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…
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 &…
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.…
NELSON Bay’s Bob Walkley has identified an array of top line prospects in his 30 years as an athletics coach. It has been a satisfying journey for the experienced Port Stephens Athletics Club official, who helped develop his daughter Sarah…
PORT Stephens Power womens AFL team have crashed out of the Hunter Central Coast Seniors Black Diamond Plate championship race. A depleted Power line up limped out of the 2024 series following a 37-0 loss to Killarney Vale Bombers in…
NELSON Bay Gropers Rugby Club continue to foster their home grown talent in the Hunter Junior Rugby Union competitions. Four of the Gropers’ eleven junior teams feature in this weekend’s semi finals action at the Gibbs Bros Park in Singleton…
ANNA Bay touch football identity John Clark has achieved the ultimate recognition on the international stage. The Nelson Bay Touch Football stalwart was named the top senior referee in the universe after representing Australia at the recent World Cup tournament…
NELSON Bay Rugby Club’s hopes of back-to-back Hunter Suburban Mens Rugby titles have been shattered. Cooks Hill Brown Snakes sent the Gropers tumbling out of premiership calculations with a gripping 12-7 victory in last weekend’s preliminary final at Newcastle No…
PORT Stephens touch football dynamo Ali Mitchell is a schoolgirl athlete on a mission. At seventeen years of age the Shoal Bay native is one of the country’s rising prospects and a player to watch at the upcoming National Youth…
NORTHERN Hawks Rugby League Club are reaping dividends from their youth policy in the Newcastle Rugby League Denton Engineering Cup series. The rejuvenated Hawks stretched their unbeaten streak to five matches after thumping the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs 44-12 last weekend…