DALBY
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OFF AND RACING: 140 years on, racing is still a major sporting drawcard in Dalby. PHOTOS: FILE / CONTRIBUTED Football Club and is now known as the Dalby Swans. You can find the Swans at the Owen Street ovals. Cricket OCCUPYING the same field as the Swans is Dalby’s thriving cricket competition. Most teams in the competition, beginning in September every year, are based locally. Quinalow Cricket Club is the sole exception, which competes against the Dalby clubs. Racing COUNTRY racing remains at the heart of Dalby after 140 years. The original race track in Dalby was used for the first time in 1859 with a black soil track. Since this time, the Bunya Park Racecourse has grown to host
One of Dalby’s many touch football teams. regular TAB meets, which are seen Australia-wide. Bunya Park is also home to Dalby’s biggest race meet, the Picnic Races, held each April. The racecourse also hosts a number of large race events throughout the year. Golf WITH the banks of the Myall Creek surrounding the lush, green fairways, there is no better
place to tee off than the Dalby Golf Club. The scenic views make this 18 hole course the perfect place to have a social hit or become a member. Dalby’s full golf course was established in 1936 on the Dalby Town Council’s recreation reserve. Those wishing to take a swing at the Dalby Golf Course can find it off Moreton Street. Other sports SQUASH, soccer and touch football are also popular sports in town. Dalby’s squash courts can be found on Cunningham Street, while touch is regularly played and enjoyed by locals. The PCYC also has a gym, netball courts and other spaces for the various sports played throughout the region.
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WHEN it comes to sport, you would struggle to find a town more passionate and dedicated to the craft than Dalby. Rugby union DALBY Wheatmen, the town’s rugby union club, was established in 1964. The club competes in the Risdon Cup against teams throughout the entire southwest, in addition to B-grade, C-grade, teenagers and the Junior Wheatmen. Dalby’s Wheatmen have more than 300 players registered, and field a team in every grade of the Downs Rugby. The club’s home can be found at John Ritter Oval on Orpen Street. Rugby league RIGHT next door to the Dalby Wheatmen is the Dalby Leagues Club. These grounds are home to Dalby’s junior and senior rugby league teams – the Dalby Devils and the Dalby Diehards. More than 200 local players are registered with the club. NRL stars including Darren Burns, Carl Webb and Andrew McCullough all started their rugby league careers here. Dalby’s Diehards compete in the A-grade, B-grade and C-grade competitions of the Toowoomba Rugby League competition. You can sign up for any side by heading to the Dalby Leagues Club on Orpen Street. Aussie rules AUSSIE rules football in Dalby has grown immensely in more than three decades of competition. The town’s first team was entered into the Darling Downs Football League in 1980 as the Dalby and Districts
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