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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“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“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)