RAYMOND Terrace Magpies rugby league graduate Lilly-Ann White has opened the 2024 season in a blaze of glory. The dynamic fullback has enhanced her reputation with classy performances for the Newcastle Knights Under 18s in the NSWRL Tarsha Gale Cup…
YOUNG local swimmer Kayleigh Thompson will go to the NSW State swimming championships next month, after winning at the Hunter Regional Championships at The Forum, Newcastle University, on Tuesday 12 March. First winning at the Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS)…
VARIETY is the spice of life and the motto for Port Stephens Power AFL womens team as they prepare for the 2024 Hunter Central Coast AFL Black Diamond Plate competition. It has proved a pre-season campaign with a difference for…
RUBBING shoulders with the State’s finest junior swimmers has proved an inspirational moment for Raymond Terrace-based schoolboy Beau Wheeler. The promising eleven-year-old breaststroker was one of four exciting prospects from the Stroud Seals Swimming Club to show their wares at…
HAVE speed will travel is the motto for Medowie Rugby Club excitement machine Shane Fielding. Local rugby enthusiasts have marvelled at the utility back’s attacking skills in the Hunter Suburban Rugby competition in recent seasons where he has proved a…
SHE may live with multiple sclerosis but educator Pearl Manton is a true inspiration to budding netballers in the Port Stephens region. For more than two decades the lady dubbed ‘Aunty Pearl’ by the local netball fraternity has devoted countless…
MEDOWIE schoolgirl Caitlyn Ashpole continues to impress keen judges on the local AFL scene. The thirteen-year-old tyro has developed into one of the most promising centre half forwards in the region with skilful performances for the Port Stephens Power club…
BODYBOARD fever has gripped the Port Stephens region with record-equalling entries for the upcoming Box Fest 2024 carnival at Box Beach. Established and emerging bodyboarders from all over the country will test their skills at secluded Box Beach – located…
THE women’s Finish Lines Not Finish Times event last week at Soldiers Point saw around 50 participants complete the races on offer. The event was free and fully supported by the Tomaree Tri Club and Triathlon NSW. “What a successful…
AFTER many years without one, the Fingal Beach Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) now has a boat crew and have just won big at a Masters Championship Carnival. At the recent Hunter Branch Surf Lifesaving Championships held at Stockton Beach,…