A TWELVE month sabbatical has given Medowie’s Reegan Connors a new lease of life in his AFL journey. The durable ruck rover hopes to create history this season when he runs out with his Port Stephens Power team mates in…
OVER 1100 athletes from 31 Little Athletics centres throughout the Hunter and Central Coast region converged on the Hunter Sports Centre at Glendale for the Little Athletics Region Championships, vying for the opportunity to advance to the State Championships in…
AN intensive training program has reaped plenty of dividends for Fingal Bay paddler Sandra Lyons. Regular sessions on the rowing machine and on the water with her Port Stephens Dragon Boat Club colleagues has earned the steely warrior selection in…
14 FEBRUARY The Tea Gardens Fishermen’s Co- Op kindly sponsored this week in bowls. The hot humid weather continues but that did not deter 38 bowlers attending. It was nice to have the grass green back in play for the…
SENIORS Men’s Tea Gardens Hawks players began flocking to Myall Park recently, to warm up and train for the coming 2024 season of regional rugby league. The Hawks’ spectacular 2023 season, which saw the side soar all the way into…
NELSON Bay’s aspiring young netballers honed their skills at the Susan Pettitt Netball Clinic last weekend at the Tomaree Sports Complex courts. World Cup-winning Diamonds centre Paige Hadley teamed up with former Australian goal attack Pettitt to educate the local…
THE annual three-day NSW Country Athletics Championships were held recently at the Kerryn McCann Athletics Centre in Wollongong. With competitors travelling from all over country NSW, six Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre athletes were tested to their limits against quality competition.…
IT’S the time of year when hoof and foot problems affect livestock the most. Recent rains have made a soil that is full of the microorganisms which can affect and infect imperfect hooves. Many people purchase a goat or goats…
DEAR News of the Area, YOUR correspondent Wayne Duesbury asks for an explanation on how “renewable energy systems do not contribute to climate change”. As a retired teacher of physics and astronomy (including planetary atmospheres), allow me to acknowledge his…
DEAR News Of The Area, SOME people just choose their facts to suit their opinions. Your correspondent, Patrick Walters (‘Does Council have a spare $6.7 million?’, 9 February Edition), is a prime example. Apart from criticising the Coffs Council’s commercial…