EARLY Hawks got the fundraising started with a classic Bunnings BBQ held at Heatherbrae on Saturday, 23 September. “After a very successful year for the Myall River Hawks Junior Rugby League teams, Ryan and I decided to start fundraising now for next year,” Leah Saunders told News Of The Area.

HAVE speed will travel is the motto for emerging Port Stephens sprint queen Summah Harrison. Dubbed the ‘Corlette Express’, seventeen-year-old Summah is carving her niche on the athletics track with gold medal winning performances in elite competition. The teenage sensation has stamped herself the fastest sprinter for her age in the

NELSON Bay Netball Association (NBNA) stalwarts Sue Holloway, Rebecca Keating and Amanda Wilks have been bestowed with Life Membership pins. The tireless trio are valuable volunteers and major contributors to the NBNA and were officially recognised for their many years of sterling service at the Association’s recent AGM. Holloway served the

A GROUP of martial arts exponents from the Port Stephens region have done their country proud at this year’s International Taekwondo Federation World Games in Korea. Leading students from the Titan Martial Arts School in Raymond Terrace were part of a strong United ITF Taekwon-Do Australian team that brought home

MATESHIP and on-field connection have proved the main ingredients for success for the Nelson Bay FC Under 13s soccer team. As the reigning Northern NSW Champion of Champions side for their age group, the Marlins have made an impact in Newcastle inter district football with their abundance of talent and

THE start of the athletics season for Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre was bittersweet. The excitement of being able to return to Vi Barnett field after having to relocate to the Maitland Regional Athletics Centre last season, due to serious flood damage, was overshadowed by the sudden passing of Bill Mackenzie