THE RISE Youth Wellbeing Program has helped hundreds in the region by providing breakfasts, transport, uniforms and football coaching skills fostering personal development. However, grant funding from the government has dried up and the not-for-profit charity is now driving its…
THE Gloucester Scorpions Soccer Club held their end of season presentation on Saturday, 28 September. Three sides played in the 2024 Football Mid North Coast competition, committing to travel from Pacific Palms to Cundletown throughout the winter soccer season. Of…
ON 31 occasions since 1991 a sporting event in the countryside around Gloucester has tested the fitness and staying power of participants. This year’s Gloucester Mountain Man Tri-Challenge took place on Sunday, 8 September. Despite its name, the Challenge is…
THE Gloucester Junior Magpies celebrated another bumper year of rugby league at a Presentation Day at Gloucester Bowling Club on Saturday 21 September. This year the juniors club fielded teams in under 7s, under 9s, under 11s and under 13s…
ON Wednesday 18 September 2024, eleven participants attended a Come-and-Try event organised for the Tomaree Hospital Auxiliary. Then, on Sunday 22 September 2024, 36 participants attended a Come-and-Try day for the general public. Both were hugely successful with 12 participants…
MARIAH Saunders made history when she represented the Hunter in an inter-regional competition at Homebush on Wednesday, 25 September. Mariah is a member of the first ever Hunter School Sports Association’s Girls Primary Rugby League team, which took on South…
PORT Stephens rugby league sensation Lilly-Ann White has experienced grand final heartbreak for the second time this season. The emerging Newcastle Knights fullback tasted defeat in the Harvey Norman NSW Womens premiership decider last weekend at CommBank Stadium – just…
FORTY years of family-oriented fun were celebrated by the Hawks Nest Golf Club Social Club members and their guests on their home ground on Sunday, 29 September. While the weather was capricious outside, inside the Green Room it was warm…
WE HAD a perfect day to see our season out and present all of our players with their trophies. The giant slippery slide, face painting, games, Bush Turkeys’ coffee cart and Super Hubert made the day one to remember. The…
CAMARADERIE was palpable at the inaugural Tea Gardens RSL Sub-Branch Bowls Tournament, hosted at Tea Gardens Country Club on the weekend. The event was open to all RSL Sub-Branches within the Central Coast, Newcastle, Greater Hunter and NSW Mid-Coast districts,…