INDUSTRIOUS lock forward Lewis Affleck is Nelson Bay Rugby Club’s Most Outstanding Player for 2024. The emerging number eight proved a model of consistency in the Hunter Suburban Rugby Men’s first grade competition this season, turning in powerhouse displays to…
MEDOWIE Football Club are celebrating a championship trifecta in the Northern NSW Community Junior Interdistrict competitions. The Bumblebees showcased their array of junior talent in four Grand Finals – winning titles in the Under 12A, Under 13A and Under 14…
NELSON Bay Gropers have stamped themselves as the powerbase of Hunter Suburban Rugby. While the club’s much vaunted first grade outfit made a heart-breaking exit from this year’s Presidents Cup finals series, the Gropers have ushered in a new crop…
FOUR budding athletes from one of the smallest schools in the Port Stephens region are on track for a medal at this year’s Primary Schools Sports Association (PSSA) State Athletics Championships at Homebush. Identical twins Pippi and Fern Cullimore, Ruby…
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…
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…
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…
THE Karuah Roos and Rooettes both experienced Grand Final heartbreak in their respective Newcastle Maitland Rugby League trophy deciders last weekend at Lakeside Sporting Complex. Cessnock Goannas were crowned 2024 Dominion Women’s Community competition champions after edging out the Karuah…
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…
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…