THE NEXT NSW men's State of Origin coach will be thrown straight into the deep end, with a series opener at Suncorp Stadium on May 28 awaiting Michael Maguire's successor. The NRL confirmed the fixture for next year's Origin matches on Monday, with Game II in Perth on June 18 and

THE Gloucester Juniors Touch Football Association season is now underway, with an eager crowd of boys and girls flocking to the Thursday afternoon sessions. This season the Association has four mixed mini teams, four junior girls teams, four junior boys teams, and four senior teams. “We have a great turn-out this

WOMEN’S rugby union represents the single most significant opportunity in the sport for growth in the next decade, according to World Rugby. Over a quarter of rugby players are now female, and there has been a 28 percent increase in registered players since 2017. The Gloucester Cockies Women’s rugby union team is

THE competitive swimming season has started for local Gloucester Thunderbolt swimmers. To kick off the season the club had four swimmers travel to Darwin to compete at the 2024 Country Championships. “Sebastian House and Emily Perry from Gloucester Thunderbolts, Kaitlin Perry who competes for Forster Aquatic and also swims at

PEOPLE of all ages, some with dogs and others with children in prams, line up for the start of the five kilometre Gloucester parkrun every Saturday morning at 8am in District Park. “It (parkrun) offers an opportunity for all the local community, regardless of age or gender, to come together

THERE are over 14,000 official pickleball players in Australia according to Pickleball Australia. But it’s thought that as many as 20,000 people across the country are playing the world’s fastest growing sport - including in Gloucester. Pickleball enthusiast Brad Moore, started a local group at the end of 2023. “I used to play

ADJACENT to a pretty reach of the Gloucester River is the Gloucester Caravan Park. Owned by MidCoast Council, its management has been outsourced since 2010. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us - media@newsofthearea.com.au In recent years, the condition of

THE day’s golf was magic, in the sense that Derek Wand sponsored the Gloucester Golfers’ event on Tuesday 1 October only to have the trophy return home when Anne Wand notched up the top score of the day. At least, that’s the way it would have worked had not