AFL North Coast’s best juniors have been selected to the QBE Sydney Swans Academy squads for 2025. Thirty-nine of the region’s juniors will benefit from the Swans Academy’s professional development program, with a record ten players chosen to be part…
WITH three months to go until kick off, Group 2 Rugby League have released the draw for the 2025 season. Last season’s preliminary finalists the Sawtell Panthers host the Grafton Ghosts to kick off the season on Saturday, 12 April.…
COFFS Harbour is set to host a huge weekend of rugby in April as part of the Coffs Coast Festival of Rugby. The four-day festival will run from 3-6 April, headlined by the international clash between the Japan Development XV,…
FIRST launched in 2021, the third iteration of the Kalang River Classic will run on Sunday, 23 February 2025. Hosted by the Kalang River Dragon Boat Club, the race is held every two years for all types of non-powered watercraft.…
THE Logger Heads Malibu Club, one of the state’s most enduring longboard surfing clubs, hosted its annual awards presentation on Saturday, 7 December at Club Scotts. The event closed the 2024 chapter of the club’s history bringing members, families and…
MACKSVILLE Bulls, Sawtell Sixers, and the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels have all tasted sweet victory in winning the grand finals of the Sixers Cricket League’s first Under 12s season. Macksville Bulls capped off their undefeated season by winning the Pool…
STUARTS Point Little Athletics Club (LAC) hosted the Mid North Coast Zone Carnival on the weekend of 30 November and 1 December at the Buz Brazel Oval in Scotts Head. Eleven regional clubs from between Stuarts Point and the MidCoast…
THIS week marked the beginning of pre-season training for Group 2 Rugby League Premiers, the Nambucca Roosters. A mix of familiar and not so familiar faces converged on Coronation Park, Nambucca Heads, on Tuesday evening to begin a campaign intended…
THE Macksville-Scotts Head SLSC Nippers are celebrating a strong start to the 2024/25 season, with a strong crowd of local kids learning all about surf and beach safety. “We’ve had a big turn out in our green hats – the…
PHILLIP Hughes’ death was felt as much in the Adelaide club room at East Torrens as it was in the Australian Test sheds. So too, on the fields of farms around Macksville as in Sydney’s western suburbs where he lived…