Category: Gold Coast Sport
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AUST WOMEN’S BOWLS SQUAD PREPARE FOR COM GAMES
The Australian women’s bowls squad is wasting no time in preparing for the Commonwealth Games. A group of 20 hopefuls is getting in some valuable time on the greens well in advance. “we had the commonwealth games in melbounre in 2006 and we were down there every couple of months, getting on the greens and…
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GENTLE IN GOOD STEAD FOR RIO TRIALS
Ashleigh Gentle’s confidence is on the rise heading into the RIO Olympics test event in August , after her first world series podium on the weekend. Gentle finished second in the Yokohama world series event behind world champion Gwen Jorgensen.
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TOUK MILLER SIGNS WITH SUNS FOR TWO MORE YEARS
Despite his team only having won one game all season, draftee Touk Miller has put his faith in the Suns for a further two years. Miller’s contract extension was finalised today, after a challenging start to the season.
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SUNS NEED SENIOR PLAYERS TO MAKE A SPLASH THIS SEASON
Rodney Eade says rookie mistakes led to the Suns’ thrashing against the second-ranked West Coast Eagles on Saturday night. The sore and sorry side recovered at Broadbeach today.
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EADE BLAMES SUNS LOSS ON INEXPERIENCE
Suns coach Rodney Eade has blamed his side’s youth for a 92 point loss against the West Coast last night. Eade says the team played well against the second-ranked Eagles, but labelled the defeat ‘a concern’.
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LOCAL SURFERS CENTRE OF ATTENTION AT QLD SURF TITLES
Local surfers were the centre of attention at the Master and Women’s Queensland titles at DBAH today. Damien Healy did battle with Kyle Richardson in the under 40s heats, while the finals will get underway tomorrow.
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BEDE DURBIDGE ASSURED SPOT IN RIO PRO
Bede Durbidge is the only Gold Coaster assured of a spot in the third round of the RIO Pro. Fellow Australian Matt Wilkinson also advanced into the next round.
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CROWS SHIVER IN AUSSIE-FIRST TRIAL
After thrashing the Suns overnight, you’d think the Adelaide Crows would have had a lie-in. Instead, they spent the morning enclosed in below-freezing temperatures, testing Australian-first sporting technology on the Gold Coast.
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OCEAN ROAR COMP KICKS OFF
The Ocean Roar rescue boat competition has begun on the Gold Coast today. Teams from all over south-east Queensland took advantage of the stellar conditions at Broadbeach.
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DANIEL MORTIMER RETURNS FROM INJURY
Titan Daniel Mortimer will take the field for the first time after an injury-induced hiatus. He says he has no hard feelings towards Kane Elgey who’ll retain the number 7 jersey this weekend. Ben Ridge is also back after being benched with a pec injury- he’ll play for the Tweed Seagulls in their Instrust Super…