Ironwoman Courtney Hancock announces engagement to Australian cricketer Nick Buchanan

It’s been a huge year professionally for 4x Cooly Gold champ Courtney Hancock, but it seems her latest personal milestone could be the cherry on top. FULL DETAILS

GOLD Coast’s sporting royalty Courtney Hancock has announced her long-awaited engagement to Australian cricketer Nick Buchanan.

The son of former Australian coach John Buchanan appears to have dropped a knee in front of his partner of six years, 33, in the lead up to Christmas while on a recent trip to Noosa.

The striking couple took to social media on Thursday evening to share the exciting news with their combined 22,000-plus Instagram followers.

Courtney Hancock announces engagement to partner Nick Buchanan. Picture: Courtney Hancock

Though few details are known about the proposal, Ms Hancock proudly showed off her new accessory with an image captioned: “And just like that..... YES to my forever,” she wrote.

The post has since garnered close to 3000 likes, also drawing more than 300 comments from some of the Coast’s biggest names congratulating the pair on their happy news.

Radio identity Emily Jade O’Keeffe said: “OMG! I’ve been waiting for this and literally squealed.”

Courtney Hancock with fiance Nick Buchanan. Picture: Jerad Williams

Ironman Matt Poole welcomed the news while Olympian Giaan Rooney labelled the announcement the “best news ever.”

It’s been a big year professionally for Ms Hancock, cementing herself as the first woman to win four Coolangatta Gold titles last month.

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