Sports That Don’t Have Or Need A Thread

Today Extra’s Sylvia Jeffreys participated in the GC marathon, as mentioned on the show today.

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Shane Van Gisburgen. Wow.

First time in a NASCAR stock car, first win for a debutant in 60 years.

I think it’s safe to say we’ll be seeing his last few races in Supercars before he goes to NASCAR full time very soon.

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And on a street circuit!

He mentioned in his post-race interview “one more year in Australia”. What a performance.

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NBC commentators took a while to get his name right. :joy: Hopefully NASCAR does more street circuit racing.

Going to be a big buzz at this weekend’s Townsville 500!

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Next year’s Suncorp Super Netball grand final will be played in Adelaide. As part of the deal with the SA Government, the Thunderbirds (this year’s grand finalist) will move their home games to Adelaide Entertainment Centre - subject to availability - allowing the government to begin immediate work developing a plan to rejuvenate Netball SA Stadium.

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Wasn’t the Vic deal multi-year?

Adelaide Thunderbirds won their first Suncorp Super Netball title tonight, edging NSW Swifts 60-59 in extra time in front of a sellout crowd at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena.

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The Olympic Rings and Paralympic Agitos will make their Brisbane debut for the first time in Australia since Sydney 2000.

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72 posts were split to a new topic: Commonwealth Games 2026 (formerly in Victoria)

That’s a eye-watering A$8.9 billion in today’s exchange rate.

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Suncorp Super Netball press release on the eighth team

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What a day / night of sport we have on today!

2 x NRLW games
3 x NRL games
5 x AFL games
3 x Women’s FIFA World Cup games
1 x Bledisloe Cup Rugby game
1 x Day 2 Ashes 5th Test
FINA World Swimming Championships

I’m sure I’ve missed something!

That’s one of the best things about this country… our sporting diversity…

Settle in and enjoy sports fans!

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A great night in for our couch potatoes and sports lovers, that’s for sure :slight_smile:

Sports galore indeed.

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Supercars race tonight and the Netball World Cup is on too

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Australia has blitzed in the pool this meet defeating USA

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Our Aussies have equalled our largest Gold medal haul of 13 achieved in both Canada '05 and Fukuoka '01. 🤯

What an incredible effort from everyone! You've done Australia proud! 👏🇦🇺#Fukuoka23 #Swimming #9WWOS pic.twitter.com/f1YanMjceh

— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) July 30, 2023

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Adding in the medals from other events (including gold for Rhiannan Iffland in women’s high diving and Cassiel Rousseau in men’s 10m platform), Australia finished with 15 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze at the World Aquatics Championships.

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New look for Golf Australia - looks pretty sharp IMO:
https://twitter.com/GolfAust/status/1685810608577650688

In their own words:

The new Golf Australia logo aims to connect the traditional aspects of golf to the more contemporary by use of a modern abstract monogram that has been developed to represent some of the key ingredients that create the game of golf.

The new brand identity was developed by FutureBrand and executed by SE Creative.

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From old (2006-23):

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to new (2023-present):
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