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All the participants after they completed the triathlon.

Junior Mini Tri Series SARI HYYTINEN THE Cassowary Coast Multisport Club got off to a great start with their ‘Junior Mini Tri Series.’ There were around thirty participants who came from around the region to participate aged from eight years through to sixteen years.

There will be two more junior mini triathlons as the triathlon on March 30 was the first of three with the second planned for June and the third for September. “I hope that we can attract people throughout the region,” said Jeff Coward, the current President of Cassowary Coast Multisport Club.

There is room for growth for the Cassowary Coast as the aquatic centre has now been completed.

The competitors made use of the new pool and also had a ride in the bike park and a run around the oval.

“Maybe in 2020 we can also include a senior triathlon here at Mission Beach,” said Jeff.

Kai Westeels making it to the finish line.

Winners for the 14 – 16 age brackets: Baylee Worth, Tehgan Gee and a supporter of the triathlon is Rob Harris

Winners for the 11 – 13 age brackets: Kai Westeels, Kodi Worth, Travis Gee, Kari Gni, Daisy Corry, Leah Peake.

Winners for the 8 – 10 age brackets: Tom Jolly, Hamish Parveniza Jasper Curzon, Eden Gni, Isabelle Peake and Jemimah Conroy.

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small and large mouth Nannygai caught.

Closer in around the islands the catches mainly consisted of Grass Sweet Lip and just-legal Nannygai, along with the occasional Island Trout and Gold Spot Cod.

ALTHOUGH wind conditions were generally light over last weekend, the storms and scuds of higher strength wind kept most boats inshore. The few larger boats that did manage to travel offshore found the fishing reasonably good with reasonable numbers of Coral Trout and Red Throat Emperor caught around the reef shallows. Some boats did struggle however, especially during the neap tides last week.

The rubble patches fished reasonably well with good numbers of

INNISFAIL BOWLS It was great to see 34 bowlers on the green on Thursday. Bragging rights went to J.Fossey, D.Lowe and J. Paterson. On Saturday, only a short social game was played to allow bowlers to join the family of Rod Aldous our late valued Treasurer in celebrating his life. Vale Rod. A number of competition games were played during the week with a couple of surprise upsets.

In “A” Singles J.Walker defeated A.Siliato. “C”Singles M.Clifford defeated B.Smith. Pairs: A.Morrison, G.Kirkman defeated D.Leach, S.Howe and T.Burns, S.Pagano defeated A.Siliato, A.Strano. Finally, G.Anderson, J.Walker defeated T.Curran, D.Juhas. Triples: I.Humphries, L.Fedalto, M.Achello defeated M.Roots, M.Clifford, S.England Please check the board for upcoming games as Graeme would like to complete as many games as possible before the start of the pennants.

Most of the excitement, however, centred around large catches of Fingermark being reported with most boats preferring to fish early morning rather than risk the evening storms.

The fishing in the estuaries has been very patchy as a result of the large

amounts of rain we have been having of a night. There has been some good catches of Grunter, Mangrove Jack and Barra in the creeks over the last month, however the huge amount of fresh in the rivers has made fishing difficult over the past week.

Mud Crabs were caught in reasonable numbers in the coastal creeks, especially the Hull over last weekend; again the amount of fresh is having an influence.

The Hinchinbrook region has been a safer bet with good catches of Mud Crabs being caught fairly consistently. I am far from an expert on crabbing however I find the crabs can move around

fairly quickly so it pays to spread your pots out until you start to catch reasonable numbers in an area.

This is a lot of work on a day trip but does pay off.

Grunter and Fingermark have also been fairly plentiful in the Hinchinbrook area with catches being reported from several locations around Gould Island and Cape Richards through to their normal haunts along the flats of the Hinchinbrook Channel.

Barra continue to be caught at the mouths of the feeder creeks flowing into the Murray and Tully rivers. This has been a great year for fishing these freshwater locations, with river heights continually higher than normal for several months now. Best conditions are just as the

Bowls This Week

TULLY BOWLS Wednesday March 27 was a wash out. Our new venture of Jackpot pairs will take place this week, weather permitting. Please put your names in by 1:00pm for a 2:00pm start. It will be club selected, three bowl pairs.

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the end of 18 ends.

Friday March 29, barefoot bowls and BBQ went well with lots of rinks full of bowlers.

Saturday March 30, the ladies championship pairs game went down to the wire when Molly Dunn and Robyn Brunello played against Mary Bacic and Avis Ray. Both pairs finished on 25 points, so an extra end had to be played with Mary and Avis coming out victorious.

Saturday morning introduction to bowls will take place this Saturday at 9:00am please ring Ray Wicks on 0447839229 if you are interested.

