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…
APOLOGIES sports fans, but Grumpy went fishing last week and while being out-fished by his grandson and Red Dogs grandchildren, Grumpy remembered this much-read column, but it was too late to meet the paper deadline. On Saturday 23 April,…
SATURDAY’S 4 Ball Stableford was sponsored by HLV Accounting and won by Dale Bunton and partner Murray Spear. Runners up were ever improving junior Luke Laverty teaming with regular team mate Allan Clarke. Straight shooters with nearest the pins…
WOMEN’S football continues to grow at the Nambucca Strikers as nine new senior players registered to join the team for 2022. The long awaited season kicked off for the Strikers with an away fixture against a strong and well…
THE rise of men’s football registrations has resulted in the Nambucca Strikers fielding two men’s senior teams this season. The men’s first team hosted the Orara Valley Dingoes in a game which started at a frenetic pace. The Dingoes…
COMMUNITY football kicked off last weekend and the Nambucca Strikers’ home ground Coronation Park was a hive of activity from 9am when the Mini Roos kicked off until 7pm when the senior men finished. After a delayed start due…
GROUP 2 great Darren Leaney is proud as punch after his talented daughter took another giant stride towards playing in the 2022 Women’s Rugby World Cup. Versatile forward Kaitlan Leaney has been named in the 32-woman Wallaroos squad for…
FOOTBALLERS around the region were jumping for joy as the community football season kicked off for 2022 following a postponed start. The unprecedented rainfall has wreaked havoc for sports played on grass fields, with many players taking straight to…