International honours for Raymond Terrace league legend Olivia Higgins Myall Coast Sport Port Stephens Sport Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad Sport by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 14, 2024October 15, 2024 RAYMOND Terrace native Olivia Higgins will make her rugby league international debut with the world champion Jillaroos in this year’s Pacific Championships series. The Newcastle Knights hooker was rewarded for her strong performances in the NRLW competition this season with selection in a powerful Australian squad for test matches against the
Hawks Nest Ladies Golf Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad Sport Sport Results by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 14, 2024 OUR prestigious Lady Veterans Championship is contested over three consecutive weeks in October, come rain, hail or shine. Being spring, we’re bound to play at least one of these 9 hole rounds in terrible weather, and this year the wild winds and driving rain made play during the 2nd leg
Tea Gardens Women’s Bowling Club Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad Sport Sport Results by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 14, 2024 TUESDAY 1 October: The Club Championship Major Singles was to commence, as per the draw there was to be 1 game played unfortunately one of the competitors had to forfeit. Social bowls played 2 games of 3 bowls Pairs 21 ends and a game of 2 bowls Triples 21 ends.
Gloucester Thunderbolts swimmers start season strong Gloucester District Sport Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad Sport by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 14, 2024 THE competitive swimming season has started for local Gloucester Thunderbolt swimmers. To kick off the season the club had four swimmers travel to Darwin to compete at the 2024 Country Championships. “Sebastian House and Emily Perry from Gloucester Thunderbolts, Kaitlin Perry who competes for Forster Aquatic and also swims at
Higgins in Close Vets Win Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad Sport Sport Results by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 14, 2024 SALLY Higgins turned in a solid score for a one point win in the Gloucester Veteran Golfers event on Tuesday 8 October. The event, an Individual Stableford sponsored by Debbie and Peter Sate, was run on a heavy course on a fine day. The winner was Sally Higgins with a
Gloucester parkrun: So much more than a running event Gloucester District Sport Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad Sport by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 14, 2024October 15, 2024 PEOPLE of all ages, some with dogs and others with children in prams, line up for the start of the five kilometre Gloucester parkrun every Saturday morning at 8am in District Park. “It (parkrun) offers an opportunity for all the local community, regardless of age or gender, to come together
Gloucester Golf Club Results Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad Sport Sport Results by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 14, 2024 THE weather was unkind to a degree and “play the ball as it lies” introduced into play after a long stretch of “preferred lies” on fairways, so it was a trifle tough going for the mid-sized field that turned out on Saturday 12 October to watch Gary Peters turn in
Letter to the Editor: Response to MP’s claims on nuclear Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 13, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, IN his latest four-page newsletter on nuclear energy, Dr Gillespie has once again made statements at odds with experts from CSIRO and the Australian energy moderator. He states that underwriting renewables is putting pressure on coal-fired power stations to close when in fact our remaining power
Letter to the Editor: Is our new Mayor really an Independent? Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 11, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, COFFS Harbour electors have given a strong endorsement to our newly elected Mayor Nikki Williams. She received 32.8 percent of the first preference votes, well ahead of Paul Amos on 26.8 percent. Her team received 34.1 percent of the first preference votes, sufficient to
Letter to the Editor: No mandate to rezone public land Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 11, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, WE said no and we expect the government to respect the poll. The Coffs Harbour community stands together. Seven out of 10 of us or over 33,000 voters out of 48,000 said no to private multi-level residential development at the Jetty Foreshores. The state government department