For some sports, there is a trial or event prior to Darling Downs trials that determines who goes through from those zones and districts to trial for the Darling Downs team.
Zones
10-12 Years sports are divided into nine (9) Zones and their Chair and Secretary contact information, Trial Calendars, and Trial Sport Convenors contact information are below:
MacIntyre:
Chair - Sean Cole (scole4@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Stan McDonnell (smcdo8@eq.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - 
MacIntyre Zone Trials Calendar 2026.pdf
2026 MacIntyre Executive Sport Convenors - MZSS Executive Sport Convenor Form 2026.pdf
Granite Belt:
Chair - Shannon Armbruster (sarmb1@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Pat McCormick (pmcco2@eq.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - TBC
2026 Granite Belt Executive Sport Convenors - TBC
Southern Downs:
Chair - Stephen Reid (sreid1@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Amelia Sutton (asutt49@eq.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - TBC
2026 Southern Downs Executive Sport Convenors - TBC
Lockyer:
Chair - Jack Mathewson (jmath156@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Tania Scott (tscot45@eq.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - 2026 Lockyer Zone Trials Calendar.pdf
2026 Lockyer Executive Sport Convenors - TBC
Bunya:
Chair - David Kucks (dkuck1@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Tim Lincoln (Tim.Lincoln@twb.catholic.edu.au)
2026 Trials Calendar - 2026 Bunya Trials Calendar.pdf
2026 Bunya Executive Sport Convenors - TBC
Inner Downs:
Chair - Jim Tiernan (jtier15@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Sarah Coote (scoot7@eq.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - TBC
2026 Inner Downs Executive Sport Convenors - TBC
Toowoomba Zones:
Chair - Richard Gibson (rgibs1@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Shelley Clews (secretarytoowoombaschoolsport@outlook.com)
- Management Group Delegates
- Range Zone - Shelley Clews (secretarytoowoombaschoolsport@outlook.com)
- Central Zone - Peter Naumann (pnaum3@eq.edu.au)
- West Zone - Rob Edwards (redwa1@eq.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - TBC
2026 Toowoomba Zones Executive Sport Convenors - TBC
Districts
13-19 Years sports are divided into three (3) Districts and their Chair and Secretary contact information, Trial Calendars, and Trial Sport Convenors contact information are:
Toowoomba District:
Chair - Ian Insley (iinsl1@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Matthew Cosier (Matthew.cosier@ddac.qld.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - TBC
2026 Toowoomba District Executive Sport Convenors - TBC
Inner Downs District:
Chair - Scott Rowan (srowa4@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Adam Cronin (acron37@eq.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - TBC
2026 Inner Downs District Executive Sport Convenors - TBC
Border District:
Chair - Nathan Rogers (nroge38@eq.edu.au)
Secretary - Nathan Rogers (nroge38@eq.edu.au)
2026 Trial Calendar - TBC