A MUCH anticipated Major Singles final was played at Soldiers Point Bowling Club last week, with Daniel Clarke and the newly signed Bill Kachel competing for honours. They had beaten Bill Ahoy and Leigh Penman in the semi finals earlier that day, in an event which attracted some 50 entrants. Playing

NELSON Bay Football Club is shaping up for a bumper 2024 season in the Newcastle Football competitions. Buoyed by its success at both junior and senior level last season, the Bay sporting fraternity are tipping another fruitful campaign for the historic Port Stephens club. Players and officials are hard at work with

A TWELVE month sabbatical has given Medowie’s Reegan Connors a new lease of life in his AFL journey. The durable ruck rover hopes to create history this season when he runs out with his Port Stephens Power team mates in the Hunter Central Coast AFL Black Diamond Plate Men’s competition. Excitement is

OVER 1100 athletes from 31 Little Athletics centres throughout the Hunter and Central Coast region converged on the Hunter Sports Centre at Glendale for the Little Athletics Region Championships, vying for the opportunity to advance to the State Championships in March. Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre had 23 athletes competing over the

AN intensive training program has reaped plenty of dividends for Fingal Bay paddler Sandra Lyons. Regular sessions on the rowing machine and on the water with her Port Stephens Dragon Boat Club colleagues has earned the steely warrior selection in the NSW Senior C squad for this year’s Australian Dragon Boat

NELSON Bay’s aspiring young netballers honed their skills at the Susan Pettitt Netball Clinic last weekend at the Tomaree Sports Complex courts. World Cup-winning Diamonds centre Paige Hadley teamed up with former Australian goal attack Pettitt to educate the local juniors on the game’s finer points. The Sydney Swifts legends had plenty

THE annual three-day NSW Country Athletics Championships were held recently at the Kerryn McCann Athletics Centre in Wollongong. With competitors travelling from all over country NSW, six Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre athletes were tested to their limits against quality competition. Their amazing efforts resulted in numerous personal bests, a new