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Mountain Biking on the Sunny Coast By Andy Flanagan
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“WHAT’S this mountain biking thing all about?” you may well be asking.
Your significant other may be talking about spending your next holiday savings on a new bike, or your kids might be hounding you for a new full suspension.
These bikes are mountain beasts that could potentially cost more than a small car.
It’s not a fad - it’s here to stay and it can be lots of fun for the whole family.
Mountain biking clubs and trail centres are popping up all over the place and related tourism is growing fast.
On the Sunshine Coast alone we have five purpose-built trail centres plus kilometres of scenic fire roads and single trails suitable for beginner to advanced riders.
Most have been professionally built and maintained with public and private funding plus many volunteer hours from local club members and advocates, and they are totally free for all to use.
At the northern end of the coast, we have the Victory Heights Trail Centre in Gympie, Wooroi trails in Tewantin – and further south we have Parklands near Nambour, Sugarbag Road trails in Caloundra, and The Bone Yards and Ferny Forest near Landsborough.
Each of them has 15-30km or more of skill-graded mountain bike trails, colourcoded to suit beginners, intermediates and experts – there’s something for everyone, and you don’t need to spend a small fortune in equipment to enjoy them.
In following editions, we will take a look at each of these trail centres, equipment, riding styles, safety - and even some phone apps for trail information and navigation. Until then ride safe and have fun, Andy. Unicyclist, Mountain biker, Trail runner and senior bicycle mechanic at Spoke N Trail.
There’s something for everyone!
COUNTRY FAIR
Saturday 18th September
CWA Hall - Maple Street, Cooroy
If you would like a table - $ 20 each Phone Wendy 5447 6140
SUNDAY SOCIAL GOLF CLUB - COOROY By Craig Jacobson
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 and Cooroy Golf Club. Jump on our website www.cooroygolf.com.au and check out our calendar of events. Last months winners were: Sunday 1st & 8th - Closed due to COVID 15-8-21 - Stroke - Mason Parker 22-8-21 - Stapleford - Daryl Ayres Congratulations Tin Can Bay Tournament - September 5 Bus leaves Club House at 6.30am
TWO teams from our Cooroy 8 Ball Club went to Gympie to play in the Best of the West competition For our A/B team we had Shaun Lorenz, Jase Cattermoul, Christopher Snare, Frank Davis, Stewart Holder and Locky Inmon… they played awesome pool all weekend but unfortunately we missed out on the gold. For our B/C team we had Bec Jones, James Buchanan, Mandy Snare, Rebecca Moran, Nathan Jones, Matt Smith ….out of the weekend this team had only one loss out of the five matches played and finished the rounds on top putting them into the grand final. Then playing against Ipswich they unfortunately came second, but be proud team it was an amazing outcome and you all played fantastic. And to finish it off we had out of the B/C grade team, James coming out on top with the highest wins percentage for B grade. Rebecca tied for the highest wins percentage for C grade overall. Well done guys!
It ain’t ‘weak to speak’
IMPACT Boxing and Fitness Centre will again be hosting another Suicide prevention BBQ and workshop on Saturday September 11. Off the back of our recent successful Barbed Wire BBQ for men’s mental health, we will be changing things up a little for our next one.
This upcoming event we will have a guest facilitator who will deliver a Safe Talk workshop. The word Safe stands for - Suicide awareness for everyone - The word Talk means - chat to people, tell, ask, listen. The aim of this workshop is to get more people talking about suicide and to help provide us with the tools to recognise that someone may not be feeling well and how we can help keep them safe.
To register for this event please follow the link on the flyer.
Stay safe and remember - ‘It ain’t weak to speak’ Mark Evans
Debbie Turner with Mark Evans
Pictured with Mark Evans is Debbie Turner who donated $500 to Mark Evans for his Barbed Wire BBQ for Men’s Mental Health. Debbie crocheted rugs and sold them to friends and family and wanted to help a charity, she chose Barbed Wire BBQ. Deb said “it is really tough times for everybody at the moment and I just wanted to help in some way.” JUNIOR CRICKET - Cooroy Eumundi Cricket Club are excited to announce that all junior registrations are now open. Junior boys and junior girls will need to register via the website. If you need any assistance please call Mark on 0448 029 435 or Glen 0438 792 446. www.playcricket.com.au Cooroy Eumundi Cricket Club is a mid sized club affiliated with the Sunshine Coast Cricket Association. Senior training is Tuesday and Thursday from 4 - 6pm. We cater for both serious cricketers and those after a more social setting. For more information, drop us a line cooroyeumundicricketclub@yahoo.com.au
OPEN MONDAY-SATURDAY
Impact Boxing and Fitness Centre knows the importance of support and correct guidance in the gym. That’s why we have a whole team of Professional Trainers, Strength and Conditioning Coaches, a Nutritionist and a Natural Health Practitioner, to ensure that your training can be looked at as a whole and you can get the help where need be. • PEE WEE BOXING
• GENERAL BOXING • LADIES BOXERCISE • OPEN GYM
- (BY APPOINTMENT) • PERSONAL TRAINING
