Sports
Hervey Bay has a diverse range of sporting activities available. Some competitions are Hervey Bay based only, but the majority of sports are played against nearby cities Bundaberg, Maryborough and Gympie. Popular sports include rugby league, rugby union, tennis, roller derby, cricket, basketball, netball, softball, baseball, hockey, AFL, touch football, soccer, track and field athletics, and beach volleyball. The Hervey Bay Triathlon started in 1988 and has been raced annually since. Recreational water sports are played along the beaches. Hervey Bay has two AFL clubs competing in the AFL Wide Bay competition.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)