Category North Queensland Sports Foundation

The Suncorp North Queensland Games will return to the Mackay region next Easter (14 to 17 April).   Recognised as Australia’s largest regional Games, the biennial, rotational event has been held a total of eleven times in the four major centres…

The North Queensland Sports Foundation is delighted to announce that the judging for the 2005 North Queensland Sport Development Bursaries has been finalised. Following from the success in 2004, a further twenty young sportsmen and women have been awarded $500…

For the first time since its inception in 1983, the North Queensland Sports Foundation has elected a woman as Chair, at its Annual General Meeting on 8 October, at the Cowboys Leagues club in Townsville.  Cairns Councillor Margaret Cochrane received…

Max Walker provides great entertainment It was a stunning success for the city of Cairns as all three Cairns athletes won the top three awards at this year’s Suncorp North Queensland Sportstar Awards, held in March 2004 in Atherton.  The…

The eleventh Suncorp North Queensland Games was staged in the Cairns region over Easter.  Since 1984, the Games has been rotated on a biennial basis, around the four major centres of North Queensland, namely Townsville, Mount Isa, Cairns and Mackay.…

Suncorp CEO John Mulcahy jetted in to Cairns today to kick off a week-long celebration of sporting prowess and success. The North Queensland Games have been proudly supported by Suncorp since the very first Games was hosted by Townsville in…

2004 SUNCORP NORTH QUEENSLAND GAMES With just over three months to go, the Far North region of Queensland eagerly awaits the staging of the largest regional Games in Australia, to be held over Easter 2004 in the Cairns region. The…

Exciting Sporting Initiative to acknowledge  North Queensland Sportstars Ever wondered how many sportsmen and women from North Queensland have represented Australia?  Ever wondered where they were born?  How proud are we in North Queensland about our sporting heroes? To answer…

The North Queensland Sports Foundation re-elected Ross Contarino as its Chairman for a record eighth year at its Annual General Meeting in Cairns on Friday 17 October.  Ross Contarino will be chair of this sporting organisation as it moves towards…

An excerpt from David Wharton While on holidays in Ecuador last year I decided to re-trace the 500 year-old footsteps of the ancient Chasqui Messengers along the Inca Trail from the Equator to the Sacred Valley of Longevity – Vilcabamba.…