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Lawn bowler’s title in 90th year

TERRY WILSON SUPER veteran bowler Ray Bush chalked up his 90th birthday two days after helping Burleigh Heads to a Gold Coast-Tweed District pennants win.

Sledge allegations to be investigated

Action from the Gold Coast Premier League soccer match between Merrimac and Burleigh Heads, held at the Italo-Australian Clu...

Terry Wilson Soccer FOOTBALL Gold Coast is set to investigate allegations of taunting of a Surfers Paradise player during the Premier League preliminary final.

Kicked trainer faces surgery

Brad Davidson TRAINER Matt Dunn is still counting his lucky stars as he opened up yesterday about just how serious his head injury could have been.

Your guide to Nippers sign-on days

NICHOLAS MCELROY NIPPERS numbers are up on the Gold Coast and it’s proving a shot in the arm for life saving, says Surf Life Saving CEO John Brennan.

Comeback trail Comeback swimmer on Olympic trail

JACK HARBOUR GOLD Coast swimmer James Roberts will try to defy doctor predictions and fight for relay redemption by earning a spot on Australia’s Olympic team.

Pay dispute Coast stars take on FFA over pay

JACK HARBOUR GOLD Coast stars Tameka Butt and Hayley Raso have slammed the FFA for stalled Matildas contract talks that led to the axing of their US tour.

JACK HARBOUR The two most successful endurance stars of surf life saving — Caine Eckstein and Ali Day — look set to go head-to-head over the gruelling Coolangatta Gold for the first time in history.

National role Hetherington to captain Australia

terry wilson GOLFER Rachel Hetherington is set to make an unexpected comeback to international tournament play at the age of 42.

Shock as League coach dies mid-match

TRAVIS MEYN THE Gold Coast rugby league community is mourning the death of a Tweed Heads Seagulls coach who collapsed while running water this weekend.

Nice efforts Turf stars head for spring glory

Brad Davidson GOLD Coast racing’s big three – Rudy, Sagaronne and Teronado – all seem to be on the path to claiming a feature event this spring.

Atkinson’s confident in Rio tilt

JACK HARBOUR TRIATHLETE Courtney Atkinson says his confidence has grown ahead of the 2016 Olympics after racing in Rio de Janeiro and winning in Japan.

Swedish bombshell our wakeboard queen

TERRY WILSON WAKEBOARDER Malin Overby has successfully made the transition from the chills of a Swedish winter mountainside to be Australia’s newest cable wakeboarding star.

Palm Beach lose FFA Cup clash 2-0

FFA Cup - Palm Beach Sharks v Western Sydney Wanderers

Terry Wilson PALM Beach’s quest to make the FFA Cup quarter-finals has fallen short after they lost 2-0 to Western Sydney Wanderers.

FFA Cup Mitch Nichols rapt to be back home

Mitch Nicholls portrait and WSW training

Terry Wilson SOCCEROO Mitch Nichols began playing as a six-year-old with Palm Beach and tonight he plays for Western Sydney Wanderers against his old club.

Familiar name Meet sporting Rees Duncan No.5

JACK HARBOUR THERE was little doubt Rees Duncan would be a sportsman. The only question was what sport would he play.

Atkinson’s confident in Rio tilt

JACK HARBOUR TRIATHLETE Courtney Atkinson says his confidence has grown ahead of the 2016 Olympics after racing in Rio de Janeiro and winning in Japan.

Swedish bombshell our wakeboard queen

TERRY WILSON WAKEBOARDER Malin Overby has successfully made the transition from the chills of a Swedish winter mountainside to be Australia’s newest cable wakeboarding star.

Palm Beach lose FFA Cup clash 2-0

Terry Wilson PALM Beach’s quest to make the FFA Cup quarter-finals has fallen short after they lost 2-0 to Western Sydney Wanderers.

FFA Cup Mitch Nichols rapt to be back home

Terry Wilson SOCCEROO Mitch Nichols began playing as a six-year-old with Palm Beach and tonight he plays for Western Sydney Wanderers against his old club.

Familiar name Meet sporting Rees Duncan No.5

JACK HARBOUR THERE was little doubt Rees Duncan would be a sportsman. The only question was what sport would he play.

Coast dropped from ironman series

TRAVIS MEYN THE spiritual home of surf lifesaving has been dumped as a host for the Kellogg’s Ironman series – again.

Wanderers fan Martin Vazquez to go a Wandering

Terry Wilson PALM Beach defender Martin Vazquez is a paid-up member of the Western Sydney Wanderers and tomorrow night he plays against them on the Gold Coast

Another Queensland trainer gets off cobalt ban

Brad Davidson JAMIE McConachy has become the fifth Queensland horse trainer to have his cobalt charges dropped and 18-month ban quashed due to a legal loophole.

Racing row Moody says cobalt no big, bad bear

BRAD DAVIDSON TRAINER Peter Moody has questioned whether banned drug cobalt is the “big, bad bear” it’s being made out to be.

Bumpy ride for Clarke in final

Tom Boswell MOTHER-TO-BE Lynsey Clarke came within one shot of winning an elusive Australian Indoor Bowls Championships title yesterday.

Divided loyalty Married couple draw line in sand

JACK HARBOUR WEDDING vows will take a back seat when Melissa and Paul Cracroft-Wilson are opposing captains at the International Surf Rescue Championships.