Sunday March 31, the glorious weather saw 14 bowlers enjoy this great game with Rod Tennent and Lino Ceccato winning a $10.00 voucher.

Reminder of club meeting on April 4 at 4:00pm.

Our thoughts and prayers are with our Ladies president Judy Hood and her family over the tragic loss of her grandson.

SILKWOOD BOWLS Wednesday March 27, 10 players enjoyed a social game. Alan Hudson and Tony Haydock defeated Anna Della Bella and Ron Methews 30/11. Denise Charman, Carol Lowe, Tom Grant defeated Delmo Tarditi, Karin Rastoll, Agnes Tait/Cain 23/17.

water starts to clear up but there is still plenty of water coming out of the drains.

At this early stage of the week the weather forecast for this weekend is for the wind to be around 20 knots on Saturday, dropping slightly on Sunday.

Either side of the morning high tide is perfect to chase Grunter both on the Hinchinbrook flats and in the coastal creeks. Those wishing to fish for Barra and Jacks should look at either side of the afternoon low tide.

Don’t forget the crab pots- at the moment it is definitely worth the effort.

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Tigers News with Shane Muriata THE first thing to get off my unbelievable chest is that at home, the Cowboys got pumped beyond a flat tyre, and looked deflated after that game against the in-form Sharks.

With a line-up that was forced to reshuffle after last week’s kerfuffle, Paul Green came up short once again with the results. It seems the Taulmanolo absence is affecting the already shaken JT minus outfit that is the Cowboys of North Qld. To be fair, they aren’t too far off, so I wouldn’t push the panic button just yet. The Dragons silenced the critics by beating Brisbane just before the home bell, with former Broncos playmaker Corey Norman sinking the boot in to walk out of Suncorp Stadium with two competition points. The Warriors were overcome by a desperate Manly side needing a win, whereas the Bunnies and the Storms just keep winning under Bellamy and Bennett.

The Bulldogs finally got off the blocks, leaving behind only the

hapless Qld embarrassment of the Titans without a win.

As the season heats towards game 1 of the 2019 Origin season, it is only fitting that we start looking at how Qld can come up with a side to dethrone those Blues of the shield to bring it back home.

First picked has to be Inglis, who is an inspirational leader. Kaylin Ponga will take the number one jersey, with Oates, Feldt and Gaigai fighting out the wing spots. GI takes one centre, which will hand the other one to Chambers. Munster and Cherry Evans take six and seven, with Napa, Scott, Cooper, and McGuire all fighting out the forwards’ jerseys. If Corey Norman is fit, he could be our utility ahead of Hunt, with Granville replacing McCullough in the 9. So there you have it: a Qld side worthy of any series, but as the season goes on, and I will change it more than 15 times to get a side to take down Fittler’s men.

Saturday night marked the

beginning of the insanity that is the Cairns District Rugby League season when the Tully Tigers took on the Ivanhoe’s Knights of Smithfield in 3 grades. First off the footy platter was the women’s footy game, which was what many of us considered the actual highlight of the footy day. Legendary play maker Rebecca Davies was at her scheming best, setting up a try and organising everything barring the menu at the canteen. Brooke Tongy and niece Sam Davies were simply awesome, with recent mummy Casey Ivey showing off some skills that had her brother and husband in A grade jealous.

All-round athlete and great person Kiarna Martin was just too good, with Cowboys scouts calling her late on Sunday to attend training this week to help the Cows get back into the comp. Reserve Grade coach Steven Barrett was full of praise for his boys’ effort when they out-lasted the knights in a terrible conditions. “We set a few match goals at training, so it was pleasing to see us getting close to them. Our defensive effort was top notch, which we backed up when we had the ball. The last ten minutes was the only thing we can have a look at training to fix, but overall, we look better than ok.”

Head Coach Aaron Tongy was very pleased with the ef-

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Adam Hoare being presented with his maiden A grade jersey from Wayne Chadwick. fort, even though things started to look shaky when the wheels were falling off. “We were up pretty early, then they hit back off the back of some of our errors. There was a period there where we should’ve skipped away, but that’s only the first game, so it’s a start. Chris Coppens stood up when we needed him.”

Trevor “Speed 2.0” Mathieson was at his usual fast self.

Phil Nona tore shreds every time he got the ball, finishing with three tries. “The only concern to come out of the game was inspirational skipper Shane Cliffy getting a serious leg injury. We’ll assess it, then see how we line up next weekend.”

Big congratulations to young

superstar winger Adam Hoare for making his A grade debut, with past legend Wayne Chadwick making a special presentation to Adam before his game.

