Sport

A few months ago Caroline Buchanan was hurtling down the mountain bike trail at Stromlo at 50 km/h when she crashed. She knocked herself out and woke up alongside a smashed helmet. She also found herself back at Canberra Hospital for a series of tests. They had plenty of records to use for comparison. Caroline had spent two-and-a-half years in...

This has been the craziest season on record, eclipsing even the madhouse that was Super League in 1997, and that's saying something. Both the Super League and the COVID-impacted 2020 seasons were bizarre for different reasons. Super League was destructive and divisive, with the club’s players and supporters often at odds over the direction the Raiders opted to take as...

The Monaro Panthers Football Club has labelled a decision by Capital Football to axe all their women's and girls' teams from the 2021 National Premier League Women's (NPLW) competition "discouraging and extremely short-sighted". The decision was made late last week after all clubs in the league were invited to apply to field teams in all five divisions, from first grade to...

Over the past 30 years or so there have been three perennial issues about Canberra which refuse to die. The top issue that has resonated for as long as I can remember is the cost of petrol in Canberra compared to almost anywhere else in Australia. Various explanations have been given for Canberra’s high comparative petrol price but none really...

Ack Weyman only missed two games of his son, Michael’s, rugby league career in Australia. This was a fair effort considering Michael was a schoolboy prodigy, captaining the Australian schoolboys before playing 141 NRL games for the Raiders and the Dragons. He also played in four Origins and a test for Australia. After a stint with Hull in the UK,...

In the wake of the 30-10 loss to the Melbourne Storm in the preliminary final, there was a certain amount of despair among Raiders fans. They came so close to another grand final appearance. Not that this season was a disappointment. Far from it. With an injury toll that had seven first graders on the sidelines for much of the...

A new $15 million sports facility in Cooma will provide an opportunity to enhance grassroots sport across the Snowy Monaro, according to Snowy Monaro Regional Council. According to a council spokesperson, the Cooma Sports Hub will provide a state-of-the-art precinct capable of hosting regional level events. The facility will feature a three-court indoor sport facility at Monaro High School and a...

Leading into last night’s Dally M awards, no Raiders player had won the top award for the NRL player of the season in 25 years. And it was widely speculated that the drought would continue with the Panthers’ Nathan Cleary the red-hot favourite. Heading into the final round there was a three-way contest for the award between Cleary, Clint Gutherson,...

When Bradley Burns and Matthew Collins face off in the City v Country wheelchair rugby league match at Queanbeyan today (18 October), they will make tracks for others to follow. Both are the only Canberrans to be selected for the game at Queanbeyan's indoor sports stadium on Sunday at 1:00 pm, with NSW Rugby League looking to reinvigorate the sport...

Standing atop the podium at the Sydney Paralympics for the sixth time in the space of a week, 17-year-old Canberra student Siobhan Paton was beaming. Surely this was the start of an incredible ride. Siobhan was the queen of the Paralympic pool, winning a then-record six gold medals in events ranging from the 50 freestyle to the 200-metre individual medley,...

If you needed any further proof that the Raiders are as close-knit as any team we have witnessed in the NRL, look no further than today's media session leading into the Friday night preliminary final against Melbourne in Brisbane. The Raiders have been on the road for much of 2020 and are preparing for their 13th away game this year....

At 67 years of age, Catherine Dooley may have set a new record for Australian hockey. The aunt of Hockeyroos co-captain Emily Chalker celebrated her 800th game for Central Hockey Club in Canberra on Sunday, 27 September. And that figure only includes field hockey games – Catherine has played close to double that number when including indoor hockey. She started playing...

Laurie Daley ran onto the field 244 times for the Raiders and there was always the expectation he would do something out of the ordinary. With the ball, Daley was constantly on the attack, while he was fearless in defence. As a commentator, I remember the sense of anticipation every time he took on the line. His ability to lift...

Such is her long list of sporting accomplishments, Heather McKay concedes that she had to go to a website the other day to remind herself of her achievements in tennis. The website heralds her considerable feats in four sports: squash, tennis, racquetball and hockey. But tennis is her passion these days, playing socially four times a week with the social...

The Canberra Raiders’ surge towards the 2020 NRL Telstra Premiership title takes flight on Saturday, 3 October, with an elimination final against old foes the Cronulla Sharks at GIO Stadium. To mark the game, here are the seven NRL finals the club has hosted since 2000, ranked from the good to the extraordinary. 7) Qualifying Final, 2003: Melbourne Storm 30...

Greg and Jan Minahan of Yass won’t be among crowds at the race that stops a nation on Tuesday, 3 November after retiring their five-year-old mare, Youngstar. The local favourite won more than $1 million prize money during her career. She placed sixth at the 2018 Melbourne Cup and 20th at the 2019 Melbourne Cup. However, Greg says Youngstar has...