Tigers v JCU Strikers. The last time these two sides met it was a end to end 5-4 thriller with the Edge Hill Tigers coming out winners in one of the most exciting matches of the season thus, fast forward from round 6 to round 12 and the Tigers are leading the comp by one solitary point, while the Strikers sit fourth, but a win on Saturday could swing the competition wide open with the Leichhardt Lions and Mareeba Bulls waiting in the wings. Edge Hill’s Olivia Gables has lit up the premier league of late while Strikers young gun Astia Neckebroeck is still leading the golden point race with 25 goals thus far this season. The battle in the middle of the park between Tigers’ Molloy Waddingham and Strikers’ Kelsey Grant will be one to watch out for and who ever comes out on top of this oneon-one contest could well go a long way in determining the result of this match and the outcome of the 2020 ladies premier league. Saturday night 7pm Round 11 Match of the round – Edge Hill Tigers V JCU Strikers
Four stage series finishes PETER MCCULLAGH
CAIRNS Based ADF Cycling Team member Thomas Beddome stamped his dominance upon the LDI Cycling Criterium Series last weekend. Cairns Cycling commentator Alan Jones before the event felt that Beddome had the series stitched up. “All he has to do is stay on his bicycle to win it today, “quipped Jones. “Interesting Queensland Track Squad rider, Brandon Hutton is a champion sprinter, but with a little bit of ground, Thomas will make it hard for him.” The Men’s A Grade fin-
ished as Jones predicted. Thomas Beddome overall ahead of Brandon Hutton.
Scott took out the Boys Under 15 and Rone Thompson the Girls Under 15 division.
The Women’s A Grade is the race of the day. With a strong battle between Megan Pickford and Anita Narula. Pickford winning the series as predicted from Narula in second place.
Full results:
Also gaining valuable racing experience were ten juniors across Under 13 and Under 15 divisions. The Juniors had the assistance of several coaches riding with them, mentoring them with regard to race etiquette and tactics. Verity Pickford was victorious in the Girls Under 13, Tom Rodney Boys Under 13, whilst Liam
LDI Constructions criterium series results after 4 races and completion of the series: Open A Grade 1st - Thomas Beddome 2nd - Brandon Hutton 3rd - Brian Nesbit (on a count back from Alex Starmer) Open B Grade 1st - David Hutton 2nd - Damien Newton 3rd - Jim Dorney Open C grade 1st - Mal Lindsay 2nd - Matt Mo 3rd - Peter Craig Open D Grade 1st - Michael Etherington
2nd - Chris Atkins 3rd - Steven Christiansen Women’s A Grade 1st Petra Anderson 2nd Megan Pickford 3rd Anita Narula Women’s B Grade 1st Terri Sullivan 2nd Colleen Harrison 3rd Sam Weterkamp U13 Boys 1st Tom Rodney U13 Girls 1st Verety Pickford 2nd Chloe Buckley 3rd Niamh Rodney U15 Girls 1st Rone Thompson 2nd Claire Leary 3rd Ava McIntyre U15 Boys 1st Liam Scott 2nd Thomas Dumme
