Gold Coast Suns AFL club pushing on with pre-season training program despite air quality concerns

The Gold Coast Suns are pushing on with their current pre-season program despite warnings from health authorities about the risk of exposure to dangerous air quality levels.

THE Gold Coast Suns are pushing on with their current pre-season program despite warnings from health authorities about the risk of exposure to dangerous air quality levels.

The bushfires raging across South East Queensland has resulted in a thick smoke haze that has blanketed the region.

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It has prompted warnings from Queensland’s chief health officer Jeanette Young to encourage residents in the area to restrict their activity outside.

But the Suns AFL franchise has made no changes to their pre-season training program so far with the club confident their coaching department and medical team will keep the groups safe.

The Gold Coast Suns at pre-season training. Picture: Jerad Williams

Pre-season training brings with it the most gruelling period of work for players and the heat of Queensland brings with it even more challenges for the likes of Gold Coast and Brisbane.

Add to that the air pollution and the players will be under the pump while exerting themselves for hours at time.

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Gold Coast held one of their biggest sessions for the week on Monday, when the air pollution was worse than Beijing, and will undergo a light skills session today before another large one on Friday.