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 […]
The Women’s State Carnival is the largest all-female bowls participation event in the country, with a long history spanning over 90 years.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Susan Moore chose a challenging day to do her first stint at volunteering in the role of tailwalker.
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 […]
Former Wallabies coming to Gloucester for Cauliflower Club
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 […]
Mountain Man Tri Challenge returns
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 […]
Usman Khawaja was out for 14 as Australia's openers again struggled in the third Test. Photo: AP PHOTO.
Australia’s top order crumbles, leaving Ashes headaches
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 […]
