Gloucester Scorpions Soccer Club. Gloucester Scorpions Soccer Club. Gloucester Scorpions Soccer Club. THE weather gave us a classic “four seasons in one day” morning. The Gloucester Scorpions took to the fields with energy and enthusiasm across all divisions. From our youngest Mini Roos right through to our Senior Men’s team, it was another exciting weekend […]

Women’s State Carnival returns to Barrington Coast
MIDCOAST Council has confirmed a three-year sponsorship with Bowls NSW to host the Women’s State Carnival from 2026 – 2028. The sponsorship agreement continues on from the success of the 2025 State Carnival which saw record participation numbers with over 1,000 female bowlers taking to the greens across more than 10 bowling clubs in the […]
Gloucester see off Tea Gardens in final game of season
The Gloucester defence holding strong. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Tea Gardens Hawks player Ben Woolard grounding his side’s only try. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Action shots as the Hawks took on the Magpies. Photos: Gloucester Magpies. Action shots as the Hawks took on the Magpies. Photos: Gloucester Magpies. Action shots as the Hawks took on the Magpies. […]
Saunders, Groves in close four ball golf win
IT TOOK a good score and a favourable count back at the Gloucester Golf Course on Saturday 16 August for Stacey Groves and Dave Saunders to take home the Yates Family sponsored trophies. The weather started kindly but play was interrupted by a thunderstorm which halted play and delayed finalising the results until quite late […]
Greyhound Apache Tiger the favourite for final of Mid North Coast Cup
NORTHERN Rivers greyhound trainer Michael Landrigan will look to secure another major win at the Taree Super Track on Saturday night 23 August, when he runs Apache Tiger in the final of the $25,000 Mid North Coast Cup. Landrigan was successful in the $12,000 Kempsey Cup run at Taree on July 30. Apache Tiger clocked […]
Gloucester Parkrun
Ladies in red. Singing in the rain. IT WAS another wet Saturday to test the resilience of locals and visitors who view Saturdays as “parkrundays”. A hardy group of 17 walkers and runners gathered for the 217th Gloucester parkrun as the raindrops began to fall at Gloucester District Park. It was a tossup for the […]
Funding for football clubs impacted by recent flooding
Rainbow Warriors representatives receive the giant cheque. Representatives from Mid Coast FC receiving the donation. WITH communities across the Mid North Coast still feeling the impacts from recent flooding, Newcastle Permanent has provided a $17,000 donation to Mid Coast FC and Rainbow Warriors to support their recovery efforts. The two Taree-based Northern NSW Football clubs […]
Close Sharp win in Vets Golf
TUESDAY 29 July saw the closing stages of the Gloucester Veteran Golfers Winter Shield with Trevor Sharp turning in a nice round for a one-stroke win. The event was an Individual Stoke sponsored by Paul Griffiths and played on a cool fine day with rain not too far away for most of the play. The […]

Runners push on despite weather for Gloucester parkrun’s 216th event
“IT does not look too bad” was the hopeful assessment of Run Director Carolyn Davies when peering anxiously at the radar screen of the swirling rain pattern, before heading down to District Park to set up Gloucester parkrun number 216 on Saturday, 2 August. It was a bunch of 19 hardy finishers that ventured out […]
Netballers receive funding support after flood damage
AS Mid North Coast communities continue to recover from recent flooding, Greater Bank has provided a $15,000 donation to Manning Valley Netball Association (MVNA) to assist with their efforts to rebuild. The Taree-based netball association experienced significant damage as a result of the May floods, which saw the administration, canteen and equipment buildings submerged. $10,000 […]