May 23, 2013
Sport & Rec
With the Easter break behind us the NDTA night fixtures competition heads into the last 3-4 rounds. However, before giving the results, I want to give a plaudit to the Eumundi Tennis Club.
Due to the unstable political climate in Burkina Faso, Madhu Kazony set about finding a new venue to create a sister club for Maleny Rangers FC.
Maleny Rangers FC will be hosting home matches this Friday, at the Maleny Showgrounds, with both the Womens and Mens teams playing home games.
Caboolture Cougars‘1st junior team is on the war path this hockey season, and they show no signs of slowing down.
Maleny Rangers U16 Girls went out to Cooroy on Saturday with all guns blazing. They performed extremely well, as the final score shows; a magnificent 13 - nil win to us.
In the Wednesday competition,Sylvia Harker’s Lorikeets had another loss. With the recent run of losses,the prospects for holding this grade next season are getting dim.
Association Pennants were played at Maleny, Wednesday, April 27th despite a very damp and unpleasant start to the day. Highlanders are mentioned first followed by Noosa.
Over four days during the Easter break, sixteen boys and girls from Maleny Rangers U12 and U14 teams were treated to an intensive skills clinic run by respected coach Rui Spinola of ATFA (Australian Technical Football Academy).
Several players from the Range Croquet Club in Maleny took part in the Sunshine Coast Tournament at Nambour, the most successful being Nick Cram, who took out the Division 3 title, and scored best break (11) in that division.
The Maleny Judo club has once again produced an outstanding result in The Qld International Open, held a few weeks ago. This is a blue ribbon event, attracting competitors from every state and territory throughout Australia, and also overseas competitors trying to improve their international points ranking.
In the midweek competition, Sylvia Harker’s Lorikeets lost to Mooloolaba. The Maleny Magics played on home soil against Kawana Slammers.
An early start to visit the Eumundi Markets before our tennis. On a very hot humid day, The Hitters fought for a good win. Six sets to two, 44 games to 29 games. Mary, Kerry Jan and Jill, enjoyed a great day all together.