What’s on in the region
Get out and enjoy some fresh autumn air on Saturday and take the chance to see some young league lovers in action.
The Charters Towers Miners Junior Rugby League Club is hosting a home game on Saturday, with games being played by both boys and girls in grades from under 10 through to under 17.
All games are at the Bill Lewis Oval off Mill Street and start with the under 10s at 8.30am. There will be hot food, cold drinks, lollies and other treats available from the canteen. Entry is $5 for adults and $3 for concessions. Kids are free.
RIDERS AT THE READY
There will be plenty of action at the Powlathanga Campdraft at Powlathanga Station this weekend.
Starting on Friday, the campdraft will feature some of the best horses and riders in the north as they battle for titles across several classes.
Friday’s competition includes the ASHS Futurity Draft, the Maiden Draft, Ladies’ Draft, Restricted Open and the Encouragement Draft.
On Saturday there will be the Joe and Warren Downey memorial, the Open Draft, Mini Draft for the little tykes, Junior Draft, Juvenile Draft and later on the Black Breeze Memorial Stallion Draft and Teams Draft.
The finals will be on Sunday, as well as the Novice Draft and Toomba Grazing Cut-out. The Powlathanga Campdraft is located 37km west of Charters Towers at Powlathanga Station on the Flinders Highway.
To find out more email powlathanga@outlook.com or call Kaitlyn Lawrie on 0429 933 974.
AUSSIE DRAMEDY
Director JJ Winlove has taken the experience of dementia and turned it into a dramedy called June Again, which is screening at the World Theatre this weekend.
June Again is about June who has dementia and is in a nursing home and out of the blue has a lucid spell. She decides to break out of the nursing home after being there for five years and seeing her family. Winlove said the dementia portrayed in the film is from the perspective of the person with the illness, in this case performed by Noni Hazelhurst.
June Again is rated M and is one of four feature films at the World Theatre this weekend.
Also showing is the R18+ rated Mortal Kombat, Spiral: From the Book of Saw (R18+) and Wrath of Man (MA15+). See the World Theatre website for movie screening times.
DYNAMIC DUOS
Dynamic duos feature at the Tors Drive-in this weekend.
Tom and Jerry first hit the cinema screens in the 1940s, but they return for their first feature film in nearly three decades with Tom and Jerry: The Movie (G).
Then it’s Godzilla vs Kong (M). The movie double on screen two is a couple of Disney comedies for the family, Operation Dumbo Drop (PG) and The Lone Ranger (M).
Gates open at 6pm for a 6.30pm movie start. Tickets are available at the gate and the canteen and entry is cash only. To find out more see the Tors Drive-in website.