AN opportunity to coach his son has reinvigorated the soccer career of Salamander Bay school teacher Peter Hamshaw. It has been a rewarding two decades for the Nelson Bay Football Club stalwart, who still enjoys shutting down rival attacks as a no-nonsense defender in the Zone competition at the age of 58. While evergreen Peter […]

DANCING is a way of life for passionate members of the Soldiers Point New Vogue and Ballroom Dance Group. The social dancers concluded their year’s activities with a rollicking Christmas Dinner Dance recently at Soldiers Point Bowling Club with Carols enhancing the season’s atmosphere. Much fun was enjoyed with non-competitive Christmas Trivia as well as […]

SIBLING accomplishments are the order of the day in the Colley family household in Corlette, where talented sisters Maebel, Harlow and Eden juggle their studies with touch football, netball and athletics commitments. All three are representative touch footballers with the Nelson Bay Neptunes. Thirteen-year-old Maebel has enjoyed phenomenal success on the field in recent seasons […]

RECORD breaking sprinter Stephanie Vasic is the pride of Medowie Little Athletics Centre. The long-time athlete was in sharp form at the recent Port Hunter Zone Athletics Championships at Mallabula Sports Complex – smashing the Girls 16 years Zone record for the 100 metres. In a phenomenal performance, 16 year old Stephanie grabbed the gold […]

CLUB legend Michael Squires will coach the Nelson Bay Gropers in next year’s Hunter Suburban Men’s Rugby first grade competition. The well-credentialled Squires takes over the reins from veteran Kiwi player-coach Zion Takarua, who has stepped down after one season at the helm. Squires, a Nelson Bay native who achieved coaching success with the Tamworth […]

MPs and surfers at the announcement. Member for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp and NSW Premier Chris Minns enjoy a surf in Newcastle. THE HUNTER is set to make waves on the world stage, with the NSW Government announcing that a World Surf League (WSL) Challenger Series event will headline Newcastle Surfest in 2027. Newcastle Surfest, Australia’s […]

RAYMOND Terrace Athletics Centre is bubbling with junior talent in their track and field ranks. Twenty five of the club’s best young hopefuls demonstrated their athletic prowess at this year’s Port Hunter Zone Athletics Championships at Mallabula Sports Complex. A feature was the record-breaking feats of top prospects Scarlett Lodge, Asher MacDonald, Audrey Russell and […]

NELSON Bay’s top rugby juniors have described their Under 18s goodwill tour of Vanuatu as the best week of their sporting lives. Fourteen prospects from the Gropers’ powerful junior nursery have just returned from a seven day sojourn to the South Pacific island where they embraced the rich Melanesian culture and educated the locals on […]

SPORTING mums and retiring athletes are key targets of a $50 million funding package from the Australian Olympic Committee. It’s being hailed as the AOC’s most significant athlete-funding initiative since the buildup to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Capitalising on a boost from its sizeable investment portfolio, the AOC will set up the $20 million Olympian […]

THEY don’t come more dedicated and loyal than Nelson Bay Football Club iron man Daniel McKenzie. After four decades of sterling service, the Salamander Bay native is one of the great survivors in the cauldron of the Newcastle Football Association community. There is no hint of retirement for the 46-year-old, who reached another career milestone […]