Local Canberra sprinter Sophie Broadhead takes out The Queanbeyan Gift

By Gemma Varcoe
Updated November 26 2015 - 5:28pm, first published 5:25pm
24-year-old sprinter and local lass Sophie Broadhead overcame a spate of bad luck and injuries to win the Queanbeyan Gift on her third attempt. Photo: Rohan Thomson.
24-year-old sprinter and local lass Sophie Broadhead overcame a spate of bad luck and injuries to win the Queanbeyan Gift on her third attempt. Photo: Rohan Thomson.

SHE TOOK two years off from the track in order to recover from a shoulder reconstruction and was then plagued by a myriad of injuries after her initial return. But that just makes Sophie Broadhead's victory last weekend in the Queanbeyan Gift all that much sweeter.

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