{"id":24430,"date":"2026-02-23T16:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=24430"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:26:51","slug":"caloundra-through-to-next-round-of-2026-australia-cup-preliminaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=24430","title":{"rendered":"Caloundra through to next round of 2026 Australia Cup preliminaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\">\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong class=\"published\"><span id=\"publishDate\" class=\"value-title\" title=\"2026-02-23\"\/>Monday, February 23, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"Z3988\" style=\"display:none\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rfr_id=rfr_id=info:sid\/en.wikinews.org:User%3ADendodge&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/en.wikinews.org:Caloundra_through_to_next_round_of_2026_Australia_Cup_preliminaries&amp;rft.atitle=Caloundra+through+to+next+round+of+2026+Australia+Cup+preliminaries&amp;rft.jtitle=Wikinews&amp;rft.date=2026-02-23&amp;rft.aucorp=Wikinews+contributors&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.rights=CC-BY+2.5&amp;rft.identifier=%2F%2Fen.wikinews.org%2Fwiki%2FCaloundra_through_to_next_round_of_2026_Australia_Cup_preliminaries&amp;rft.artnum=-\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"infobox noprint desktop-only\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right; width: 200px; background: #edf7ff; border: solid #666666 1px; padding: 0px; font-size: x-small; clear:right;\">\n<p>Related articles<\/p>\n<p>Location of Australia<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 2px;\">\n<figure class=\"mw-halign-center\" typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/File:Australia_(orthographic_projection).svg\" class=\"mw-file-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7d\/Australia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg\/250px-Australia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7d\/Australia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg\/330px-Australia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7d\/Australia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg\/500px-Australia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"541\" data-file-height=\"541\"\/><\/a><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Collaborate!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mw-halign-center\" typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/Category:Australia\" title=\"Australia\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Australia\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b9\/Flag_of_Australia.svg\/60px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"30\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b9\/Flag_of_Australia.svg\/120px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x\" data-file-width=\"1280\" data-file-height=\"640\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Caloundra have qualified for the next round of soccer&#8217;s Australia Cup qualifiers with a 4-1 win over Pacific Pines on Saturday night in <span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meridan_Plains,_Queensland\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Meridan Plains, Queensland\">Meridan Plains, Queensland<\/a><\/span>.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size mw-halign-left\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/File:Caloundra_vs_Pacific_Pines_2026-02-21_1.jpg\" class=\"mw-file-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/30\/Caloundra_vs_Pacific_Pines_2026-02-21_1.jpg\/250px-Caloundra_vs_Pacific_Pines_2026-02-21_1.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/30\/Caloundra_vs_Pacific_Pines_2026-02-21_1.jpg\/500px-Caloundra_vs_Pacific_Pines_2026-02-21_1.jpg 1.5x\" data-file-width=\"2048\" data-file-height=\"1365\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Caloundra celebrate a goal against Pacific Pines. <br \/><span style=\"font-size:90%\" class=\"plainlinks\">Image: Patrick Gillett.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;[We had a] good second half,&#8221; said Caloundra captain Kaine Frew. &#8220;Obviously first competitive match [of the year] tonight. It was good for the boys to get the cobwebs out. We&#8217;ve played a few easier sort of preseason games and obviously they&#8217;ve come up from the Gold Coast.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Three goals in the space of ten minutes secured Caloundra&#8217;s advancement after the scores were tied at 1 all at half time.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We started a bit slow and obviously we got a few new players,&#8221; Frew said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re all just still gelling. But yeah, no, it was a really good second half. We&#8217;re happy with that. And we&#8217;ll take that into training next week and be ready for round one.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Caloundra&#8217;s next game is scheduled to be against Brisbane Knights as part of the Football Queensland Premier League 2 opening round on February 28.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Brisbane Kights are] a big club, but we really don&#8217;t know [what to expect], to be honest,&#8221; said Frew. &#8220;We&#8217;re just going to worry about ourselves. 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