COFFS Harbour Super Heavyweight amateur boxer Josh Sykes, representing Zion Boxing Club, had an excellent unanimous points win over Grafton man-mountain Will Peachy who weighed in at 154kg. Josh Sykes clearly won every round but the young 20 year old Peachy showed that he is one to watch. Sykes, 26-years-old and

NINE-year-old Naala Wright scored a perfect ten on a wave at the Naru Surf Gathering held recently in Coffs Harbour. Naala’s Indigenous language name is Nganggulaawan, which means ‘Evening Star’, and she is from Yaegl country, living in Karangi. Her father, Joe Rattray, also a surfer, told NOTA, “She was the only

NOVEMBER 3 to 26 sees the Coffs Harbour Musical Comedy Company (CHMCC) present ATOMIC: The New Rock Musical in a NSW premiere at the Jetty Memorial Theatre. The show, which tells the story of physicist Leo Szilard, is directed by Coffs Harbour local Rebecca Riches and assistant director Tahlia Stagg.

A FABULOUS day of fundraising and fun was enjoyed by 84 golfers and non-golfing friends at Sawtell on Wednesday, 11 October. Originally called Tee off for Breast Cancer, the day is now held in honour of Raewyne Leeds, the driving force behind this day, who lost her battle with breast

SAWTELL Archers has proudly announced that they have a National Record holder in their midst. The club was recently notified that Kye Lockyer, at just twelve-years-old, attained a National Record back in June this year, when competing at the South Queensland Archery Society Target Championships. Kye is now the proud National

THE COFFS Harbour Boardriders Club has qualified for the most prestigious team event in Australian surfing. The Coffs team of six won the NSW North event of the Hyundai Australian Boardriders Battle series, taking out the title on their home break at Coffs Harbour. The Coffs team came out on top against

CONGRATULATIONS to the district winners of the State Rookie Pairs Genevieve Staunton- Latimer and Mike Berube who will represent Zone 14 at State in November. Runners up were Denise Walsh and Mark Star. Social bowls Wednesday 11th October C Treharne, C Kershaw, J Bishop def H Illingworth, D Futcher , S

NATHAN and Gaby Wills have formed a dynamic racing duo. The husband and wife have been having a standout season in this year's NSW Off Road Racing Championship. The duo is coming first in their classification, with Nathan coming first in the driver standings, and Gaby first in the navigator standings. Gaby gave