John Thyne, Kylie Scholz take out first place at the 12th Kakadu Triathlon

In what was another action-packed week of Territory sports, we’ve highlighted stories from triathlon, netball, motorsports and footy in this week’s edition. Catch up on the action.

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In this fresh edition of Sports Shorts we have stories from triathlon, motorsports, netball and footy.

May 13, 2025

KAKADU TRIATHLON

More than 165 participants took over the streets of Jabiru at the weekend for the 12th Kakadu Triathlon. A fundraising venture for CareFlight Top End, competitors competed in the following events: Open Triathlon (250m swim, 7.5km bike, 2.5km run), 5km Run Challenge, 2.5km Walk Challenge, and Junior Triathlon (U13).

Competitors warming up before the start of the 2025 Kakadu Triathlon in Jabiru. Picture: NT Triathlon Facebook

Results -

Men:

1st) John Thyne: First overall, first in age group (29:42 mins)

2nd) Nico Human: Third overall, first in age group (30:44 mins)

3rd) Jack Rowe: Fourth overall, first in age group (32:00 mins)

Women:

1st) Kylie Scholz: Second overall, first in age group (30:04 mins)

2nd) Sophie Radford: Ninth overall, first in age group (33:46 mins)

3rd) Sophie Hill: Thirteenth overall, first in age group (34:15 mins)

INDIGENOUS NETBALL CARNIVAL WINNERS

The eighth INC was contested at the weekend with 25 teams battling it out for glory at the Sitzler Netball Centre, Marrara. A massive 70 games were played across the three day carnival across six separate divisions. Us Mob and Mparntwe were the biggest winners, both with two grand final victories while Delirra Stars unfortunately suffered three grand final defeats. Tyson Agius, Kairee Pledger, Baileight O’Connell-Briston and Tanieshia Payne took out the Rising Star Awards while Dylan dos Santos and Nakeesha Miniter were crowned the senior MVP’s.

Grand final results –

Women’s Open: Us Mob 18 def. Mparntwe 16

Mixed Open: Us Mob 24 def. Garramilla Tigers 15

U17: Mparntwe 16 def. Cougars 17

U15: Mparntwe 18 def. Delirra Sisters 10

U13: Delirra Diamonds 29 def. Delirra Stars 2

U11: Garramilla Tigers 21 def. Delirra Sisters 8

GC’S SCHOOL CLINICS

The Gold Coast Suns held numerous clinics at Darwin schools on Monday 12 May, 2025. Picture: Dept. Education NT

Players from the visiting Gold Coast Suns went on a school clinic blitz Monday 12, visiting six schools throughout the school day. Players held hour-long sessions at St Johns, Nightcliff, Alawa, Casuarina, Stuart Park and Henbury that saw roughly 100 students attend. The Suns will take on the Hawthorn Hawks this Thursday, May 15 at TIO for Round 10.

SUPERUTES

Rossi ‘The Territorian’ Johnson was in action at the weekend down in Tasmania during the Super 440. Back behind the wheel of his Holden Colorado, Johnson put together a solid set of races earning the following results: Race 1, 12th – Race 2, 13th – Race 3, 6th – Race 4, 6th. Johnson currently sits sixth (out of 24) on the overall championship ladder with 348 points. The Territorian will take to the track for Round 3 over the series in Perth at the 440 next month.

May 7, 2025

RETURN OF CARU

The CARU is back, with its first round of the 2025 season last week, May 2. Picture: NT Rugby

Rugby Union is back in the red centre after a year long hiatus with the CARU officially underway. At the weekend, for round 1 of the 2025 campaign, more than 150 spectators and 61 players descended on ANZAC Oval. The matches were 7s and saw the Devils down the Eagles 22-7 while the Dingo Cubs defeated the Kiwi Warriors in a close 17-10 affair.

JAZZMIN FORWOOD’S MILESTONE

Jazzmin Forwood reached 100 caps for Hellenic AFC. Picture: Hellenic Facebook.

The footballer laced up the boots for her 100th cap in the blue and white at the weekend during Hellenic’s Challenge Cup clash with Verdi FC. The former collegiate player has played for HAC across many seasons, with her club describing her as, “tough, classy, relentless and the type of player opponents dread lining up against.”

NEPALESE INTERNATIONAL

Darwin Olympic signing and Nepal international Abhishek Rijal. Picture: Darwin Olympic Facebook

FNT club Darwin Olympic officially announced the signing of Nepal international Abhishek Rijal earlier this week. The 25-year old has been signed to play in the MPL side for the rest of the 2025 season. With 11 international caps, the striker currently plays for I-League outfit Aizawl in India.

NT BMX RIDERS IMPRESS AT NATIONAL SERIES OPENER

Hayden Smith, Mason Auton and Jaxson Johns at the Nationals in Shepparton, Victoria, 2025. Picture: Satellite City BMX Club

A team of Territory riders kicked off their 2025 season in impressive fashion at the AusCycling BMX Racing National Series Rounds 1 and 2, a fortnight ago in Shepparton, Victoria.

Here’s where the rider’s currently rank overall:

– Nicole Sinclair: 2nd in 35-39 Women

– Caleb Nicol: 6th in Junior Superclass

– Jaxson Johns: 7th in 13 Boys

– William Peter: 15th in 11 Boys

– Leonardo Prandi: 18th in 15 Boys

– Mason Auton: 19th in 14 Boys

– Troy Miller: 23rd in 14 Boys

– Hayden Smith: 24th in 12 Boys

NIGHTCLIFF ALUM SIGNS WITH SACA

Nightcliff's Douwtjie Hoogenboezem scored 73 against Darwin in round 14 of Premier Grade Cricket. Picture: Ian Butterworth.

Douwtjie (Dokey) Hoogenboezem has signed with the South Australian for the upcoming 2025/26 season. The South African born batsmen has been in red-hot form in the past 24 months, amassing 1279 total runs last season across all formats and was the second-highest run scorer in the DDCC dor season 2023, in which scored 720 runs at an average of 80.

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