THE Newcastle Jets kicked off their 2021/2022 A-League campaign last Sunday with a 2-1 loss to the Central Coast Mariners at home. Meanwhile, the club continues to extend its footprint on the North and Coffs Coast. With over 5000…
DEAR News Of The Area, SHOULD we really be supporting any of the current Councillors to represent us for another term? Whichever side of the fence you sit on, it is hard to deny that they are all culpable…
SAWTELL Golf Club members have hit the greens wearing pink for a great cause and to honour the memory of a former breast cancer survivor. Sawtell Golf Club held its Raewyne Leeds Memorial Pink Day to help raise money…
BILLY Flanagan is the king of the Coffs Harbour Golf Club after the teenager claimed his first club championship on the weekend. Having lost last year’s championship in a thrilling playoff, Flanagan left nothing to chance this year. The…
THE COFFS Harbour Comets have recognised their best players of the 2021 Tooheys New Group 2 Rugby League season. The Comets celebrated another successful season with its annual presentation night at the Coffs Harbour Golf Club. The Comets Ladies…
BASKETBALL competitions have bounced back into action in Coffs Harbour after a three-month break due to restrictions on community sport. The Coffs Harbour Basketball Association has started its six-week mini-season with games played throughout the week at Sportz Central…
TOM Lindsay, the co-founder with his brother Peter, of Lindsay Bros Transport, has passed away peacefully aged ninety. Tom’s widow Greta Lindsay has shared some memories of her husband with News Of The Area. Born in Coffs Harbour (Sunnyside…
DEAR News Of The Area, SAWTELL Headland is a magnificent place to visit on both warm days and wild and windy ones. Unfortunately, it is becoming a bit of a mausoleum with plaques being glued on to various rocks…
COFFS Harbour Snappers women cruised through the group stages of the North Coast 7s competition but went down to round one winners Casuarina Beaches Barbarians in the semi finals. Mel Gale impressed on her Snappers debut with strong ball…