Sunday, January 24, 2016

Ice hockey match comes to Toowoomba and other top stories.

  • Ice hockey match comes to Toowoomba

    Ice hockey match comes to Toowoomba
    GET close to the action and experience the world's fastest team sport on ice, ice hockey, right here in Toowoomba! With the hopes of attracting new players and fans, the Southern Stars Ice Hockey Club will be bringing their Atoms (aged 5-11yrs) team featuring players aged 5-11to the Toowoomba Showgrounds for an exhibition match this Australia Day! This exhibition match will be a modified game of 3 on 3 and will highlight the sport of ice hockey as well as help to gather support for a pe..
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  • Strong men show Toowoomba how it's done

    Strong men show Toowoomba how it's done
    TWO of the strongest men in Australasia joined scores of Toowoomba residents to pump iron on Saturday. With heavy metal music blasting in the background, contestants lifted heavy weights at the Australia Day Strongman Competition at the Irish Club Hotel. Fans gathered to take "selfies" with Eben Le Roux, the strongest man in the Southern Hemisphere and New Zealand strongman Colm Woulfe. They put on an exhibition, rapidly lifting 330kg on a bar. Strong men (left) Strongest Man in..
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  • Tennis pro admits to throwing match in Toowoomba

    Tennis pro admits to throwing match in Toowoomba
    A FORMER tennis pro has admitted he deliberately tanked a high-profile match in Toowoomba in 2013. Nick Lukas Lindahl, 27, pleaded guilty in a Sydney court this morning to a corrupt betting charge relating to allegations he tanked a match at the 2013 Toowoomba Futures Six tournament. Lindahl told the Burwood Local Court this morning he threw the match while another person bet on the fixture's outcome. While two other related charges were dropped, Lindahl admitted to one charge of usi..
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  • 10 Toowoomba kids may be at risk of sex abuse

    10 Toowoomba kids may be at risk of sex abuse
    POLICE have refused to say whether 10 local children are still at risk of sexual abuse after a computer program blocked schools' attempts to alert police. Documents obtained by APN Newsdesk under Right to Information legislation revealed some reports sent from principals and teachers in the Toowoomba area through the OneSchool computer system between January 28 and July 30, 2015 did not reach authorities. School staff in the region sent 139 reports through the OneSchool Student Protecti..
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  • Eagers snaps up Crampton as it rides car boom

    Eagers snaps up Crampton as it rides car boom
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  • Toowoomba unable to progress to Plunkett Cup final

    Toowoomba unable to progress to Plunkett Cup final
    A DEFIANT 22-run 10th wicket stand has prevented Toowoomba from progressing to the Plunkett Cup final. The Cavaliers second XI hosted Warehouse in their Plunkett Cup semi-final at Harristown Park on Sunday and the visitors managed to escape with a one-wicket win to book a place in the decider. Toowoomba batted first and only four batsmen were able to reach double figures as the hosts were bowled out for 162 in the 50th over. Zac Beveridge top-scored with 30 while Matthew Humphreys (2..
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  • Woman towed by tube on dam suffers spinal injuries

    Woman towed by tube on dam suffers spinal injuries
    The RACQ CareFlight Toowoomba rescue helicopter was tasked to Somerset Dam just before midday yesterday. Contributed A WOMAN was injured after she fell off a tube being towed by a boat at Somerset Dam yesterday. The RACQ CareFlight Toowoomba rescue helicopter was tasked to the Dam just before midday yesterday. A 38-year-old woman from Brisbane had been enjoying a day at Somerset Dam with friends when she suffered suspected spinal injuries after falling off a tube being towed behi..
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  • OPINION: Reality shows violence not a problem in city

    OPINION: Reality shows violence not a problem in city
    MY NAME is Troy Prentice. I've worked for Big Dog Security now for almost 12 months. During this time, I have worked at multiple venues every weekend all around Toowoomba, Ipswich and Warwick. I can say that during this time I have never seen an incident that has resulted in a patron being bashed to the degree of being hospitalised because of alcohol-fuelled violence. The evidence of this is the fact that during this period I have only written about five reports, all which were for v..
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  • Defect forces removal of copper from library

    Defect forces removal of copper from library
    The opening of the new ciy library will be delayed as workman remove the the insulation in the walls. The insulation may be faulty and pose a fire risk. Bev Lacey HUTCHINSON Builders this week will continue the final stages of the construction of the Toowoomba City Library. Hutchinson Builders area manager Robert Weymouth said 780 panels on the façade would need to be removed and re-attached to the building before it was handed over to council next month. Mr Weymouth said the fir..
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  • John Wagner warns of Northern Australia loans red tape

    John Wagner warns of Northern Australia loans red tape
    Joe, Mary and John Wagner on the airport they built on their property in Toowoomba. Jarrayd Apelt Wagners chairman John Wagner - whose family-owned company spent $200 million to build Australia's first new airport in 50 years, west of Brisbane - has warned about the pitfalls of red tape from becoming involved in the federal government's $5 billion in concessional loans to open up Northern Australia.As Northern Australia Minister Josh Frydenber..
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