Coffs Coast News Of The Area 6 May 2022



THE SCU Marlins powered to a 22-12 victory against the Port Pirates last Saturday at their new home ground, the Coffs Harbour Sport and Leisure Park. The Pirates started with waves of swashbuckling attacks which had the Marlins under…

THE Coffs Harbour Masters Swimming Team returned from the National Masters Swimming Short Course Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic with a swag of medals. The swimmers returned celebrating three National Champions – Gold medal winners – in their…

OFFSHORE winds and fine conditions welcomed a crowd of over 100 surfers and beachgoers at the Naru Surf Gathering, held in Coffs Harbour on Saturday. The event showcased Indigenous competitors from eight years old, through to open men’s and…

NORTH Coast Football won four matches from four against Newcastle’s Adamstown Rosebuds in the National Premier League last Sunday. The North Coast scored a whopping 27 goals throughout the day, with the under 13s winning 11-0, under 14s winning…

NORTHERN NSW athletes Gen van Rensburg, 18, and Zara Temesi, 16, have brought home impressive results in the U19 European Cup in Barcelona, Spain, their first international competition in over two years. In a competitive field, Gen, from Newcastle,…

SAWTELL/TOORMINA Saints women have produced a defensive masterclass in shutting down the Port Macquarie Magpies to win their first game of the AFL North Coast season. The Saints kept the Magpies goalless for most of the game which set…

THE Bendigo Bank Coffs Harbour Running Festival will be celebrating its tenth year with the return of the Southern Cross University Schools Challenge. Made possible thanks to support from Southern Cross University, the Schools Challenge will see schools from…

COFFS Harbour Surf Life Saving Club young gun Quinn Evans has done his club proud by winning a national title. The thirteen-year-old won the U13 Male Beach Flags event at the 2022 Australian Surf Life Saving Youth Championships on…

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE previously written to the paper suggesting it was apparent the community would be betrayed by the NSW Government’s manoeuvring in relation to the Jetty Foreshores. With the release of the Draft Master…