BOOM Stroud Seals prospect Will Bradshaw is a young swimmer in a big hurry. The talented teenager underlined his potential with a gold medal haul at the recent Aquablitz Long Course Qualifying meet at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Seventeen-year-old…
ACCOMPLISHED Port Stephens pickleball exponents John Grace and Leigh Phillips have been crowned national champions. The gifted duo clinched the Over 70s Mens Doubles title for 2.99 skill level at the recent Australian Pickleball Championships on the Gold Coast. Grace,…
THE Blowes Shield is Nelson Bay Croquet Club’s annual intra-club handicap Golf Croquet Doubles competition. Six teams entered the 2024 competition played on Sunday 20th October. The competition was played as a full round-robin of 13-point games with a 50-minute…
PORT Stephens Power AFL Club have secured the services of experienced representative dynamo Emma Chester for 2025. The former Nelson Bay Marlins junior is a huge acquisition for the Power club next season in its quest for major honours in…
WEDNESDAY 24 October was a day at the Gloucester course which coincided with a major greens renovation at the Taree course, initiating a major influx of players from both Taree and Kew. It was no surprise therefore when the Taree…
IT WAS a very tight finish at the Gloucester Golf Club in the Four Ball event on Saturday 26 October with three teams finishing on the same Stableford score. A multiple count back gave Geoff Reynolds and Andrew Badham the…
LOCAL club golfer Jamie Andrews was the leading golfer and now holder of the title of Gloucester Open Champion after a par round at the Gloucester Golf Course on Sunday 27 October. The Gloucester Open attracts golfers from all the…
WEDNESDAY 23 October saw the first round of the Pairs Championship played in quite warm conditions to say the least, with Colleen doing a great job making sure all were well lubricated and the neck clothes dampened. The results were:…
THE Gloucester Veteran Golfers turned out in numbers for their competition on Tuesday, 22 October, with Rod Burrows and Veterans Captain Trevor Sharp taking out the net and gross trophies respectively. The event, sponsored by Anne and Ian Maggs, was…
DEAR News Of The Area, NOW that the current member for the federal seat of Lyne has officially announced his long-rumoured retirement, the opportunity emerges for voters in this sprawling rural seat to consider an alternative to National Party representation…