Hopefully there are many more to come.

On a different note, but related to football, I would like to send out my deepest sympathy to my good mate Alex Sala.

Meeting you and your family was like being accepted into a family. In whatever struggles you carry, we will help you carry. In whatever dark times you see, we will help you to the other side. On behalf of Tully Rugby League, we send our deepest sympathy to you and your family.

of Tully by just the one point .

Last week at Cardwell, our dedicated golfers played a modified course: Sporters 9-hole stableford on Thursday were the first to play with Phil Wyatt having the win 22 pts. Second was Bert Pajonk with 19 pts on a count back from Don Peachey also 19 pts.

Then came Ian Burchell 18 pts.

Nearest the pins (NTP) were Bert Pajonk with two and Ian Burchell.

Saturdays 18-hole stableford was also played on a modified layout with Bert Pajonk keeping up his good form and winning with 37 pts. Second was Jackie Olditch with 32 pts and in third place came Phil Wyatt with 31 pts. NTPs were Keith Hoare, Greg Smith and Phil Wyatt.

Thursday there will be an 18-hole stableford event. Register at 9:00am for 9:30 tee-off.

Also Thursday, there will be a Sporters 9-hole event. Register at 12:30 p.m. for a 12:45 teeoff.

Saturday will be April Monthly Medals for ladies and men.

Second round of the men’s pennants was played last Sunday at Tully, with thanks to all at Tully. El Arish finished the day in first place. Tully came in second and Cardwell third. The third and final round will be played at El Arish on the May 5 with El Arish currently in front

EL ARISH GOLF REPORT How the time has flown!

The results of competitions for the last week of March are in already!

TUESDAY’s Stableford comp was very generously sponsored by Hipas Donald.

The winner was Fran Lomas on 35 with Arthur Hamilton runner up on 34. NTP winners were as follows: Holes 5/14 Ladies Jan Benn and 4/13 Ladies Fran Lomas. The All-InPin shots on 2/11 and 6/15 not taken. The Approach shot on 1/10 placed by Margaret Johnston and 9/18 Steve Wells. All winners thank Hipas for their prizes. THURSDAY’s Sporters had another great field playing the 2nd 9. Results:- Winner – Matt Smith on a c/back to Paul Marland, both on 20 – 3rd Greg Eales 19, with Scott Hunter 4th on 18. Least Putts won by Nigel Piner with 11. NTP winners as follows: Matt Smith taking 10 and 11 – Jake Perkins taking 12 and 13, with Tom Wikander taking the CASH PIN on 14, Rod Rackley taking 16 and Peter Hicks 17. We had another great field for SATURDAY’s Stableford comp sponsored by Jan Benn. We couldn’t get any closer with the final results, as it was a c/back with Tom Wikander winner and Kelly Cavallero r/up both on 39.

NTP winners: 2/11 Men: Gavin

Camilleri, 5/14 Ladies: Kelly Cavallaro with the approach shot unbeatable, and won by Tony Haydock, who holed in.

All winners thank Jan for her sponsorship. This Saturday is our Monthly Medal sponsored

by King Reef. See you out there.

INNISFAIL GOLF The clubhouse till & POS system have been upgraded to a complete Square solution to make it easier for the committee to track stock & sales trends. We will also be upgrading our accounting software to integrate with Square to make it easier to reconcile accounts & prepare reports for committee meetings.

Membership cards are also being discussed to make it easier for members using their competition winnings & members rewards. So, stay tuned for more updates.

Wednesday Allsporters Comp (Tee off times 12pm & 3pm) Congratulations to Paul Tattam who kept his head after holing out on hole 2 to shoot -4 in the Allsporters last week, taking first place.

March 13 1st - P Tattam 23pts 2nd - C Allman 20pts NTP - P Tattam March 20 1st - J Tissizis 22pts c/b 2nd - J McGrath 19pts

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March 13 1st - G Johnston 22pts 2nd - R Ingram 19pts NTP - J Ferguson March 20 1st - C Alman 19pts c/b 2nd - J McGrath 18pts NTP - G Johnston Sacoa Stablefored Saturday Comp March 16 (Tee off times 730am & 12pm) Saturday’s stableford comp, sponsored by Sacoa had some interesting results. Not many players shot under their handicap. It was a tussle between Andrew Rose and Allan Gould who both finished on 37pts.

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1st - A Gould 37pts c/b 2nd - A Rose 37pts 23/3 Peak Aviation Stableford (Tee off times 730am & 12pm) The morning numbers were scarce as the rain came down early. But the afternoon cleared up with some good scores coming in.

Coach Gould came in with the winning score of 39pts!

