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The Club will be holding a "Come and Try" day for underwater hockey from 3pm to 5pm on the afternoons of 4th and 5th November at the Norville Park Pool. Just pay for pool entry. Bring your mask, snorkel and fins and have a go at the the best sport you've never heard of.

Underwater hockey has now finished at Childers for the winter season, and will be moving back to the Norville Park pool in Bundaberg for summer, starting from Wednesday, 4th October 2023. Playing times will be 5:30pm to 7:00pm on Wednesday and Friday evenings.

The ISIS War Memorial Pool at Childers has now re-opened following a two month maintenance shutdown and UWH will be resuming at the pool from Monday 7th August starting at 6:00pm.

The Dept of Environment and Science has just released an update on the Great Sandy Marine Park review process to advise that the review has been completed and it is now awaiting the legislative processes to formalise the changes to the zoning plan, which is expected to come into effect in early 2024.

You can find the announcement about the changes at https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/coasts-waterways/marine-parks/zoning/gsmp.

The summary document, it can be found at https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/401114/gsmp-community-summary.pdf

The decision RIS document can be found at https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/401115/gsmp-dris.pdf.

Club Vice-president, Keiren Limpus, has been selected to represent Australia, as part of a two man team, at the 2023 CMAS Spearfishing World Championship being held in Laredo-Cantabria, Spain from the 7^th - 10^th September. Keiren's story has been featured in the June 18 Edition of the BundabergNow digital magazine. The full article can be viewed here.

As entry to the world championship is entirely self-funded, Keiren is currently seeking financial assistance to raise the estimated $15,000 necessary to enable him to get to Spain and compete at this event. Donations can be made at https://gofund.me/82c77c65.