Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Kimberley West Sport

Gibb River riders near business end of training

As the start of the 700km Gibb River Road Mountain Bike Challenge draws closer for another year, teams are getting into the swing of things training and fundraising for the epic journey.
April 19, 2011, 10:15 am
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Biggest season winds up

Broome Basketball Association’s term one Challenge Season wound up last Friday night and has been the biggest in the history of the competition.
April 13, 2011, 6:21 pm

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Woodside in $20,000 deal

After several years of financial trouble, the West Kimberley Football League is firmly on track this year after securing a $20,000 sponsorship from Woodside.
April 13, 2011, 9:32 am

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Broome wins as floods strand football boys keen for a kick

Five teams from the Kimberley and Pilbara went to Broome for the annual Kimberley Clontarf Shield last week.
April 6, 2011, 10:19 am

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Basketball players get bounce on

Clear skies welcomed Broome’s primary school basketballers last week after a rain-interrupted second week of Broome Basketball Association’s primary schools competition.
March 11, 2011, 2:08 pm

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Volleyballers on the rebound

Beach Volleyball is back after a break over the Wet with a series of big games held in the first week of the competition.
March 11, 2011, 9:18 am

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Close-run thing for Saturday winner

Saturday's golf competition saw Stableford player Ros Gogan the nett winner, closing with a score of 27 points, followed by runner-up Brett Donald and nett third Marty Littlewood also with 27 points.
March 10, 2011, 10:49 am

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Barracudas blitz 800-lap swim

More than 80 swimmers took to the pool last weekend as Broome did its part for the annual virtual Rottnest Channel Swim at Broome Recreation and Aquatic Centre.
March 5, 2011, 1:47 pm

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Meatworks turn up the heat

Meatworks FC announced their Broomedesliga futsal championship credentials with an ominous 13-2 demolition of Racing Guantanamo.
March 3, 2011, 5:18 pm

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Young swimmer laps up contest

Shantel Miskin-Ripia has only been swimming for 18 months but after winning six gold medals at the State Country Championships earlier this year, the nine-year-old already has her sights set on swimming for Australia at the Olympic Games.
February 24, 2011, 3:49 pm

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Cycle groups share the road

Clad in lycra and roaming the streets of Broome in packs before dawn, the local cycling fraternity are an inordinately large group for a town of Broome’s size, with riders on the road every day of the week.
February 17, 2011, 2:07 pm

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Solo adventurer conquers Fitzroy

Melbourne kayaker Lachie Carracher has become the first man to solo paddle WA’s mighty Fitzroy River
at the height of the wet season, overcoming 2m freshwater crocodiles, huge waterfalls and deadly rapids to complete the 400km journey in six days.
February 17, 2011, 1:58 pm

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Mastersâ€™ masterful plan

One of the largest football competitions in the country could be headed to Broome next year if three elder statesmen of the game have their way.
February 10, 2011, 9:45 am
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Seeing pink after ‘Ashes’

Recently Broome police officers and their partners took part in a game of indoor cricket at the PCYC to help raise funds for the Jane McGrath Foundation.
February 3, 2011, 3:00 pm

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Kids in hotbed of talent

A remote community without a swimming pool may seem like an unlikely location for a water polo game but One Arm Point is a hotbed of talent in the sport according to 2000 Olympic gold medalist Simone Fountain.
January 27, 2011, 10:00 am

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Baseball WA eyes Broome little league

Broome has been targeted as part of a program for junior baseball or little league to expand into regional Western Australia.
January 20, 2011, 9:00 am
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