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:
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“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)
“...I didn’t come to this with any particular cachet. I was just a person who grew up in the United States. And when I looked around at the people who were sportscasters, I thought they were just people who grew up in the United States, too. So I thought, Why can’t a woman do it? I just assumed everyone else would think it was a swell idea.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 85 (June 17, 1991)