End of an Era
Greg Shannon A few weeks ago I attended the latest QRL history committee meeting in Brisbane, which proved to be a significant event as it was the last one to be chaired by one of the great stalwarts of Queensland Rugby League - Kevin Brasch. Anyone who has followed the game for a long time will know who Kevin is, but for those who don’t, he was a former halfback from the 1960s who went on to become one of the codes great administrators, managing the Queensland State of Origin side and Australian sides in the 1980s and was a member, and at one stage chairman, of the Australian Rugby League. Back in 2008 Kev took on the role of establishing and running the QRL histo-
Then & Now ry committee. Your truly was fortunate enough to be part of this committee, and Kev became a great mentor. The many stories he can recall from his 75 years playing, coaching and administering rugby league would fill a book! In his youth, Kev played rugby league before turning briefly to Rugby Union in his teens, making the Queensland rugby union side as a halfback in the late 1950s. Qualifying as a teacher, he moved to the UK and played rugby league for Huddersfield before coming home to play in Brisbane with Valleys club in the old Brisbane Rugby League competition. In those days, rugby league was played under the unlimited tackle rule. Any side who had the ball could keep it all game if
they didn’t knock on or lose a scrum. So the halfback’s role and teamwork with his forwards was vital in trying to win possession through scrums. Kev recalls one day playing for valleys against the old Brisbane Brothers club who had a new front rower from the bush. A few years later after transferring to Mount Isa Kev made the North Queensland (NQ) side to play France. Joining the NQ squad in Townsville, one of the first new NQ teammates he met was that same big front rower who had played for Brisbane Brothers – Tully’s own Danny Clifford. Kev turned to coaching and club administration with the Brisbane Norths club in the 1970’s after returning from Mount Isa. One of the many Brisbane Norths juniors from that time when Kev was the clubs President is MSF’s Mick Ward. When the first origin series was played in 1982 Kev was appointed co-manager of the Queensland side and he also co- managed Queensland sides to England and PNG in 1983. He remained Queensland manager until 1988 and also co-managed Australian sides up until 1991. Now his 80s Kev has finally called full time on his involvement in the game, but it is worth noting just how people like him have helped build the game. They played and coached and administered the game in an era when everyone held down full time jobs and they did it mainly because they simply loved the game.
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ANOTHER wet and windy weekend kept all but the very keen at home sharpening hooks. The Hinchinbrook region was very busy with the annual catch and release tournament which is based out of Lucinda and run by the Ingham Rod and Reel Club. The fishing was tough, a result of the wet and windy conditions, however there were still several Barra caught in the 80cm and 90cm length mark and some very good Mangrove Jacks and heaps of smaller rat Barra. The beauty of fishing in the Hinchinbrook channel is the variety of different species available and this was shown with flathead, Queen fish, Trevally, Fingermark and Grunter also being released. The estuary fishing in the coastal creeks has been a little tough but not impossible due to the influx of fresh water, and the very large tides over the past week resulting in very dirty water. Cleaner water can normally be found during the first half of the incoming tide, and so I always try to be actively fishing through this period. Reasonable numbers of both Jacks and Barra were caught during this period over the weekend. The other bonus has been the mud crabs with May and early June being one of the best times of the year to target these fantastic eating crustaceans.
