SPIRITS were high as the women’s over 30’s football competition kicked off last Thursday at the Coffs Harbour Sport and Leisure Park. Once the referee blew the whistle it was down to business as Coffs United, Woolgoolga and Sawtell…
DAMIAN Phillips produced a stellar performance at the Australian Tennis Championships for players with Intellectual Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Autism and Deaf and Hard of Hearing last week in Melbourne. Damian won the Men’s Doubles with partner Archie Graham and…
A GROUP of seven riders from the Coffs Coast Cyclones BMX Club travelled to Lake Macquarie as part of 578 riders who competed in the AusCycling ACT/NSW State Series Round 4. Hannah Beattie, competing in the 9-year-old girls event,…
THE Boambee Bombers overcame the Coffs Coast Tigers 2-1 to shoot to the top of the Coastal Premier League after two rounds. The Tigers set the early pace and opened the scoring after 20 minutes, pushing last year’s North…
THE Boambee Eagles soared to a 5-1 win over the Woolgoolga Wildcats in the second round of the women’s first division. Eagles coach Neil Witherdin told News Of The Area, “Boambee and Woolgoolga were competitive throughout with both teams…
ASHLEIGH Bromell has had a love affair with baseball, in more ways than one. “My husband and I both play for the Coffs Harbour Allstars, and we met playing representative sport when we were kids,” she said. “We met…
THE Nambucca Strikers women’s over 30’s kicked off their 2021 campaign against the Woolgoolga Cougars last Thursday at the Coffs Harbour Sport and Leisure Park. The Strikers opened the scoring after 15 minutes but went down 5-2 in an…
FROM Friday May 14, the Nambucca Valley will have its own weekly newspaper once more. Independent media company News Of The Area (NOTA), who currently operate free weekly newspapers on the Coffs Coast, Myall Coast and Port Stephens, will…
IT isn’t often that a shire council gives people the opportunity to tell it like it is, but fire-affected people do exactly that in this account of the Kian Road Fire. EIGHTH NOVEMBER: The Kian Road Fire 2019 by…