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THURSDAY 17 AUGUST 2023 TORRES NEWS
Chris Johnson & Angie Nadredre Cup kicks off today AFL ROUND UP BY AFL CAPE YORK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER KEIRAN SCIBERRAS
NPA AFL in full swing The second week of AFL has kicked off at schools across the NPA. Every single class from Prep through to Year 12 has the chance to be involved. More than 65 young people have signed up to the Auskick program which includes an AFL prize pack, football pump and football. Make sure you are coming to school everyday so you don’t miss out!
Lions visit for AFL house students Three residents from AFL Cape York House for Boys were lucky enough to visit the Brisbane Lions last week. Troydan, Jerome (Torres Strait) and Grayson had the opportunity to learn first hand what it was
like to be a professional Brisbane Lions player. The boys met players, toured the new facilities at Brighton Homes arena, and even had Brisbane Lions gun – Charlie Cameron – face-timing their family back home.
New Mapoon Clinic.
AFL calls NPA home … for now The AFL action is all happening in the NPA this week with the annual Chris Johnson and Angie Nadredre Cup kicking off on Bamaga Oval today. Young people from Tagai State College, NPA State College, AFL Cape York House for Boys and AFL Cape York House for Girls will take each other on in the senior high school event. The free no-school, no-play AFL Cape York Colour run also took place yesterday for our primary school aged students. All of these events were made possible thanks to our partners at Loyalty Beach camping, Rio Tinto, NPARC, Peddells Ferry services and the Queensland Government.
Injinoo Clinic.
Injinoo Clinic.
New Mapoon Clinic.
AFL Boys House visit to Lions.
Bamaga Clinic.
Bamaga Clinic.
Bamaga Clinic.
Garbutt Magpies hosts junior AFL carnival for national children’s day
Action at the Garbutt Magpies junior AFL carnival in Townsville. BY ALF WILSON Thunder and rain didn’t dampen the spirits of hundreds of young Torres Strait Islander boys and girls who competed in the Garbutt Magpies Cup junior Australian Rules carnival in Townsville earlier this month.
The comp was contested by 24 primary school teams at Townsville’s Queen’s Park Touch fields on Wednesday 2 August, and organised by local Indigenous Club Garbutt Magpies. Official Randall Ross said the event was to celebrate National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, the
Kakie Wasaga and Armani Mooka from St Margaret Mary’s school were umpires at the Garbutt Magpies Cup. Pics supplied. theme of which was Little Voice Louder Futures. “As many as 50 per cent or half the teams had Indigenous players,” he said. “There were over 400 children playing on the day, and for the first time Bowen, which is 200km south entered a team, and Palm Island had one as well.”
He said there had been drizzling rain early on, but all the kids still wanted to play. “At around noon there was severe thunderstorms and we had to take the players from the fields but that was only for about 20 minutes then the semi finals were held,” he said. A young Matty Bowen showed
great football ability, the son of former champion rugby league player Matty Bowen Senior, playing in the rival code of Australian Rules. The youngster lined up for winning team Ryan Catholic School, who beat Willows State in the final, and won the Wally Tallis Memorial Player of the Final.