The fresh water fishing is still holding up with plenty of Sooty Grunter and the occasional Jungle Perch and Barra being caught. At the time of writing this column (which is very early in the week) the weather sites are predicting the winds to drop off a little this weekend with Sunday predictions at this stage being 10 to 15 knots. This may allow boats to travel and fish the close-in reefs and islands. At this time of year, we start to see both school and Spanish Mackeral start to turn up. The schoolies in particular can be targeted close inshore with some early fish normally caught just wide of the mouth of the Hull river and between Dunk island and Mission Beach. We should also see schools of Queen fish turning up around spots such as Forty Foot and Olive rock. The smaller boats should try fishing the estuaries; already the whiting and Bream are entering the rivers with some good catches reported from the mouth of the Murray and Meunga creeks. The neap tides which lead up to this weekend should allow the water clarity to improve. On Sunday the tides start to build again giving us some ideal tides to fish for Barra and Jacks in the rivers. Try either side of the mid-morning low tide. If you are keen on fishing for Grunter around the edges of the sand bars, try fishing the early morning run-out tide either in the coastal creeks or in the Hinchinbrook region. Those keen on fishing the deep holes in the Hinchinbrook channel for Fingermark, Grunter or Jew, would be fairly happy with the small run in the evening tide. Good Fishing Roly Newton Tackle World Tully
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Silkwood Clay Target Club - Monthly Shoot Results - May 19 Event 1 - 25 Target Double Barrel (Cash Divide) AA 1st - Peter Threfall, Peter Robertson, and Duncan Sutherland, 25/25; 2nd - Angelo Russo, Paul Crapella, Michael Thurston, Nathan Thurston, Rod Miller, Jar Smaniotto, and Ron Gough 24/25 A 1st - Joe Zappala, and Mark Stella 25/25; 2nd - Chris Santarossa, Harrison Birch, Barry Lansdown and Mario Raccanello 23/25. B. 1st - Robert Sapuppo, and Daniel Goodman 24/25; 2nd - Chris Mance, Maurizio Nadalin, and George Bugeja 23/25 C 1st - Brett Coulthard 25/25; 2nd - Sandra Crapella and Alf Canino 23/25 Event 2 - 25 Target Single Barrel AA. 1st - Ron Gough 25/25; 2nd - Michael Thurston 25/25 A 1st - Mark Stella 25/25. 2nd - Mark Martin 23/25 B. 1st - Alan Birch 22/25; 2nd - George Bugeja 22/25 C. 1st - Alf Canino 19/25; 2nd - Sandra Crapella 19/25
Event 3 - 25 Target Handicap 1st - Jar Smaniotto 24/25 2nd - Sandra Crapella 24/25 3rd - Paul Crapella 24/25
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THANKS very much to the continued support of David Swaine & the team at Harvey Norman Innisfail! The week leading up to the Harvey Norman Classic was a blessing with blue skies & plenty of breeze to dry out our course. Thanks very much to all of our volunteers who worked tirelessly to ensure the course was in the best condition it could be for this event. The course was in great condition, & the greens were lightning fast come Sunday afternoon. Day 1 - Great tussles in each grade. Andrew Rose & Wil Florimo were tied on 71 apiece. Jock Morgan had put in some great play in B Grade & Ian McDonald played very well in C Grade to hold the gross lead. The ladies on Day 1 were holding their own
THE rain has affected play over the last week for all of our region. The showers look like they will subside in the latter part of the week. Let's hope Livio has some good news for clear sunshine for next week! Sacoa Single Stableford (Tee off times 12:00pm & 3:00pm) Eighteen players ventured out into the weather for the Sacoa stableford & it looked like the morning groups had the best of the weather. Ian Saunderson had the best of the morning rounds with 39pts, closely followed by Mick Wilkinson, Ian McDonald & Craig Alman on 38pts. Well done guys! 1st - I Saunderson 39pts and 2nd - C/B
in each division. Addi Butorac played well & Vickie Hendrie held off the field in Division 2. Day 2 - Andrew Rose set the early morning pace in the A Grade Competition shooting a spectacular 67 (-3) to be leading A Grade. Wil Florimo shot a brilliant 68 (-2) to be one shot back. FNQ Junior Tom Whittle held it together over the weekend, with impressive scores & fantastic play to take out the A Grade Nett prize! The B Grade men were chasing Jock Morgan all weekend with another impressive round to take out the Gross tittle. Our local lad John Tissizis just done enough to take out the Nett comp by a single shot! The C Grade men held their own in the
wind on Sunday, Jeff McGrath held his nerve to take out the tittle by 7 shots! Ladies Division one, had Addi Butorac keep it together on the back 9 to claim victory! Jan Bolton played extremley well to take out the Nett prize! Vickie Hendrie played extremely well to take out the Ladies Division two Gross trophy! Cindy Cockle proves to like the Harvey Norman Classic taking out the Nett prize in Division 2 for a 2nd year in a row! A massive thanks to all that came to our club to participate in the Harvey Norman Classic & we hope to see you all again next year for another fantastic event!! Don't forget to check out our FB page to see all the photo's from teh weekend!
