SportsView with Gerard Walsh

WITH the Commonwealth Games coming up in April, swimmers and boxers are probably thinking along the same lines.

Win a national championships and the odds are you will be in the Australian team.

That certainly is the case for the swimmers. If the world record holder comes fourth in the trials, they miss out, full stop.

In boxing, the aim of two Warwick-based boxers, Joshua Hargrave and Karla Grant are the same as the swimmers.

Win a national championship to be in the mix for Commonwealth Games selection.

Rose City club boxer Jake Wyllie is just too young to come into contention but long term he is a strong chance for national selection.

One advantage of a home games is the fact that in some sports, more athletes are chosen compared to if we were travelling overseas.

I was interested to talk to Karla this week, the mother of three, who has just won her first Queensland Golden Gloves title.

She turned the tables at the weekend on her opponent of four months ago and the odds are they might meet again in the state championships.

Finals on

IT IS that time of the years again, finals everything. This weekend will go down as the busiest of the year in sport just in front of the weekend of September 8-10.

Teams should be proud of making the grand final even if they end up in the half with the runner up rather than the winner's tag.

Have fun, give it your best shot, but please be grateful for all the work of the officials, the referees and the umpires.