PORT Stephens AFL sensation Taylor Smith has fallen just short of a premiership medal in the 2024 Central Coast Hunter Black Diamond Cup series. The Tomaree High school girl stamped her mark with the Cardiff Hawks in last Saturday’s five point Grand Final loss to the Killarney Vale Bombers at Newcastle’s

THEY are the offspring of Nelson Bay Rugby Club legends but have carved their own niche for the Gropers in the Hunter Suburban Men’s top grade ranks. Established forward young guns Sam Rocher and Nathan McLeay are still smarting from the Gropers’ shock exit in this year’s finals and

NELSON Bay Football Club have experienced a bumper season in the 2024 Northern NSW Community Newcastle/Hunter and Macquarie junior and senior competitions. The Bay underlined their depth of talent by lining up in ten interdistrict Grand Finals last weekend and progressing to a championship decider in the Zone League. Fifteen of the

MEDOWIE’S record-breaking sprinter Jack Deguara has become a newly-minted world champion. Quicksilver Jack struck gold on the opening day of the World Junior Under 20 Athletics Championships in Peru last week when he helped Australia win the 4 x 400m Mixed Relay title in record fashion. The reigning NSW 400m junior champion

NELSON Bay schoolgirl Taylor Smith dreams of pulling on a Sydney Swans jumper in the AFL Womens cauldron. The seventeen-year-old Tomaree High student is well on the way to realising that goal as one of the state’s brightest centre half forward prospects. For the past four seasons the dedicated Smith has endured

THE launch of the 2024/25 Port Stephens Yacht Club sailing season was held on Saturday. Worimi Elder Uncle John Ridgeway started the proceedings with a heartwarming Welcome to Country and a rendition of ‘Worimi Man’. Uncle John is a passionate custodian of the Worimi language and advocate for the conservation of

AN opportunity to don the green and gold colours of Australia overseas has given rising Medowie schoolgirl athlete Dixie Conlon a new lease of life. Sixteen-year-old Dixie gained valuable international experience when she represented the Australian Under 18 Track & Field team at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji back in

PORT Stephens Power has taken out the prestigious Central Coast Hunter AFL Junior Club of the Year Award for 2024. The progressive Power club received the honour at a special AFL Awards Dinner held recently at the Belmont 16 Footers. It is a huge achievement by the Port Stephens-based organisation that fielded