38pts NTP's: 1st & 10th - ,2nd & 11th - C Alman, 3rd & 12th - I McDonald, 4th & 13th - P Tattam, 5th & 14th - S Trembath, 6th & 15th T Mann, 7th & 16th - J Tissizis, 8th & 17th - E Nest and 9th & 18th - M Wilkinson Junior Golf It's great to see plenty of our Juniors turning up for Friday afternoon training/practice from 3:30pm. Their skills are improving each week as we train for the upcoming Junior Golf events at other clubs in our region. Unfortunately, rain stopped our Sunday Comp last week. Let's hope the weather is better for this weekend’s play. Upcoming Events: IGC Club Champs -
June 15/16 & 22/23 Wednesday Allsporters – 12:00pm & 3:00pm tee times Friday Comp – 12:00pm & 3:00pm tee times Friday Junior Practice – 3:30pm Saturday Comp - Innisfail Glass & Aluminium Stableford Tee off times – 7:30am & 12:00pm Sunday Junior Golf: 9:00am – 9-Holers, 9:30am – 6-Holers and 10:00am – 3-Holers. See you on the course, and play well. Don't forget to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/innisfailgolfclub/ "Let's Get APP'y" @ Top End Apps
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Thursday 23 1226 2.84 m 0850 1.69 m 1219 1.89 m 1710 1.42 m Friday 24 0139 2.68 m 1008 1.55 m 1348 1.80 m 1911 1.60 m Saturday 25 0320 2.64 m 1053 1.40 m 1614 1.90 m 2054 1.67 m Sunday 26 0430 2.70 m 1128 1.28 m 1711 2.10 m 2221 1.64 m Monday 27 0513 2.77 m 1157 1.17 m 1749 2.29 m 2319 1.57 m Tuesday 28 0546 2.82 m 1222 1.08 m 1820 2.48 m 2359 1.48 m Wednesday 29 0615 2.86 m 1244 0.99 m 1849 2.66 m
Tully Bridge Results Monday May 13 Mitchell Movement North - South Nick Nadebaum / Terry Nadebaum Sue D'Arcy / Clydie Pease Korma Byrne / Margaret Pease East - West Chris Watson / Shirley Watson Sandy Raiti / Sandy Mollenhagen = Third x 3 Kath McGowan / Geoff Stapley = Margaret Xibberas / Brone Reed = Jeanette Evans / Rosemay Cox Friday May 17 Terry Nadebaum / Shirley Watson Kath McGowan / Anne McLean Sandy Raiti / Kerry Borthwick-Bolton
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Tigers News with Shane Muriata AS the Rafting World Championship was finishing up, our Tully Tigers were ready for the game of their lives when we faced the ever great empire that is the Innisfail Leprechauns. The women’s game that started the day was always going to be special and close, and they didn’t disappoint. Coach Rebecca Davis was happy and thankful so many girls turned out for the Tigers. Brenda Morice was outstanding in her comeback match and it was great to see one of Tullys most talented players in Eileen Jack and Layne Bennett getting amongst the MVP standings. Quick reminder to all of the women players that the next game is against the Mareeba Gladiators here at home on June 1. Reserve Grade coach Steven Barrett didn’t hold anything back when reassessing his game on the weekend: “Many were half asleep. Our discipline was the worst I’ve coached, so we have a lot to work
on.” On a day when nothing seem to go right, he found a shining light :“Jonty Ivey made the day bearable. I couldn’t go past him as our man of the match. Gerald Sore and Appoinia Savage were outstanding, so it wasn’t all bad news.” As if the entrée wasn’t enough for the main game, then our A grade Tigers were up for the challenge when they came away with a 16-all draw against arch-rival Leps. It has been a trying week for head coach Tongy, but the crack in his emotional voice at fulltime was one of pride. “What about that effort. They couldn’t break us with seven sets in a row on our line. We reminded ourselves the importance of the jersey, and that showed today.” Massive love to Steven Morice for making his first A-grade appearance in 18 years. Well, what a weekend of NRL action it was, with all the top teams getting the job in the respective games. The defending premiers the Sydney Roosters came to Suncorp Stadium on an 8 game winning streak, but that was stopped in its tracks when the Broncos ran over them in a semi-final type game. Milford was again at his best while the forwards of Haas and Co proved too strong for the
Chooks. The Melbourne Storm machine kept on rolling near the upper ranking when they got home in a tight one against the West Tigers, while the Bunnies toppled the green machine of Canberra to remain of top of the NRL ladder. Gold Coast continue to disappoint, while the Parramatta Eels looked clueless against the even more clueless Cows. One thing I will say is the Blues will look pretty stupid if they pick the Panthers halves Cleary and Maloney. Cody Walker and Reynolds should be there, whereas our Qld boys are still looking for a captain. Everyone else is doing it, so here’s my Qld captain. Matt Gillett, there I said it. Well, what a Rafting Championship our town put on. By all reports, every athlete enjoyed their time. To all the volunteers, businesses and general public, well done and thank you for making it a memorable week of excitement. I am pretty sure many of the athletes have already indicated they will be back. Great work Tully, and the surrounding areas. Great work people, your worth is far greater than any gold.
