Safety Beach Women’s Golf Club
WELL, what a wonderful day! Safety Beach Women’s Golf Club held its Open Day on Tuesday 21 and 78 ladies arrived ready to play a 2BBB sponsored by Safety Beach men’s golf club and supported by local businesses. A huge…
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Coffs Harbour Golf Club Ladies
TUESDAY 21 March – No golf due to wet weather. Wednesday 22 March – Final Round of Ladies Club Championship There were only 61 players in the final round. We had quite a few cancellations due to the wet weather…
Football thriving on the North Coast
NORTH Coast Football under 18s won their opening round fixture 4-2 in the Premier Youth League against Lake Macquarie’s Valentine FC at the Coffs Coast Synthetics on Sunday. Last year’s under 16s National Premier League grand final winners stepped up…
Kalang River paddlers ‘cheque-in’ with rescue groups
THE Kalang River Classic race held on Sunday 12 March on the river at Urunga was not only a very successful, fun event for all participants who paddled the challenging 14.5 km course, it was a win-win for local rescue…
Coffs bodyboarders do battle at Boxy
COFFS Coast Bodyboarding Association (CCBA) members travelled to Port Stephens for the 2023 Port Stephens Toyota Box-Fest on the weekend of Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 March. “For three days they battled it out in small, tough conditions and on…
OPINION: The Culture Wars
DEAR News Of The Area, THE culture wars! What’s the meaning, what are the effects? Its basis is the denial of evidence in pursuit of a goal. Mix denial with politics and the results can be tragic, long term. The…
Woolgoolga judoka dreams of competing at the Paralympics
A WOOLGOOLGA judoka is pursuing his dream of competing at the Paralympics. Jake Fitzpatrick is hoping to compete at both the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, and the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. But to achieve this, he will…
OPINION: Drive it, but can’t park it
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM sure that there are a lot of folk out there who were astounded by the news that there is going to be another high rise building on the corner of Gordon and Albany…
Council’s staff wellbeing program takes out win at safety awards
PORT Stephens Council took out the Best Health and Wellbeing Program for Large Organisations in the 2023 Hunter Safety Awards for its all-encompassing program, PSCare. The awards recognise local businesses who’ve integrated work, health and safety as part of their…
‘On the couch’ with Jasminda
DEAR Jasminda, MY son wants to play weekend sport, but the thought of standing in a crowd on our precious weekends isn’t filling us with a lot of joy. Julie S. Dear Julie, I suspect I might like you. You’re…