CONGRATULATIONS to Nelson Bay Bowling Club Grade 1 Open Gender Pennant side who sailed through the 2023 season undefeated. A fantastic result winning all 10 of their District games which afforded them a direct entry into the State Playoffs. The…
RECENTLY Soldiers Point Women’s Bowls hosted its ever popular Blue Water Fours Carnival, with visiting players from local clubs and as far afield as Engadine, Taren Point and Forster. Forty teams contested 8 rounds across 3 days and it was…
NETBALLERS and basketballers from Tomaree High School have shown they can mix it with the state’s best. Jo-Ann Williams of Tomaree High School told News Of The Area, “It has been a monumental achievement. “The Open Boys Basketball team have…
THE weekend saw the final instalment of Sail Port Stephens with the ‘Off the Beach’ competitors enjoying great wind conditions with gusts to 15 knots on Saturday. More than 90 vessels comprising sports boats, J70s, International Canoes, RS Aeros, Finns,…
THE course was too wet and the rain too persistent for golf on Wednesday or Thursday this week, but 34 men competed in the 27 holes Foursomes Championships on Saturday May 20th. It was a beautiful day and the course…
IT was victory for the Tea Gardens Hawks Men’s team on Saturday 20 May, toppling undefeated Paterson in a showdown at Myall Park. Paterson’s determined offence kept the equally single-minded Hawks on their backline to start. The Hawks’ Braith Cotterill…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE only true statement in Di Nicholson’s Letter to the Editor (‘Development at 3 High Street, Nambucca’, NOTA 12/5/25 Edition) is her apt description of Hill St, being “a dirt lane, overgrown with weeds. Not…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is really sad to see letters like that from Wayne Duesbury published on 12 May. There is just so much ignorance on display. The Voice came from Aboriginal people through hundreds of meetings of…
DEAR News Of The Area, WAYNE Duesbury makes a number of erroneous claims in his letter last week regarding The Voice. These reflect National Party talking points rather than actual engagement with the issue. The most serious error concerns his…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to Di Nicholson’s letter published in your paper (‘Development at 3 High Street, Nambucca) on 12 May 2023, I can only say that Mrs Nicholson has been grossly misinformed and that her facts…