Bullets stars Jack Yeo, Oliver Ray and Abbie Ray.
THE Bulahdelah Bullets Soccer Club is urgently seeking more players to fill teams for the 2026 season. In a statement to social media, club officials said that “numbers are tight”. “Without a few more registrations, we may not be able to field standalone teams in the upcoming season… and we’d hate for our local kids […]
Maroons and Kangaroos star Kalyn Ponga is a step closer to also being able to play for New Zealand. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS.
THE NRL has made the biggest change to State of Origin in years, opening the door for New Zealand and England internationals to play if they hail from NSW or Queensland. Under previous rules, no player was able to run out on the interstate arena if they had chosen to represent the Kiwis or Lions […]
Sandon Smith is up for the challenge of contesting a halves spot with Newcastle. Photo: Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS.
SANDON Smith is hopeful he and Fletcher Sharpe could both feature in the same starting Newcastle NRL team as Justin Holbrook rules out playing Sharpe from the newly-extended bench. The first-year Knights coach has not decided which man will partner star recruit Dylan Brown in the starting halves this year after both started the 28-18 […]
Peter Raper pictured with his famous brother and rugby league Immortal Johnny Raper.
Fingal Bay’s Peter and Kerrie Raper are enjoying the coastal village community at Port Stephens. Peter Raper pictured with his famous brother and rugby league Immortal Johnny Raper. GROWING up with a rugby league Immortal has spawned life long friendships and a myriad of memories for Fingal Bay resident Peter Raper. The father of three […]
Back in September, members protected resident plovers with a ring of bricks. Photo: MPCC.
MEMBERS of the Myall Park Croquet Club celebrated the end of another big year with a major Christmas party on Monday 24 November, held at the Tea Gardens Catholic Church Hall. Up to 26 mallet masters enjoyed a lovely lunch catered by Gaye at Mema’s Bakery in Tea Gardens, including a magnificent charcuterie board, full […]
Champion Wayne Coles with a monster mulloway caught in one metre of water at Soldiers Point.
MULLOWAY are remarkable fish for many reasons. Growing in excess of 40kg, huge mulloway can be caught in knee deep water or deep water over the outside reefs. Inside the Port, mulloway will roam from the upper reaches of the Karuah River and Tilligerry Creek, throughout North Arm Cove into the Port from Swan Bay […]
Club champions Sue Matheson and Bea Treharne. Photo: HNBC.
Club champions Sue Matheson and Bea Treharne. Photo: HNBC. Jenny and Angus Mcintosh won the novice event. Photo: HNBC. Linda Hulme being thanked by Club President Peter Baily. Photo: HNBC. PLAYERS at the Hawks Nest Bridge Club (HNBC) ran in the silly season with a fantastic party at their specially-designed building on Monday 1 December. […]
Raymond Terrace club junior athletes Asher MacDonald, Sydnee Farrelly, Audrey Russell and Clair Cousins combined to claim silver in the Senior Girls 4 x 100m Relay at the Port Hunter Zone Athletics Championships at Mallabula Sports Complex.
RAYMOND Terrace Athletics Centre is bubbling with junior talent in their track and field ranks. Twenty five of the club’s best young hopefuls demonstrated their athletic prowess at this year’s Port Hunter Zone Athletics Championships at Mallabula Sports Complex. A feature was the record-breaking feats of top prospects Scarlett Lodge, Asher MacDonald, Audrey Russell and […]
Mitchell Starc (r) and Scott Boland have been lauded for their key partnership at the Gabba. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS.
THE last time Australia went 2-0 up in the Ashes, they went on to blow a golden chance to win the series outright, but Marnus Labuschagne pointed to one passage of play from the Brisbane Test when asked how the team would stop history repeating. Mitchell Starc’s second player-of-the-match performance from as many Tests this […]
Runners on their final leg, from Bennetts to Jimmys Beach and back. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Runners on their final leg, from Bennetts to Jimmys Beach and back. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. The TGHN SLSC Water Safety team was ready in support. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. The Bennetts Beach MobiMats made life a little easier for racers after […]
