Gladstone Regional Council is committed to working with sporting clubs and active recreation groups to build a community of healthy and active residents with access to quality facilities and activities run by skilled and capable people.

There are more than 200 clubs and sporting organisations in the Gladstone Region.  Popular sports include netball, touch football, basketball, golf, hockey, Australian rules football, rugby union, rugby league, soccer, tennis, squash, lawn bowls, athletics, cricket, shooting, surf life saving, swimming, sailing, motorsports and gymnastics.

The region has five golf courses, an extensive multipurpose sports facility, an Olympic-size swimming pool, the Benaraby Motorsports complex, over 25 multi-sport ovals and quality facilities for tennis, netball, hockey & squash.

It also includes the State’s most northerly surf beach at Agnes Water and beautiful swimming beaches at Tannum Sands and the nearby Heron Island.