The NSW/ACT Blind Bowls Championships in 2023. The NSW/ACT Blind Bowls Championships in 2023. THE Gloucester Bowling Club will host the NSW/ACT Blind Bowls State Championship from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 September, welcoming 22 blind and vision impaired players and their “Directors”. Lawn bowls is considered one of the most inclusive sports, with blind […]

THE Gloucester Public School (GPS) boys hockey team hit the road last Wednesday, travelling to the Port Macquarie Hockey Centre to battle it out in the PSSA State Hockey quarter final against Westlawn Public School. “After winning the toss, our team chose to start with the ball and immediately showcased their impressive skills and teamwork, […]

THE Gloucester Veteran Golfers spend one week each year “away” from Gloucester normally chasing fine weather and warmer climes north of Gloucester. This last week twenty-two Veteran golfers visited Sawtell on the Monday, Urunga on the Tuesday each for an Individual Stableford followed by a Four Ball Better Ball Stableford on the Thursday at Safety […]

BRIGHT and sunny conditions and a great turnout of fellow bowlers on Sunday 24th August were treated to a very competitive match for the honour of being the Ladies Major Singles Champion for 2025. Bev Germon and Judy Sheely both played like the champions they are, but there can only one winner thus congratulations go […]

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 […]