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After a false start during COVID in 2020, the Townsville NQ Games were more than a solid hit out!
From the 4 days across April 29th to May 2nd 2022, The NQ Games saw 4,349 competitors take place in competition across 35 sports – bringing an additional 6700+ people in support with them. Initial estimates are that 11,000 individuals were involved in the spectacle, with 52% of them originating in the local Townsville region.
Preliminary economic reporting equates this level of visitation to in excess of $2.65 million dollars injected into the Queensland economy in the form of overnight visitor expenditure funds.
In response to the question “I would recommend the NQ Games to others”, 93% of participants surveyed immediately after the games answered either ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’.
The competitor with the most experience was 84 year old Noreen Scott from Kirwan – meanwhile we ae busy at work attempting to verify reports that there was a 2 year competitor in athletics!
Whilst hard at work on the 2026 iteration of the NQ Games, we stumbled across these photographs sent in from the community of the original NQ Games; the motorcade, the Games Torch (held by Ron Grant OAM), the parade in front of 15,000 and more. If you want to learn more about the 1984 edition […]
Last night the 2024 NQ Games was officially opened at Cairns’ Fogarty Park – the rain just barely impacting and estimated 1,500 in the athletes march and another couple thousand attendees over a couple of hours. The traditional athlete’s march was led by a precession of Cairns Regional Council staff and representatives including Mayor Amy […]
Michael Healy, The Queensland State Government’s Minister for Tourism and Sport was in Cairns at the NQ Games Registration Hub today ahead of the Opening on Friday. Speaking with media, Minister Healy was delighted to show his support for a major event in his own electorate of Cairns. “The North Queensland Games represents a wonderful […]
