NAMBUCCA High School student Toby Batten has earned one of the highest honours in junior rugby league, being named as halfback in the 2025 Australian Schoolboys rugby league team. The selection comes during another stellar season for Batten, who plies his trade in Group 2 with the Nambucca Roosters, playing U/18s and First Grade. Batten […]

SURFERS from across Australia and beyond will converge on Scotts Head from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 July for the 39th Logger Heads Malibu Classic, a longboard surf competition with a long local history. This year’s event has attracted nearly 200 competitors, both male and female, ranging in age from nine to 76-years-old, with entries […]

THE GUMBAYNGGIRR Coffs Coast Raiders are putting out the call for young female players to take part in the biggest annual Indigenous rugby league carnival. The Raiders are on the lookout for players to join their Under 17s girls team that will play in this year’s Koori Knockout held over the October long weekend in […]

  North Coast Force Under 17s Boys player Brenton Mance tries to break away. Photo: AFL North Coast.   Alita Roberts shapes to kick. Photo: AFL North Coast.   North Coast Force Under 15s Girls player Chloe Murphy looks to handball. Photo: AFL North Coast.   Zoe Tarlinton on the burst. Photo: AFL North Coast. […]

Martin Smith took second outright in a Nissan Pulsar Q. Dallan Beard was outright winner in the Subaru Impreza. Harvey Nicholson being congratulated for his win in Juniors. Mia Pell about to start a run in her VW Bug. COFFS Harbour and District Sporting Car Club have held their latest event, with the running of […]

A BOLD proposal to merge two Nambucca Valley golf clubs and build a new championship-standard 27 or 36-hole course on a greenfields site has been outlined to club members at a special briefing. The concept – which is in its infancy, and only if viable – would see the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club and […]

Roosters First Grade player Khan Jarrett takes on Macksville’s Billy Cockbain and Gus Single during the Round 11 thriller. Macksville’s Robbie Smith contests a high ball with Nambucca’s Dwayne Roberts Jarrett. Roosters First Grade player Logan Jones meets Macksville defenders Sam Shields and Brad Southan. Macksville’s Mara Beleisasa is wrapped up by Roosters defenders. Macksville’s […]

Ethan Blockey sporting his Australian Swimming Championships bronze medal with coach Daniel Bannerman. Ethan Blockey and coach Daniel Bannerman at the Australian Future Para Program camp. RISING Coffs Coast para-swimmer Ethan Blockey continues to make waves in the competitive arena following an impressive performance at the 2025 Australian Swimming Trials, held from 9–14 June in […]

YARRAHAPINNI surfers Sandon and Avalon Vowels had a day to remember at the Coffs Coast Classic on June 18 in Woolgoolga, taking out wins in their respective divisions. Organised by the Woolgoolga High Sports Academy and Woolgoolga Boardriders Club, the event was open to four divisions: junior boys (years 7,8 and 9), junior girls (years […]

Roosters First Grade player Jake Saunders dives over the line to score. Roosters U/18 player Declan Rooney crosses the try line. Roosters Women’s Tackle fullback Xanthi Hand outsteps defenders. Women’s Tackle player Wulaaran Walker charges the line. Roosters Reserve Grade player Owen Harris takes on Grafton defenders. Roosters Reserve Grade player Cameron Mitchell takes a […]