ORGANISING team mates on a rugby field has become second nature for Nelson Bay Gropers journeyman Danny Murphy. That competitive edge and desire to educate a new generation of rising young half backs still flickers for the evergreen playmaker who…
MEDOWIE Football Club are celebrating a magic milestone in the Northern NSW Football Association. A club record 25 junior Bumblebees players will represent Newcastle in various age groups at the upcoming annual Community State Cup tournament at Speers Point Park.…
IT WAS lights, camera, action when NBN/Nine Wide World Of Sport (WWOS) cameras visited the Myall River and Tea Gardens Hawks RLFC training at Myall Park on Thursday 23 May. Footage taken from the evening included interviews with team leaders…
YET another exciting sporting event took place at Fingal Bay last weekend. Round 2 of the Sharkskin Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Series Competition was hosted by Fingal Beach Surf Lifesaving Club (SLSC) during the 25-26 May weekend. Fifteen teams consisting…
REIGNING Hunter Rugby Suburban men’s champions Nelson Bay have an embarrassment of half back riches for their 2024 campaign. The Gropers unveiled their latest play maker in skilful colt Jake Langsford during the club’s emphatic 41-7 victory over Muswellbrook Heelers…
FITNESS enthusiast Richard Hume is an Englishman on a mission. The 42-year-old Warranulla resident plans to run a phenomenal 30 marathons in 30 days in northern Queensland during the month of June to raise much needed funds for the Miracle…
HE hails from the historic Foxton Rugby Club on the north island of New Zealand and has quickly left his mark across the Tasman on the Hunter Suburban Men’s competition. Nineteen-year-old playmaker Khace Petera is the name on everyone’s lips…
JUMPING her way to athletic excellence is spring-heeled Medowie schoolgirl Dixie Conlon. The boom sixteen-year-old will take a huge leap towards international glory when she represents Australia at the upcoming Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji. All eyes will be on…
SURFING sensation Eden Hasson is the toast of Port Stephens after helping the triumphant Australian Irukandjis secure overall gold at the International Surfing Association World Junior Championships in El Salvador. The seventeen-year-old Boat Harbour native and reigning National Under 18s…
ONE Mile Beach played host to Triathlon Port Stephens, one of the biggest (and wettest) triathlons on the sport’s calendar, on Saturday 11 May. Close to a thousand triathletes swarmed the beach, seeking three-sport glory in the 12th year of…