ST BRIGIDS Netball Club is celebrating a premiership trifecta in the Port Stephens Netball Association. The Raymond Terrace-based organisation showcased their senior and junior netball talent at this year’s Grand Finals, bringing home titles in the Senior Three, Intermediate One and Intermediate Five divisions. Under a progressive new committee led by tireless

NATURAL exuberance and an instant connection were the main ingredients in Medowie FC’s Under 12 team’s championship-winning formula for the Newcastle Football Community inter district competition. Assembling as a squad for the first time, the young Bumblebees savoured a bumper 2024 campaign by clinching the minor premiership and championship double

SHE may have been pipped for a medal but Tomaree High School’s rising sprint hurdler Anna Taylor-Anderson continues to show her prowess on the athletics track. The thirteen year old prodigy from Salamander Bay produced another personal best time to finish fourth in a keenly contested 80 metres hurdles final

TIRELESS Nelson Bay FC player-official Joel Gebuehr has continued a family tradition. Energetic Joel took out the prestigious Vicki McCleer Club Person of the Year Award at the Bay’s recent Presentation Night, in recognition of his sterling service and commitment. He joins his parents Fred (1999) and Alison (2004) and younger brother

WHEN rugby union journeyman Hugh Thompson ventured to Bill Strong Oval two summers ago he didn’t envisage a life-changing scenario. The former top grade prop gave Manly Rugby Club 32 years of sterling service before moving from Sydney’s northern beaches to Nelson Bay in 2022. After arriving in Port Stephens, an inquisitive

NELSON Bay Netball Association is flourishing with young talent. With a view to the future, selectors have identified their emerging prospects and named strong squads for their 2025 junior representative program. Some of the finest young netballers in the Port Stephens region are featured in Nelson Bay Netball’s 11-years and 13-14 years

INSPIRATIONAL netball mentor Ashleigh Martin is this year’s recipient of Nelson Bay Netball Association’s prestigious Coach of the Year Award. The senior representative ace enjoyed a successful introduction to coaching this season – guiding the Vipers club to a Grand Final appearance in the Juniors category and the Comets to a

EMERGING Port Stephens cricketer Lucas Vincent has taken a giant step towards selection in the NSW Country Under 17s representative squad. The Tomaree High schoolboy smashed his highest-ever score of 172 for Newcastle at last week’s Under 19 Country Colts Carnival staged on the Central Coast. Seventeen year old Vincent cracked thirteen