Sport and recreation Townsville

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one of riverway s swimming lagoons, free swimming , recreation area.


townsville hosts several sporting teams participate in national competitions. these include north queensland cowboys (national rugby league), , townsville fire (women s national basketball league) play @ townsville rsl stadium. city formerly hosted townsville crocodiles, (national basketball league) played out of townsville entertainment centre, known swamp during crocs home games.


1300smiles stadium home ground cowboys. built in 1995 stadium has capacity of 30,302. 1300smiles stadium official venue 2003 rugby union world cup, 3 matches played in townsville. townsville hosted popular japanese national rugby union team.. tony ireland stadium, in suburb of thuringowa, has international standard cricket , afl stadium.


townsville hosts 2 touch football associations. townsville/castle hill touch association (tchta) conducts competitions annually @ grounds @ queens park, townsville. thuringowa touch association (tta) conducts competitions @ greenwood park, kirwan. both competitions have produced host of regional, state , national representative players , officials.


townsville , surrounding suburbs host number of junior , senior rugby league sides in successful townsville district rugby league, including a-grade sides: bindal sharks, brothers townsville, university saints , centrals asa tigers. junior league has produced number of australian internationals such gorden tallis , gene miles.


townsville , district rugby union run successful winter junior , senior rugby union competition including teams ingham, charters towers , ayr. townsville has produced number of wallabies in past including peter grigg , sam scott-young.


afl townsville operate regional australian rules football league in region. jake spencer first local player play in afl.


several australian test , odi cricketers have come out of townsville including fast bowler mitchell johnson, andrew symonds , james hopes. in 2012 townsville hosted under 19 cricket world cup preliminary matches, semi finals , final featuring australia , india.


the townsville street circuit located in reid park in townsville. each july since 2009, hosts townsville 400 international v8 supercars championship.


townsville has go cart track , motocross track, townsville had 1/4-mile dragstrip, closed gates on 25 august 2012 due urban development.


rowing occurs @ townsville & jcu rowing club , riverway rowing club. both clubs cater competitive masters, social, learn row , school-based rowing programs. in 2009 townsville & jcu club won first queensland club premiership , in 2010 riverway club claimed theirs.


townsville has 3 tennis clubs. western suburbs tennis club inc, tennis townsville inc , kalynda chase tennis centre. each year tennis townsville host nq open championships , western suburbs tennis club host townsville open. these tournaments see australian , international players competing $10,000 prize money , opportunity improve australian tennis ranking.








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