Port Stephens Sport

Port Stephens pentathlete shooting for a place in LA Olympics

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NEWLY inducted Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) competitor Amos Vagg has been laser pistol shooting, running, show jumping, epee fencing and swimming his way around the world. He’s participated in Modern Pentathlons in China, Bali and Lithuania since 2019. The dedicated athlete’s training includes, “swimming up to four times weekly before or after

Nelson Bay’s Steve Punshon appointed Northern NSW Futsal coach

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RESPECTED Nelson Bay Football Club Coaching Director Steve Punshon, spent much of his life shaping the careers of budding soccer players in the United Kingdom. Since emigrating “down under”, the astute Englishman has proved to be a coach to be reckoned with in the Port Stephens region, with Nelson Bay FC. Whether

Record six Nelson Bay junior teams qualify for Hunter Spring Rugby Sevens finals

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NELSON Bay Junior Rugby Club will field a record six teams in this Friday’s (6 December) Hunter Spring Rugby Sevens finals at Ernie Calland Fields in Gateshead. The Gropers topped their group in both the Under-17 Boys and Under-13 Girls divisions and will be joined by the club’s two Under-15 Girls

Port Stephens paddlers in medal-winning form at Pan Pacific Masters

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PORT Stephens Dragon Boat Club has jagged a joint venture with Central Coast Sea Dragons for major interstate competition regattas. The partnership enabled both clubs to compete at the recent Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast under the moniker of Port Central - Two Tribes. A strong contingent of 42

Lions’ countdown begins with Wallabies buzzing

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THE Wallabies believe they have provided a stirring response to their critics after making encouraging progress on their Spring tour - and they're already counting down the days to when they can prove they can seriously mix it with the British & Irish Lions. Barely had the tour-finale 22-19 loss to

Another successful year for Run/Swim Port Stephens

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ATHLETES converged on Port Stephens over the weekend for two unique endurance challenges. Nelson Bay was host to “The Run Port Stephens” on Sunday, while Shoal Bay staged its partner event “The Swim Port Stephens”. The official first day of summer began warm but overcast as organisers Elite Energy Events kicked

State championship honours for Gropers juniors Axel, Ollie and Kade

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EMERGING Nelson Bay rugby juniors Axel Kelman, Ollie Hoffman and Kade Lawson can reflect on a bumper 2024. Coming across from rugby league, the talented trio enjoyed a wave of success at club and representative level to impress keen judges from both codes. All three helped the newly-formed Gropers Under 13s team

Port Stephens Athletics Club’s ‘incredible’ success at zone titles

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SPRING training has reaped dividends for Port Stephens Athletics Club’s budding track and field hopefuls. A core of the club’s emerging young talent produced record-breaking performances at the recent Port Hunter Zone Little Athletics Championships staged at Federal Park, Wallsend. Six of the 38 zone records broken at the championships were achieved

Cummins ‘hurting’ after Australia’s crushing Test loss

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CAPTAIN Pat Cummins has described the "hurt" of Australia crashing to their heaviest home Test defeat by runs against India, marking a disastrous start to their bid to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar trophy. After bowling India out for 150 on day one, Australia were annihilated for the rest of the match, slumping

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