Townsville car dealership fire forces evacuations and other top stories.

• Townsville car dealership fire forces evacuations

  

  A luxury car dealership in north Queensland has suffered "major damage" after a fire broke out on Tuesday morning.It took half a dozen fire crews about two and a half hours to have the blaze extinguished at Townsville's Mike Carney Toyota Lexus dealership. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Townsville car dealership ablaze Walters set for perfect Origin record Tiahleigh's death: 'we must do better' New name for Careflight ..

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• Supercars: Shane van Gisbergen explains his spectacular ...

  

  SHANE van Gisbergen was a man on a mission on Sunday at the Townsville 400, but I’m not talking about his pursuit of a race victory.I’m talking about his pursuit for a better victory burnout.Celebrating on Sunday at Hidden Valley three weeks ago, van Gisbergen accidentally backed the No. 97 Holden off the track and down into a drain while drifting his way around the back of the circuit.RACE REPORT: SVG wins nailbiting Townsville 400 finaleCOURTNEY’S CHARGE: ‘Poor Frosty had no chance on those ty..

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• The Townsville Pro-Am made its debut back onto the PGA Pro-Am ...

  

  The Townsville Pro-Am made its debut back onto the PGA Pro-Am Series for the first time since 2013 to the great delight of Ed Stedman and Damien Jordan. Travelling from Cairns to Townsville, Stedman and Jordan each fired round of 3-under 67 to share victory.This was the first time Professionals had the opportunity to play the new holes at Townsville Golf Club."I have only played at Townsville a couple of times. I hadn't played the new holes before, but that can s..

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• George to achieve Olympic dream in Rio

  

  THE Olympic dream of former Townsville Fire star Cayla George will come true in Rio after she was named in the Opals squad of 12 for the 2016 games.George was a key cog in the Fire’s back-to-back WNBL championships over the last two seasons and while she has a raft of international experience the games later this year in Brazil will be the first Olympic appearance for the 27-year-old.The 194cm power forward/centre will not come back to Townsville for the 2016/17 season, instead opting to return ..

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• Chudleigh chasing more first grade footy

  

  THERE were next to no cheers for the Cowboys in front of a parochial Canberra crowd on Monday night before rookie rake Josh Chudleigh darted across the line for a memorable try on debut.The 22-year-old made his long-awaited first grade debut in North Queensland’s 26-12 loss against the team he spent most of is junior career playing for, with his four-pointer one of few highlights for the premiers.A Canberra area local, Chudleigh had a throng of family and friends in the stands at GIO Stadium for..

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Two-headed prawn discovered at Townsville aquarium .	Supercars champ wants more in Townsville .