ELEVEN-year-old Sophia Welsh has been chosen to be part of a seventeen-day soccer tour with the Australian Wanderers to compete in games with schools and clubs in England and France. Wanderers Australia is a tour operator offering international sports and school tours. Each year they put together teams in junior and

FEBRUARY each year means that the U3A Fishing for Fun group gets together. We usually have a few new members as well to train up. The best way to kick off the year is to start fishing at Valla Beach. The Lions Park provides good facilities like shelters, barbecues and toilets

SWIMMING North Coast swimmers entered the NSW Country Championship in droves in 2024, contributing the largest team from the region in the past twelve years. The event was held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, Homebush on 16, 17 and 18 February. 141 swimmers entered 645 events from seventeen clubs across

MANOR Smith has earned another Major Singles title at Nambucca Bowls Club. This year Margaret Flagg was the challenger in the final, and she started off very well, gaining a lead after five ends. The score then became close and many ends needed a bowl right on the jack to

COMPETITIVE longboarding in the Nambucca Valley got off to a great start last weekend with the Loggerheads Malibu Club having their first monthly club points score competition at Scotts Head. With full sunshine and only a slight offshore breeze predicted, all the surfers needed was for Mother Ocean to produce rideable

MACKSVILLE basketballer Clay Perkins has once again represented his state on the court. Perkins has been playing for the NSW team at the Ivor Burge Championship, a national championship for players with an intellectual disability underway this week at Ballarat. It’s the second year he has represented NSW at the championship, with