Jockey Nathan Day returns to scale to raucous applause after piloting Choir Boy to a resounding victory in the 2024 Cooktown Cup – who will win the feature race on 8 November? Photo: Cape York Weekly.
Date set for races
The Melbourne Cup may be the race that stops the nation, but it will be a country meeting in Cooktown that causes south-eastern Cape York to pause and frock up in November.
The 2025 Cooktown Races will be held on 8 November and promise a full day of excitement on and off the track as a platoon of punters head to the Cooktown Amateur Turf Club for the 151st running of the event.
After the success of last year’s milestone 150th anniversary, racegoers will return to Cooktown for one of the must-do bush meetings in Queensland racing.
For the latest information on the event, keep an eye on the turf club’s Facebook page.
Big margins in touch opener
There were some lopsided outcomes when teams took to the field for round one of the 2025 Weipa Touch Association season at Andoom Oval on 30 April.
Six games were played, with Pisswrecks pipping Lacking Stamina in the closest game of the night in a 6-3 result.
The OGs trumped Spartans 15-6, Cape Candies took the win from Scrambled Legs 16-7, Untouchables secured a 14-2 win over Cheers for Beers and Res Strong thumped Can’t Touch This 15-4.
Villains started their 2025 campaign on a high with a 26-nil decimation of Weipa Weapons.
Wackers crown for Foy
Great weather and a field of 18 players set up an exciting instalment of Wackers at Carpentaria Golf Club on 30 April.
Mick Foy’s 43 off the stick was enough to hand him a narrow win, and he collected the chocolates with nett 32.5, relegating the bruised and battered Jake Smith – who apparently fell out of a tree earlier in the day for reasons unknown – to runner-up with a round of 51/33.
Ross Craven took the pin prize on the 15th, and Pom went home with Bradman’s bragging rights.
There was still no sign of Mick Cerneka on the course – does anyone know how to reverse magic tricks?
