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Child Abduction Attempt, PETRIE

Police have released the following comfit image of a man involved in a child abduction attempt in Petrie at 3.15 yesterday afternoon. A 9-year-old boy had been walking along Woonara Street around 3.15pm when a car pulled up and stopped beside him. The male driver and sole occupant exited the vehicle, approached the boy, and...
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Taekwondo All Zen As Youngster Nabs Funds

ZEN Johnson, who is eight years old and vision impaired, has been awarded a $2400 martial arts scholarship. The Petrie State School student has just started a 12month membership with Strathpine Factor10 Martial Arts and received a complimentary taekwondo uniform and the necessary protective safety gear. Factor10 chief executive Damien O’Flaherty, a former schoolteacher, said:...
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2016 Olympic Qualification Process

The WTF have released the Grand Prix 2016 Olympic Qualification Process radically changing the traditional systems of Olympic Qualification. The WTF Grand Prix requires athletes to be ranked in the top 32 in order to earn GP Points that will award the top 6 athletes as at the end of the GP series with automatic qualification for and...
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Local Vision Impaired Petrie Primary School Student Wins School Scholarship

When 8 year-old Petrie Primary school student, Zen Johnson fronted the selection panel for the inaugural school scholarship offered by local martial arts school, Factor10 Martial Arts, his confident demeanour, outgoing personality and supportive parents certainly impressed them. Zen, the middle child of a family of seven (7) boys has already faced his own battles...
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