After being hit for the COVID duck in 2021, the ever-popular Goldfield Ashes cricket competition was back with a vengeance over the weekend.
Just over 200 teams booked Charters Towers out for what's billed as the largest event of its type in the southern hemisphere.
While organiser Kerri Forno said that was down on the 245 teams they last hosted, they were extremely happy with the turn-out from around the state.
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In 2020, the last time the amateur cricket carnival was staged, rain closed the Flinders Highway between Hughenden and Charters Towers, and players in the Towers offered welcome relief.
Keep and eye out for results as they come in.
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Sally Gall
Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications.
Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications.
