Australian Deaf Games

QLD Team at Australian Deaf Games 2008

The first recorded interstate competition between the Deaf was in 1895 when the South Australian and Victorian Deaf Cricket teams played against each other in a friendly match. These competitions gradually expanded to include more sports and other states in what was known as a "Carnivals".

These "Carnivals" were held from about 1911. The First official Australian Deaf Games was held in Sydney in 1964.

Queensland has been involved in the Australian Deaf Games since it was established. The last Australian Deaf Games was held on the Gold Coast in 2008 with Queensland winning the ADFS Cup! The next Australian Deaf Games will be held in Geelong in 2012. We are looking forward to it already!

 

Queensland hosted the Australian Deaf Games

  • 4th ADG Brisbane, QLD Dec 1973 / Jan 1974
  • 9th ADG Brisbane, QLD Dec 1987 / Jan 1988
  • 15th ADG Gold Coast, QLD January 2008

 

The Australian Deaf Games are held every 4 years. The next Australian Deaf Games will be in 2012 in Victoria.

 

QLD Deaf Sporting Legends

Queensland has won the ADSF Cup four times:

  • 1973-74 (Brisbane, Queensland)
  • 1987-88 (Brisbane, Queensland)
  • 1991 (Hobart, Tasmania)
  • 2008 (Gold Coast, Queensland)

 

Our legend - Percy Bates at Australian Deaf Games 2008