North Queensland Years 7/8 – readerscup.org.au

Regional Coordinator

Belynda Macdonald

Email:
[email protected]

Phone:
(07) 4778 3444 Belinda

Region rules:
– Max two teams per school
– Max five students per team

Competition Details

Date: Monday, 16 June 2025

Time: 4:30 pm Start (teams seated and ready by 4:20 pm) – 7:30pm (approx. finish)

Venue:
Southern Cross Catholic College Hall,
Gartrell Drive,
Annandale QLD 4814

Guest author:

Reading List

Books may be handed out after Monday of Week 9 Term 1

Laughter is the Best Ending
by Maryam Master

Pirates of Darksea
by Catherine Doyle

Electric Life
by Rachel Delahaye

Wolf Road
by Alice Roberts

Batthew Aromascent and the Missing Corpse Flower
by Ella Mulvey and John Roebuck

Registration

Agree to abide by Terms & Conditions of the competition

Teams must not be coached. Students must work together to decide who reads what titles and to make up their own questions to test each other.

Register online here

– Cant register online with a credit card? Find out more here
– $50 per team.
– CBCA Qld members to use code at checkout for $5 per team discount
Not yet a member? Find out more here.

Teams competing in 2025 (as at 25/4/25)

Blackheath Thornburg College x 2
Burdekin Christian College
Mary Help of Christians Catholic College
Pimlico State High School
Ryan Catholic College x 2
Southern Cross Catholic College x 2
St Anthony’s Catholic College
St Margaret Mary’s College x 2
St Patrick’s College Townsville x 2
The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James
Townsville Grammar School x 2

Previous Competition Winners this Region

Year

2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2019
2018

First

Townsville Grammar School
St Patrick’s College, Townsville
St Patrick’s College, Tville
Townsville Grammar School
St Anthony’s Catholic College
St Anthony’s Catholic College

Second

St Patrick’s College
Southern Cross Catholic College

Townsville Grammar School

Third

St Margaret Mary’s College
Townsville Grammar School

Southern Cross Catholic College