FOUR pupils from Anna Bay Public School have underlined their sporting prowess with meritorious achievements for the Hunter region in 2023. Outstanding twelve-year-old athlete Kylah Rankin heads a talented bunch of rising competitors from the school that also features eleven-year-old Mason Kelman and nine-year-old sprint twins Jayden Hotene and Brayden

LIFE is full of rewards for Salamander Bay’s cricket young gun Lucas Vincent. Three weeks after making his first grade debut for the Stockton & Northern District Seagulls in the Newcastle District Cricket competition, the sixteen-year-old run machine has earned a Baggy Blues cap with the NSW Combined High

THE CREAM of Nelson Bay’s senior hockey talent have reason to smile after sharing the spoils at this year’s NSW Masters Hockey State Championship in Taree. Six Bay stalwarts featured in the all-conquering Hunter squad that finished joint champions with Central Coast in the Over 50 Womens category. They were Nelson Bay

PAMELA Barnwell won the Club’s Thompson Trophy A Grade competition in June 2023 and entered the NSW 2023 Golf Croquet Champion of Champions on behalf of Nelson Bay. The competition was played Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November at Tempe, CNSW’s headquarters. Seven clubs were represented: Canberra, Nelson Bay, Newcastle

Success at Gloucester Masters TEN Nelson Bay Croquet Club members travelled to Gloucester for the one-day Golf Croquet Doubles Masters competition held on Saturday 4 November – Faby Batho, Rob Batho, Peter Gordon, Sherry Gordon, Les Guzowski, Karen Lilly, Brenda-Lee Peet, Rod Peet, Jane Scorer and Rae Uptin. The 20 teams were

THEY’RE efficient on and off court and kindred spirits with a steely determination and penchant for good old fashioned fun. Meet the evergreen Nelson Bay Netball Association (NBNA) stalwarts that competed at this year’s Netball NSW Masters State titles at Sydney Olympic Park. With an emphasis on team effort and pure

A FLYER promoting Dragon Boat racing on the picturesque Soldiers Point peninsula has transformed the life of accomplished paddler Brendan Jones. Hampered by knee injuries during a 25-year career as an AFL ruckman in his home town of Adelaide, Sydney University and the Nelson Bay Marlins, the 50-year-old iron

GIVING back to her favourite sport has made Nelson Bay Netball Association (NBNA) stalwart Rebecca Keating a contented official. The tireless President has devoted years of sterling service to her beloved NBNA and recently was recognised as one of three Life Membership recipients. Since joining the Association back in 2010 the netball

TEA GARDENS Hawks Rugby League player and Karuah local Shaqueil Saunders’ road to professional sports stardom continues as he fulfills a contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the SG Ball Cup for U-19s. First noticed last October, during the Koori Knockout competition at Bombaderry, Shaq pulled off a miraculous

THE President’s Cup is Nelson Bay Croquet Club’s final intra-club competition each year - a Golf Croquet Singles Level play competition, thirteen-point games with a 50-minute time limit. Heavy rain caused the cancellation of playing sessions in the week before the competition, but Sunday 29 October dawned bright and clear, perfect