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 […]

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 […]

Lorraine with Mandy backing up, George and Vicky defending. Lyn about to pass to Mandy against defence from Karen, David, Vicky and Liz. THE Walking Football Summer Twilight Season is playing every Wednesday afternoon at 5pm at Memorial Park, Tea Gardens. Last Wednesday afternoon we had a nice roll up of keen players, eager to […]

HAWKS Nest Golf Club (HNGC) has done it again, reclaiming the prestigious Tournament of the Year title at the 2025 NSW Golf Industry Awards for the Hawks Nest Beachside Pro Am. The event first won the award in 2023, backed it up as a finalist in 2024, and has now returned to the top with […]

Sophie Bradbery (left) pictured with her mother Jodi Cassar and in-laws Kristy Bradbery and Nathan Bradbery at the awards night. Port Stephens Netball ambassador Sophie Bradbery was a joint winner of Netball NSW Community Volunteer of the Year Award with Bathurst’s Julia Morrissey. WHEN local netballer Sophie Bradbery lost her brother Nicholas Johnson to suicide […]

The Sharks, happy after their second straight win this season. Photo: Bowen Betts. The teams held a minute’s silence for fallen cricketer Ben Austin. Photo: Bowen Betts. A symbolic tribute to fallen cricketer Ben Austin. Photo: Bowen Betts. AFTER a shaky start to the latest cricket season, the Karuah/Tea Gardens Sharks have come away from […]

MYALL Masters swimmer Leon Bobako has come home from the 20th Australian Masters Games with nine gold medals from nine events. Held at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) from 18-25 October, the Games showcased 40 sports and attracted Masters-age athletes from as far away as Chile, Spain and China. Gruelling barely begins to describe […]

Palm Lake Resort Tea Gardens residents held a successful Tea Dance. Colourful clothing and accessories were the order of the day at Palm Lake Resort Tea Gardens’ recent Tea Dance for charity. PALM Lake Resort residents at Tea Gardens enjoy their social events and community lifestyle in scenic surroundings. Recently they hosted an old fashioned […]