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1st - B Gould 39pts 2nd - J Edmonson 37pts Junior Golf Competitions

Sunday Tee off times 9 holers 9am 6 holers 930am 3 holers 10am The Junior’s continue to improve and are really enjoying the competition golf each Sunday. Kids are moving up to the next divisions and shooting great scores! The rain has stayed away so the Juniors can play each of the last Sundays & the Juniors have pulled out some amazing golf scores.

9 Novice 1st - Caine Cockle 2nd - Aaron Gattera 9 Modified 1st - Kai Greven 2nd - Kai Cooper 6 holers 1st - Allistar Bauer 2nd - Jayden Hawkswell 3 holers 10am 1st - Lewis Bauer Upcoming Events Wednesday Allsporters 12pm & 3pm tee times Friday Comp - 12pm & 3pm tee times Saturday Comp - CBC Stableford Tee off times - 730 am & 12pm See you on the course and play well.

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RURAL REPORT

Joyce feeds dairy farmers to the sharks OFF the back of his most recent visit to the dairying areas of the Atherton Tablelands, KAP Leader and Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has again lashed out at the Member for New England for failing the industry, failing farmers and failing Australia when he voted against a minimum price for milk at the last Parliamentary sitting.

The fallout from several showdowns in the Chamber continues to reverberate around rural areas and in particular, with dairy farmers who are livid that the Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce, voted down a motion to suspend standing orders introduced by the ALP that would recognise “Government intervention is

needed to save our dairy sector and our dairy farmers; and therefore, calls on the Government to task the ACCC with testing the efficacy of a minimum farm gate milk price and to make recommendations on the best design options.”

Mr Katter said once he had recovered from his initial shock that the ALP, who are largely pro-free-trade, made a positive move for protecting the dairy industry, he was equally as shocked when the National Party took a strong stance against it citing international free trade.

“It is deeply, deeply disappointing that Mr Joyce voted against a fair price for our dairy farmers,” Mr Katter said.

“The ALP, because of the situation in three marginal elec-

torates, moved for a minimum price scheme for dairy farmers. I listened to each of the National Party members stand up and say ‘we can’t have minimum price because this would be seen by our free trade treaty partners as breaches of our free trade agreements’. In other words, farmers must accept getting the lowest prices in the world for their products, competing against all the rest of the world’s farmers who get 41 per cent of their income from the Government.”

Mr Katter said that when the Federal LNP enforced National Competition Policy and the state governments would not stand up against the LNP deregulation, it meant that one of the biggest dairy farming areas in

Australia, the Atherton Tablelands, was ripped to shreds.

“The day before deregulation, our farmers were on 59c a litre. The day after, we were on 41c a litre. In fact this very day (today) dairy farmers are on less money on the fresh milk market than they were in the year 2000 when deregulated.

58c a litre is considered a reasonable price for milk in terms of today’s money; that is nearly 90 c a litre.”

“I have always defended Mr Joyce and I have always felt he was on the farmers side. I urged him to stay on through his family traumas, both in private and publicly, but whilst he may have done nothing for us while he was in there, at least he had the one true faith; that

the Country Party was actually formed to deliver arbitration; a minimum price in the dairy, wheat and grain industries.

“Now it (the Nationals), and he (Joyce) stands for the exact opposite position - let the merchants carve us up and feed us to the sharks,” Mr Katter said.

Mr Katter said that the arguments put forward by Joyce, the National Party and the Liberals that Australia will breach their free trade treaties are weak and that the same arguments were thrown up against Jack McEwan in the 1930s against Doug Anthony, but he introduced the wool minimum price scheme.

“That argument is always there, and always will be. It doesn’t worry any of our trade competitors. The Brazilians

introduced ethanol at a 23 per cent cross subsidy for their sugar farmers, did they lose a single trade deal? No. “And when the Liberal’s John Howard reversed the decision by Nationals leader John Anderson on bananas, the Philippines squealed for two weeks and as Robert Mackay, the banana king told John Howard, ‘in the end they will buy Australian milk and Australian beef. You can have all the treaties in the world but you have got the better and cheaper product - you will do the deal. And he was dead right.

“Would it be that he was running the National Party and not Joyce or that bloke whose name I can’t remember, things would be a whole lot different.”

Labor backs banana growers, but threats to agriculture remain THE Palaszczuk Government has backed Queensland’s banana industry with an almost $12.1 million boost over five years to the fight against Panama TR4 disease.

Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said a recent independent review of the Panama TR4 Program confirmed the importance of tackling the disease in partnership

with industry.

“The review stated that the program should continue but must be based on shared responsibility between government and industry,” Mr Furner said.

