The Australian WPGA Championship has been cancelled this week as a result of an incoming cyclone, the Girls European Tour (LET) and WPGA Tour of Australasia have confirmed.
The co-sanctioned occasion was as a result of start on Thursday at Sanctuary Cove Golf and Nation Membership in Queensland, stay on Sky Sports activities, marking the beginning of three consecutive LET occasions in Australia.
Cyclone Alfred is predicted to make landfall late on Thursday or early on Friday within the area, bringing excessive rain and powerful winds, resulting in event organisers electing to cancel the occasion.
In an announcement, event organisers mentioned: “Following in depth session with all stakeholders, the 2025 Australian WPGA Championship and Gold Coast Pageant of Golf have been cancelled because of the impending affect of Cyclone Alfred.
“After monitoring climate forecasts and following dialogue with the Queensland Authorities, Gold Coast Metropolis Council, Mulpha Group, Sanctuary Cove Golf and Nation Membership and the WPGA Tour of Australasia, we’ve got taken the unprecedented choice to cancel the event.
“With the anticipated excessive rainfall, excessive winds and anticipated flooding, the choice has been made to make sure the protection of gamers, workers, followers and all stakeholders, which stays the precedence.”
The subsequent Girls European Tour occasion is now scheduled to be the Australian Ladies’s Basic from March 13-16, held at Coffs Harbour Golf Membership in New South Wales, forward of the Ford Ladies’s NSW Open the next week.
Which different sports activities have been impacted?
As much as 700mm of rain and winds of as much as 130km/h are forecast throughout southern Queensland and northern New South Wales from Thursday, resulting in the AFL – the highest flight of Australian Guidelines soccer – and the NRL additionally altering fixtures.
The NRL conflict between the Dolphins and Rabbitohs match on Friday has been moved from Queensland to the CommBank Stadium in Sydney because of the affect of the incoming storm. The sport might be performed on the similar scheduled time of 8pm Sydney time (9am UK time) and be stay on Sky Sports activities.
The AFL has postponed two matches in southern Queensland, with Thursday’s season-opener in Brisbane between the reigning champion Brisbane Lions and Geelong Cats impacted together with the Gold Coast’s sport in opposition to Essendon on Saturday.
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