RAIN threatened on 19 October at the Gloucester Golf Club, not that this prevented Murray Bowden from turning in an outstanding round well ahead of the modest sized field. The event was an Individual Stableford sponsored by Rawdon Vale who…
RISING Stroud Seals Swimming Club prospects Nelly Flannery and Lachlan Webster collected bronze medals at the recent NSW Long Course Qualifying meet at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Fourteen-year-old Nelly claimed a podium spot in her only event, the 200m…
THE Dungog Working Dog Trials were held last weekend, 19 and 20 October, at Dungog Showground. The annual competition attracted around 50 entries, with competitors and their dogs travelling from all over NSW. There were plenty of Dungog Shire trainers…
REGULAR pick-up soccer matches in the schoolyard have inspired a momentous sporting achievement for a batch of pupils at Booral Public School. Established in 1865, the family-orientated community school has created history by winning its first-ever NSW Primary Schools Sports…
DESPITE cold and wet conditions on Saturday, 12 October the Club North Haven bowling greens quickly heated up with the commencement of the 66th Riverview Carnival. From humble origins in 1958, the Riverview Carnival has evolved into the largest social…
ON Thursday, 10 November, NVC Group’s aged care homes – Autumn Lodge in Macksville, Riverside Gardens in Nambucca, and Cedar Place in Kempsey – celebrated Fiji Day. At Riverside Gardens Aged Care facility over 100 staff, residents and their families,…
A NSW parliamentary committee has commenced an inquiry into modern slavery risks faced by temporary migrant workers in rural and regional New South Wales. Focussing on the lived experience of workers, the inquiry will cast a spotlight on the working…
THE Rotary-run Men’s Health Education Rural Van (MHERV) is set to arrive on the Coffs Coast from 23 October. With the motto “to save local lives”, the MHERV project has been operating for over six years. Advertise with News of…
THE Pump for Parkinson’s fundraiser is back for the eighth year. On Thursday, 24 October, the Bailey Centre Liberty Service Station will contribute ten cents per litre of fuel sold, to support the Parkinson’s Coffs Harbour Nurses Fund. Advertise with…
THE Big Banana took on a blue hue on Sunday, 13 October, marking the beginning of National Carers Week. To celebrate and recognise the work of local family and friend carers, the Carers NSW Coffs Harbour team organised two social…