The AFL Wide Bay Grand Final is in the books, the Gympie Cats romping to a 31-point win against Hervey Bay Bombers in the decider.You can click this free link to find a number of stories and photos from grand final day, and a whole lot more content to come: https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/topic/afl-wide-bay/ We're now on Apple Podcasts so h…

IT IS TIME for the AFL Wide Bay preliminary final!Hervey Bay Bombers take on Bay Power in one of the biggest rivalry games of the year. Click this link for full coverage of the game: https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/topic/afl-wide-bay/The winner gets to go on to the September 1 grand final and face the Gympie Cats. The loser goes home and ge…

There is now less than three months to go until the Beach House Hotel Hervey Bay 100!I caught up with organiser Jeff Morris for a conversation about Hervey Bay Triathlon Club's showpiece event, which is part of the Triathlon Queensland Nissan State Series.We discuss last year's event, the changes for the November 17-18 weekend, highlight the sponso…

Finals fever has struck the Fraser Coast!Bay Bullets will feature in four of Hervey Bay Netball's nine grand finals on September 1 after a fantastic day out. Read more here: https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/bay-bullets-celebrate-semi-final-success/3497339/It was a fantastic day for Fraser Coast's Wide Bay Premier League clubs as three e…

Before the finals start, we've taken a deep dive into all of the numbers from the Bundaberg Rugby League season!We take a fresh look at the numbers that mattered throughout the season highlighting different areas of the eight-team competition's offensive and defensive efforts through the 16-week regular season and found unique numbers that have no …

It's time for the AFL Wide Bay finals!Hervey Bay Bombers will face Gympie Cats for the right to be the first team through the September 1 decider, while Bay Power take on Brothers Bulldogs in a winner-take-all, season-over-for-the-loser blockbuster at Keith Dunne Oval.Read more about Bay Power's eerie elimination final run here: https://www.fraserc…

Welcome to Friday, and today we're covering the 18-year-old who, as a teenager, took up boxing as a means to improve her fitness for netball, but four years later (next week!) will fly to Budapest for the world championships!Read her story here: https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/britt-rolls-to-budapest-to-take-on-the-best/3494237/It has …

We talk to Brisbane Roar Academy Director Drew Sherman about why the A-League club's co-operative agreement with Wide Bay Buccaneers, the first of its kind, is a huge deal for football in the region.He explains how the system will work, the opportunities junior football players from Hervey Bay, Maryborough and Bundaberg will have, and how it can pu…

Could the Brisbane Roar play a pre-season game or hold camp at the Fraser Coast?On a huge day for Fraser Coast and Wide Bay football, the A-League club signed a number of deals with the local football community to further develop pathways from regional Queensland to Australia's premier football competition.I spoke to Brisbane Roar managing director…

Greg Atzori will go one-on-one with Ethan Duniam at Adelaide Oval on Friday night for the right to be Diamondback Fighting Championships' first EVER lightweight champion!Read more here: https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/listen-atzori-ready-to-roll-into-dfc-title-bout/3491518/ I caught up with Greg after one of his many intense training s…

The AFL Wide Bay's regular season is over and the final four has been determined!We take a quick look at the 18th round, which featured two very similar wins and a blowout, then take a deep dive into the numbers behind the season.More here: https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/powerhouses-second-quarter-squeeze-and-a-blowout/3490905/There's…

Welcome to this special edition of Fraser Coast Sports Talk!It's awards night for the Bundaberg Rugby League, and the winners have been announced at Brothers Sports Complex.Read more at www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/brl-awards-seasons-best-named-club-champions-crownWe're now on Apple Podcasts so head over, search for "Fraser Coast Sports Tal…

One of Maryborough's best up and coming tennis stars is in the Czech Republic representing Australia at the ITF Junior Tennis Finals!Alec Braund is following in the footsteps of stars like Lleyton Hewitt, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, and we had an exclusive chat with he and Australian Team Captain Tom George about his experience.We also have a …

One of Hervey Bay's brightest swimming prospects is in Cairns for the Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships! Keira Stephens is racing alongside some of the best swimmers in the country as she continues her path to Tokyo 2020. It is the first time the Fraser Coast Swim Club member has represented Australia.You can read more about Keira here: https…

Fraser Coast Sports Talk finally makes its debut after the AFL Wide Bay's penultimate round!There's only one more week to go in the AFL Wide Bay's regular season and things are heating up. Five of competition's six teams are still fighting for the top four, as the three top teams battle for not only a place in the top two, but for the minor premier…