PUTTING prowess was celebrated at the Paramount Putters Club’s 2025 presentation at Mumm’s on the Myall on 30 January. A total of 21 putting ladies gathered to celebrate a successful year, welcoming newcomers Jo Scott, Tanya Sinclair, Susan Hair, Caroline Affleck, as well as previous member Donna O’Brien. “We are one of two putting clubs […]

Men’s swimmers take flight in one of the relays. Photo: Christine Dunning. Doug and Mark from the Myall Masters. Photo: Christine Dunning. Results are recorded as swimmers reach for personal bests in Tea Gardens. Photo: Christine Dunning. MASTERS-AGE swimmers from across the state congregated at Tea Gardens pool on Saturday, 14 February, to compete in […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. 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 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 […]