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

IN one of the world’s most challenging endurance events, Port Stephens Yacht Club member Kevin Le Poidevin is taking on a non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world in his vessel ‘Roaring Forty’. Kevin is 62-years-old and spent the last four years preparing for the epic journey around the world,

SOCCER stalwarts Shaun Shelley and Jakob Graham have been appointed Head Coaches of Nelson Bay FC for the 2024 Newcastle Football season. The respected duo, who have given sterling service over the years to the established Port Stephens club, will tap on their wealth of playing experience to guide the Bay’s

SHOAL BAY whiz kid Ali Mitchell was always destined to shine in the touch football arena. With her mother Nicole a legendary link in her heyday with the Australian Emus and father Calvin a Blues State of Origin ace, sixteen-year-old Ali inherited those champion traits from the family gene pool. The gifted

PORT Stephens Power AFL Club are set to create history in 2024 by fielding a men’s team for the first time in the Hunter Central Coast AFL Black Diamond Plate competition. The Power still requires players for their inaugural men's squad and have already garnered interest from a mix of talented

CORLETTE cricket sensation Tyler McInnes is basking in glory after stand out performances with bat and ball in the representative arena. The talented leg-spinning all rounder has struck a purple patch of form this summer and is reaping the rewards with selection in the 2023-24 Bradman Cup and Green Shield Teams

RISING Port Stephens swimmer Ebony Nix is on track to take on the country’s best at the National Swimming Championships in April and Olympic trials in June. Ebony, who swims with the Nelson Bay Swimming Club, recently competed in the under 16 girls division at the State Swimming Championships. “Ebony did