The Brisbane 2032 Olympics are getting closer, and with the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics recently announcing their new sports to be added for the five-ringed circus, the Wooden Spooners team have cast their mind forward to our own 2032 Brisbane Olympics New Sports.
Because let’s face it, if Flag Football and Lacrosse are good enough for the 2028 Olympics, then surely our suggestions should get at least a polite listen from those in charge.
And if you agree, forward this onto your local MP to take action, to make the 2032 Brisbane Olympics the best ever.
2032 Brisbane Olympics New Sports Suggestions
FISHING
One particularly Australian past time which doesn’t get enough airtime around Australia and the world, despite the best efforts of fish kissing, Mr Invincible Rex Hunt, is the wonderful world of angling. And if break dancing and skate boarding is Olympics worthy, why not fishing.
It can be tailored (pardon the pun) to suit whatever kind of coverage needs of the local broadcaster, but what an opportunity for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics to showcase the wider SEQ region by having one completion around K’gari island and another in Moreton Bay or around Stradbroke Island or around Bribie Island or even Burpengary Creek. What a shopping window to the world than having some of southern Queensland’s best waterways and islands on display.
Finer details of categories, age limits, and which type of wrasse is to be fished can be worked out later but imagine a junior division where the record could be broken for winning Olympic gold. And talk about worldwide involvement, as most countries in the world would know how to fish.
BEACH CRICKET
One thing Australia has in abundance is beaches, and they’re among the world’s best.
OK, so Brisbane’s beaches itself are pretty slim pickings, between the developed Wynnum shore, to the muddy plains of Nudgee Beach or the seaweed aromas of Redcliffe, but the two nearby coasts are primed and ready for beach sport. One can take Beach Volleyball and the other Beach Cricket.
And don’t tell us that Beach Cricket is limited because only a handful of nations play cricket. Well, how’s flag football then? And why not give countries like Sri Lanka and New Zealand a better chance at gold.
Of course rules like one-hand one-bounce will have to be ironed out. And the use of electrical tape for spin and swing, but let’s get Beach Cricket on the map now for a truly Australian experience at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
TAG / RED ROVER
Maybe not an exclusive Australian experience but played in some form around the world by most children at school, and it is only limited by the imagination of where and how you could play. In an indoor arena, or at a major stadium, it is flexible as it is exciting.
And like Gymnastics, it could have varying events, like normal tag, team tag, red rover and why not even a What’s the Time Mr Wolf?
Imagine the magnificence of Suncorp Stadium playing host to hundreds of adults playing Red Rover and the roar of the crowd as the call of “Bullrush” is heard.
Child’s Play you say? Maybe, but there is Curling at the Olympics games.
URBAN BRANDY
Going one step further than regular tag is Brandy, and in particular Urban Brandy.
Like Tag, but the cruel use of a tennis ball spices it up, in a game of real cat and mouse.
And Urban Brandy give it an edge like very few sports could have. In fact we envisage the entire Brisbane CBD being the playing arena, or maybe for better logistics either of the Botanic Gardens or maybe even South Bank.
Drone enthusiasts could be called upon to provide an unrivalled experience for viewers at home as the chase goes on.
RUGBY LEAGUE
If we are selling Australia to the world, then Rugby League should be at the forefront of that campaign.
We’d suggest Nines as a product which might go down better with worldwide audience, but rugby league and Nine don’t really mix. Nein?
But the greatest game of all should be at one of sport’s greatest events, coming together at last so the whole world can see what they are missing out on.
And the introduction of rugby league as an Olympic sport at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics gives PNG a great chance at a medal, or any of the other smaller Pacific nations.
