Above: Dalby player Jessie Smiles (at centre) represented the Darling Downs region during the Queensland Primary Schools Netball Championships and was later selected to play for Queensland in the National Championships.

Above: PCYC centre manager Ash Freyling.

Have fun, stay healthy

Keeping fit improves well being and is essential to maintaining a balanced lifestyle

There’s a great deal of satisfaction to be had in a hard-fought game of football, a rigorous workout at the gym or a win on the golfing green.

Sport has the ability to inspire, revitalise and provided you don’t overdo it, is a healthy way to have fun.

The key to enjoying sport is choosing an activity that best suits your interests and lifestyle.

Locally, there’s a wide variety of sports on offer from team games to more individual pursuits for both juniors and adults.

Dalby provides the perfect environment to get active with plenty of open space, facilities close at hand, and a strong community-level sporting culture.

For those who enjoy the thrill of competition, each football code has a keen club following and over the years a number of local players have gone on to represent Queensland and Australia.

Netball is a popular female sport in Dalby with a total of 38 teams drawn from a wide area. At the 2005 inter-district competition, for the second year running, Dalby emerged as the champion club.

In summer, cricket is keenly contested and tennis is popular all year round with junior tournaments attracting players from across the Downs.

The Dalby Golf Club, widely regarded as the best 18 hole golf course west of the range, played host to 60 senior touring professionals during the Dalby Senior Pro-am last year drawing players from South Africa and New Zealand. 

And if none of these sports are quite your style, there’s a vast range of sporting activities to choose from such as swimming, aqua aerobics, lawn bowls, indoor bowls, indoor netball, ten-pin bowling, croquet, squash, cycling, yoga, dance, martial arts, pistol shooting, rifle shooting, pony club and trail rides, athletics, moto-cross, motorbike trail rides, go-karts and a range of activities on offer at the PCYC.

For those who prefer more extreme sports, visit the Dalby Aerodrome for the chance to take to the skies in a hang glider or fulfil your dream of learning to fly.

Whether you’re looking for a challenge, friendship, or a fun way to keep fit you’re sure to find a sport to suit in Dalby. So set your sporting goal today and achieve it.

For more information on local sporting opportunities log on to www.dalby.info