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Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club

DARRELL Flanders kissed a golf handicap goodbye and showed he thrives in a convection oven after posting a stonking score at the Nambucca Heads Island layout. The once-was-9-marker scorched around in brutal conditions to card 44 points to win the Cubana Resort medley stableford Div 1 on Saturday, 10 January. Flanders birdied 3, 11 and […]

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Men’s Shed support for Stuarts Point and District Little Athletics

AS our regional communities get into gear for a productive, supportive and successful 2026, “collaboration” is emerging as the keyword for the season to come. Here’s a prime example. Stuarts Point and District Little Athletics organiser Samantha Bonanno, recently issued this call out: “We need helpers to assist the oval committee do some line marking […]

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LoggerHeads predict a strong year, ahead of 40th LoggerHeads Malibu Classic

The LoggerHeads Most Improved Surfer for 2025 Tony Burton, with club president Barry Jagoe. Winner of the Ladies division was Kerrie Murray. The LoggerHeads celebrate ahead of a big year. THE holiday season saw the Nambucca Valley’s LoggerHeads Malibu Club come together for their Annual Presentation Day and Christmas Function held at Club Scotts. Club […]

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Macksville Country Club Golf

THE monthly Stroke event sponsored by Fortade Group was played with the course showing plenty of run due to the dry conditions.With twelve players on a net par 36 or better Darrin Turner returned to form to win with a net six under par 66 winning the Medal. Rama Gennat was runner up to Darrin […]

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Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club

Graham Weary was all smiles after shooting the lights out at the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course. Maddox ‘the Ox’ Herbert had a career best round at Nambucca on his 14th birthday. QUEENSLAND number plates hitched with No.8 fencing wire to vehicles where indicator use is optional packed the carpark at the Nambucca Heads Island […]

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AFL North Coast juniors selected to Sydney Swans Academy

AFL North Coast’s top junior players have been selected into Sydney Swans Academy squads for 2026. A record number of 52 players from the region were selected to the squads, bettering the 45 players chosen in 2024. The QBE Sydney Swans Academy exists to increase the number of players in NSW who have expert AFL […]

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Avalon Vowels earns fifth place at Australian Junior Surfing Titles

Avalon in fluid action. Photo: Andrew Shields/Surfing Australia. Avalon in fluid action. Photo: Andrew Shields/Surfing Australia. EMERGING Yarrahapinni surf star Avalon Vowels has done the region proud with a strong showing at the Australian Junior Surfing Titles, held in Wollongong from 27 November to 5 December. To qualify for the national-level tournament, Avalon first needed […]

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Former AFL North Coast player named in All-Australian team

CAMBRIDGE McCormick has proven herself to be one of the top female Australian Rules players in the country. The GWS Giants defender and former AFL North Coast player was named in this year’s AFLW All-Australian team, with selection in the Half Back line. The former Port Macquarie Magpies star had a stellar season for the […]

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Juniors shine at Nambucca Squash Club Championships

2025 Club Championship Honours: Trevor Sparks, Jayden Sparks, Jash Veerpal, Drew Woodhouse, Taylor Woodhouse, Jackson Lindsay, Jaida Wigley, Madi Williams and Kristy O’Connor. It proved a memorable day for the Sparks clan, with Trevor Sparks winning Men’s B Grade and his son Jayden Sparks winning Men’s A Grade and Boys Junior Grade. Jash Veerpal receiving […]

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Macksville Country Club Golf

FOLLOWING a nice drop of rain the course was in great condition for the Darren Pike sponsored Stableford event. With a big field ,good scores were the order of the day and playing off an eleven handicap Karl Cooper finished with a net seven under par 43 points to win with runner up Peter Urquhart […]