THERE’S no denying that Port Stephens is a sailors paradise. Both within the Port, which is bigger than Sydney Harbour, and offshore, where the islands created an idyllic racecourse for yachts competing in the Sail Port Stephens Commodores Cup.…
DESPERATE times call for desperate measures and with the rain, Karuah Men’s Bowling Club were desperate to finalise their Club Championship Fours competition. In an effort to get the most out of a dry Saturday, teams played the last…
LOCAL musicians banded together at the Seaview Tavern to rock the crowd at a jam-packed open mic event on the last Sunday of March. Nathan Berretta, T-Roy, Mitch Burgess and Cameron Smith are established musicians in their own right…
THIS should be called ‘The No Golf Report’ The rain event during the week, culminating in major course flooding on Thursday meant that there was no golf played on the Island during the week. Very fortunately, the Club infrastructure,…
WITH the devastation suffered in towns further North, Macksville had relatively minor setbacks in comparison. However some residents were evacuated and the SES sought permission of club directors to use the Club as an Evacuation Centre. Because of the…
ANOTHER Coffs Harbour cricket season is in the books. And it was a season which will go down in history as one of the least played due to the constant wet weather. Here is how each club fared in…
JOAN recently resigned due to ill health as our beloved treasurer. So we paid our gratitude to her for a job well done at a recent lunch. Joan joined Park Beach in 2002 after a move from Dorrigo. She…
THE 36th running of the East Coast Classic Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race is underway after a two-year hiatus brought about by Covid in 2020 and flood weather in 2021. The race has been redeveloped to…
LAST week saw a much needed break in the weather and with the first round of the Triples scheduled for Sunday quite a few bowlers hit the green on Saturday to blow the cobwebs away. Many thanks to golf…
IN the past week or so, despite the weather’s best attempts to disrupt bowls at our club, we have been somewhat fortunate to get some quality time on the greens. The inaugural Marquis Macadamia Pairs event was run and…