Bowls This Week Tully Bowls News RAIN < RAIN> and more RAIN has interfered with our intended games of bowls, but our men did manage to play Pennants at Tully against Innisfail in division three, where Tully won. Sunday two teams travelled to Silkwood to play Innisfail in the mixed pennants. Unfortunately, Tully lost. The teams were John Taylor, Ian Revie, Val Bradley & Molly Dunn. The second team consisted of John Brown, Ray Downing, Judy Hood & Robyn Brunello. The Friday night barefoot bowls & roast dinners are discontinued until further notice. Reminder to contact Ray Wicks on 0447 839 229 re introduction to bowls. This is held at 9:00am Saturday mornings. Hopefully, this coming week the weather will be kinder, so we can all see you on the green!!
Silkwood Bowls Club, results Wednesday, May 15 No games possible because of terrible weather condition. Saturday, May 18 Men Pennants Round 2, Division 3 Southern Region played at South Johnstone Silkwood teams gave their best resulting in one draw and one loss. Sunday, May 19 Mixed Pennants Section 1, Round 2 played at Silkwood Competing clubs were Babinda, Innisfail, Tully and Silkwood. At present, Silkwood sits in fourth position Semi Finals of mixed pennants is in Tully, June 9 As always Friday Night Barefoot Bowls is enormous fun. Come along and try our bowls game. Bowls are provided, all are welcome. We start with a BBQ at 6:00pm, followed by a game of bowls and ending with a cuppa and some yummie. FREE BOWLS COACHING First Saturday of each month, we start at 9:00am at Silkwood Bowls Club. All welcome For more information call Denise 0400 791 517. You can follow us on Facebook with all upcoming events. Social Bowls are played Wednesdays and Sundays. Please register by 1:00 pm. Play starts at 1.30pm.
Innisfail Men’s Bowls The Ladies were able to smile this week as they were able to play on Wednesday, whereas the Men’s game was washed out on Thursday. The Pennants on Saturday were disappointing as both Division Teams could not dredge up a win. The only ray of sunshine was that the Mixed Pennants team had a very good win on Sunday. The Saturday devotees enjoyed their social game on Saturday. There are no Men’s Pennant games this weekend, so we expect good numbers at the social games as it is obvious that we need the practise.
South Johnstone Bowls Saturday May 18, the Division 1 team travelled to Cairns to play Brothers Edmonton and West Cairns, with South Johnstone coming home with a win in both matches. Division 3 defeated Silkwood at home on Saturday, and the Mixed Pennants team travelled to Gordonvale on Sunday to play Yungaburra on a very heavy green. Emma Rowbotham’s final bowl ensured South Johnstone a win. Twilight bowls this Friday May 24. Night kicks off at 6:00pm with barbeque and bowls to start at 6:30pm. Cost for the night is $15, bowls are provided, and there is a raffle and the members draw on the night. Social bowls Sunday. Cards called at 1:00pm with a 1:30pm. Start cost is $10. Smoko and bowls provided.
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Mission Beach Cricket Club recently hosted the presentation evening for Junior Cricketers from Tully and Mission Beach MISSION Beach Cricket Club hosted the presentation evening for Junior Cricketers from Tully and Mission Beach recently. “The 2018/2019 cricket season for local juniors has been a most successful one,” President of Tully Cricket, Jake Robertson said. “The Under-12 competition between Mission Beach, Tully and two teams from Innisfail allowed for all juniors to really get a go of playing cricket. The format used was each player would bowl and bat for an equal number of balls depending on player numbers for the 20 overs. Most weeks players would face 20 balls or more and then bowl 20 balls or more. This has allowed for each player to learn more about the game of cricket.” Kobus van Vuuren the coach of the Mission Beach Under-12 was pleased with the players
that were selected in the CFN representative teams. Kobus made special mention of Chalize Liddel who represented the Northern Flames Under-13 girl’s team. The combined Under 15 Tully/ Mission Beach team coached by Denis Lindsay played in the Cricket Far North (CFN) competition on a home and away basis. Coach Lindsay was very proud of the players how they improved over the season. Dennis added, “Miller Oval – Tully was a wonderful Turf venue for the boys. The season was for many of the boys their first season playing on turf .“. The perpetual trophy for Mission Beach Cricket, the Frank Fillis Trophy went, to Christo Van Vuuren who played representative cricket in both club and school arenas. Participation certificates, photos
and socks were awarded to the Mission Beach Under-12 team which included: Jackson Martin Reece Durighello Charlie Liddel Marko van Vuuren Tom Jolly Jackson Liddle James Brown Riley Berge Leith Nowitzky William Dodd Finn Otto Best batsman Jackson Martin - 219 runs Best Bowler Marko van Vuuren - 13 wickets for 78 runs Most improved player: Leith Nowitzky - 88 runs, 5 wickets for 82.
