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

A BATCH of homespun footballers have created a slice of history by winning their first-ever Newcastle Football Zone League 3 championship title. Shaun Shelley’s courageous Nelson Bay FC first grade warriors are celebrating grand final glory after sinking the Garden Suburbs club 4-3 in a penalty shootout at Myers Park. It is

IT may have been a nine year wait but Medowie FC’s Under 14 boys are finally savouring a long awaited Northern NSW Community Football inter district championship. After coming close to honours in recent seasons, the young Bumblebees have something to crow about following a 2-0 Grand Final victory over Rutherford

ON Wednesday 18 September 2024, eleven participants attended a Come-and-Try event organised for the Tomaree Hospital Auxiliary. Then, on Sunday 22 September 2024, 36 participants attended a Come-and-Try day for the general public. Both were hugely successful with 12 participants already booked for further introductory lessons. A big thank you to Jane

THE Medowie Glitter Bombs have taken the Port Stephens Netball Association by storm. Competing against players two years their senior in the Intermediate Four division, the gifted team members demonstrated exceptional skill to be crowned undefeated champions. The competition was for players aged eleven, twelve and thirteen and underlined the team’s enormous

RAYMOND Terrace Roosters rugby league coach Michael Smith has a sharp eye for talent. He unearthed some exciting prospects this season in his Under 14 Roosters squad that won the 2024 Hunter Junior League Division Four premiership. The Roosters recently toppled Cessnock Goannas Gold 16-10 in an absorbing Grand Final tussle at

PORT Stephens Pickleball Club continue to prosper on the competitive North Coast playing circuit. The fledgling organisation will set a club record next month when ten of their members compete in the prestigious Australian Open Pickleball Championships on the Gold Coast. Accomplished Port Stephens pickleballers Tony Mayers, John McDonald, John Grace, Leigh