Lawrence Machado
Freelance Journalist
Hannah Dodd is Queensland’s Wheelchair Athlete of the Year
Acardia-born Hannah Dodd continues to raise the standards in Australian wheelchair sports. She is now Basketball Queensland’s number one wheelchair athlete. This follows a stellar year where the NSW star helped Australia win the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in the highly-competitive 3×3 wheelchair basketball event. Hannah, who was born with …
Cycling ace Hannah’s miraculous escape
Young Bella Vista cycling ace Hannah Hussein survived a very serious crash while competing in the NSW Junior Metro, Country, and Open Road Championships in August. She suffered a grade three concussion, fractured eye socket, perforated bowel, and torn ligaments in a shoulder. The 12-year-old Norwest Christian College student was racing at 45km/hour at the …
Doug Walters AM: One of a kind
Kevin Doug Walters, one of Australia’s iconic and much-loved cricketers, has been awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for significant service to cricket at an elite level. This adds to his MBE awarded in 1975, Centenary Medal in 2003, and an inductee into Sport Australia Hall of Fame …
