AFTER having the first bye round of the season, the Group 2 Rugby League season resumes this weekend with Round 5 matches. Coffs Coast teams the Coffs Harbour Comets, Sawtell Panthers, and Woolgoolga Seahorses all hit the road this weekend. Early season ladder leaders the Sawtell Panthers travel to take on the Macksville Sea Eagles […]

Alanni Morris is carried by fellow competitors after winning the Under 14s category in the Surf Reflections Junior Series at Hungry Head Beach. Under 16s girls winner Pearl Eaton, U14s winner Alanni Morris, Under 14s winner Max Goold and Under 16s winner Hugo Spierings. NORTH Shelley Boardriders’ Alanni Morris, Palm Beach’s Max Goold and Byron […]

Nambucca Roosters Junior League returned to Coronation park on the weekend after a two year absence. Photo: supplied. Under 6 footy at its best as junior league returned to Coronation Park. Photo: supplied. Under 12 rugby league action. Photo: supplied. AFTER a two-year absence, junior rugby league has made a triumphant return to Coronation Park, […]

AMAIA Wain has been drafted into the best female Aussie Rules league in the country. The former Bellingen Bulldogs and Sawtell/Toormina Saints player was selected at pick number four by the Western Bulldogs in the inaugural AFLW pre-season draft. The 18-year-old was selected by the Bulldogs after a breakout season playing for the University of […]

REIGNING Women’s Premier League champions Urunga celebrated Female Football Week in style, overpowering Woolgoolga Wildcats 4-0 on a chilly Friday night away from home. Kate Fry struck twice inside the opening half hour as the Raiders made the perfect start in Woolgoolga. The Wildcats refused to go quietly however, launching a series of attacking raids […]

Roosters first grade’s Cameron Simon Wilson on the attack against the Grafton Ghosts during Saturday’s Round 3 clash. Roosters first grade’s Cale Ogilvy is wrapped up by Grafton defenders. Try time for Roosters reserve grade player Beau-Dean Jarrett-Marks. Roosters reserve grade player Antwone Robertson takes on the Grafton defensive line. Roosters women’s tackle player Teagan […]

A CROSS-INDUSTRY collaboration led by North Coast-based Gowings is underway to integrate shark deterrent technology directly into surfboard fins. Lifelong surfer John Gowing leads the “Sea Surf Force Field” project, with recent shark attacks across Australia bringing renewed urgency to the mission. John’s vision has evolved, over a lifetime involved with the ocean, into a […]

RISING athlete Lilly Darlington, 11, has again received funding through the Coleman-Smith Foundation, which provides financial support to talented young sportspeople in the Stuarts Point and Eungai areas. Having received funds from the Foundation in the past, Lilly’s ongoing achievements have made her a worthy recipient once more. Foundation Chairperson Nicky Smith elaborated at an […]

AFL North Coast’s juniors return to the field this Sunday. The Bellingen Bulldogs Youth Girls 17s team begin their premiership defence in Urunga, when they take on the Port Macquarie Magpies. The Port Macquarie Magpies Under 16s Boys begin their premiership defence at home, when they host the Northern Beaches Blues. The Nambucca Valley Lions […]

Fast-paced pickleball action on the courts. Photo: supplied. Cherylene Lee, Lou Ahearn, Fr James Foster, Alan Rudner, Mary Dorahy and Tammy McLaren at the presentation. Photo: Jen Hetherington. The gathering at the Hub. Photo: Jen Hetherington. THE inaugural Foster-Rudner Shield, a bi-annual intertown pickleball competition between the Nambucca Valley and Kempsey, took place on Saturday […]