Queensland Cyclones

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The Queensland Cyclones are an Australian broomball team, representing the state of Queensland at the Australian National Broomball Championships.

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Players representing the Queensland Cyclones are primarily drawn from the North Queensland Broomball Association, a broomball club based in the north Queensland city of Townsville. [1]

The Cyclones have a comparatively poor record at the National Championships when compared to the representative teams from elsewhere in Australia. Their only national title to date is the 1995 Mixed Elite title. [2] They have finished as runners up in most divisions on a number of occasions.

List of achievements at National Championships

Men's Elite Division

Women's Elite Division

Mixed Elite Division

Mixed Intermediate Division

See also

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References

  1. Queensland Cyclones information on official NQBA website Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 List of Mixed Elite National Champions
  3. List of Men's Elite National Champions
  4. List of Women's Elite National Champions
  5. List of Mixed Intermediate National Champions