Olympics Unleashed school visits tomorrow

Two-time Olympian and Dunghutti boxer Brad Hore and Olympic racewalker Beki Smith will share their Olympic journey with students from Tagai and OLSH on Friday.

The athletes will draw from their own experiences in elite sport to educate the young locals on finding their passion, setting goals, overcoming challenges, and building resilience.

We’ll have the full story and pics in our next issue! J

Two NITV sports shows will return to our screens over the next few weeks.

Over the Black Dot premieres on NITV on Tuesday 7 March at 8.30pm and Yokayi Footy premieres on Wednesday 15 March at 8.30pm, both with brand new episodes airing weekly.

Over the Black Dot host Bo de la Cruz, a proud descendant of the Gudjula and Erubian people and a multi-award-winning touch, rugby union and rugby league player, has won two World Championships. Last year she co-hosted NITV’s rugby league cooking series Feeding the Scrum and this year will join Over the Black Dot once again.

Other hosts include Dean Widders, Timana Tahu, Andrew Krakouer and Megan Waters.

Both seasons were expected to be

Torres Strait Islander rugby league fans often gather at the Raintrees Tavern in the Cairns suburb of Manunda, where they barrack for a variety of NRL teams.

They were out in force last weekend for round one.

Super friendly and courteous worker in the Sports Bar, Jye Close, said said their Torres Strait Islander patrons were the majority of their footy fans and followed many teams.

“Some barrack for the Cowboys, others for the Parramatta Eels, full of surprises, having plenty to talk about with off-the-cuff conversations and community yarns covering the top level of all things footy, and all levels of the codes, including community sport.