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MOUNTAIN BIKE SUNSHINE COAST with Andy Flanagan Tewantin Mountain Bike Park TODAY we are headed to the Wooroi Trails, Noosa National Park, Tewantin. This park was officially opened up to mountain biking approx 8 or 9 years ago thanks to the help of Greg Long and Greg Potts (aka the Gregs), owners of a little bike shop in Tewantin called Cognition (now closed). With limited resources and spare time the Gregs founded the Noosa Trail Blazers MTB club and as they say ‘from little things big things grow.’ Books were kept, AGMs held, members were sought, grants were applied for, regular working bees and social rides organised, which has all culminated in the awesome professionally built trail network that Wooroi has become today. There are numerous access points, but the easiest is the carpark at the intersection of Noosa Cooroy Rd and Gyndier Drive. Wooroi consists of approximately 30km of twisty single trail set in amongst a variety of beautiful forests ranging from wet palm filled valleys to hill sides covered in tall eucalypts. The trails have been designed to suit most levels of riders. For the very beginner, trails like Secrets, Hovea, Glider and Indie are in the lower section of the park so climbing can be kept to a minimum. For the thrill seekers, the majority of the more advanced trails like Turn 10, Snake, Trail Blazer, and Milk Maid can be accessed from Gyndier and Top Track. Bloodwood is also a classic running from the bottom of Snake and intersects the bottom of Trail Blazer and Daydream. Note that most of these trails are one-way, climbing or descending. Top Track is two-way and starts at the bollards on the left near the top of Gyndier and finishes at a fire road, turning left will take you to Milk Maid. smiles for miles Recently we had our five year old grandson and joined a group of similarly aged kids with their parents. The plan is loose, ride Secrets and then we will see. We head up Gyndier for 800m then left onto 20m of fire road and left again into Secrets. This trail is 1.5km of windy flowy undulating fun that gets lots of squeals and laughs from the kids. The trails ends where it intersects with Indie with no intersections along the way to get lost on. We gather here to talk about what’s next. Its decided that going right up Indie would be too much so we go left and head to the Day Use Area where there is a map, a tap and tables for a snack and rest. Next we head down the fire road 100m then take a left into another fire road then we drop into Hovea also on our left. This is a windy flat 1km gravel trail that takes us back to Day Use. It’s then a very short road section back to the cars. This has been a first time on the trails for some of Andy Flanagan. Unicyclist, Mountain these kids and judging from the smiles and Biker, Trail Runner and Senior Bicycle chatter it wont be the last! Mechanic at Spoke N Trail

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3 title Wins for Impact

TEAM Impact had 3 of its fighters compete in Mackay recently at the NQ v SQ Titles. Keann Welsh, Paige Robinson and Cohen Robinson all made up part of the South Queensland team with Head Coach of the SQ team Mark Evans.

Cohen Robinson was the first boxer for the South Queensland team to compete. Cohen boxed against local lad Memphis Algie. Cohen was awarded the bout via a split decision win.

Not to be out done by her younger brother Paige Robinson was the next boxer to take the centre ring. Paige’s opponent was Sahara Dempsey from Townsville.

This was the 3rd time these two girls have boxed against each other and with the score being one win each this bout was set to be a cracker. This time around Paige boxed the best we’ve seen and was awarded the bout via a unanimous decision.

Last up for the Impact crew was Keann Welsh. Keann was up against local girl Nikki Kostovski. This bout had the crowd on their feet as both girls stood centre ring throwing plenty of leather. Keann was awarded the win via a unanimous decision making it her 3rd title win for the year.

The South Queensland team were awarded the bragging rights over the North with 6 wins to 5 going their way.

“Once again I am so proud of these kids and how they all performed. These three title wins are testimony to the hard training and effort that they put in day after day in the gym. The team will now turn their focus to the National Golden Gloves in December,” Coach Mark Evans said.

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FAMILY FRIENDLY DOLPHINS

COOROY Dolphins Swimming Club Inc has been operating since 1985 (and even before that as Noosa District Swimming Club). The Club currently has approximately 70 members and is very welcoming to any new swimmers and their families.

The Club is coached by Andrew Cowan, who through his own business with partner Georgina Taylor, Cowan Taylor Aquatics, offers all aspects of swimming training from Learn to Swim to Squad training.

Cooroy Dolphins is a fun, family orientated, supportive club to members of all swimming levels. The Club travels far and wide to compete at Swimming Carnivals - from Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Gympie, Kawana, Noosa, Nambour, Cotton Tree and even down to Brisbane.

Club nights are held every Wednesday from 5:30pm at the Noosa District High School Pool and new members are always welcome.

For enquiries regarding the Swim Club please email cooroydolphins@gmail.com or regarding swimming training please email cowantayloraquatics@live.com.au

COOROY 8 BALL ASSOCIATION

COOROY 8 Ball play every Wednesday night at 6.30pm at the Cooroy Hotel, everyone is welcome to come and join in. Our aim is to provide facilities for people who love the game of 8 Ball, and who wish to take part in 8 Ball Competitions and major tournaments. Pictured are the last Competition winners - 1st was John, 2nd Sam, 3rd Frank.

SUNDAY SOCIAL GOLF CLUB - COOROY

Come and join us Sunday mornings at 6am for a morning of social golf.

Everyone is welcome, you do not need to be a Pro, in fact the less experience the better! We run a different event each week from Stapleford to Monthly Medal with regular bus trips to other golf courses. You could even win one of our great prizes which include vouchers from local businesses. Thank you to our great

supporters and sponsors Wright Cut Meats, Cooroy IGA, Cooroy Golf Club, Cooroy Butchery, Coory RSL & Cooroy Autmotive Services.

Jump on our website www.cooroygolf.com.au and check out our calendar of events.

Last months winners were:

Monthly Medal - M. Johns, Ambrose - K. Hamilton, G. Andersen Stroke - R. Cao Stapleford - C. Jacobson Congratulations