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 […]

Gloucester Scorpions Soccer Club players in action over the weekend. UNDER brilliant winter sunshine, the Gloucester Scorpions took to the fields for Round 13 with energy, enthusiasm, and plenty of community spirit. From our youngest Mini Roos to our Senior Men’s team, it was another exciting weekend of football. Mini Roos Proudly sponsored by Gloucester […]

Steve Macdonald, Dave Robbins, Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service representative Richard Jones, Steve Williams and Paul Garland. Westpac Helicopter Volunteers. THERE was a good-sized field to celebrate the annual Westpac Helicopter Charity Day at the Gloucester Golf Course on Saturday 28 June with many also celebrating being “back on the paddock” after the course was effectively […]

Gloucester Scorpions stars in action. Gloucester Scorpions stars in action. IN addition to some fantastic matches across all divisions, the Gloucester Scorpions Soccer Club came together for a special “Kick for Chloe” fundraiser. Mini Roos (Sponsored by Gloucester Valley Landscape Supplies) Our youngest players, representing Australia Post Gloucester, Batter & Dough, and CalCo Surveyors, are […]

GLOUCESTER local John Hughes has been honoured with Life Membership of Northern NSW Football, recognising his exceptional contribution to the sport over nearly five decades. The award, presented last week, acknowledges John’s tireless commitment, passion, and enduring service to football in the region. John’s football journey in England playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers. After moving to […]

The Paul Kelly, Taree-trained Shalamiyna and local apprentice Shae Wilkes won at Taree races last week. Photo: Virginia Harvey. Barbara Ball, son Michael (holding horse second from left), husband trainer Tony (fourth from left), winning local hoop Shae Wilkes (second from left) and stable supporters Jeff Haisell and Countney Eggins after the win at Taree. […]

FOOTBALL Australia has defended its drawn-out search for the next Matildas coach, insisting that the capture of highly-touted Joe Montemurro will be worth the wait. Montemurro has signed a three-year deal to coach Australia’s women’s national team until the conclusion of the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, ending a 10-month wait to find a permanent […]

Gloucester Junior Soccer. Gloucester Junior Soccer. ROUND 5 Match Report Despite ongoing wet weather forcing play indoors once again, Gloucester Junior Soccer players delivered another spirited round of matches in Round 5, held at the Rec Centre on Saturday. Mini Roos – Sponsored by Gloucester Valley Landscape Supplies The youngest players—representing teams Australia Post Gloucester, […]

FOR second-rower Yasmin Clydsdale bad weather in the Hunter has more impact than just keeping footy fans away from game three of women’s Origin. The recent deluge on NSW’s mid-north coast has stopped Clydsdale’s husband Adam from being able to cross a creek to get to their cows on their farm in the upper Hunter. […]

AFTER the siren sounds on the State of Origin series opener, Mitch Barnett hopes to roll up his sleeves and lend a hand on NSW’s flood-ravaged mid-north coast. Warriors co-captain Barnett has had to watch from afar as flood waters ravaged the Manning Valley area where he was born and raised, and where his parents […]