Tier III Gold Coast Classic was added the three preexisting tournaments of Auckland, Sydney and Hobart, and became one of the two events held in the first week of the women's calendar, parallel to the men's Adelaide tournament. The Gold Coast Classic became the Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts in 1998, took the sponsorship of Uncle Tobys in 2003, becoming Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, and changed names again in 2006 to Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts. In 2006 Tennis Australia decided to merge the Gold Coast and Adelaide events into a larger ATP-WTA joint tournament in Brisbane to be first held in 2009. The last edition of the Gold Coast event was held in 2008 and was won by Li Na, who defeated future career rival and rising star Victoria Azarenka in the final in three sets. Local sports Historical Reenactment Combat Byzantine Living History trains in hand-to-hand combat with blunt and rounded steel weapons from Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire from the 9th to 13th centuries. They perform at public shows such as the Abbey Medieval Festival and History Alive, and also participate in private reenactor-only gatherings. Australian rules football The Gold Coast is home to the Southport Sharks, a semi-professional football team that competes in the North East Australian Football League against four AFL reserve sides and local teams spread between Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin and Sydney. The Broadbeach Cats and Labrador Tigers also previously competed in the NEAFL until they were demoted to the amateur Queensland competition in 2014. Rugby league The Burleigh Bears are currently the only Gold Coast-based team that competes in the Queensland Cup. The Tweed Heads Seagulls also compete in the Queensland Cup and are based in the suburb over the Gold Coast-New South Wales border. Both the Bears and Seagulls serve as feeder clubs for the Gold Coast Titans. Cricket The Gold Coast District Cricket Club is a cricket club on the Gold Coast, Queensland who play in the Brisbane Grade Cricket competition, also known as the Gold Coast Dolphins. They were founded in 1990. Rugby union The Gold Coast Breakers play in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition, the third level of rugby union in Australia. Soccer Gold Coast United FC and Gold Coast Knights SC compete in the National Premier Leagues Queensland competitions which is the second tier of Australian soccer, one step below the A-League. Gaelic games The Gold Coast Gaels were established in October 2013