Runaway Bay Little Athletics Open Day

Runaway Bay Little Athletics are ramping up for their new season and they want to share their excitement with you!

Whether you and your budding athlete is pumped and ready to sign up, or you just want to check out the facilities, Runaway Bay Little Athletics’ Open Day is your chance to explore the best Little Aths Clubs in the City.

📆 Sunday, 25 August

🕢 12pm -3pm

📌 Cnr Lae Dr and Bayview St, Runaway Bay

Free BBQ, games, prizes and giveaways....

The season commences 6 September 2024 and ends 14 March 2025.

Come and be part of this iconic club in this their 45th year!

Runaway Bay Sports Precinct Masterplan

Like many other parents in the division, the Runaway Bay Sports Precinct feels like our second home!

We spend most of the weekend, and a good chunk of the week, coordinating runs between the Luke Harrop Bicycle Track, the sports fields and the adjoining recreational spaces. When I’m not on sports duty, you’ll often find me slink away for an hours or so refuge in our beloved Runaway Bay Library.

The entire precinct is such a longstanding and integral part of our family’s lifestyle, I sometimes take it for granted! This role has given me a much greater appreciation of the site, its current limitations, and its incredible potential.

I am excited to share news that the entire precinct (East and West) is currently undergoing a strategic masterplan, with significant funding allocations planned for the City-owned portions over the next three budgets.

Ensuring we strategically evaluate the entire site (not just the individual activations within it) will allow us to optimise its community value and improve its functionality.

This is a super-exciting steppingstone in ensuring future investment responds to both current and future demands and will ensure we remain a premier location for a wide variety of community sports.

Consultation with existing stakeholders will form an essential part of the plan, so I look forward to working closely with all of our many resident Clubs and the community this year.

Come 'n' Try a Para Sport

The City of Gold Coast in partnership with Griffith University, Mentor 4 Me, Gold Coast Recreation and Sport, Ignition Athletics and Gold Coast Titans are counting down to the Brisbane 2032 Paralympic Games.

With 8 Years to Go until the 2032 Games, the City and its partners are marking this milestone date with a free Come ‘n’ Try Para Sports Day.

Para sports on offer for everyone to participate in include athletics (running, wheelchair racing, and throw events), boccia, AFL, rugby league and football (soccer). All ages are welcome and events are free. It promises to be a fun day.

Get your photograph taken with the Olympic Rings and Paralympic Agitos or grab a coffee (the first 100 are free) and watch the fun unfold.

Participants are to wear comfortable clothing including a hat..

Access this link to find out more and reserve a spot.

World Championships of Ultimate Frisbee

WUC 2024 is the World Championships of Ultimate Frisbee is coming to Runaway Bay 31 August - 07 September!

Taking place every 4 years in a different nation, the World Championships are the pinnacle event in the sport of Ultimate (aka Ultimate Frisbee).

With up to 2000 athletes representing up to 40 nations and competing in open, women's and mixed divisions, this event will attract the best of the best and is a must-see for any sports lover.

Day spectators can access the upper field area (Oxley Drive entrance) for free throughout the event.  For access to the Tournament Village, including the Grandstand, Showcase Field, merchandise stalls, food stalls and licensed bar, a Day Ticket is required.

To find out how to secure a Day ticket, follow this link.

And since dancing is totally a sport....Sunday Sounds September 2024

Looking for a perfect way to spend Father's Day?  Then come along to Paradise Point Parklands on Sunday 1 September.

Now that the days are getting longer and warmer, the event will  be starting an hour later and runs from 2pm to 5pm.

Entertainment will be provided by 'The Emma Dallas Band' who will be playing popular hits from the 70's till now.

Bring your friends, a picnic and your dancing shoes!

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