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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

GLOUCESTER Cockies Rugby Union Club will be hosting the Cauliflower Club later this year. Established in 2012 by former Wallabies Peter FitzSimons and Nick Farr-Jones, the Cauliflower Club raises funds for people living with spinal cord injuries to regain access to sporting opportunities. The CCXV (Cauliflower Club 15) is a Barbarians-style invitational team featuring many […]

The Tri Challenge takes competitors through the stunning Gloucester area terrain. The Tri Challenge takes competitors through the stunning Gloucester area terrain. Local winners in the 2024 Tri Challenge Jules Kitchener, Kim Haschek and Brett Radford. THE popular Gloucester Mountain Man Tri Challenge returns on Sunday 14 September, running from 8am to 2pm. This unique […]

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 […]

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 […]