EXTREME athlete Corey Phillpott hopes to set a strongest Ironman record when he carries a 45kg tree on his back for the gruelling endurance event to raise funds for the Pyjama Foundation. Corey Phillpott told News Of The Area…
COFFS Harbour Squash Club held their annual Club Championships last Sunday with Keelan Birch from Woolgoolga crowned champion after defeating Mark Kirstein in a see-saw five setter battle. Kirstein took the first game with precision drives that had Birch…
THE Coffs Harbour Snappers won through the group stages of round two of the North Coast 7s Series but went down to the SCU Marlins in the semi-finals. After four high intensity matches the Snappers had enough left in the…
THE SCU Marlins breezed through the group stages of the North Coast 7s last Saturday at C.ex Coffs International Stadium, notching up four wins and losing to the Kempsey Cannonballs in the final. The Marlins defeated the Cannonballs in…
COFFS Harbour Swimming Club exploded out of the blocks last Sunday for the Sawtell Explosion Swimming Carnival held at the Coffs Harbour Olympic pool. With a team of 100 competitors, Coffs Harbour Swimming Club excelled at the carnival as…
GRAFTON driver Luke Dunn has taken the chequered flag on his home track in the opening race meeting of the Hessions Auto Parts Grafton Speedway’s 2021/22 season. After starting the V8 Dirt Modified feature race from outside the front…
THE NSW Rallycross State Championship 2021 was held at Raleigh Raceway over the weekend, sanctioned by Motorsport Australia. Rallycross competition uses a combination of sealed and unsealed surfaces. 25 entries were received, made up of three Classes for the…
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…
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…