Representative player trophy: Jackson Martin - U12 CFN Development Cup . Charlie Liddle - Northern Flames u13 girls. Tully / Mission Beach u15 team included Van Vuuren, Christo J; Palmer, Corey A Ellicott, Max Stuart, Austin Coppens, Phillip Jones, Heath Brunello, Brett Bhullar, Harshpreet Gilbert, Angus Verri, Brendan Van Vuuren, Dante Miller, Lucas Lindsay, Michael Foster, Hamish Emmi, Cohen Ajmain, Wasik Best batsman: Christo van Vuuren - 211 runs at 42.2 Best bowler: Dante van Vuuren 14 wickets for 143 Best fielder: Phillip Coppens Most improved player: Michael
Mission Beach U 12's trophy winners with Kobus Van Vuuren Jackson Martin, Marko Van Vuuren and Leith Norwitzky MB Presentation Night-17
Frank Fillis Trophy recipient Christ Van Vuuren with Kobus Van Vuuren and Denis Lindsay MB Presentation Night-22
CFN Representatives with coaches Denis Lindsay, Kobus Van Vuuren, Jke Robertson with Christo Van Vuuren, Jackson Martin, Brendan Verri, Lucas Miller and Michael Lindsay MB Presentation Night-21
U 12's Mission Beach team with coach Kobus Van Vuuren MB Presentation Night-16
Lindsay 134 runs, 5 wickets for 117 Representative player trophy Christo van Vuuren - Northern Flames U15 male Lucas Miller- CFN U14 Michael Lindsay- CFN U13 Tully Under 12 players included: 1. Jackson Lindsay 2. Riley Lindsay 3. Johnathan Buckley 4. Aiden Getejanc 5. Julian Getejanc 6. Jaxan Tarttelin 7. Cooper McAllister 8. Ezekiel Ivey 9. Jack Valeriano Best bowling – Aiden Getejanc Best batting – Cooper McAllister Most improved – Riley Lindsay Representative Player – Brendan Verri – CFN U13s
Denis Lindsay with his U15's TullyMission Beach team MB Presentation Night-19
U 12's Tully Team with coach Jake Robertson MB Presentation Night-14
Innisfail Shooter Lawrence Calleja Wins Top Marksman Trophy RAVENSHOE and District Sporting Shooters recently hosted another successful Nasho Inter-Branch rifle and pistol shoot at their range where 15 shooters contested the competition which included six shooters from the host Tableland Nashos branch, five shooters from the Innisfail/Tully/Babinda Branch (five Nashos) and four shooters from Cairns Nashos Branch (three Nashos). Competition rules were established before the commencement of the shoot and were as follows: • Rifle/Benchrest @ 50m 10 rounds = 100 points • Rifle/Standing/unsupported/offhand @ 50m 10 rounds = 100 points • Pistol/Standing/unsupported/offhand @ 15m
10 rounds = 100 points • Highest possible score = 300 points • Only Nasho members were eligible to win the Top Marksman trophy. • ll scores including guests were considered for the Branch average total, while others who attended were encouraged to have a non-competitive shoot. Three Nashos recorded the top scores for the competition. Innisfail shooter Lawrence Calleja came to defend the Top Nasho Marksman Trophy and was successful again for the fifth consecutive time with a score of 231.1, with Tableland Nasho John Hardy in second place with a score of 211 and Innisfail shooter Ron Trackson in third place
with a score of 206.3. Tableland supporter and lady shooter Terry Edmondson acquitted herself well and finished in fourth place overall with a score of 203.5 points. She recorded the highest number of V bulls on the day with five. The Tableland Branch was successful in being able to defend their Branch title on their home range recording an average score of 196 points for their six shooters, followed by Innisfail Branch in second place with an average score of190 points for their five shooters while Cairns Branch finished third with an average score of 162 points for their four shooters. The shoot was conducted in good spirits, which everyone enjoyed and at the end, Table-
land Branch President John Hardy thanked the hosts for their support of the event including the use of their facilities, rifles and pistols, along with their coaching. He also gave a special thanks to President John Anderson for organising the event, Range Officers Gordon Gentle and Jeff De Lacey, Nickie and Mal Roach for scoring, Nickie Roach and G Arnold for catering as the lunch served was very well received. The next Inter-Branch competition will be held at Kurrimine Beach range on Saturday, August 24.
Nasho Trophy winners: Ron Trackson (Innisfail) third place, Lawrence Calleja (Innisfail) in first place and John Hardy (Tableland) in second place.
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