“For almost four years, we have been very successful in containing the disease to just three adjoining farms. A major factor in that success has been the joint approach taken by

government, industry, growers, and other key stakeholders.

“Biosecurity Queensland is establishing a working group with the Australian Banana Growers’ Council to progress the development of a first-ofits-kind partnership agreement to fund, deliver, design and govern the Panama TR4 Program in Queensland.

Mr Furner said the agree-

ment will give industry an opportunity to shape its future.

“By having a seat at the table, industry can share the decisions on how Panama TR4 is contained and controlled in Far North Queensland,” he said.

Mr Furner said while the Palaszczuk Government was getting on with the job of protecting the banana industry, he was deeply concerned about

Federal Governments cuts to biosecurity.

“Queensland is on the front line of biosecurity defence with more biosecurity risks than any other state,” he said.

“Our agricultural industries rely on this defence to make sure our farmers can take on the best in the world.

“This LNP Federal Government claims to be strong on border security but cut 25 per

cent of biosecurity staff and put our agricultural industries at risk.

“The Federal Government needs to make sure Queensland gets its fair share of biosecurity funding in tonight’s budget so we can continue to keep our farm industries growing.

SPORT

Innisfail Leprechauns two point win against reigning premiers Mossman Sharks MARIA GIRGENTI AFTER being down by 22-6 at half time Innisfail Leprechauns A-grade side made a late surge in the second half in wet and greasy conditions at Callendar Park against Mossman-Port Douglas Sharks and were lucky to escape with a two-point win against the reigning premiers in the opening round of the CDRL season.

The Sharks posted first points through Demilio Denman followed by tries to Matthew Gibuma and Stanley Anau while Mareko Daniel scored in the dying minutes of the first half.

Mossman dominated possession in the first half and the only salvation for Innisfail was a converted try by Aaron Jolley late in the first half saw Innisfail on the scoreboard.

Innisfail’s woes continued early in the second

half when fullback Matthew Gibuma sprinted 75 metres and scored his second try for Mossman under the posts.

In A grade Aaron Jolley scored a double for Innisfail in his team’s nail-biting two point win against Mossman Sharks on Saturday. Photo by Maria Girgenti Minutes later, Jackson Laza struck back for Innisfail with a runaway try and a successful conversion by Jolley had the score 28-12 in favour of Mossman.

Fullback Devante Heron scored the first try The Leprechauns backed it up soon after with for Innisfail in the Reserve grade game against a try to Chris Galea and when Jolley scored his Mossman-Port Douglas Sharks. Photo by Maria second try of the match and slotted the extras, Girgenti

Innisfail were back in the hunt trailing by only four.

When Dan Sagigi crashed over under the posts, scores were level at 28 all and the extras were added off the boot of Jolley. Innisfail held a slim two-point lead for the first time in the game.

Spectators sat on the edge of their seats and breathed a sigh of relief when Mossman missed a crucial penalty kick in the final minutes of the game, which saw Innisfail snatch a 30-28 victory from the jaws of the Sharks.

A-grade coach Leon Hallie said it was good to get the win after a bad start. “We didn’t handle the wet and slippery conditions very well, however once we got on track with what we planned to do we got ourselves back into the game but nearly left it too late. There are also a few injury concerns with Ashton Galea and Ronnie Ambrum.”

After holding a slim two-point lead at halftime in the reserve grade game Innisfail proved too strong for Mossman with a 22-14 victory at full time.

Two tries were scored by fullback Devante Heron with one apiece to James Songoro and Roy Mooka for Innisfail while Jason Fourmile, Trazane Cobb and Bruce Joseph were the Sharks’ try scorers.

In a very physical encounter, two on-field scuffles ensued in the second half and the referee sent three players to cool their heels in the sin bin.

The Under-18 team picked up points on a forfeit from Mossman who were unable to field a side.

In the inaugural start to the Women’s NRL touch competition, Innisfail downed Mossman 24-4 and kept their opposition scoreless in the first half.

Josephine Spry scored Innisfail’s first try with tries also to Ashley Marshall and Alex Ambrum.

Tilly Fejo scored right on the halftime siren which saw Innisfail take a convincing 16-0 at the break.

Innisfail continued to dominate in the second half with tries to Rylee Wallace and Natalie Ah Kee. Mossman’s only points came in the dying minutes of the game through a try to Chenoa Ryan.

In Round 2, Innisfail will travel up the hill this Saturday to clash with Mareeba Gladiators in their first away game of the season.

Tilly Fejo finds space during Innisfail’s first game against Mossman Sharkettes in the inaugural women’s NRL touch football competition introduced to CDRL this season. Photo by Maria Girgenti

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