THE Super Stingrays are proving that basketball is about much more than learning to bounce a ball. For a group of local children, it’s an opportunity to get active, make friends and enjoy being part of a team. Based at Tomaree High School, the group gives children with disabilities the chance to experience the fun […]

Keen paddler and Marine Rescue Port Stephens volunteer Mick O’Rourke jumped at the chance to raise funds for the unit. Photo: Lianne Manley. The four paddlers who are preparing to tackle the 415-kilometre Massive Murray Paddle to raise funds for Marine Rescue Port Stephens. Photo: Sean O’Rourke. MICK O’Rourke is usually helping people out on […]

NELSON Bay Football Club’s mighty under-15 boys lineup is celebrating a near-perfect season in Newcastle community football. In a remarkable feat, the talented youngsters have completed an extraordinary 2026 by claiming the Northern NSW Football Champion of Champions title after an undefeated tournament campaign in Coffs Harbour. The 1-0 Champion of Champions grand final victory […]

A GROUP of fun-loving, free-spirited netballers from the Nelson Bay ranks have stumbled on a recipe for success. The junior Stingrays netball team are a special combination that has captured this year’s Nelson Bay Netball Association Intermediate under-14s premiership at the Tomaree Sports Complex courts. The  Stingrays defeated the more fancied minor premiers, Wave Riders […]

SALAMANDER Bay’s premiership-winning paceman Ed Williams has earned a Newcastle representative cap for this week’s NSW Country Cricket Championships. The 21-year-old quick is one of three Stockton and Northern Districts players named in the Open Men’s squad along with top-order batsman Aaron Bills and fellow tearaway Josh McTaggart. Newcastle will contest three limited 50-overs per […]

PORT Stephens Netball Association continues to make an impact in community netball. Fresh from their success at the recent Netball NSW State Awards Night in Sydney, the organisation took home the Community Excellence Award and celebrated two outstanding individual achievements. The association was recognised for its leadership in grassroots sport, including its innovative Blue Band […]

Raymond Terrace Jets international Jay Bye-Norris named Male Bowler of the Year at the recent Bowls NSW Awards Night. Photo: Bowls NSW. Raymond Terrace Bowling Club chairman Brett Gleeson accepts the prestigious Bowls NSW Club of the Year trophy. Photo: Bowls NSW RAYMOND Terrace Bowling Club is celebrating two major achievements in lawn bowls.  The […]

Vice-president Marty Quirke presents the President’s Cup to Bryce Patterson. Photo: Supplied. Finalists Col Bailey (left) and Bryce Patterson (right). Photo: Supplied. Sherry Gordon and Bryce Patterson discuss a point of the rules with referee Ralph Harrison. Photo: Supplied. THE President’s Cup, the final intraclub croquet competition of each year, was held on Sunday 25 […]

Rising Nelson Bay juniors Jayden Hotene and Jed Hay featured in the Hunter Western Hornets representative touch football team in Coffs Harbour. Photo: Hunter Western Hornets. Emerging Nelson Bay juniors Maebel Colley, Abi Olatunde and Cruiz Manning shone for the Hunter Western Hornets touch football side that clinched this year’s National Youth Championship 14yrs Girls […]

HUNTER Pickleball Club are the inaugural winners of the newly-minted Battle of the Beaches trophy. In an exhilarating challenge with Port Stephens Pickleball Club, the Hunter contingent have earned bragging rights – winning the first-ever event by 48 points after a full day of interclub competition in Newcastle. Thirty Port Stephens players travelled to the […]