On today’s menu cooked up by Haidyn Vecera, Grace Dudley, Zac Dowdell and Sarah Grieb: news ☕️ youth anxiety ☕️ short film ☕️ glassworks ☕️ platypuses ☕️ and more!Continue readingMonday 27 March, 2023
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Canberra Olympic are looking to carry over the momentum from last year into their preparation for the upcoming season. Head coach Nicole Begg believes there is enough depth within the club for Olympic to continue their winning ways, however, she believes that she has the squad that is capable of taking the fight to the top teams.Continue reading“It’s going to be hard to top last year”: a chat with Canberra Olympic’s Nicole Begg
Fresh off their first National Premier League (NPL) grand final victory in over 20 years, Monaro Panthers FC are eager to continue their winning ways heading into the 2023 season. Former assistant coach Ian Worthington will take over as head coach after the departure of Frank Cachia at the end of 2022. The Owl’s Dion Stergiopoulos sat down with Ian to discuss the hopes and ambitions for the upcoming season and how things have progressed both on and off the field.Continue readingMonaro Panthers FC head coach Ian Worthington reveals his team’s progress
Grace Buckmaster is soaked from the rain, shivering cold, sleep deprived, and covered in grass. But by putting her hand up to volunteer at a sporting event, she’s learnt that the whole point is to give back to your community, your sport, or your city, by being a part of the crew that delivers exceptional sporting events to passionate sporting fans.Continue readingRain and rewards: the reality of volunteering in sport
Unicycles and hockey: two things Amy Briggs had never thought about together. But unicycle hockey is a fast-paced game that involves people belting into each other at high speed; and a form of transportation – that she thought – was reserved only for clowns and people who do crazy parkour videos on YouTube.Continue readingA night of unicycle hockey
Join Adina Brown, Patrick Gaynor and Matt Williams as they review the action, the injuries and a busy week for the judiciary from week one of the NRL finals.Continue readingThe Locker Room – 2022 NRL finals episode 1
Rabbitohs forward Thomas Burgess headlines eight names charged with offences across the first week of the NRL finals. Burgess is looking at a minimum of a two match stint on the sidelines for a grade two careless high tackle offence on Roosters star James Tedesco in what may be a major blow to South Sydney’s premiership hopes following their 30-14 win on Sunday.Continue readingFiery first week of the NRL finals sees three suspended
Refugee and migrant families settling in Australia face a hurdle of difficulties in participating in Australian sport. Many families without long term certainty, permanency and stable employment find it very hard to afford sports membership fees to play in Australia. This creates a lack of equal opportunities for refugees to participate in Australian sports.Continue readingRefugees face unequal opportunities in Australian sports
In 2022 the NRL is heading back to Brisbane for NRL Magic Round. All sixteen teams will feature in eight games across the weekend in a celebration of the “greatest game of all”. Some of the season’s biggest games are set to take place including Manly vs The Broncos, Eels vs Roosters and the match of the season when the Panthers take on the Storm in a top of the table showdown.Continue reading2022 NRL Magic Round preview
Canberra has a rich sporting history, home of the AIS and teams like the Raiders, Brumbies and Capitals. Throughout the 2010s there were many great Canberran natives doing their city proud in the sporting arena. Here are the top five.Continue readingTop 5 Canberra athletes of the 2010s