Alli Reinke
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Alli sets her sights on ‘32 Olympics.

FOR most 13-year-olds dedicating themselves to a future project is no great concern, that is of course if it’s in the foreseeable future and will involve minimal work. When the journey will involve training every week for eight years no matter the weather few young teens will bother to take […]

Young local junior Levi Bannan is headed towards an NRL career with Manly.
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Levi signs with Manly

KINGFISHER junior rugby league player, Levi Bannan, has been earmarked by Manly as a potential NRL player of the future. The talented half-back came under their notice last year playing in the Under 16 Cyril Connell Cup for Souths Logan Magpies. The team lost just one match in the competition […]

WINNERS: The Kingfishers celebrate their championship win in 2022.
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Champs aim to go back-to-back

WHEN co-coaches Keith Gee and Rob Brown took on the Kingfishers Women’s league team in 2022 they bravely aimed to win a premiership within three years. They achieved their goal 12 months early as the women stormed home last season to not only take the Southern Division, but also the […]

Dylan Biggs and daughter Zylah
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Road to recovery

BEAUDESERT boxer Dylan Biggs is humbly chipping away at his return to the sport after being sidelined for six weeks with a hand injury. He broke the second and third metacarpal in his left hand in a training injury five weeks before he lost his Super Welterweight title to Nikita […]

Deb Love with Jon Krause
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Court revamp gets Beaudesert on the ball

Beaudesert and District Netball Association President Deb Love has welcomed $95,782 in funding from the Gambling Community Benefit fund. The grant will allow the Club to put grass courts on three bitumen courts that have been unusable for approximately ten years due to the deterioration of the current surface.  “To […]

Beaudesert Kingfishers is one of the local sporting club that accepts the Fair Play vouchers
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FairPlay vouchers getting kids into sport

FairPlay vouchers are all about getting kids into sport and the next round of this funding opens on 24 January 2024 at 9am. While most sporting organisations try to keep their fees affordable for families, the Fair Play vouchers, valued at $150 each, make a big difference, especially at the […]

Juniors and Coach Tim Fitzgerald
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Tennis Club completes season with Awards Night

Photo gallery below. Hayden Griffin was awarded the Kent Taylor Memorial Trophy for Junior Player of the Year at Beaudesert & District Tennis Association’s presentation night. Hayden, who has been playing tennis at Beaudesert since he was in Prep, has been playing up in age against the adults for some […]

Jamal Fogarty
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Fogarty with raiders until 2026

Halfback Jamal Fogarty has signed on with the Canberra Raiders for an additional two seasons, with the final year (2026) an option. The former Beaudesert Kingfishers player has played 39 matches for the Raiders since joining the club in 2022. He said he is looking forward to guiding some of […]

Will Robinson and AJ Platell
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Beaudesert athletes shine at States

Beaudesert athletes shone at the 2023 McDonald’s State Relay Championships held on 2 December at the State Athletics Facility. A small contingent of athletes from the Beaudesert and Districts Little Athletics club travelled to Brisbane to compete, taking home several medals. Tyler Dimmick and Charlotte Webb both won gold medals in […]

Nikita Tszyu takes a heavy punch by Dylan Biggs. Image supplied.
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Biggs back as Middleweight in 2024

Dylan Biggs lost his Australian Super Welterweight title to Nikita Tszyu in a brutal five round battle, ending in a TKO. Biggs overcame major challenges in the weeks leading up to the fight. He looked to be in control in the first round after dropping Tszyu in the opening minutes. […]