Clubs and Associations

Accusations fly thick and fast as a David and Goliath battle to save historic sports clubs in Toowoomba boils over. 

Twenty per cent of sporting clubs are on the brink of collapse. There are concerns closures would have an impact not just on regional communities, but also on the quality of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic team.

In some cases, poker machine venues are donating less than 1 per cent of their gambling earnings to the community.

Desperate to keep the Barcaldine Sandgoannas from folding, the club president's method to lure players is also scoring wins off the field.

Hundreds of kilometres of some of the world's best mountain bike trails have been created within a few hours' drive of Narooma on the NSW south coast, and tourists are coming from everywhere to try them out.

Different age groups, different genders, different nationalities; but once everyone is in the boat, they become "part of the team" — and that aspect is a big part of this club's ongoing success.

From riding a 44-gallon drum in his backyard to riding 800-kilogram beasts, this young Queenslander is grabbing life by the horns and making a name for himself in one of the world's most dangerous sports.

Twila Whittingham always thought of music as medicine, so when doctors found a pre-cancerous tumour in her breast mid-last year, she knew she would need more than conventional treatment to cope.

Firefighters are working to contain bushfires in the New South Wales Hunter region ahead of worsening conditions tomorrow, after a home and tyre shop in Weston were destroyed.

Phillip Island surfer Hannah Eisen remembers the biggest adrenaline rush of her life. Now she's helping local girls have that thrill in the ocean.

Female motorcyclists are outnumbered by their male counterparts in New South Wales, but the gap is becoming smaller each year, which some have credited to riding groups and social media.

The WA-grown movement is booming across Australia's east coast, and has even made it to Antarctica to achieve the founder's goal of having a tree on every continent.

Dave Harmon was at the funeral of a friend who had been killed by her partner when he decided it was time to take a stand against domestic violence. Five years on, his annual march has become an international movement.

The memory of champion racehorse will not be forgotten but his statue won't quite make full scale as a dedicated country turf club member pushes on with a hometown tribute.

The number of women and girls playing football has surged since the Matildas' incredible feats at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. But aiming for the top when you're from a regional area comes with added challenges.

Harley Reid is officially heading to West Coast after selecting the Tongala young gun with the first pick of the 2023 AFL Draft, with some surprising draft picks creating some memorable scenes later on.

Know how to bait a hook and sweep a line? In regional Victoria, teenagers want mentors to teach them how to do it.

Works for the Olympics have already claimed a historic school in Brisbane. Now some residents in regional Queensland are anxious their beloved 123-year-old sports club is under threat.

More than 1,000 signatures have been added to call for a strip club to be stopped from opening in the heart of Albury. But its would-be proprietor says the town "really needs one".

A GoFundMe page has raised $90,000 for the Fish Creek Football Netball Club, as police investigate the cause of the suspicious weekend blaze.

"Dancing is ageless", says Diane Lucas, Grey Panthers dancer.

In the last decade, ukulele clubs have sprung up around the country with over 100 clubs across every state and territory.

In a feat that would be pretty much impossible today, a group of water skiers strode onto the Cairns navy base nearly 40 years ago to execute an audacious plan to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Young netballers from Junee in New South Wales are collecting sports uniforms for Fiji players after an eye-opening overseas carnival.

A clash of the nation's most dedicated "throwers" will take place this weekend, in the tiny Victorian town of Coleraine, four hours west of Melbourne.