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Friday July 23, 2021
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Laurie Spina Shield a real winner format competition. Cairns, Innisfail, Mareeba, Malanda and Tully attended along with Weipa and Torres Straits. Zenadth Kes Stingers from the Torres Strait Island participated for the first time this year. A relatively new team, the Zenadeth Kes Stingers was only established three years ago. The Zenadth Kes Stingers under 11’s team put in the hard yards to prepare for the competition with three days of training per week as well as additional travelling needs for lots of players from neighbouring islands. Zenadth Kes Stingers President, Rees Davies said: “All our coaching staff and players had an amazing carnival. We travelled with 16 amazing kids that played well and showed a level of sportsmanship that made us the proudest coaches and parents at the competition, our staff lost count of how many
PETER MCCULLAGH
SEVENTY teams descended on Townsville over the weekend for the 24th Annual Laurie Spina Shield, one of the largest U11s junior rugby carnivals in Australia. Coordinated by the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys alongside major presenting partner and digital marketing provider Localsearch, the carnival focuses on participation, fair play and enjoying the ‘greatest game of all’ and brings together players from as far as the Torres Straits, Mt Isa and South East Queensland alongside a huge contingent of North Queensland outfits. This year’s Laurie Spina Shield was played under the new Player Development Framework, which means no scores are kept, however players are still encouraged to give their best effort on the field. Clubs from Far North Queensland made the journey to Townsville for this new
people approached us to tell us how great our team was. “As predicted, our girls played their hearts out and not only matched it on the field with the boys but received a majority of the player of the match awards which, I believe, made the boys rise to another level to back up their efforts. “Our goal was to give the kids the experience of being part of a team and to help them grow as footy players and athletes and I think we achieved every bit of it. They represented the Torres Strait Islands to the highest level and we couldn’t be prouder. The team’s joy for the game is what drove their desire to be involved in the tournament. We have community members involved in the fundraising for the intense travel itinerary which involves all modes of transports – from ferry trips, bus rides and aeroplane travel, just to be involved in what will be a memorable experience.”
THE 19TH HOLE
PHOTO: Alix Sweeney: North Queensland Toyota Cowboys
Time to dig deep, a new volleyball season is starting CAIRNS Volleyball is back and is setting up the Cairns community with two more volleyball opportunities for the community to join. A new beach volleyball competition has kicked off. Registrations are still being taken for teams to join the competitive indoor volleyball season to join for round 2 (next Wednesday). For those not ready to play competitively, Thursday nights have a ‘Learn to play Volleyball better school’, developed to teach the Cairns community how to play volleyball (technique/ skills and tactics) to enter the sport in
their own time. The ‘school’ is $80 (inc. insurance) and will run until 16/9/21. Both weekly events are being held at the home of Cairns Volleyball, Youth and recreation Hall, Mulgrave Road, Cairns costing $30 p/p for insurance and $50 per team per week for the competitive season $50 p/p for the volleyball school season. Check out ‘Cairns Volleyball’ on FB to stay up to date, and email play@cairnsvolleyball.com.au for any further queries.
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ON the weekend the club hosted the Mudcrab’s charity day. It is an event the club holds every year and the money always goes to a good cause. We saw great success this year and earned $4515 in charity for our local health heroes. Today marks the beginning of the “pointy end” of the season. After last weekend’s performances both teams know there are things that they need to address to take home this year’s competition. The men had to overcome adversity to win an arm-wrestle against Cairns Wanderers 22-10. They had to overcome a 10-0 halftime deficit and, courtesy of some Fred Innes halftime words of wisdom, were inspired to come back to put on 22 unanswered points in the 2nd half. In the women’s game, the Mudcrabs had to face Wanderers for the third time in three weeks. It has been a true back and forth this season between the two clubs with neither side coming out as a clear dominant force. With both fighting for a top two spot these games have true fire behind them. It was the Wanderers who came out on top this outing with a 24-17 win over our team. Both sides travel to Port Douglas this weekend for their games. Both teams play this Saturday 24/07/2021 against Southside at Raider Park in Port Douglas. The Men play at 3.00pm and the Women at 4.30pm.
Mudcrab’s Teina Pere (left) and Anita Pere (right) Name: Teina Pere Age: 17 Nickname/s: none Position/s: fly-half Job/occupation: jobless lol Hobbies/interests: singing & looking at myself Crab you’re most looking forward to playing with this year and why: my mum, not many people get to play with their mum and I think it’s pretty cool and exciting to be able to play alongside mine
Name: Anita Pere Age: 43 Nickname/s: Nita, Mum Position/s: Prop Job/occupation: Massage and Reflexology Therapist Hobbies/interests: Sports, Hiking, Swimming in fresh water creeks that don’t have any crocodiles, Singing, Music, Natural Therapies Crab you’re most looking forward to playing with this year and why: I am looking forward to playing with my daughter Teina for the first time. I can’t wait to see how we all gel with Teina and the other young guns this season. They bring amazing strengths to our team and should not be underestimated.
CUP LADDER PLAYED
WINS
DRAW
LOSSES
PTS
DEVILS
TEAM
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12
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24
WM SEAGULLS
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10
0
3
20
SEAGULLS
13
9
1
3
19
BEARS
13
9
0
4
18
DOLPHINS
13
9
0
4
18
BLACKHAWKS
13
8
0
5
16
MAGPIES
13
7
0
6
14
PRIDE
13
6
2
5
14
FALCONS
13
6
0
7
12
HUNTERS
13
4
0
9
8
TIGERS
13
3
0
10
6
JETS
13
2
1
10
5
CAPRAS
13
1
2
10
4
CUTTERS
13
2
0
11
4
INTRUST SUPER CUP ROUND 12 F R I D A Y J U L Y 2 3 Bears V Tigers. S A T U R D A Y J U L Y 2 4 WM Seagulls V Pride. Hunters V Cutters. S U N D A Y J U L Y 25 Capras V Dolphins. Jets V Falcons. Blackhawks V Devils. Magpies V Seagulls.
