Maybe I have been out of touch but today’s Cross Country at the University of Sunshine Coast saw the first bunch of kangaroos I had seen there in about ten years overlooking what was a fast, scenic and for once reasonably dry course right next to the athletics track.

It was probably a suitable warm up for the State Championships at Toogoolowah on Saturday July 12th which is likely to have a similar bunch of springy spectators on hand.

The Sunshine Coast has always had a pretty strong cross country series and the USC club did a great job even though a part of their originally planned course was flooded out by recent rain.

For Ashgrove we were represented by Lilli Chiu, Kitty Stannard, Abbey Gluth, Alex Tams, Lynda Bateson, Ken Hastie, Anthony Wallace and John Purcell so thanks very much to everyone for making the trip and keeping our season hopes alive on the pointscore.

Well done also to Queensland Athletics for having the initiative to include a Sunshine Coast round for the first time in an effort to grow the sport in South-East Queensland.