Pat Burrows, Anne Wand.
THE first round of the Gloucester Golf Ladies Championships was played last Wednesday, 16 July; it was a perfect winter’s day with bright blue skies and the sun providing some warmth. It was a small field, with illness keeping some players away, none of which disguised a handy win for Anne Wand. While the course […]
Rod Burrows, Haydon Moller.
IT WAS a cool sunny day for the Gloucester Veteran Golfers last Tuesday 8 July for the qualifying round of Radford Webb Match Play competition for 2025 but none of that prevented visitor Haydon Moller from taking his winner’s trophy home to Mereweather. The event was an Individual Stableford sponsored by Arthur Poynting and the […]
IT WAS another cool and sunny day at the Gloucester Golf Course on Saturday 12 July for the annual Men’s Foursomes Championships with Nathan McInnes and Shane Crichton putting in a good performance for their win. The event was sponsored by Col Laurie and Roy Crichton. The Men’s Foursomes Champions for 2025 are Nathan McInnes […]
WEDNESDAY last week, 9 July, Cheryl Goodrich turned in a score seven strokes clear of the field to win the WGNSW Medal. It was a clear sunny day for the Gloucester Golf Ladies Individual Stroke event with the players leaving trails of their putting lines on the dewy greens of the early morning. The course […]
Usman Khawaja was out for 14 as Australia's openers again struggled in the third Test. Photo: AP PHOTO.
AUSTRALIA’S selectors have four Sheffield Shield matches to sort their openers for the Ashes, after the team’s top order crumbled under lights in Jamaica. The tourists went to stumps on night two at Sabina Park at 6-99 in their second innings, leading West Indies by 181 but with the game firmly in the balance. Sam […]
EVELYN Blanch and Paul Blanch returned to the winners’ circle in winning the Gloucester Mixed Foursomes Championships on Sunday 6 July. This was their ninth win in the event with their straight run of wins in the event only broken in 2024. The champions for 2025 are Evelyn Blanch and Paul Blanch who turned in […]
Wayne Maddalena, Ben Veitch and Dave Robbins.
SATURDAY 5 July saw Ben Veitch taking out the Monthly Medal on a Gloucester Golf Course still playing on the heavy and slow side with players lucky to make their handicap. The event was an Individual Stroke sponsored by the Arkwood Family with the Medal going to the player across the field with the top […]
Gloucester and Laurieton tennis players.
Gloucester and Laurieton tennis players. Three generations of Gloucester tennis players: Ian Schultz with daughter Leanne, grand-daughter Elyse and son-in-law Brett. MEMBERS of the Gloucester Tennis Club recently travelled to Laurieton for the second round of the new inter-club challenge. In what turned out to be a lovely sunny day, the Laurieton players were most […]
John Hughes.
SPORT NSW has recognised John Hughes from Gloucester with the prestigious Distinguished Long Service Honour, following decades of unflagging and invaluable service to Northern NSW Football at a grassroots level. Hughes is among 19 recipients who were presented with their honour at the 2025 NSW Community Sports Awards held at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta on […]
Representatives from NNSWF and the Newcastle Jets.
NORTHERN NSW representative teams will face the Newcastle Jets as part of the A-League club’s pre-season preparation. Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) will select senior men’s and women’s representative teams to take on the Jets’ two A-Leagues sides. Similar matches have previously appeared on the football calendar but the formal partnership between Northern NSW Football and […]
